In the United Kingdom, songs not explicitly tied to Christmas are popularly played during the year-end holidays. "Stop the Cavalry", written and performed by English musician Jona Lewie in 1980, was intended as a war protest, which his record label was unwilling to release in its original form. The label reworked the record, added a tubular bell and a brass band sound, and built upon a throwaway line about wanting to be "home for Christmas" to make the song a Christmas song.
In the United Kingdom, songs not explicitly tied to Christmas are popularly played during the year-end holidays "Stop the Cavalry", written and performed by English musician Jona Lewie in 1980, was intended as a war protest, which his record label was unwilling to release in its original form. The l.abel reworked the record, added a tubular bell and a brass band sound, and built upon a thr.owaway line about wanting to be "home for Christmas" to make the song a Christmas song