What a revelation
Ah the old ones really are the best aren’t they? There are just some festive tunes that are iconic, that everybody knows within the first few seconds.
Slade’s festive track Merry Xmas Everybody which is now over 50 years old having been first released in 1973 and is a festive favourite among the Brits.
However, despite it being a staple of our Christmases for so long, it has been revealed we have been singing it all wrong.
Lead singer of the 70s rock band, Noddy Holder, reportedly wrote the song after a ‘few drinks in the pub’.
His wife Suzan Price pointed out that many fans had been singing the words wrong all these years as she hoped Slade fans would correct themselves before the big day comes round again.
Price took to X last year to give an ‘annual Christmas reminder’.
Price wrote: “The CORRECT lyrics are… ‘does a ton-up on his sleigh’ NOT ‘does he turn up’. (It’s Midlands slang for 100 miles an hour) #MerryXmasEverybody.”
In some ways, the actual lyrics make more sense than what we’ve all been singing, the big man needs to travel fast to be able to deliver all those presents in time.
Fans on social media couldn’t believe they’d been singing it wrong for so long, one said: “Blimey, that’s a revelation!”
Another agreed: “All these years I’ve been getting it wrong.”
During a chat with GB News in 2023, Holder revealed the story behind the song and shared his experiences with fans following its success: “I love listening to it everywhere. And every day of the year practically. I’m out and about and somebody else shouts ‘It’s Christmas!’ at me.
“Some will do it more so this time of the year obviously. And they all think it’s the first time anybody’s ever done it. I do think it’s particularly funny when they do it in July as well.”
