Singer Tom Grennan has revealed he wants to cover The Pogues' "perfect song" Fairytale of New York with You Don't Know me star Raye. The 29-year-old, who lost his own bid for Christmas Number 1 this year to Christmas heavyweights Wham!, named the much-loved track as his favourite ever festive tune. Bedford native Tom says he thinks he and Raye would work well together.
Speaking to BANG Showbiz, Tom explained: “‘Fairytale of New York’ is my favourite Christmas song going. I think it’s just the perfect song … Who would I do it with? Raye. I would like to do that next year. ‘Cos she’s like gone clear now so if she’d have little old me on a song then I’d love that. But I just think we’d really work well with that song together. So yeah, that’s the aim.”.
He also confessed he'll be turning his phone off over the festive period, hoping for a quiet family Christmas. He added: "I’m lucky. I’m going back to my family … having Christmas with my wife’s family, with my family, and just chilling out. I’ve got a busy year coming up and I’m really going to try to take that time to relax and maybe just turn off my phone and just be present in the moment and get ready for ’25 because it’s a big one.".
His new album will be the focus for 2025, following his attempt to get a Christmas Number 1 with Amazon Music single It Can't Be Christmas. Although he didn't quite make the top spot, Grennan still bagged himself an extremely respectable fourth place in the Christmas chart, with only Wham!, Gracie Abrams and Mariah Carey ahead of him.
