Merry Christmas Everyone

Background

"Merry Christmas Everyone" was recorded in 1984. Its original planned release was put back by a year to avoid clashing with the runaway success of Band Aid's charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?".

Music video

The video shows a young girl named Samantha travelling by plane to a place called Santaworld where she joins Stevens who met her on a bus going to the place. Stevens is then seen riding with a woman dressed as an elf in a sleigh pulled by a horse, and is taken to meet Santa Claus before going to a replica of Santa's workshop. Here, children are seen playing with toys before going out with Santa on the sleigh, and Stevens joins in a snowball fight with some other children and ends up hitting a snowman who starts to chase him. At the end of the video, Stevens is seen bidding farewell to Santa, the snowman and the children before going back on the sleigh with the woman. Filmed in Sweden, the children include Stevens' son and daughter, plus their friends, including Stevens' drummer's daughter, actor Sarah J Price (in her first role), and competition winner Jeremy Cartwright, who was holidaying in Wales prior to filming and can be seen sledging at speed down a hill.

Track listing

UK 7-inch single

1. "Merry Christmas Everyone" (Bob Heatlie) – 3:39
2. "With My Heart" (Bruce Roberts / Darrell Edwards / Shakin' Stevens) – 2:45

UK 12-inch single

1. "Merry Christmas Everyone" (12” Mix) (Bob Heatlie) – 4:17
2. "Blue Christmas" (Billy Hayes / Jay W. Johnson) – 2:45
3. "With My Heart" (Bruce Roberts / Darrell Edwards / Shakin' Stevens) – 2:45

Charts

Weekly charts

Monthly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

"Echoes of Merry Christmas Everyone" (2015)

In time for Christmas 2015, Shakin' Stevens released a new version of the song as a charity single in collaboration with The Salvation Army. It is a completely revamped version with folk and bluegrass influences and prominent use of banjo. The single was available as a download starting December 2015 with all proceeds going to The Salvation Army.

The 2015 single did not chart on the UK Top 100, although the original by Shakin' Stevens made it to number 26 on the UK Top 100 Chart published on Christmas week.

The Celebs version

In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, a supergroup known as the Celebs, which included Laura Tobin, Richard Arnold, Frank Bruno, The X Factor winner Sam Bailey and others, recorded a new rendition of "Merry Christmas Everyone" to raise money for both the Alzheimer's Society and Action for Children. It was released digitally on 11 December 2020, on independent record label Saga Entertainment. The music video debuted exclusively on Good Morning Britain the day before release.

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