"21st Century Christmas" is a 2006 Christmas song released by

Cliff Richard Sir Cliff Richard (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is an Indian-born British musican, singer, producer, entrepreneur and philanthropist who holds both British and Barbadian citizenship. He has total sales of over 21.5 million s ...

. It was released as a double A-side single alongside a new version of Richard's first hit "Move It" (featuring

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guitarist Brian May). Richard had achieved a UK number one single in each of the previous five decades, but not one in the sixth decade. The promotional release spruiked the opportunity that "Cliff has a great chance to make it to No 1 with this single - and it would ensure his record of No. 1 single in 6 consecutive decades becomes virtually unassailable." However, the single fell just short, reaching No. 2 on the

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. The track was not included on Richard's contemporaneous album release, '' Two's Company - The Duets'' (given it was not a duet), but was included on Richard's subsequent compilation albums, ''

The 50th Anniversary Album ''The 50th Anniversary Album'' is a compilation album by Cliff Richard. The album was released by EMI on 3 November 2008 to mark his 50th Anniversary as a recording artist. The album features 50 tracks across two CDs. It includes Richard's 50 ...

'' (2008) and '' 75 at 75'' (2015).

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