You all know what Christmas songs are. Last Christmas, All I Want For Christmas Is You, Rocking Around The Christmas Tree. But what if I were to tell you there was more to Xmas than these earworms. Join the Middle team as we explore Spotify to give you the strangest Chrimbo songs.
Christmas Is The Time To Say 'I Love You' - By Billy Squier
Most festive mixes are specially designed to stick in your head, but not this one. Christmas Is The Time To Say I Love You is quite soft, although it has an electric guitar in the back. It never really gets started until the end when rock fans will really dig this groovy beat.
Killing In The Name - By Rage Against The Machines
OK, this isn't really a Christmas song. It has swearing, heavy drums, and crazy dancing, but was in fact voted top X Factor Christmas song 2009. The craze to have an unsuitable winner started on Facebook where someone hated all the mushy songs the pick, so decided to have this super-weird one. Everyone liked the idea, and it had to be played on X Factor.
Slipping Into Christmas - By Leon Russell
I was surprised when I heard this song. It sounds like some soppy thing but in fact has no lyrics and is basically just a badly played organ with a bit of piano and guitar. It's got a hint of jazz and would be good as background music to some nature club.
Post Apocalypse Christmas - By Gruff Rhys
This is soft, and quite catchy. It's got a nice tune and is pleasant to listen to, but is not your traditional Christmas song. Apart from the weird message, it is quite repetitive and not so jolly like Last Christmas.
That's really , really interesting. I'd never heard of any of the songs. Thank you for keeping me interested in a diverse range of articles and widening my knowledge.