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Festive Throwback Weekend
Author: Anna Sky MagliolaPublished 27th Nov 2020

Pretty much everyone is ready for a bit of early Christmas cheer in their lives after the year that has been 2020, so here at MFR we're getting in the mood with Festive Throwbacks all weekend.

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Every Friday at 8am we're playing an hour of fantastic festive songs, and that's not all. All weekend you can expect to hear songs such as Mariah Carey's 'All I Want For Christmas Is You', Wham!'s 'Last Christmas', The Pogues' 'Fairytale of New York', and many many more, just take a look at our Christmas hits in order of greatness...

Join MFR for the biggest surprises this Christmas, from massive cash prizes, to superstar DJs helping you host the ultimate at home party. We’ll also have huge stars dropping by for some very special Christmas shows. You can count on us to play the BIGGEST festive throwbacks and all of your biggest hits… Forget 2020… HITS Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas!

Now have a go at our Christmas song lyrics 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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