Good day to you! Let’s get started, shall we?

We start with Japanese duo Q;indivi and their cover from 2009’s Winter Celebration album. Fan and LC reader wohdin sent this last year, and we’re just now getting to it, the shame! It’s an upbeat, fun version without being obnoxious, which as we all know is a fate that many a cover song can suffer. Wohdin would like it to be know that this duo is worth more attention than they receive, so please check them out and support their music! I have to say their site is a bit trippy when you first get there, almost like an art installation. Reminds me of sites before the whole web 2.0 social media boom. Anyone remember how awesome the Donnie Darko movie site was?

Q;indivi – Last Christmas

Visual Moon is up next, with a genre crossing version. It has parts of smooth poppy beats, autotune, crunchy guitars, and a sincere aim to please. It appears they are a young Mongolian band, but I was having a little trouble finding an official site of theirs. If you have any info, please comment!

Visual Moon – Last Christmas

Pittsburgh’s Ennui give us a fun version, I’m not quite sure how to define it though. It’s not dissimilar from Wham!‘s original, but it also has a lo-fi vibe to it, but not overly so. Their non-Last Christmas music is part of the hazy, lo-fi grouping, which I particularly enjoy (think Washed Out, Youth Lagoon, etc). You can grab a free download of the awesome Coconino here, as well as find the rest of their music. Don’t miss “We Are Young,” great stuff as well!

Ennui – Last Christmas

And lastly for today, we have a way relaxed out hip-hop version from Mr. Gikko and Mosch. There’s something about hip hop versions that usually work, and this is no exception. Mr. Gikko has a bit of an Eminem thing happening, with his intonation but the part by Mosch isn’t in English, and I can’t make out the language actually, I would think Austrian, but I can’t say for sure. But I think I’m right. Don’t be mad at me if it turns out to be German. Please note this version has EXPLICIT LYRICS!

Mr. Gikko & Mosch – Last Christmas

And holy crap! Check this out! Please someone get me this for Christmas!

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again. We love mashups. Have you been getting your free Santastic mashup albums? Well why not? That’s no excuse. Anyways.

First up we have Alex Chinnici with Madonna smashing up on “Last Christmas.” Not a whole lot of info seems to be available on this. Send us any info if you know about this track.

Chinnici feat. Madonna – Hung Up Last Christmas

Next we have a funny Smokey Robinson mushing with Last Christmas. Not sure what is exactly funny about this, but it makes me laugh when it comes up in the rotation. This is another mash up with mysterious origins.

Wham! vs. Smokey Robinson – Last Jingle Bells Of Christmas

We’ll close with this great mash up, David Guetta over “Last Christmas.” This is one of the better mashings I’d say, it really fits nicely. I know I’m going to sound like a complete weirdo right now, but who in the heck is David Guetta? People are going nuts for him in this video. This mash up is by SIR Remixes, from…Germany!

David Guetta feat. Usher vs. Wham! – Without You (On Last Christmas) (S.I.R. Remix)

So I was not familiar with the stylings of Swearing at Motorists prior to hearing their slow, melancholic version they offered last free last year and thought they offered a nice version. So I looked them up on Wikipedia and I think someone in the band is having fun with their entry, otherwise I have no idea what this means:

Doughman mixes trace amounts of his own blood into the ink used in the disc printing process, pioneering the concept of the GrisD. Rumors persist that there was confusion over the term “serious chops” in his contract with Ol’ Scratch, and after some antics over semantics, can now grow sideburns to equal any cartoon samurai at will. Doughman’s documented penchant for sleeping in a topknot may be the source of such speak.

Swearing at Motorists – Last Christmas

You can find their most recent album, Last Night Becomes This Morning, on Amazon.

I’m always taken by the fact there are some huge international superstars that just never seem to hit ground in the US, but are serious business everywhere else. Swedish disco/dance group Alcazar has been making mega hits since 1999, and no one told me! While their cover of “Last Christmas” certainly remains faithful to the original arrangement, sadly it’s not nearly as interesting as the rest of their catalog. That is if you like to dance your face off! Which we certainly do here at LC-HQ.

Alcazar is a type of Spanish castle by the way.

Alcazar – Last Christmas

You can find this on the Deluxe edition of their album Disco Defenders.

And just when you thought we were all out of surprises…Polish label Wielkie Jol gives a pretty raucous rap-over of Wham!‘s version. I speak no polish, so I don’t know who for sure raps on this, but rapper TEDE owns the label, so he is probably on this, but I’m not certain. I feel like I already too much about this.

Wielkie Jol – Last Christmas


And you can watch Alcazar do a toned down version below:

Tell you what: To make up for the lack of updates lately, we’re going to do a NEW post EVERY DAY until Christmas ’09 (Christmas Day not included). Deal? Deal. Today we bring you an assortment of remixes. Not a mashup of mashups, not a potpourri of potpourri, but a mix of mixes. Let’s get started:


21 year-old Younha is a J-Pop and K-Pop sensation! At least, according to her wikipedia page:

Younha made her debut as an artist at the young age of sixteen. Nicknamed the “Oricon comet” for her success in Japan, she has released eight singles and two albums there with varying degrees of success. Several of her songs have been featured in anime and drama series.

Here she teams up with Kim Jo Han for a brilliant, soulful live performance of everyone’s favorite Christmas classic.

Younha & Kim Jo Han – Last Christmas

But then she teams up with Korean hip-hoppers Dynamic Duo for a remix which doesn’t sound a damn thing like the gem we all know and love. That is, until about 3 minutes in. Then that tinkley piano comes in and you know it’s about to get real. I don’t think I’d ever heard Korean rap before, but it’s kinda awesome. Sounds a lot like English rap.

Younha – Last Christmas Remix

Younha has 3 different sites (here’s the 3rd one), at 3 different labels, in 2 different languages – neither of which I speak. So I don’t know what she’s up to, but it looks like she’s got an album coming out called 3rd album part B which is a pretty awesome name.


Output Jack (brother of Kangaroo Jack???) put together this trance remix of Jimmy Eat World’s version. It’s pretty much what you’d expect: DA BOM!

Jimmy Eat World – Last Christmas Output Jack Trance Remix


Well troops, just like Vanessa Williams, we like to save the best for last. Audio maniacs Mixcutz have put together this Allstars Remix, which sounds like it’s taken the original version, the Crazy Frog version and 2 minutes of some crazy German guy giving a speech, and mixed them all together. There are other versions in there, but beats me trying to figure out who they are. Who knows? You’d need a tricorder to sort it all out.

Mixcutz – Last Christmas Allstar Remix

Because of its sheer boldness, we’re giving this one the coveted Magical Snowflake Award. Remember those?