My Top 20: Christmas Chart Hits

Submitted by Wezzo on Wed, 08/25/2004 - 09:13
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  1. A Fairytale Of New York (The Pogues feat. Kirsty Maccoll)
  2. Do They Know It's Christmas? (Band Aid)
  3. Driving Home For Christmas (Chris Rea)
  4. Another Rock & Roll Christmas (Gary Glitter)
  5. Merry Christmas Everybody (Slade)
  6. When A Child Is Born (Johnny Mathis)
  7. Stop The Cavalry (Jona Lewie)
  8. Happy Christmas - War Is Over (John & Yoko)
  9. Merry Christmas Everyone (Shakin' Stevens)
  10. Wonderful Christmastime (Paul McCartney)
  11. In Dulce Jubilo (Mike Oldfield)
  12. Step Into Christmas (Elton John)
  13. Little Saint Nick (the Beach Boys)
  14. Last Christmas (Wham!)
  15. 2000 Miles (The Pretenders)
  16. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Jackson 5)
  17. Gaudete (Steeleye Span)
  18. White Christmas (Bing Crosby)
  19. I Believe In Father Christmas (Greg Lake)
  20. The Power Of Love (Frankie Goes To Hollywood)
Author Comments: 

A mainstream bias, yes, but oh well.. that's the point. Comments welcome.

Imposter08/26/2004

Are these in order of preference? If so, you couldn't have picked a better #1.

Wezzo08/26/2004

They sure are. Cheers!

0dysseus09/06/2004

Neato! Just off the top of my head (because I refuse to research Elmo & Patsy) it occurs to me that these might've charted:

Feliz Navidad - Jose Feliciano
Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses
Santa Claus is Comin' to Town - Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
Grandma Got Runover by a Reindeer- Elmo & Patsy

every damn year the first Christmas song I hear is Grandma Got Runover by a Reindeer . It's starting to ruin Kwanzaa for me.

Wezzo09/08/2004

Yeah, I'm sick of the Grandma song too. Awful, the only thing worse is the lame 45-minute cartoon video release based around it.

Rushmore09/18/2004

totally agree with the #1. great song.

Wezzo09/18/2004

Yup, cheers!

professor10/24/2004

Steeleye Span &nbsp are playing live &nbsp near my home &nbsp on 21st December 2004. &nbsp I will probably go along.

Wezzo11/05/2004

Cool, hope they play Gaudete. :) Let me know how you get on.

jasse11/14/2011

Music was an early sign of the Christmas season and festivities. The first songs, litanies, hymns were Latin works intended to be used for the liturgy of the Church, instead of popular songs. The 13th century saw the emergence of the song written in the vernacular under the influence of Francis of Assisi. Christmas | Merry Christmas