"Another Rock And Roll Christmas" is a popular 1984 Christmas song by Gary Glitter

Gary Glitter

Gary Glitter is an English former glam rock singer-songwriter and musician.Glitter first came to prominence in the glam rock era of the early 1970s...

. It was written by Glitter with Mike Leander

Mike Leander

Michael George Farr professionally known as Mike Leander was an arranger and record producer for Decca Records in the 1960s and Bell Records in the 1970s and worked with such artists as Marianne Faithfull, Billy Fury, Marc Bolan, Joe Cocker, The Small Faces, Van Morrison, Alan Price, Peter...

 and Eddie Seago.

The song

Song

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 is about the fun of Christmas

Christmas

Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...

 and refers to rock and roll music

Rock and Roll Music

"Rock and Roll Music" is a song written and recorded by rock and roll icon Chuck Berry which became a hit single in 1957 and has been covered by many artists....

 throughout, examples being the lyrics "You'll be rocking in your stocking" and "Come on rock and roll for old St Nick". The song sold very well, hitting number seven in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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, and was Glitter's most successful song since 1975. Though he was still touring regularly when the song came out, Glitter has often credited Another Rock And Roll Christmas as a song that gave him a huge resurgence in popularity

Popularity

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The song was included on the album Boys Will Be Boys

Boys Will Be Boys (Gary Glitter Album)

Boys Will Be Boys is a 1984 album by English musician Gary Glitter. It features two top 30 hits; "Dance Me Up" and "Another Rock 'n' Roll Christmas"...

, issued in 1985 and was reissued many times, both as a single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 (including a collectors picture disc

Picture disc

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) and on other albums.

The track was one of the most played Christmas songs in the UK

United Kingdom

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 for many years and is still played today, though not as heavily, following Glitter's conviction for possessing child pornography

Child pornography

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A heavy metal cover version was made by Paul DiAnno for the album "Rockin' Good Xmas".