Music video description
The hit song"Mistletoe and Wine" is a Christmas song that is best known for its 1988 version by Cliff Richard. The song was written by Jeremy Paul, Leslie Stewart and Keith Stachan for the musical "Scraps," which was an adaptation of the book "The Girl with Matches" by Hans Christian Andersen. The song was first performed at the Orange Tree Theatre in London in 1976. When the musical was adapted for television, it turned out that "Mistletoe and Wine" took on a different meaning than the one according to which it was created. The songwriters wanted the song to sound like a Christmas carol, but it was sung ironically and became a pub song.
Cliff Richard liked the song a lot, so he included it in his repertoire. However, the artist wanted to modify the lyrics to make it more religious. The authors of the song accepted the changes applied by the musician. The song became Richard's twelfth single, which charted at number one in the UK Singles Chart (1988). The song sold more than 750,000 copies, making it the best-selling single of the year in the UK.