2. Last Christmas by Wham!
It’s timeless, it’s catchy, it’s… relatable. All about dealing with a failed relationship and coming face to face with that person a year later, Last Christmas has stood the test of time for good reason. Just about every major celebrity has covered it, from Ashley Tisdale to Metallica, but we keep coming back to the original. This is truly the best Christmas song for karaoke, no arguments.
3. Stay Another Day by East 17
East 17’s classic is not actually a Christmas song, and if you listen to the lyrics, it’s a heart-wrenching ballad – but that makes it even more of a beauty, IMO. Stay Another Day was written by the group’s main songwriter, Tony Mortimer, about his brother Ollie, who took his own life. To this day, it is particularly poignant to those who have lost a loved one at Christmas.
It was released in November 1994 and became the Christmas number one that year – though the only festive element to it is the Christmas bells at the end of the song, to give seasonal appeal, apparently. Well, it worked.
