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post Dec 3 2017, 04:19 PM
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Excellent to see Fairytale was rereleased that year and went top 3 (didn't know that until about two years ago or so when I started looking at the chart archive for 2005).

Poor JCB song missed out, but That's My Goal is preferable to 'A Moment Like This' the next year, although I do prefer Steve Brookstein's Phil Collins cover 'Take A Look At Me Now' in early 2005 as an X factor winner's single.

Had no idea Crazy Frog was so high in the Christmas chart that year ohmy.gif

See The Day is a fantastic song I think, the original by Dee C Lee is better imo but the Girls Aloud version is very good still imo.

I Like Girls by Hound Dogs I do remember from the time, the lyrics are mellow.gif but the production is excellent some Kungs style trumpets in it too!

According to wikipedia Be Without You apparently had a remix popular in the clubs at the time by Moto Blanco, and listening to it, it is once again funky house biggrin.gif that helped it to hold up in the top 75 for quite a while. I don't remember either remix or original from the time though.

Listen to Your Heart still holding up in the top 20 as the big Christmas party season dance hit too back then!

Hoping 2002 pops up soon as it is an interesting Christmas chart as it has a big dance entry entering at top 10 on Christmas week. Wonder why it was released then, unusual even in the 1995-2015 held back release era to have a dance song entering at top 10 on the Christmas chart.


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QUOTE(Michael Bubré @ Dec 3 2017, 01:04 AM) *
'Mr. Hankey The Christmas Poo' heart.gif iconic track (although not as good as 'Chocolate Salty Balls' of course - hard to believe that South Park spawned not one but two actual UK top 10 singles, I guess the closest thing to that happening again recently was Family Guy popularising 'Surfin' Bird' and inspiring the Xmas #1 campaign for it, unless I'm forgetting any other obvious examples of hit singles from cartoons).

I didn't realise how old 'A Little Bit Of Luck' was, always thought it was from the mid early 00s ohmy.gif


The Simpsons had Do the Bartman in 1992 or so, can't remember another hit fornit tho?!
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post Dec 3 2017, 11:01 PM
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Waterbabies was a fantastic Christmas song, helped by a vodaphone ad at the time if memory serves me right. Nine Million Bicycles spent 14 weeks top 75? Didn't realise that. Remember being devasted that XF sold so well as I thought Nislopi could challenge, always thought it was a really nice seasonal track and at the time it's sales increased hugely too from at a guess 50-80k the week before to 189k on xmas week, which was impressive!

Others I liked/purchased

Lil Kim Lighters Up
Sean Paul We Be Burnin
Pharrell/Gwen Stefani Can I have it Like That
Coldplay Fix You
Brand Reynolds Gambler
Tom Novy/Michael Marshall Your Body
Sugababes Ugly (They're best ever single imo)
Kelly Clarkson Because of You


Had downloads been added to the chart by this stage? Or had the download chart just started seperately? I remember it was round the time Hung Up was out as it dominated!
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QUOTE(ChristmasEve201 @ Dec 3 2017, 05:27 PM) *
The Simpsons had Do the Bartman in 1992 or so, can't remember another hit fornit tho?!
'Spider Pig' from The Simpsons Movie made the top 40! If you want to count the movie alongside the TV show, that is.
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Day 4: 2001

A bit of a non-eventful Christmas chart for 2001 with only one new entry in the top 20, Gordon Haskell 'How Wonderful You Are' at #2 which sounds boring and awful, and doesn't sound like a chart hit anyway but from what I gather it was a Radio 2 campaign to get this to Christmas number one. What was #1 was Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman for the second week with 'Something Stupid' though with sales of only 110k it was the lowest selling until 'Rockabye' 15 years later only sold 57k to make #1 at Christmas.

The standouts in the top 10 are 'Gotta Get Thru This' at #3 and 'Murder On The Dancefloor' at #4 which would both return to the top 2 in the new year. Also a shoutout to PPK 'Resurection' at #12 which is one of my favourite classic trance bangers.

In terms of new entries lower down the top 40 we got no 'event' singles but rather just four normal entries. David Gray at #26, Faithless at #29, Mariah Carey at #32 and Warp Brothers at #40. I haven't heard any of them before not even the dance singles, on a first listen the Faithless one 'Tarantula' seems to be another of their trance songs which is good to hear, and Warp Brothers bring hard house to the bottom end of the chart. My favourite of the two would have to be 'Tarantula'. I'm not at all a fan of David Gray, find him boring and I have no interest in listening to 'Say Hello Wave Goodbye' based on a quick scan especially considering it's nine minutes long. Both Mariah songs in the double A-side here are nothing special either.

