Lonely This Christmas

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article does not cite any references or sources. (October 2007) Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed.

"Lonely This Christmas" was a popular single by Mud.

Written and produced by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, Lonely This Christmas was Mud's second number one single in the UK, spending four weeks at the top in December 1974 and January 1975. It was the third number one single that year for the ChinniChap writing and production team, and was performed in the style of Elvis Presley's slower songs from his later career.

The song is noted for a memorable performance on Top of the Pops in which guitarist Rob Davis was covered in tinsel and wore Christmas baubles as earrings, while vocalist Les Gray sang to a ventriloquist's dummy. The song has been covered by Lucky Soul, Blue, Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine (fan club limited edition xmas 7 inch) and KT Tunstall.

Preceded by "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" by Barry White

UK number one single December 17, 1974

Succeeded by "Down Down" by Status Quo

v • d • e UK Christmas number-one singles in the 1970s "I Hear You Knocking" (Dave Edmunds, 1970) · "Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)" (Benny Hill, 1971) · "Long Haired Lover from Liverpool" (Jimmy Osmond, 1972) · "Merry Xmas Everybody" (Slade, 1973) · "Lonely This Christmas" (Mud, 1974) · "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Queen, 1975) · "When a Child Is Born" (Johnny Mathis, 1976) · "Mull of Kintyre" (Wings, 1977) · "Mary's Boy Child" (Boney M., 1978) · "Another Brick in the Wall" (Pink Floyd, 1979) Complete list · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s · 2000s