Most people do not realise that the Slade classic every Christmas “Merry Xmas Everybody“ has no typical Christmassy sounds on it at all. There are no sleigh bells or anything like that, just a few little harpsichords. The only festive thing about it is the lyrics.
So it is appropriate that fifty years after it first stormed the charts, Poetic Brands and the specialist in lyric licensing Sunny Side Up Consulting have partnered to bring the lyrics written by Noddy Holder in 1973 onto a Christmas sweatshirt for TU Sainsbury. “So here it is Merry Xmas everybody’s having fun“ With thanks to Noddy Holder’s autobiography “Who’s Crazee Now?“