02 - 01 - 01 - Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman - SOMETHING STUPID 110k
1 - NEW - 02 - Gordon Haskell - HOW WONDERFUL YOU ARE
04 - 02 - 03 - Daniel Bedingfield - GOTTA GET THRU THIS
03 - 03 - 04 - Sophie Ellis Bextor - MURDER ON THE DANCEFLOOR
03 - 04 - 05 - Stereophonics - HANDBAGS AND GLADRAGS
05 - 07 - 06 - S Club 7 - HAVE YOU EVER
02 - 05 - 07 - Ian Van Dahl - WILL I?
02 - 06 - 08 - Samantha Mumba - LATELY
03 - 09 - 09 - Tweenies - I BELIEVE IN CHRISTMAS
03 - 10 - 10 - Hermes House Band - COUNTRY ROADS
04 - 11 - 11 - Kate Winslet - WHAT IF
04 - 08 - 12 - PPK - RESURECTION
15 - 24 - 13 - DJ Otzi - HEY BABY
14 - 21 - 14 - Kylie Minogue - CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD
03 - 14 - 15 - Steps - WORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH / I KNOW HIM SO WELL
02 - 12 - 16 - Feeder - JUST A DAY EP
03 - 16 - 17 - Sum 41 - IN TOO DEEP
10 - 26 - 18 - Afroman - BECAUSE I GOT HIGH
02 - 13 - 19 - Janet Jackson featuring Carly Simon and Missy Elliott - SON OF A GUN (I BETCHA THINK THIS SONG IS ABOUT YOU)
05 - 17 - 20 - Riva featuring Dannii Minogue - WHO DO YOU LOVE NOW (STRINGER)
06 - 23 - 21 - Blue - IF YOU COME BACK
02 - 15 - 22 - Kosheen - CATCH
04 - 19 - 23 - Hear'Say - EVERYBODY
03 - 18 - 24 - Cliff Richard - SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW / WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD (MEDLEY)
07 - 22 - 25 - Westlife - QUEEN OF MY HEART
1 - NEW - 26 - David Gray - SAY HELLO WAVE GOODBYE
04 - 28 - 27 - Alcazar - CRYING AT THE DISCOTHEQUE
05 - 27 - 28 - DJ Otzi - DO WAH DIDDY
1 - NEW - 29 - Faithless - TARANTULA
06 - 32 - 30 - Destiny's Child - EMOTION
08 - 31 - 31 - Jennifer Lopez - I'M REAL
1 - NEW - 32 - Mariah Carey featuring Mystikal - NEVER TOO FAR / DON'T STOP FUNKIN' 4 JAMAICA
04 - 34 - 33 - Basement Jaxx - WHERE'S YOUR HEAD AT
02 - 20 - 34 - Emma Bunton - WE'RE NOT GOING TO SLEEP TONIGHT
04 - 30 - 35 - Geri Halliwell - CALLING
11 - 37 - 36 - Iio - RAPTURE
04 - 35 - 37 - Oxide and Neutrino - RAP DIS / ONLY WANNA KNOW U COS YOU'RE U
05 - 38 - 38 - Anastacia - PAID MY DUES
03 - 33 - 39 - Liberty - DOIN' IT
1 - NEW - 40 - Warp Brothers - BLAST THE SPEAKERS

