Let me begin by saying thanks to Unnecessary Umlaut for keeping the magic alive with his “Last Christmas” picks from our site’s years of collecting. If you just wanna cut to the chase, head to his site and grab his offerings, they are certainly some of the more top tier covers we’ve featured!

Today we’ve got a good set. I mean that too; I’ve no reason to lie at nearly 450 versions, do I? Well fine, don’t believe me, just listen for yourself!

First we have indie duo Oh! Atoms trying to entrance with their British charm and stripped down, yet still upbeat take on “Last Christmas.” This back and forth they have going had me thinking for a minute we might have the dual perspective type thing going, but no. I don’t think they’re singing about the same lost love though, they’re just covering the song. That’s it. Let’s not read too much into this people!

Oh! Atoms – Last Christmas


Hot on the sweet take heels of Oh! Atoms we have the super produced, radio friendly K-Pop vet 1sagain with Ju Bora. It looks like his first big hit came in 2002, and he is on some kind of comeback, thanks in part to this little ditty I’m sure. If you’re into the Ashley Tisdale, Foxxi MisQ or any of the international rap versions, then give this a listen! It’s kind of a combo platter of those, in spirit anyways.

1sagain feat. Ju Bora – Last Christmas
1sagain feat. Ju Bora – Last Christmas Instrumental


When we first posted Feeling Left Out back in year one, it was with some regret that we only posted the original version of their Wham! cover. We can now put that regret to rest as here, finally, is the alternate, and ridiculous, Quicksand Jesus version of “Last Christmas.” It’s a reprise of sorts, but mostly some kind of six minute holiday frustration outlet. Don’t say we didn’t warn you!

Feeling Left Out – Last Christmas, Quicksand Jesus Version

Feeling Left Out is a now defunct acoustic indie duo led by Joe Wilson who’s still pumping out tunes. Check out the FLO website, which now just redirects to his new work.


Oh Juju! What a cute name. At least to me anyways, that’s what my wife calls our cat Julius. So you can see my fondness for the version based on name alone. Juju the singer is a cute Japanese singer who mixes a bit of reggae and lounge in her cover. This is from her 2007 release, Wish for Snow. Have a listen.

Juju – Last Christmas


Lastly, an interestingly named, and sounding, remix of the original…well done sirs…

Wham! – Last Christmas (Rynecologist Christ-Must-Jam Mix)

Yes! The literal version of “Last Christmas!” Thanks Jeff!

Today we have a nice, well-rounded assortment for you. Like a George Michael-shaped box of chocolate sweets, left on your doorstep in the middle of the night by an admirer unknown, with only a simple note: “Enjoy!”

This first one by Dan Tran might seem like a low-energy a cappella version at first, but don’t be fooled! Once those low-energy electronic beats kick in, and the low-energy synth keyboards start unenthusiastically jamming out, you’ll realize that Dan Tran has produced one of the best low-energy electronica versions of Last Christmas that we’ve ever featured.

Dan Tran – Last Christmas


Hold on to your socks! After Mr. Tran’s milquetoast version, you might be feeling a little drowsy. And then The Maine come along and blow your mind with their incredibly-faithful-to-the-original version. They start off strong, and plateau from there.

The Maine – Last Christmas

You can find the whole Maine holiday EP for download at amazon for a measly $2.98! Go get it!

Time to start classing things up, dear readers. And as we all know, there are 3 pillars to a classy song: 1) Don’t have lyrics. 2) Invest in disco drummer. 3) Tell your piano player to “make it sound like the theme to Wings.” Mission accomplished, Wonder Girls. You’ve classed it up in spades.

Wonder Girls – Last Christmas

The South Korean Wonder Girls look to have had a rough start with members being injured, replaced and then the whole being involved in a van accident while touring. Don’t fret! They have prevailed and are the first South Korean group to enter the Billboard Hot 100 with their single “Nobody.” You can also find that on Amazon.

Right from the start, you can tell Germany’s Amen Am Arsch are going to deliver a special one. Their drummer counts it off on the hi hat, some super-distorted crunchy guitar comes in, and then a tough-sounding dude does a lackluster GM impersonation. I’ll have to admit, it’s not that great. But once the tough-sounding dude starts to do what he does best (sounding tough) things start to get interesting. It quickly becomes a pretty decent hardcore version. They start changing up the tempo, and right around the 2:00 mark, it’s pretty awesome. If only they hadn’t wasted so much time in the beginning. Check out their version of “Rudolph” on their myspace, it’s guaranteed to frighten your friends and loved ones!

Amen Am Arsch – Last Christmas


We’ll wrap things up with this pretty downtempo live version, but why during the first verse do we get a Jamaican accent?

Well frankly, I’m a little annoyed no one told us about this version earlier. Mostly because this was posted to youtube and uses our banner, but they didn’t let us know about the song! Anyways, Caramelle is cute and does a R&B/hip hoppy version, it’s nice.

Caramelle – Last Christmas (Airplay)
Caramelle – (groove)


Jim Thornton does one of the best background party keyboard versions I think our staff has ever been lucky enough to listen to.

Jim Thornton – Last Christmas


This is quite a bit like the original, but in duet form. The thing is, with these fairly regular covers, it doesn’t give us much to write about. What we can say is that Kelly is in Bellefire and Stephen is in Boyzone, both Irish pop groups. Apparently both are popular in their homeland, Boyzone also launching the career of Ronan Keating, who briefly managed the the band Westlife, who also performed Last Christmas …and the cycle continues…

Kelly Kilfeather & Stephen Gately – Last Christmas

Now to your left you can find a link to the complete list of artists featured on the site. It kind of takes the charm away from just having the list of artists who haven’t covered it, but the people have spoken!

This first version is from young German band Acht, who classify themselves as blues/funk. While their version has hints of that, it also sounds pretty progressive, like an early-2000s college band might have made this.

Acht – Last Christmas


The Bizons, (pronounced BEE-zons as you’ll find out if you listen) created a frankly weird version. I mean, it starts out pretty regular, and then cascades into them just awkwardly singing their band name for the last third of the track.

The Bizons – Last Christmas


Finally, we present you kids two different versions of tracks we previously featured. The first is an istrumental variation on Erdmöbel’s “Weihnachten” from last year. The second, is an incredibly remixed version of the Rap Allstars version from 2006. It’s not even in the same territory, honestly. It leaped from a pretty regular hip-hop take, to a sprawling, piano-driven, guitar-whining epic! It still uses GM’s original vocals which takes it to an even different level. Since I am best at expressing myself through metaphor (maybe) just imagine George Michael wearing a pirate blouse at the top of a gothic tower singing to the night sky, maybe there are dragons (the Allstars) circling the tower beneath him. Just imagine that for a minute…

Erdmöbel – Weihnachten

Rap Allstars – Last Christmas (Pacific 101 Mix)