<Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Mike Batt / Tim Rice </Td> </Tr> <P> "A Winter's Tale" is a song performed by David Essex on the 1983 album The Whisper . First released as a single in 1982, it reached #2 in the UK singles chart in January 1983, kept off #1 by Phil Collins's cover version of "You Can't Hurry Love". </P> <P> "A Winter's Tale" was written by Mike Batt and Tim Rice in late 1982 in response to a request from Essex . It was released as a single in December 1982 . It spent ten weeks in the UK chart, peaking at #2 on 15 January 1983 . Later in 1983, the song was included on Essex's album The Whisper . </P> <P> The song was covered by Michael Ball for his 2000 album Christmas . </P>

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