02 - 25 - 41 - Michael Jackson - CRY
1 - NEW - 42 - TJ Davis - WONDEFUL LIFE
13 - 41 - 43 - City High - WHAT WOULD YOU DO
08 - 29 - 44 - Alicia Keys - FALLIN'
06 - 43 - 45 - Lighthouse Family - (I WISH I KNEW HOW IT WOULD FEEL TO BE) FREE / ONE
03 - 39 - 46 - Dream Team vs Artful Dodger - IT AIN'T ENOUGH
1 - NEW - 47 - Boney M - DADDY COOL 2001
10 - 51 - 48 - Britney Spears - I'M A SLAVE 4 U
13 - 44 - 49 - Mary J Blige - FAMILY AFFAIR
06 - 42 - 50 - Bubba Sparxxx - UGLY
1 - NEW - 51 - DJ Otzi - X-MAS TIME
08 - 46 - 52 - Dandy Warhols - BOHEMIAN LIKE YOU
02 - 36 - 53 - Starsailor - LULLABY
06 - 50 - 54 - Blu Cantrell - HIT 'EM UP STYLE (OOPS)
10 - 53 - 55 - So Solid Crew - THEY DON'T KNOW
05 - 52 - 56 - Jamiroquai - YOU GIVE ME SOMETHING
11 - 66 - 57 - Michael Jackson - YOU ROCK MY WORLD
02 - 70 - 58 - Scoobie - THE MAGNIFICENT 7
03 - 45 - 59 - Roger Sanchez featuring Armand Van Helden - YOU CAN'T CHANGE ME
16 - 63 - 60 - Bob The Builder - MAMBO NUMBER 5
10 - 56 - 61 - Mis-Teeq - ONE NIGHT STAND
09 - 55 - 62 - Five - CLOSER TO ME
02 - 48 - 63 - Lampies - LIGHT UP THE WORLD FOR CHRISTMAS
02 - 40 - 64 - Delerious? - IF I COULD SING OF YOUR LOVE TONIGHT
05 - 65 - 65 - Shaggy - DANCE AND SHOUT / HOPE
05 - RE - 66 - Natalie Imbruglia - THAT DAY
03 - 47 - 67 - DMX - WHO WE BE
17 - 75 - 68 - Uncle Kracker - FOLLOW ME
07 - 60 - 69 - Cher - THE MUSIC'S NO GOOD WITHOUT YOU
05 - 68 - 70 - U2 - WALK ON
03 - 49 - 71 - Tukan - LIGHT A RAINBOW
07 - 59 - 72 - Artists Against AIDS Worldwide - WHAT'S GOING ON
13 - RE - 73 - Alien Ant Farm - SMOOTH CRIMINAL
10 - RE - 74 - Ones - FLAWLESS
03 - 54 - 75 - Volatile Agents featuring Simone Benn - HOOKED ON YOU
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post Dec 4 2017, 09:23 AM
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QUOTE(ChristmasEve201 @ Dec 3 2017, 11:01 PM) *
Had downloads been added to the chart by this stage? Or had the download chart just started seperately? I remember it was round the time Hung Up was out as it dominated!

Downloads were added in April 2005 but only for singles that had a physical CD/vinyl in the shops.

The Christmas 2001 chart looks rather barren to say the least and was the last (before 2016) festive chart without any Pop Idol/X-Factor contender which would become depressingly predictable by the end of the decade. Shout out to Feeder though at #16!
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Handbags and Gladrags is easily the best in this top ten. Elsewhere, David Gray's cover of Say Hello Wave Goodbye is decent (although I prefer the original). I'd forgotten Boney M got Daddy Cool back in the chart in 2001.
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QUOTE(dandy* @ Dec 2 2017, 09:24 AM) *
The Imagine release was definitely targeted at getting the #1 for the turn of the century.


yes, I think it was, plus there were hit tracks on the CD apart from Imagine. 1999 and Millennium, and Disco 2000 all picked up airplay again too (and sales)
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fair amount of classics vs dross in the xmas past charts. My preference is prob for 1997 or 2001, but I am ashamed to say I have utterly forgotten so many tracks in the charts as I haven't ever revisited most of them (except 1999 oddly enough).

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post Dec 4 2017, 10:18 PM
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QUOTE(Riser @ Dec 4 2017, 12:31 AM) *
'Spider Pig' from The Simpsons Movie made the top 40! If you want to count the movie alongside the TV show, that is.


Yeh that's true!
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QUOTE(dancember @ Dec 4 2017, 08:58 AM) *
Day 4: 2001

A bit of a non-eventful Christmas chart for 2001 with only one new entry in the top 20, Gordon Haskell 'How Wonderful You Are' at #2 which sounds boring and awful, and doesn't sound like a chart hit anyway but from what I gather it was a Radio 2 campaign to get this to Christmas number one. What was #1 was Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman for the second week with 'Something Stupid' though with sales of only 110k it was the lowest selling until 'Rockabye' 15 years later only sold 57k to make #1 at Christmas.

The standouts in the top 10 are 'Gotta Get Thru This' at #3 and 'Murder On The Dancefloor' at #4 which would both return to the top 2 in the new year. Also a shoutout to PPK 'Resurection' at #12 which is one of my favourite classic trance bangers.

