Research shows 97% of band’s streaming revenue comes from 1973 single I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
If you listen closely to the start of Wizzard’s yuletide standard I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday, you’ll hear the kerching of a cash register.
The sound might have been “a winning speck of cynicism in the tinselly facade” of 70s consumerism, according to the Guardian’s Alexis Petridis, but five decades on it has proved prophetic – the song accounts for nearly all of the band’s streams on Spotify.
Research shows that Wizzard top the “Christmas reliance” chart with 97% of their Spotify streams coming from holiday music.
Dark Horse, the SEO company behind the analysis, estimates this is worth about £430,000 to the band, which was formed by Roy Wood in the early 1970s. It is not certain exactly what Wizzard earn because streaming revenues are undisclosed.
