"Merry Xmas Everybody" by Slade

Perhaps the classic Christmas rock song, Slade's "Merry Xmas Everybody" was recorded and released in 1973. It broke new ground as a hit Christmas song written by a rock group and was the 1973 Christmas #1. Slade were the best-selling rock group of the 1970s in the UK, on the strength of "Merry Xmas Everybody" and five other number one hits. They are best known in the United States as the original performers of "Cum On Feel the Noize," a UK #1 which became a huge U.S. hit for Quiet Riot in 1983.

"Merry Xmas Everybody" was Slade's last major UK hit, but has become a perennial favorite, with its secular, plain-spoken lyrics that successfully capture working-class British Christmas.

Lyrics for "Merry Xmas Everybody" by Slade

Are you hanging up a stocking on your wall?
It’s the time that every Santa has a ball
Does he ride a red nosed reindeer?
Does he turn up on his sleigh?
Do the fairies keep him sober for a day?

So here it is,
Merry Christmas,
Everybody’s having fun,
Look to the future now
It’s only just begun.

Are you waiting for the family to arrive?
Are you sure you’ve got the room to spare inside?
Does your Granny always tell you
That the old songs are the best,
Then she’s up and rock ‘n’ rollin’ with the rest

So here it is,
Merry Christmas,
Everybody’s having fun,
Look to the future now
It’s only just begun.

What will your daddy do
When he sees your Mama kissin' Santa Claus? Ah ah.

Are you hanging up a stocking on your wall?
Are you hoping that the snow will to start to fall?
Do you ride on down the hillside in a buggy you have made?
When you land upon your head then you’ve been Slade.

So here it is,
Merry Christmas,
Everybody’s having fun,
Look to the future now
It’s only just begun.

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