If you’ve seen the film About A Boy, then you’ll know that if you – or even just a relative – writes a Christmas song that gets played over and over and over and over every festive season, you may never have to work a day in your life.
The royalties that you can make from Christmas songs is ABSURD, even if said festive tune is the only hit you ever have.
So how much do the likes of Slade, Mariah Carey and Cliff Richard get paid in royalties every December for their Xmas hits?
Merry Christmas Everybody by Slade £500,000
Fairy Tale of New York by The Pogues £400,000
All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey £376,000
White Christmas by Bing Crosby £328,000
Last Christmas by Wham! £300,000
Wonderful Christmastime by Paul McCartney £260,000
Mistletoe And Wine by Cliff Richard £100,000
Stop The Cavalry by Jona Lewie £120,000
2000 Miles by The Pretenders £102,000
Stay Another Day by Tony Mortimer, East 17 £97,000
Pretty sweet deal, eh?
Despite this, East 17’s Tony recently said he prays Stay Another Day ‘doesn’t come on’ while he’s out and about.
‘I find it really awkward to listen to,’ he told the MailOnline. ‘When I walk around Tesco I’m always praying it doesn’t come on.
‘My family never play it! My friends like to put it on and turn it up to wind me up. They’ve been told off plenty of times.’
