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?

The Holy Night Orchestra by Jesus McMillan (maybe the best name ever?) deliver solid holiday party background tunes on their album “Merry Christmas.” This album is filled with mostly traditional holiday songs and “Last Christmas” and oddly enough “The Neverending Story”…

The Holy Night Orchestra By Jesus McMillan – Last Christmas

You can get the whole mp3 album on amazon.

We featured Sugarcube back in Year One and briefly mentioned the other versions available and Sugarcube’s danceability factor. Everything we said about them and their cover still hold true, but here are two more mixes.

Sugarcube Inc. – Last Christmas (Architechs Remix)

Sugarcube Inc. – Last Christmas (Cuva Remix)

If you’re a Sugarcube Inc. completist, you can buy this import single for $129…or you can download it for $4.95.


Bliss are a 6-piece vocal group from Switzerland and really pretty fantastic. Of all the a cappella covers we’ve featured, this may be my favorite. They have a weirdly funny/awesome cover of U2’s “With or Without You” to stream on their site, and perhaps best of all, an incredible delivery of the Golden Girls’ theme “Thank You For Being a Friend.”

Bliss – Last Christmas


You have to appreciate a band that has a sense of humor..

OK we’re a little behind schedule, so today will feature a little more “Last Christmas”, with a little less talk. But first, Germany’s current top 20:

01.Timbaland Pres One Republic – Apologize
02.Ich und Ich – Stark
03.Alex C Ft Y Ass – Du Hast Den Schönsten Arsch Der Welt
04.Rihanna – Dont Stop the Music
05.Alicia Keys – No One
06.Tokio Hotel – An Deiner Seite
07.Us5 Ft Robin Gibb – Too Much Heaven
08.DJ Oetzi und Nik P – Ein Stern
09.Sugababes – About You Know
10.Culcha Candela – Ey DJ
11.Plain White Ts – Hey There Delila
12.Rihanna – Hate that I Love You
13.Seal – Amazing
14.James Blunt – 1973
15.Jimi Blue – Im Lovin Little red hotpants
16.Scooter – And No Matches
17.Kate Ryan – Voyage Voyage
18.Sasha – Hide and Seek
19.Wham – Last Christmas
20.Linkin Park – Shadow of the Day


and now for some music…

What begins as a pretty ordinary cover, quickly turns into magic as Pham Xuan Thang manages to meld the #1 and #2 UK Christmas songs from 1984. That’s right, “Do They Know It’s Christmas” follows “Last Christmas” and then gives way to “Happy Xmas (War Is Over) followed by…well…you’ll have to find out.

I wish we knew more about Pham Xuan Thang and his future medley plans, but the internet has failed us. All we can find is this set of holiday tracks on Imeem and his only photo comes via Spiderman 3. Huh?

Pham Xuan Thang – Last Christmas Medley


I hate to admit my lack of hip hop knowledge, but I don’t know what Run DMC track has been smushed with Wham! to bring us this track. Worse, I have no idea who smushed them. But I like it.

Wham! vs. Run DMC – Last Christmas


We couldn’t find info on Olission, but we didn’t try too hard. And I guarantee he will dance your face off.

Olission – Last Christmas


A quick search of Mr. Interweb shows there are a number of men claiming to be Mr. DJ Basti, but we are going to attribute it to the only one quick enough to register the domain. Plus that guy is German.

DJ Basti – Last Christmas


And don’t you dare call it a mullet!