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One More Sleep" was released as the lead single from Christmas, with Love. Co-written by Lewis with Richard "Biff" Stannard, Iain James, Jez Ashurst and Bradford Ellis, it was produced by Stannard and Howes, with Lewis carrying out the vocal production alongside them. [37] The song was released in the United States on 5 November 2013, [38] and in Ireland and the United Kingdom on 29 November. [39] [40] Released to acclaim from music critics, [41] "One More Sleep" debuted at number 34 on the UK Singles Chart , [42] and surged to its peak position of number three the following week. [43] It was eventually certified double platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and has since become a "modern festive classic," [44] particularly in the United Kingdom where it emerged as one of the most-streamed Christmas songs in the years following its release, with over 93 million streams as of 2021. [45] a b c "Christmas, with Love" (in German). 29 November 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013 . Retrieved 25 October 2013. Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on 25 August 2015. s Christmas, With Love is perhaps best known for its lead single ‘One More Sleep’, an original song which saw Leona break the record for the most Top 5 hits for a British female solo artist. Last year saw the platinum-certified festive hit have its biggest year since its 2013 release. It has featured consistently in the Top 10 streamed catalogue Christmas songs year-upon-year as a Christmas staple alongside the likes of Mariah Carey’s 1994 monumental smash ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’. Official Charts Company hailed ‘One More Sleep’ – which was co-written by Lewis – as “ a new Christmas classic”. Lanksy, Sam (8 July 2013). "Leona Lewis Plans Motown-Inspired Christmas Album". idolator. Spin Media. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015 . Retrieved 29 November 2013.

Lewis, Leona (2013). Christmas, with Love (Liner Notes) (Compact Disc). Leona Lewis. London, England: Syco. For Leona Lewis—like many people—pandemic Christmas in 2020 was memorable for all the wrong reasons. “It was really awful,” she tells Apple Music. “I was away from my family and I hadn’t seen them for a year. I felt very isolated. It was the worst Christmas ever, basically.” Yet the experience prompted her to do something she had wanted to do for years: return to her 2013 Christmas album Christmas, With Love, on which she’d spawned a huge Christmas hit (“One More Sleep”) and covered iconic festive songs including “White Christmas”—done as Otis Redding had—and “Winter Wonderland.” “I didn’t want to record a whole new album, because I very much love this album and what it represents for me,” says Lewis. “After what happened last Christmas, I was like, ‘I have to do this, because I’ve been so down this whole time.’ I want this album to bring a bit of comfort to people after a crazy year.” The biggest new Christmas songs: How do they compare to the classics?". www.officialcharts.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019 . Retrieved 19 May 2019. LEONA LEWIS TO RELEASE HER FIRST-EVER CHRISTMAS ALBUM "CHRISTMAS, WITH LOVE" DECEMBER 3RD ON SYCO/RCA RECORDS". Rcarecords.com. 25 October 2013. Archived from the original on 29 November 2013 . Retrieved 4 December 2013. Leona Lewis – Christmas, with Love – hitparade.ch". hitparade.ch. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013 . Retrieved 10 December 2013.Leona Lewis announces festive tour – get ready to sing along to 'One More Sleep' ". PinkNews. 2 December 2021. Archived from the original on 25 June 2022 . Retrieved 3 January 2022.

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