Ella Henderson performs an amazing acoustic cover of Wham!'s 'Last Christmas' 🎄

She also plays her current hit 'Dream On Me'

Author: Anna Sky MagliolaPublished 4th Dec 2020
Last updated 10th Dec 2020

The multi-talented Ella Henderson joined us exclusively on Hits Radio earlier this month, where she wowed us with her amazing cover of Wham!'s 'Last Christmas'.

Totally getting us in the Christmas spirit, Ella's performance of the festive throwback sees the singer also playing the piano. Not only that, Ella also performed her current song 'Dream On Me' exclusively for us and her vocals are amazing.

Take a look at Ella Henderson's fantastic performance below:

Wham!'s 'Last Christmas' was a big hit when it was released in 1984, reaching Number 2 after being kept off the top spot by Band Aid's, 'Do They Know It's Christmas?'. Since then, the song has been covered many times by various artists, including Whigfield, Ashley Tisdale an Ariana Grande.

Fleur East, James and Producer Matt also caught up with Ella to talk about her Christmas traditions when she revealed that she still has to check the whole house to see if Santa's been!

"Obviously, I'm back at my parents on Christmas Day every year, and I have to do the whole check, still running in my parents' room, still dive on my brother," she explained.

"I'm the youngest, so I've always been the one that used to get the most excited, so I still feel like I have to keep that up to get everyone in that Christmas spirit."

Sounds like a fun day in the Henderson household!

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Now take a look at Christmas hits in order of greatness...

Now test your knowledge with our Christmas song lyric quiz:

Lyrics...

Guess the song from these lyrics, and then scroll down for the answers:


1) "This year, to save me from tears I'll give it to someone special."


2) "Let the Christmas spirit ring, later we'll have some pumpkin pie."


3) "Santa Claus won't make me happy with a toy on Christmas Day."


4) "You know that sweet Santa Clause is on the way."


5) "Feed the world."


6) "I've got 5 more nights until you're next to me, 4 more days of being lonely."


7) "So this is Xmas and what have you done."


8) "Look to the future now, It's only just begun."


9) "You were handsome, you were pretty, Queen of New York City."


10) "Eat, drink and be merry, come along with me."


11) "Baby if you've got to go away, don't think I could take the pain."


12) "Soon the bells will start and the thing that'll make 'em ring is the carol that you sing."


13) "I sing this song to pass the time away, driving in my car."


14) "Snow is falling all around me."

1) Wham! - 'Last Christmas'


2) Brenda Lee - 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree'


3) Mariah Carey - 'All I Want for Christmas Is You'


4) Wizzard - 'I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday'


5) Band Aid 30 - 'Do They Know It's Christmas?'


6) Leona Lewis - 'One More Sleep'


7) John Lennon and Yoko Ono - 'Happy Xmas (War Is Over)'


8) Slade - 'I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday'


9) The Pogues - 'Fairytale of New York''


10) Elton John - 'Step Into Christmas'


11) East 17 - 'Stay Another Day'


12) Michael Bublé - 'It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas'


13) Chris Rea - 'Driving Home For Christmas'


14) Shakin' Stevens - 'Merry Christmas Everyone'


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