It’s been such a strange year and in the spirit of togetherness and community, we’re going to be counting down to Christmas by sharing a selection of our – and our friends’ – favourite festive songs. Today, we’ve chosen ‘Christmas Was Better in the ’80s’ by The Futureheads.

Maybe it’s our age and the fact we grew up in the ‘80s when Transformers and Ghostbusters were all the rage – and, yes, ‘the snow was deeper’ – but this razor-sharp banger from Sunderland’s finest deserves a place on any Christmas playlist.