Amy MacDonald releases a single, ‘This Christmas Day
’, as a fundraiser for money and awareness for Alzheimer’s Research UK, via Virgin EMI.

Macdonald has recorded the Christmas track due to dementia now the UK’s leading cause of death – overtaking cancer and heart disease.

And the song is about the Bishopbriggs singer losing her grandmother to the illnes, pointing to the statistic that since last Christmas, another 200,000 people in the UK have developed dementia, most commonly caused by Alzheimer’s.

She says of the track: “I wrote a song about Alzheimer’s on a previous album (‘Left That Body Long Ago’). In the years since, I’ve been blown away by the response from people who have gone through similar experiences.

“But I wanted to write a song that explained how I felt at a time of year when it affected me most, and ‘This Christmas Day’ was born. Christmas is an extremely poignant time of year, but it’s not always a happy time.

“Christmas became a challenge for us, and my latest single reflects that.

The video for the single features home-taped footage from the late 80s and early 90s of the MacDonald family enjoying Christmas time together, including her ‘Nan’ on Christmas day throughout the years. It can be purchased here.

More at www.amymacdonald.co.uk / www.alzheimersresearchuk.org