Mother and Child Reunion "Bridge over Troubled Water"—to sound like a Jamaican song, but felt it ended up sounding like a "bad imitation." Simon was instructed by the musicians on the differences among reggae, ska, and bluebeat. He felt awkward at first because he was "the only white guy there and I was American." Simon later overdubbed piano and vocals to the track back in New York. Mother and Child Reunion "Mother and Child Reunion" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Paul Simon. It was the lead single from his second self-titled studio album (1972), released on Columbia Records. It was released as
The Big Reunion member Jason "J" Brown also returned to hit back at accusations made by his bandmates. On 12 December, a Christmas special called "The Big Christmas Reunion" aired. It features the bands uniting to recording a cover of "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" for "Text Santa". It also gives an insight into the work undertaken by "Text Santa" charities Age UK, Barnardo's, BeatBullying, the British Heart Foundation, CLIC Sargent and Help the Hospices. Due to massive ratings success, a second series was commissioned. Groups were rumoured to be reuniting for series 2 included Big Brovaz, Hear'Say, S Club 7,