Radio 2's Great British Songbook
Scouting For Girls sing Lonely This Christmas
"It's the genius of why it's such a great song."
Listen to Scouting For Girls performing 'Lonely This Christmas' originally sung by Mud.
In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions
See Scouting For Girls chatting about their reasons for choosing 'Lonely This Christmas':
In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions
About The Song
'Lonely This Christmas' was a 1970s Christmas hit by Mud.
Written and produced by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, 'Lonely This Christmas' was Mud's second No.1 single in the UK, spending four weeks at the top in December 1974 and January 1975.
It was the third number one single that year for the ChinniChap writing and production team, and was performed in the style of Elvis Presley's slower songs from his later career.
Read more at WikipediaScouting For Girls performed this Great British Christmas Songbook track during Chris Evans' Drivetime on Wednesday 17 December 2008.
Have Your Say
What does this song mean to you? What do you think of Scouting For Girls' performance? How does it compare to the original? Would you include this song in The Great British Songbook?
About The Songbook
Radio 2 is creating a landmark collection of the British songs that inspire us - as chosen by musicians, songwriters, Radio 2 presenters and of course, you.Find out more..
Richard Allinson
Listen to Richard Allinson's Saturday show every week to hear tracks from The Great British Songbook.
See more about Richard Allinson's showBBC iD
BBC iDBBC navigation
BBC links
BBC © 2014The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read more.
This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.
Comments