John Lewis Christmas advert songs ranked: How does 2019's cover track compare?

A sweet festive tradition – or perhaps the zenith of a capitalist takeover of culture, depending on how Grinch-like you’re feeling today – the John Lewis Christmas advert song has, over the past decade, become one of the biggest talking points of the festive season.The formula is simple: take a classic song (always by a man), slow it down, add some gentle piano and swelling strings, and make it approximately five times more mawkish. The resulting cover, usually sung by an up-an