On December 8, 2023 Angelina Jordan Official/Republic Data/UMG launched her new 5-song Christmas album, Driving House for Christmas. I feel the primary track, Driving House for Christmas, could have been recorded this yr, whereas the opposite 4 vacation tunes had been taken from her live-streamed Christmas Live performance Dec 23, 2021 through the pandemic.

I had not heard of this track earlier than and beloved it. This in style vacation tune was written and recorded by Chris Rea in 1986. I did some analysis and was shocked to find he had written and carried out the 1978 hit track, Idiot (If You Suppose It’s Over), which I remembered and had loved.

Listed here are movies of Angelina Jordan and Chris Rea singing ‘Driving House for Christmas’. Chris defined he wrote the track throughout a snowstorm on the drive house for Christmas. He misplaced it, forgot it, rediscovered and recorded it for enjoyable, and surprisingly, with out promotion, it later turned a seasonal favourite. It was voted the UK’s favourite Christmas track, and is taken into account to be certainly one of their high 10 Christmas singles. I can see why. It’s a very catchy tune about folks driving house for Christmas. Chris Rea and Angelina Jordan additionally sing this track on Spotify.

Learn this music video’s notes detailing the discharge and efficiency through the years of Chris Rea – Driving House For Christmas • TopPop.

Chris Rea Official posted the Official Lyric Video for Driving House For Christmas by Chris Rea.

Hearken to this quick clarification by Chris Rea on ‘Driving House for Christmas’ in The Story Behind.

Here’s a longer model: Rock ‘n’ roll survivor, slide participant and all-round high man Chris Rea tells The One Present how “Driving House For Christmas” took place: How Chris Rea wrote “Driving House For Christmas”.

They shut the interview with a clip from Chris Rea – Driving House For Christmas – Nationwide Lottery Stars – twenty third December 2000.

For extra on the story, learn this informative article by Evie Barrett at Dig! Driving House For Christmas: The Highway To Chris Rea’s Seasonal Smash.

See my ongoing weblog publish on Angelina Jordan singing superb covers and originals through the years, together with the newest thrilling developments.

Glad Holidays!

^{— Written and compiled (citing sources) by Ken Chawkin for The Uncarved Weblog.}

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