Bastille

Released: December 10, 2012

Songwriter: Adolphe Adam

Producer: Dan Smith Mark Crew

[Intro: Macaulay Culkin & Roberts Blossom]
RB: "You've been a good boy this year?"
MC: "I think so."
RB: "You swear to it?"
MC: "No, I've been kind of a pain lately. I said some things I shouldn't have. I really haven't been too good this year
RB: "Yeah."
MC:"I'm kind of upset about it, because I really like my family, even though sometimes I say I don't, sometimes I even think I don't. Do you get that?"

[Verse 1: Bastille]
O holy night!
The stars are brightly shining
It is the night of your dear Saviour's birth
Long lay the world in sin and error pining
Till He appeared and the soul felt its worth
A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices
For yonder breaks, a new and glorious morn

[Verse 2: Bastille]
Fall on your knees
Oh, hear the angel voices
O night, divine
Oh night, relieves the morn
Fall on your knees
Oh, hear the angel voices
O night, divine
Oh night, when Christ was born
O night, o holy night
O night, divine

[Outro: Ralph Foody]
"Merry Christmas you filthy animal" [gunshots] "and a happy New Year!"

Bastille is a British indie pop band. After releasing a limited single in 2010 and the Laura Palmer EP in 2011, the band was signed to Virgin Records. Following their signing, the band released two mix-tapes – Other People’s Heartache and Other People’s Heartache Pt. 2 — for free. In an interview with The Guardian, Dan Smith discussed the

Someone recently said to ‘The mixtapes were very clever, was that the label’s idea?’ Actually the label were completely against it; we were stealing and sampling illegally left, right and centre. The label ‘We want nothing to do with this.’ When it came to hosting the mixtapes, I had to register the website myself.

Preceding the release of their debut album, Bad Blood, the band released several singles — “Overjoyed”, “Bad Blood” and “Flaws”— to moderate commercial success. In February 2013, the band was catapulted into the charts by the album’s fourth single, “Pompeii”. The song was a commercial hit, going up to 5x Platinum around the world. In June 2014, “Pompeii” was confirmed to be the United Kingdom’s most streamed song ever. Unfortunately, it has since been overtaken.

more tracks from the album

Other People’s Heartache, pt. 2

From the album

Other People’s Heartache, pt. 2 (2012)

Bastille popular songs

Oh Holy NightBastille

Bastille

Other People’s Heartache, pt. 2