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In a UK-wide poll in December 2012, it was voted twelfth on the ITV television special The Nation's Favourite Christmas Song.

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He was already a major European star by the time he finally cracked the UK Top 10 with his 18th chart entry; "The Road to Hell (Part 2)"."

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Some user-contributed text on this page is available under the Although he almost immediately had a US hit single with "Fool (If You Think It's Over)", Rea's initial focus was on continental Europe, releasing eight albums in the 1980s.

Written in 1978, Chris Rea wrote the lyrics on a difficult car journey home to Middlesborough (UK) from London.

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By 2009, Rea had sold more than 30 million albums worldwide.

Despite its original modest chart placement, the song has made a reappearance in the top 40 every year since 2007 when it peaked at #33, and is featured among the Top 10 Christmas singles. A 2011 version by Stacey Solomon hit No.

Despite its original modest chart placement, the song has made a reappearance in the top 40 every year since 2007 when it peaked at #33, and is featured among the Top 10 Christmas singles.

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It was originally released as one of two new songs on Rea's first compilation album New Light Through Old Windows in October 1988, and issued as the fourth single from the album in December 1988, where it peaked at #53 in the UK Singles Chart as part of The Christmas EP.

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