Last Christmas by Wham! After several recording attempts and re-writes, The Pogues' song was released in , but never managed to get to the UK number 1 spot. But it still went on to be the most-played Christmas song in the 21st century. The hit even beat Chris Rea's Driving home for Christmas in the study on the top driving songs. The hit even beat Chris Rea's Driving home for Christmas in the quiz on the top driving song.
The survey by CarFinance found that a third of UK adults chose the classic song as their top driving soundtrack over the Christmas period. Mariah Carey's popular festive tune also came high up on the list. One in three people aged 18 between and 34 said All I Want for Christmas was their number one choice of songs to drive to.
Fairytale Of New York Feat. Source: CarFinance But the younger crowd still chose Mariah Carey as their top festive tune. One in three people aged 18 between and 34 said All I Want for Christmas was their number one choice. Louis Rix co-chief executive of CarFinance , said: 'We are all looking forward to some Christmas cheer this year and there's nothing like a sing-song to get you in the mood. The famous Fairytale of New York turn reportedly dates back to a bet that the singers could not create a Christmas tune that was not 'slushy', according to music magazine NME.
The song has caused some controversey in recent years over the inclusion of a lyric considered by many to be a homophobic slur.
This year Radio 1 will broadcast an alternative version of the song in the run up to Christmas to avoid offending younger audiences who are 'particularly sensitive' to the original's 'stark' language. But despite being the nation's favourite Christmas driving song, we still haven't quite learnt all the words, with Fairytale of New York lyrics being googled 22, times a month on average.
But it seems recent Christmas songs are not nearly as popular as the old classics that dominated the top 10 in the driving survey, with Santa Tell Me by Ariana Grande the least popular choice. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Argos AO.
Privacy Policy Feedback. The station said young listeners were particularly sensitive to derogatory terms for gender and sexuality. It will instead play an edited version with different lyrics sung by MacColl. But the original will still be played on Radio 2, while 6 Music DJs can choose between the two versions. A BBC spokesman said: "We know the song is considered a Christmas classic and we will continue to play it this year, with our radio stations choosing the version of the song most relevant for their audience.
The duet is one of the most enduring Christmas pop songs, having returned to the UK top 20 every year since Along with a string of other festive favourites , it is now rising the chart again, at 59 in the current midweek chart. But Radio 1 has decided younger listeners who are unfamiliar with the track would find some of the words stark and not in line with what they would expect to hear on air. The new edited version changes two lines - one swapped for an alternative version in which MacColl sings "You're cheap and you're haggard" in place of a homophobic slur.
MacColl sang the newly-added line on Top of the Pops in She died in a boat accident in Mexico eight years later, at the age of The same wording was used by Ronan Keating and Moya Brennan in their cover version. In Radio 1's newly-edited version, another line, sung by Shane MacGowan in the second verse, has a word removed entirely. MacGowan and Kirsty MacColl's call and response lyrics are brilliant, filled with sass - he calls her a slut and a junkie, she calls him a punk and a maggot - and there's an underlying, albeit dark humour to the song thanks to the lyric "and the bells were ringing out for Christmas Day".
As it closes the chorus each time, you can picture the two characters staggering around the city, completely removed of traditional Christmas spirit but certainly soused with a different kind. In Radio 1 actually banned the words "slut" and "faggot" from the song in a bid to "avoid offence", backtracking when the move received criticism from the public and MacColl's mother, who said censoring the words was "too ridiculous".
There are differing views on how 'Fairytale of New York' came to be. MacGowan, who was born on Christmas Day in , claims that Elvis Costello bet him that he wouldn't be able to write a Christmas duet to sing with bass player Cait O'Riordan Costello's future wife. Enjoy unlimited access to 70 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a day free trial. The original plan to record with O'Riordan fell through when she married Costello and left the band.
Costello was replaced with Steve Lillywhite, who brought in his wife MacColl to record the test vocals so they could see how the duet would work. They were so astounded by her performance, however, that they had to keep it. The title was chosen after the song had been written and recorded, lifted from the title of Irish American author J.
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