DRIVING
HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
CHRIS
REA
SONGWRITER: CHRIS REA
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: ON THE BEACH
LABEL: MAGNET RECORDS
GENRE: CHRISTMAS SONG
YEAR: 1986
Christopher Anton Rea (/ˈriːə/REE-ə; born 4 March 1951) is an
English rock and blues singer-songwriter
and guitarist. Born and raised in Middlesbrough,
he is of Italian and Irish descent. He is known for his distinctive,
husky-gravel voice and slide guitar playing, and the Guinness Rockopedia described him as a
"gravel-voiced guitar stalwart".
British Hit Singles & Albums stated that Rea was "one of the most popular UK
singer-songwriters of the late 1980s" and "already a major European
star by the time he finally cracked the UK Top 10 with the release of the
single "The
Road to Hell (Part 2)", which was his 18th chart
entry." Two of his studio albums, The
Road to Hell and Auberge,
topped the UK Albums Chart.
Rea was nominated three times for the Brit Award for Best British Male Artist:
in 1988,
1989 and 1990.
His other hit songs include "I Can Hear Your Heartbeat",
"Stainsby Girls",
"Josephine", "On the Beach", "Let's Dance", "Driving Home for Christmas",
"Working on It",
"Tell Me There's a Heaven",
"Auberge",
"Looking
for the Summer", "Winter Song", "Nothing to Fear", "Julia",
and "If You Were Me", a duet with Elton John.
In the United States he is best known for the
1978 song "Fool (If You Think It's Over)",
which reached Nº. 12 on the Billboard
Hot 100 and spent three weeks at Nº. 1 on
the Adult Contemporary chart. This
success earned him a Grammy nomination as Best New Artist in 1979. As of
2009, he had sold more than 30 million albums worldwide.
"Driving Home for Christmas" is a
Christmas song written and composed by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea.
The first version was originally released as the b-side to Hello
Friend in 1986. In October 1988, a
re-recorded version served as one of two new songs on Rea's first compilation álbum
New Light Through Old Windows. It was
issued as the fourth single from the album in December 1988, where it peaked at
number 53 on the UK Singles Chart as the lead track of The Christmas EP.
Despite its original modest chart placement,
the song has made a reappearance on the UK
Singles Chart every year since 2007 when it peaked
at Nº. 33, and is featured among the Top 10 Christmas singles. It reached a new
peak of number 11 on the UK
Singles Chart in 2018. In a UK-wide poll in
December 2012, it was voted twelfth on the ITV television special The
Nation's Favourite Christmas Song.
A 2011 version by Stacey Solomon peaked at number 27 on the UK Singles Chart.
I'm driving home for
Christmas
I can't wait to see those faces
I'm driving home for Christmas
Yeah, well I'm moving down that line
And it's been so long
But I will be there
To sing this song
To pass the time away
Driving in my car
I'm driving home for Christmas
It's gonna take some time
But I'll get there
Top to toe in tailbacks
Oh, I got red lights on the run
But soon there'll be a freeway
Get my feet on holy ground
So I sing for you
Though you can't hear me
When I get trough
And feel you near me
Driving in my car
I'm driving home for Christmas
Driving home for Christmas
With a thousand memories
I take a look at the driver next to me
He's just the same
Just the same
Top to toe in tailbacks
Oh, I got red lights on the run
I'm driving home for Christmas, yea
Get my feet on holy ground
So I sing for you
Though you can't hear me
When I get trough
Oh I feel you near me
Driving in my car
Driving home for Christmas
Driving home for Christmas
With a thousand memories
I take a look at the driver next to me
He's just the same
Driving home
Driving home
Driving home for Christmas
Driving home for Christmas.
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