Can't Fight This Feeling: Who sings the John Lewis advert song this year?

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy This year’s John Lewis Christmas advert has been released. The musician to follow in the footsteps of Ellie Goulding, Tom Odell and Gabrielle Aplin as singer of the annual trailer is Bastille frontman Dan Smith.​ REO Speedwagon’s 1985 power ballad “Can’t Fight This Feeling”, which features on the US bands band’s record Wheels Are Turnin‘, is this year’s song of choice. The touching advert, which tells the story of a little girl and her friendship with an excitable dragon named Edgar, marks John Lewis & Partners’ first ever joint campaign with Waitrose & Partners. Previous John Lewis Christmas ad covers include Oasis song “Half the World Away” and “Somewhere Only We Know” by Keane.