Rea wrote the song many years before he first recorded it. The idea came to him when he was stuck in heavy traffic heading out of London in his wife's Austin Mini with the prospect of a long drive to his home town of Middlesbrough ahead.
The song peaked at #53 in the UK Single Chart in 1988, and re-entered the chart in 2007, peaking at #33. It reached a brand new peak of #20 in 2017. Although it had modest charting, the single has a brief chart appearance every year in the Top 40 and is featured among the Top 10 Christmas singles.
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