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"Driving Home for Christmas" is a Christmas song written and composed by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea. [1] The first version was originally released as the B-side to his single " Hello Friend " in 1986.
On its release as a single, Danny Baker of New Musical Express questioned "Joys of Christmas" as an A-side and felt that the "wee low-key gift tucked away on the B-side", "Driving Home for Christmas", was "the real winner". He added, "'Joys of Christmas' isn't even a seasonally recorded deal. It says here that it's from his last LP. How very odd."
On its release, Chris Eary of the Reading Evening Post wrote: "Double record pack featuring live and studio stuff with the title being a gruff smoocher." [8] In a review of On the Beach, Glenn A. Baker of the Sydney Morning Herald commented: "Rea's atmospheric songs, particularly "Little Blonde Plaits" and "Hello Friend", sound like they should be on the soundtrack of a David Puttnam film."
Driving Home for Christmas is the twelfth studio album (and second Christmas album following The Christmas Album in 1998) released by Australian country musician Lee Kernaghan. The album contains six new songs and festive classics. The album was released in October 2014 and peaked at No. 46 on the ARIA Charts in November 2014. [1]
Rea recalled, during the 1978 Yuletide overnight drive home from London, considering abandoning what he saw as his failing singing career to fall back on his family's established business of running a restaurant.
"Working on It" is a song by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in 1989 as the fifth and final single from his compilation album New Light Through Old Windows ...
Wired to the Moon is the sixth studio album by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in 1984.The album reached No. 35 on the UK album charts.Three singles were released.
"Please Come Home for Christmas" is a Christmas song, written in 1960 and released the same year by American blues singer and pianist Charles Brown. [3] Hitting the Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 1961, the tune, which Brown co-wrote with Gene Redd [note 1], peaked at position number 76. It appeared on the Christmas Singles chart for nine ...