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 6th December 2015, 07:48 PM
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QUOTE(Ethan @ Dec 6 2015, 07:42 PM)  the likes of 'stay another day', 'the power of love', '2000 miles', etc. have become synonymous with Xmas in the public consciousness~ 'do you want to build a snowman?' is for the little kids ~ unfortunately a whole generation born after 2005 will consider it a bona fide Chrimbo anthem  2000 Miles was marketed as a Christmas single at the time. The other two only really became thought of as Christmas songs because of the videos. |
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6th December 2015, 09:33 PM
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QUOTE(Common Sense @ Dec 6 2015, 04:09 PM) These 4 Music and Viva Festive Countdowns make me laugh. Was watching Santa Blessed's Festive 50 earlier and they had songs that have absolutely nothing to do with Christmas. Kate Winslet's What If was one and Spice Girls and S Club as someone else has mentioned. Also versions of When I Fall In Love. Think I'll email them and say "What if you had all Xmas songs in your Festive 50's!" It's a bit like Gezzas current countdown - they will include December hits in the list! |
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6th December 2015, 09:37 PM
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Yeah 2000 miles has the lines "it must me Christmas time" so it's definitely a Christmas song to me. I think of songs like Stay Another Day and The Power of Love as songs I would associate with Christmas due to their videos and the use of bells. I wouldn't call 2 Become 1 a Christmas song personally, it just happened to be out at Christmas time.
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6th December 2015, 09:51 PM
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£1 Fish Song always reminds me of Christmas...
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7th December 2015, 11:19 AM
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QUOTE(Suedehead2 @ Dec 6 2015, 12:21 PM) I wouldn't consider Freiheit's song to be a Christmas song. It entered the chart just before Christmas, but peaked in mid-January. I certainly wouldn't let anything stop me listening to such a glorious song at any time of they year. 
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7th December 2015, 11:20 AM
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Stay Another Day has bells on it!
Oh, why no mention of Iron Maiden's Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter?
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7th December 2015, 11:21 AM
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QUOTE(Suedehead2 @ Dec 6 2015, 07:48 PM) The other two only really became thought of as Christmas songs because of the videos. Isn't that enough? |
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7th December 2015, 12:16 PM
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QUOTE(Common Sense @ Dec 6 2015, 05:09 PM) These 4 Music and Viva Festive Countdowns make me laugh. Was watching Santa Blessed's Festive 50 earlier and they had songs that have absolutely nothing to do with Christmas. Kate Winslet's What If was one and Spice Girls and S Club as someone else has mentioned. Also versions of When I Fall In Love. Think I'll email them and say "What if you had all Xmas songs in your Festive 50's!" Isn't 'What If' from a Christmas film though? |
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7th December 2015, 01:55 PM
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QUOTE(Cauldron @ Dec 7 2015, 11:21 AM) Isn't that enough? Not for me. Think of it another way. The Power Of Love was included on the album Welcome To The Pleasure Dome. That was released at a time when most album sales were vinyl and cassette, making it difficult to skip a track. Why would they have included a Christmas song in the middle of an album? By the time East 17 released Steam, CDs were selling in much higher numbers. Even so, surely a song meant as a Christmas song would have been the last track on the album, if it was included at all. Stay Another Day was about half way through, i.e. probably the last track on side 1 of the vinyl release. |
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7th December 2015, 02:00 PM
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QUOTE(Suedehead2 @ Dec 7 2015, 01:55 PM) Not for me. Think of it another way. The Power Of Love was included on the album Welcome To The Pleasure Dome. That was released at a time when most album sales were vinyl and cassette, making it difficult to skip a track. Why would they have included a Christmas song in the middle of an album? By the time East 17 released Steam, CDs were selling in much higher numbers. Even so, surely a song meant as a Christmas song would have been the last track on the album, if it was included at all. Stay Another Day was about half way through, i.e. probably the last track on side 1 of the vinyl release. Opportunism, I guess. But I like both of those songs. |
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7th December 2015, 04:46 PM
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QUOTE(The Hit Parade @ Dec 7 2015, 12:16 PM) Isn't 'What If' from a Christmas film though? Yeh I think there's a cartoon video for it and it was in the top 10/20 in December 2001! |
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7th December 2015, 04:57 PM
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Maybe a little off-topic but Noddy Holder earns £800,000 just himself every year for sales of Merry Xmas Everybody. Not bad, calls it his "yearly pension"
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7th December 2015, 05:01 PM
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How'd you know it's that much?
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