Christmas Songs

[Walt Flanagans Dog]

Other Christmas songs in the Top 40:

2 Sam Ryder
3 Mariah
5 Ed n Elton
6 Pogues
7 Brenda Lee
9 Buble (It's Beginning...)
10 Shakey
11 Ariana
12 Andy Williams
13 Kelly Clarkson
14 Bobby Helms
15 Band Aid
16 Dean Martin
18 Jorja Smith (subject to opinion)
19 Elton
20 Cher
21 Rea
22 John and Yoko
23 Buble (Holly Jolly)
24 Ronettes
25 Macca
26 Wizzard
27 Kelly n Ariana
28 Jose Feliciano
29 the TikTok Wizzard cover
30 Sia
31 Laufey (surprisely successful cover of Winter Wonderland)
32 Leona Lewis
33 Slade
34 Bieber
35 Darlene Love
36 Nat King Cole

[Patrick Thistle]

One of my Christmas presents this year is the Now That's What I Call Christmas 4 CD album released in 2022. The fourth CD is "Hits at Christmas" which includes things like Angels, Stay Another Day etc. As a compilation it's pretty good for having originals on rather than random covers.

[Patrick Thistle]

1987

# 3 Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Mel & Kim

But not the Mel & Kim you might be thinking of...

[Jah Womble]

I did wonder about adding the surnames, but that was how they were billed on the record.

[danielmak]

I was hoping this would be better. I like Jimmy Eat World, but the song is kind of blah, which might suggest why it does not seemed to have garnered the commercial alternative radio airplay that it would if the version was better.

[Hot Pepsi]

Agreed

[danielmak]

Here are two garage punk songs from Billy Childish's crew:

[scratchmonkey]

[Hot Pepsi]

[danielmak]

Randy Travis, "Meet Me Under the Mistletoe" for those wanting a little country-flavored Christmas music:

Tammy Wynette, "Blue Christmas"

[G-Man]

Country X-mas music? We got 'em.

Country X-mas 1
Country X-mas 2

There are also mixes covering soul, R&B, blues, doo wop, smooth jazz, easy listening, the 1940s, '50s, '60s, '70s and '80s, and obviously pop. And themed mixes. The whole lot is here.

[Ray de Galles]

This specific case may have already been covered but I got mildly annoyed over the festive build up with what seemed like a general decision to brand '2 Become 1' by Spice Girls as a Xmas song purely based on it being a Christmas Number One. Granted this may be primarily a decision Magic Radio have made.

I know there are plenty of other examples discussed upthread of questionably Xmas songs such as 'The Power of Love' or 'Stay Another Day' but they at least have a Xmassy feel and the videos make an effort.

I wouldn't object so much to the Spice Girls inclusion except for the fact that the far superior 'Always On My Mind' by Pet Shop Boys is never afforded the same status despite also reaching Xmas number one. Perhaps people have never forgiven it for keeping 'Fairytale of New York' off the top spot.

[Simon G]

It's been pushed on the Xmas music channels over the last few years. I think it's the general softness of the song along with a wintry video that they've decided makes it Christmassy.

Personally, I think Goodbye was their best Christmas number 1 and that video was set in a house covered in ice.