Luckily, his wife was a kind soul and drove down to Abbey Road studios in her Austin Mini and drove her husband all the way back north… in the snow! He was trying to get back home to Middlesbrough from London, but the label wouldn’t pay for his train back up. In an interview with The Guardian, Rea explains that he had just been released from his record contract and his manager was parting company with him. However, he wasn’t the one driving – he was scribbling away the lyrics that he’d eventually put to music in the 1980s. It was written by Rea in 1978 when he was, in fact, in a car heading home around Christmas time. WITH its soft piano based melody and gravelly vocals, Chris Rea’s Driving Home for Christmas is a perennial festive favourite. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Information An icon of an information logo. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders.

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