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"Merry Xmas Everybody" (stylised as "Merry Xmaƨ Everybody") is a song by the British rock band Slade, released as a non-album single on 7 December 1973. The song was written by lead vocalist Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea, and it was produced by Chas Chandler. It was the band's sixth and final number-one single in the UK. Earning the UK Christmas number one slot in December 1973, the song beat another Christmas-themed song, Wizzard's "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday", which reached fourth place. It remained in the charts for nine weeks until February 1974.[1]
Released at the peak of the band's popularity, "Merry Xmas Everybody" sold more than half a million copies upon its first release. It is Slade's last number-one single and by far their best-selling single. It has been re-released during every decade since 1973 and has been covered by numerous artists. The single was certified double platinum by British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in December 2021.[2] Since 2007 and the advent of downloads counting towards the UK Singles Chart, it has re-entered the charts each December. As of December 2012, it had sold 1.32 million copies in the UK.
In a UK television special on ITV in December 2012, "Merry Xmas Everybody" was voted third (behind "Fairytale of New York" and "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday") in The Nation's Favourite Christmas Song.[3]On the day of its release, 7 December 1973,[16] "Merry Xmas Everybody" was awarded a silver disc by the British Phonographic Industry based on UK pre-order sales of over 250,000 copies.[17] It became the third song by Slade to enter the UK Singles Chart at number one in its first eligible week on 15 December 1973, the sixth number one of their career,[5][18] and the fastest selling single in the UK. The single was in such big demand over the Christmas period that Polydor Records made special arrangements to have 250,000 copies sent from Los Angeles, on top of the 30,000 copies they were receiving per day from their German pressing plants.[19] The song was the Christmas number one of 1973, beating another Christmas-themed song, "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" by Wizzard.[20] "Merry Xmas Everybody" remained number one until mid-January, and stayed in the top 50 for nine weeks.[21] That it remained in the charts after Christmas caused confusion for Holder, who wondered why people continued to buy it.[6] The single received a gold disc at the beginning of January 1974 for sales surpassing 500,000 units.[17] It eventually went on to sell more than one million copies, which was recognised by the certification of a platinum disc in December 1980.[17]
The single's original B-side was "Don't Blame Me", which later appeared as an album track on their 1974 album Old New Borrowed and Blue.[22] In a 1979 fan club interview, Lea said: "'Don't Blame Me' was a time-filler, I think that it was created as that. When it was used as a B-side, we didn't even know it was being used, it was chosen by the offices. We were in America recording the Christmas single, there was a rush to choose what to put on the back of it, and that track happened to be used."[23]
On 18 November 1985,[24] the song was given its first release on 12-inch vinyl, with an extended remix created by Lea and Peter Hammond.[25] On 11 December 1989,[26] it received its first release as a CD single.
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