Song written by Pete Lee, Steve Nesfield, Gavin O’Malley, Chris Billam, Kim and Ricky Wilde, and recorded by Kim Wilde and Lawnmower Deth and released in December 2017. Kim joined Lawnmower Deth on stage during Download festival in 2016. Shortly afterwards, the collaboration on a new track was suggested. Pete Lee, vocalist for Lawnmower Deth, said the collaboration was “the greatest project [the band has] been involved in”. The song has been described as an “anti-Christmas song” and a “punk and thrash-metal crossover number with thrashing riffs and hardcore vocals”.
Formats
The single was released on 15 December 2017 as a digital download. Physical CD-singles were made for promotional purposes only, and being sold during a concert in Manchester on 22 December 2017 and some Kim Wilde concerts during 2018.
Versions
There are two versions of ‘F U Kristmas’: the clean version and the sweary version.
Live performances
Kim and Lawnmower Deth performed the song live once, in Manchester on 22 December 2017.
Lyrics
Kim: I love Winter round the tree
Spending time with family
Joy and children spreading laughter,
Peace at Christmas forever after..
Pete: Wreck the halls with rows of folly,
Hate the season for the jolly,
Warm and cosy full of mulled,
Deep and crisp and even,
Reason for the season culled!
Kim: The bells are ringing
A Christmas chyme
Pete: It does my brain in
Every bloody time..
Kim: I love Kristmas
Pete: F U Kristmas
Both: Here comes Christmas time!
Pete: I love the quiet
I love the peace
Will this torture never cease
I hate scenes resplendent with snow,
Won’t you simply let it go
Kim: Deck the halls with boughs of holly,
Tis the season to be jolly,
Warm and cosy full of mulled,
Deep and crisp and even,
Reason for the season culled!
The bells are ringing
A Christmas chyme
It does his brain in
Pete: Every bloody time..
Kim: I love Kristmas
Pete: F U Kristmas
Both: Here comes Christmas time!