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9 Popular Christmas Songs

 

The Christmas season is just around the corner, which gesticulates in all its glory to buy roadside Santa hats and decorate Tulsi plants with Diwali lights. And since we, Indians, have become happier people by finding newer excuses of rejoicing occasions we never paid heed to a few years ago, like Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas, we at soundplunge_test decided to put together a list of songs that have etched a special mark in the hearts of the exuberant Western-festival-loving folks. Christmas Mubarak!

 

Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas Is You

 

If you’ve heard this song it’s probably in the 2003 multi-starrer film Love Actually. American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey had her career lifted to a new high after the song released, courtesy three music videos, a multitude of covers, and an array of awards at a global scale.

 

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Elvis Presley – Blue Christmas

 

When Christmas opens its eyes in a unadulterated countryside you get “Blue Christmas”, which is evenly peppered through with Elvis Presley’s intoxicating voice.

 

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Coldplay – Christmas Lights

 

When you walk into your house after a tiring day and switch on the lights, you’re faced with two options – you either see memories of friends and family galloping through the house, or see a complete void. In the latter case, “Christmas Lights” urges you to light a candle and sit in the balcony counting the good times rather than ruing the incorrigible ones

 

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Kanye West – Christmas in Harlem

 

“Christmas in Harlem” uses the xylophone and mistletoe-and-eggnog-driven lyrics about the streets of Harlem. The song maganes to throw you into the so called ‘good life’ Kanye West aspires and vociferously speaks about in all of his music.

 

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Stevie Wonder – What Christmas Means To Me

 

Stevie Wonder does not bother about conventions drawn up by society on Christmas. Through this song, he croons of the small things, like seeing his beloved smile and snow flakes on his doorstep,  that make him happy, which he equates with the festival.

 

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Bob Dylan – Must be Santa

 

In 2009, Bob Dylan decided to cover the Hal Moore and Bill Fredericks tracks “Must be Santa”, which was done in a polka style for his Christmas album Christmas in the Heart. While the song received preempted criticism for using American President names frivolously, its free spirited rhythm masked the controversies effortlessly.

 

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Paul McCartney – Wonderful Christmas Time

 

“Wonderful Christmas Time” starts off with somewhat psychedelic beats and soon reveals itself as a happy yet mellow song for the festival. Paul McCartney renders a new variation to the usually upbeat trend of Christmas songs.

 

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The Sonics – Don’t believe in Christmas

 

Apply garage rock to Christmas and you get something so energetic that it can either replace Red Bull or enable one with Escape velocity. In a more believable context, you won’t be able to stop tapping your feet, snapping your fingers and bobbing your head.

 

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Chuck Berry – Run Rudolf Run

 

The 1958 song “Run Rudolf Run” has all elements of rock and roll that Chuck Berry is known for. Since its release, the song has had over thirty covers done by popular artistes including Kelly Clarkson, Cee Lo Green, Billy Idol, The Muppets, and Keith Richards among others.

 

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