No matter how lucrative, a millstone is a millstone. And while the evergreen charms of the annually unavoidable Merry Xmas Everybody might have allowed the formerly flared gentlemen of Slade to enjoy ...

Mariah Carey, Paul McCartney, Slade and many other stars have their Christmas songs played by millions year after year ...

The year that Slade took the country by storm was one of the most tumultuous in British history. As London was rocked by IRA bomb attacks, millions went on strike in protest over government pay ...

As long as music is being played over the airwaves you will hear Merry Christmas Everybody by Slade announcing the start of the festive season.

Steve Wright introduces a selection of festive songs by Slade, the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, Wizzard, Mud, Aled Jones, the Wombles, the Darkness, Kylie Minogue, Saint Etienne, Cliff Richard, Boney M, ...