Ah, "Last Christmas". At this point, the festive favourite by Wham! is more than just a song that gets pulled out the attic with the tinsel every year. Written in George Michael's childhood bedroom and recorded in August 1984, the track remains part of the very fabric of the holiday season 40 years on from its release.
Not only has it sold millions of copies, the song has also been covered by a plethora of artists (six versions were released in 2020 alone). It appears that covering "Last Christmas" is the first lesson in the Open University course for pop stars hoping to obtain an endless festive revenue stream.
If making this list has taught me anything, it's that recording artists should be banned from covering "Last Christmas" indefinitely. There are truly not many good things to say.
There's something slightly terrifying about this version, like a group of possessed carol singers that keep on performing outside your house even after you've told them to go away.
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