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Who Did It Better?

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Who did it better?

Many songs get covered or re-interpreted, the covers often being more successful than the original.

Here are some cover versions of one song along with the original, let us know in the comments which is your favourite, or if you don’t like any of them.

“I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day” is a song written by Roy Wood and first released by Wizzard as a 1973 single.

It has been covered by several acts including:

The Devil Dogs on their 1993 album “Happy Birthday, Baby Jesus”.

Denny Laine on the 1994 album “Metal Christmas”.

Wilson Phillips on the 2010 album “Christmas in Harmony”.

Celtic Thunder on the 2010 album “Christmas”.

Cheap Trick on their 2017 album “Christmas Christmas”.

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