Metal Monday: Motörhead’s Run Rudolph Run

OK, this is just a short Metal Monday post, because it’s mid-December and I’m not hearing enough of Motörhead’s version of “Run Rudolph Run” on the radio. (Go figure.) I was also inspired by Angélique Jamail’s series, 12 Days of Seasonal Earworms You Need Right Now. (If you want today’s actual Metal Monday post, click on over to my review of the Killer Dwarfs’ Dirty Weapons.)

Chuck Berry’s version of the song written by Johnny Marks and Marvin Brodie is the most famous one. But I have a soft spot for Motörhead, and Lemmy Kilmister’s gravelly exhortations to Rudolph to, well, run, just sound right. I first heard this version on the compilation album We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year. (Sadly, it’s one of the only good songs on it.)

Fortunately, if you can’t find that in your local music store, someone went to the trouble of putting together an unauthorized music video. It’s bizarre, it’s great and it works.

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