Brenda Lee releases video for 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree' 65 years later
The classic gets a new look 🎄
Last updated 3rd Nov 2023
Almost 65 years to the day that it was released in the US, Brenda Lee's Christmas hit is finally getting an official music video.
The video features Brenda Lee - who was just 13-years-old when she recorded the song - alongside some cameos from country stars Tanya Tucker and Trisha Yearwood.
WATCH: Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree official music video
Written by Johnny Marks, 'Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree' was first released as a single in the United States in 1958 and was a part of Brenda's Christmas album titled 'Merry Christmas from Brenda Lee'.
The song has become a Christmas standard and has been re-entering the US music charts consistently over the past decade, peaking at Number 2.
Can you guess the iconic Christmas song from its lyrics?
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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