# Christmas Songs with no cover versions **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 29, 2018, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-with-no-cover-versions/825292 "2018-11-29T19:36:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-with-no-cover-versions/825292/41 "2018-11-30T15:34:35Z")
Thought for sure I had what could be considered a correct response with “Do They Know It’s Chritmas” by Band Aid. Sure, it’s been released several times, but always by Band Aid. And granted, Band Aid consists of different members each time, but is it technically a cover version if it’s rereleased by the same band? Anyway, doesn’t matter because apparently a band called Slade released a cover version in 1985, just one year after the first Band Aid’s original. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-with-no-cover-versions/825292/42 "2018-11-30T15:42:33Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > And Wiki tells me there are covers of Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer, but in all my time walking the earth, I’ve never heard any of them. It’s Elmo and Patsy, and _only_ Elmo and Patsy, as far as I’ve ever heard. Huh. I actually thought the Irish Rovers version was the better known one. It actually made the charts in Canada if you can believe it. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-with-no-cover-versions/825292/43 "2018-11-30T15:48:40Z")
I just remembered a pretty terrible song that came out a few years ago and was a minor hit in metro Detroit: [Christmas Eve on Woodward Avenue](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjaloRGoPG4). Sung by Karen Newman, the Red Wings’ official anthem singer. Pretty sure no one’s ever covered this Christmas song. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-with-no-cover-versions/825292/44 "2018-11-30T17:57:13Z")
Also Mavis Staples’ song “Christmas Vacation” from the movie of same name seems to have no other versions recorded ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-with-no-cover-versions/825292/45 "2018-11-30T18:04:09Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > Huh. I actually thought the Irish Rovers version was the better known one. It actually made the charts in Canada if you can believe it. I guess it’s a national pride thing; the Rovers are from Toronto. That and theirs is the only version I’ve heard that’s actually worth listening to. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-with-no-cover-versions/825292/46 "2018-11-30T18:37:48Z")
I guess I never had in my head that they were primarily a Canadian band, so for me it’s not so much a national pride thing. They were all from Ireland and I honestly never knew they formed the band in Toronto. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-with-no-cover-versions/825292/47 "2018-11-30T18:44:11Z")
How about “I’ll be your Santa Baby” by Rufus Thomas? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-with-no-cover-versions/825292/48 "2018-12-01T01:26:16Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **Telemark** : > > Sadly, no. John McDermott and Seamus Kennedy have covered it, at least. That’ll teach me not to skim. I saw “John McSomething”, and my mind filled in the rest. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-with-no-cover-versions/825292/49 "2018-12-01T02:51:23Z")
I was going to say there’s never been a cover of The Beatles’ ditty _“Everywhere It’s Christmas”_, but I was wrong. [Cover by the Suncourt Ramblers](https://youtu.be/muVuP3RiEzQ) ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-with-no-cover-versions/825292/50 "2018-12-01T03:13:23Z")
I can’t imagine Rihanna or Katy Perry doing a cover of "[Little Becky’s Christmas Wish".](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBb7H-8Sz64) ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-with-no-cover-versions/825292/51 "2018-12-01T13:59:56Z")
[_A Christmas Song_](https://soundcloud.com/dot-wiggin-band/a-christmas-song) by the Dot Wiggin Band (The Shaggs). Click at your own risk. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-with-no-cover-versions/825292/52 "2018-12-02T00:36:06Z")
Has anyone covered “Green Christmas” by Barenaked Ladies? ---
**Author:** ![Wallet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e99b99/32.png) [@Wallet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallet)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-with-no-cover-versions/825292/53 "2018-12-02T01:01:08Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > But the flip side of “¿Dónde Está Santa Claus?,” “[Ol’ Fatso](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1_qhKppEDo)” doesn’t seem to have been covered. The original got airplay; I heard it more than the A side. There’s a version by The Four Aces. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9Prn24s73Ao/maxresdefault.jpg "Four Aces - Ol Fatso") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Prn24s73Ao) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-with-no-cover-versions/825292/54 "2018-12-02T01:50:59Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > [_A Christmas Song_](https://soundcloud.com/dot-wiggin-band/a-christmas-song) by the Dot Wiggin Band (The Shaggs). > > Click at your own risk. Wow, that’s positively harmonious for the Shaggs! ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-with-no-cover-versions/825292/55 "2018-12-03T13:45:11Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Has anyone covered “Green Christmas” by Barenaked Ladies? Or for that matter, “Green Christmas” by Stan Freberg? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-with-no-cover-versions/825292/56 "2018-12-03T20:47:46Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > How about “Father Christmas” by the Kinks? Bad Religion and Cheap Trick have both covered it. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-with-no-cover-versions/825292/57 "2018-12-03T21:14:15Z")
How about “White Wine in the Sun” by Tim Minchin? ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-with-no-cover-versions/825292/58 "2018-12-05T23:11:04Z")
I was going to suggest [Santa Lost a Ho](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zstIIfa1qMA) by the Christmas Jug Band, but then I found the [WhiskeyBelles](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dz3kClAwfI)’ cover. (And I’m glad I did, because now I know about the WhiskeyBelles!) ---
**Author:** ![ReptoidBusiness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b5e925/32.png) [@ReptoidBusiness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReptoidBusiness)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-with-no-cover-versions/825292/59 "2018-12-05T23:53:26Z")
I don’t think anyone’s covered “There Ain’t No Sanity Clause” by The Damned (which sort of surprises me), “Stuff the Turkey” by Alien Sex Fiend, “Red Over White” by Siouxsie and the Banshees and “Inanity Over Christmas” by Madness. And, I’m not sure if this would count as a Christmas song or as the exact opposite, but Sparks’ “Thank God It’s Not Christmas” has no cover versions that I can find. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-with-no-cover-versions/825292/60 "2018-12-06T01:36:25Z")
I can’t find a cover of “[Leroy the Redneck Reindeer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIdnYAkqSes)” by Joe Diffie. I can’t say that’s a bad thing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-with-no-cover-versions/825292.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-with-no-cover-versions/825292.md?page=4)