Xmas Ear Bender (EP)

"Xmas Ear Bender"
Single by Slade
Released 05 November, 1980
Format 7" Single
Genre Rock
Length 10:54
Label Cheapskate Records
Writer(s) Noddy Holder; Jim Lea; Bobby Marchan Jimmy Kennedy
Producer Slade
Slade singles chronology
"Live at Reading (EP)"
(1980)		 "Xmas Ear Bender (EP)"
(1980)		 "We'll Bring the House Down"
(1980)

"Xmas Ear Bender" is rock band Slade's third extended play (EP) from 1980. The three tracks that appeared on the album included Merry Xmas Everybody, a cover of Okey Cokey as well as Get Down and Get With It. The EP peaked at #70 in the UK and stayed in the charts for two weeks.[1] This was the last release before Slade's true comeback single "We'll Bring the House Down".

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Merry Xmas Everybody'" (with The Reading Choir) (Holder/Lea)
  2. "Okey Cokey" (Jimmy Kennedy)
  3. "Get Down and Get With It" (Bobby Marchan)

Chart performance

Chart (1980) Peak
position		 Total
weeks
UK Singles Chart[2] 70 2

Personnel

Additional personnel

References

  1. ^ "UK Singles & Albums Chart Archive". Chart Stats. http://www.chartstats.com/. Retrieved 2011-08-10. 
  2. ^ "Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody {1980}". Chart Stats. 1980-12-27. http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=8996. Retrieved 2011-08-10. 
Slade
Noddy Holder • Jim Lea • Dave Hill • Don Powell
Mal McNulty • John Berry • Steve Whalley • Steve Makin • Trevor Holliday • Dave Glover • Craig Fenney
Studio albums
Live albums
Slade Alive! (1972) • Slade Alive, Vol. 2 (1978) • Slade on Stage (1982)
Compilations
Sladest (1973) • Slade Smashes! (1980) • Slade's Greats (1984) • Wall of Hits (1991) • Feel The Noize- Greatest Hits (1997) • The Genesis of Slade (2000) • The Very Best of Slade (2005) • Slade Alive! - The Live Anthology (2006) • The Slade Box (Anthology 1969-91) (2006) • B-Sides (2007) • Live at the BBC (2009) • Merry Xmas Everybody: Party Hits (2009)
Singles
"You Better Run" (The N' Betweens) • "Genesis" (Ambrose Slade) • "Wild Winds are Blowing" • "Shape of Things to Come" • "Know Who You Are" • "Get Down and Get With It" • "'Coz I Luv You" • "Look Wot You Dun" • "Take Me Bak 'Ome" • "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" • "Gudbuy T' Jane" • "Cum On Feel the Noize" • "Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me" • "My Friend Stan" • "Merry Xmas Everybody" • "Everyday" • "The Bangin' Man" • "Far Far Away" • "How Does It Feel" • "Thanks for the Memory (Wham Bam Thank You Mam)" • "In For a Penny" • "Let's Call It Quits" • "Nobody's Fool" • "Gypsy Roadhog" • "Burning in the Heat of Love" • "My Baby Left Me - That's All Right" • "Give Us a Goal" • "Rock 'n' Roll Bolero" • "Ginny, Ginny" • "I'm a Rocker" • "Sign of the Times" • "Okey Cokey" • "Six of the Best (EP)" • "Live at Reading (EP)" • "Xmas Ear Bender (EP)" • "We'll Bring the House Down" • "Wheels Ain't Coming Down" • "Knuckle Sandwich Nancy" • "Lock Up Your Daughters" • "Rock and Roll Preacher" • "Ruby Red" • "(And Now the Waltz) C'est La Vie" • "My Oh My" • "Run Runaway" • "Slam the Hammer Down" • "All Join Hands" • "7 Year Bitch" • "Myzsterious Mizster Jones" • "Little Sheila" • "Do You Believe in Miracles" • "Still the Same" • "That's What Friends Are For" • "You Boyz Make Big Noize" • "Ooh La La in L.A." • "We Won't Give In" • "Let's Dance '88" • "Radio Wall of Sound" • "Universe"
Video
"Slade in Flame" • "Wall of Hits" • "Inside Slade - The Singles 1971-1991" • "The Very Best of Slade" • "Slade Alive! - The Ultimate Critical Review" •
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