Production and composition
The record follows on from the formula which took their earlier singles "Swing the Mood" and "That's What I Like" to number one on the charts. Although it did not appear on Jive Bunny: The Album , the track took its melodic hook from Joe Loss's "March of the Mods" - the same as the album's closing track "Hopping Mad". Unlike Jive Bunny's previous two hits, it did not reach the top of the international charts, although it reached number two in Ireland, Norway and Denmark, and charted in several other European nations.
The difference was it sampled classic Christmas songs instead. These included the Slade's 1973 number one hit "Merry Xmas Everybody" and Gary Glitter's "Another Rock and Roll Christmas". It also included Wizzard's "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" but, as they did not have permission to use the song, they got Wizzard's lead singer Roy Wood to re-record the song.
Following Gary Glitter's criminal convictions and public disgrace, later editions on download and streaming sites replaced his track with Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You"; Carey's song had already been included immediately before Glitter's on the 1996 Christmas Party album.
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