David Essex And the Band - Its Christmas Im Going Home

Bring Back...The Christmas Number One
Justin attempts to make a Christmas-themed song to the Christmas number one single slot - a feat not accomplished since Cliff Richard's Saviour's Day in 1990, excluding the re-release of the 1984 song Do They Know It's Christmas? by Band Aid 20 in 2004.

In the end, they produced the song "I'm Goin' Home", featuring the following musicians:

David Essex (vocals)
Mud's Rob Davis (guitar)
Slade's Dave Hill (guitar)
Slade's Don Powell (drums)
Jona Lewie (piano)
Dave Mount (drums)
Showaddywaddy (backing vocals)
Justin Lee Collins (backing vocals and sleigh bells)
Liz Mitchell of Boney M and Aled Jones expressed interest in the project, but were ultimately unable to attend.

The song was to be released so it could compete to be Christmas number 1 but the record company axed the release. However it was available for download for the Channel 4 website and where it reached number 1 in the site's download chart.

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[steve01274]

Bring Back... The Christmas Number One was a one-off special shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom on 10 December 2005.

[dylanarmstrong]

Absolute shame this did not work out

[NaworNoremac]

Still love it! it has got to be one of my favourite christmas songs - like Dylan said, shame it didn't work out. :( 

[torquesport]

RIP Dave Mount.

[reghot1]

Just waTched the programme with just lee colins i was looking to download this song; thinking it was this year the song was done im in shock it was z few years ago cant believe it got axed !!!

[wendywoo021056]

The more I hear this, the more I like it. Loved it yesterday. Should be released for this Xmas!

[dilwich123]

GREAT TUNE!

[MrLazy7]

@divahayleylouise why did they axe it?

[MrLazy7]

i remember watching this show back in december 2005!! it was fucking awsome!!! i wish they done it again!! the song that they made was sooo good!!! justin lee collins...bring them back together for christmas 2011!!!

best show i have ever seen!!!

[ancelet19]

Superbe chanson pour Noél.

[thehomefront]

great song