In 1984, British pop duo Wham! released “Last Christmas,” a song that would be featured in countless movies and TV shows for decades to come. According to Official Charts, the holiday tune “is the biggest-selling song never to get to Number 1, with 1.8 million copies sold.”
Musicians such as Taylor Swift and Hilary Duff have famously tackled the hit — though neither of those artists have released their version on either Spotify or YouTube — but what about all the amazing covers that've also dropped over the years? Grab yourself a cup of hot chocolate, sit back, relax, and listen to these fantastic covers of everyone's favorite Christmas jam.
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During her Nickelodeon days, Ari released a four-song Christmas EP, including “Last Christmas” and a “Santa Baby” duet with her Victorious co-star, Elizabeth Gillies.
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Tisdale's cover turns 10 this year, and she performed it during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade back in 2007.
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Jimmy Eat World released their cover as a single 15 years ago, and we haven't stopped playing it every December since.
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Following the first Cheetah Girls film, the squad — sans Raven-Symoné — released a Christmas album appropriately titled Cheetah-licious Christmas. And you know what? It IS in fact “cheetah-licious.”
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Covering the tune just last year, Jepsen slowed down the mildly fast-paced Christmas jam. Wham! should really call her, maybe.
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The band recorded the song and a music video in 2011, the latter showcasing different areas in Great Britain.
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Glee cast
On Season 2's Christmas episode, Rachel (Lea Michele) and Finn (Cory Monteith) briefly cover the song while shopping for a Christmas tree. The rest of the New Directions join in on the recorded album version.
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The Christian rock band's cover was featured on Happy Christmas Vol. 4 in 2005.
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The group behind “Everytime We Touch” released their version in 2007, along with a music video — which currently has over 40 million views.
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Whoa whoa whoa. You mean to tell me Crazy Frog has more songs than just “Axel F??”