In terms of new entries lower down the top 40 we got no 'event' singles but rather just four normal entries. David Gray at #26, Faithless at #29, Mariah Carey at #32 and Warp Brothers at #40. I haven't heard any of them before not even the dance singles, on a first listen the Faithless one 'Tarantula' seems to be another of their trance songs which is good to hear, and Warp Brothers bring hard house to the bottom end of the chart. My favourite of the two would have to be 'Tarantula'. I'm not at all a fan of David Gray, find him boring and I have no interest in listening to 'Say Hello Wave Goodbye' based on a quick scan especially considering it's nine minutes long. Both Mariah songs in the double A-side here are nothing special either.

02 - 01 - 01 - Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman - SOMETHING STUPID 110k
1 - NEW - 02 - Gordon Haskell - HOW WONDERFUL YOU ARE
04 - 02 - 03 - Daniel Bedingfield - GOTTA GET THRU THIS
03 - 03 - 04 - Sophie Ellis Bextor - MURDER ON THE DANCEFLOOR
03 - 04 - 05 - Stereophonics - HANDBAGS AND GLADRAGS
05 - 07 - 06 - S Club 7 - HAVE YOU EVER
02 - 05 - 07 - Ian Van Dahl - WILL I?
02 - 06 - 08 - Samantha Mumba - LATELY
03 - 09 - 09 - Tweenies - I BELIEVE IN CHRISTMAS
03 - 10 - 10 - Hermes House Band - COUNTRY ROADS
04 - 11 - 11 - Kate Winslet - WHAT IF
04 - 08 - 12 - PPK - RESURECTION
15 - 24 - 13 - DJ Otzi - HEY BABY
14 - 21 - 14 - Kylie Minogue - CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD
03 - 14 - 15 - Steps - WORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH / I KNOW HIM SO WELL
02 - 12 - 16 - Feeder - JUST A DAY EP
03 - 16 - 17 - Sum 41 - IN TOO DEEP
10 - 26 - 18 - Afroman - BECAUSE I GOT HIGH
02 - 13 - 19 - Janet Jackson featuring Carly Simon and Missy Elliott - SON OF A GUN (I BETCHA THINK THIS SONG IS ABOUT YOU)
05 - 17 - 20 - Riva featuring Dannii Minogue - WHO DO YOU LOVE NOW (STRINGER)
06 - 23 - 21 - Blue - IF YOU COME BACK
02 - 15 - 22 - Kosheen - CATCH
04 - 19 - 23 - Hear'Say - EVERYBODY
03 - 18 - 24 - Cliff Richard - SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW / WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD (MEDLEY)
07 - 22 - 25 - Westlife - QUEEN OF MY HEART
1 - NEW - 26 - David Gray - SAY HELLO WAVE GOODBYE
04 - 28 - 27 - Alcazar - CRYING AT THE DISCOTHEQUE
05 - 27 - 28 - DJ Otzi - DO WAH DIDDY
1 - NEW - 29 - Faithless - TARANTULA
06 - 32 - 30 - Destiny's Child - EMOTION
08 - 31 - 31 - Jennifer Lopez - I'M REAL
1 - NEW - 32 - Mariah Carey featuring Mystikal - NEVER TOO FAR / DON'T STOP FUNKIN' 4 JAMAICA
04 - 34 - 33 - Basement Jaxx - WHERE'S YOUR HEAD AT
02 - 20 - 34 - Emma Bunton - WE'RE NOT GOING TO SLEEP TONIGHT
04 - 30 - 35 - Geri Halliwell - CALLING
11 - 37 - 36 - Iio - RAPTURE
04 - 35 - 37 - Oxide and Neutrino - RAP DIS / ONLY WANNA KNOW U COS YOU'RE U
05 - 38 - 38 - Anastacia - PAID MY DUES
03 - 33 - 39 - Liberty - DOIN' IT
1 - NEW - 40 - Warp Brothers - BLAST THE SPEAKERS

02 - 25 - 41 - Michael Jackson - CRY
1 - NEW - 42 - TJ Davis - WONDEFUL LIFE
13 - 41 - 43 - City High - WHAT WOULD YOU DO
08 - 29 - 44 - Alicia Keys - FALLIN'
06 - 43 - 45 - Lighthouse Family - (I WISH I KNEW HOW IT WOULD FEEL TO BE) FREE / ONE
03 - 39 - 46 - Dream Team vs Artful Dodger - IT AIN'T ENOUGH
1 - NEW - 47 - Boney M - DADDY COOL 2001
10 - 51 - 48 - Britney Spears - I'M A SLAVE 4 U
13 - 44 - 49 - Mary J Blige - FAMILY AFFAIR
06 - 42 - 50 - Bubba Sparxxx - UGLY
1 - NEW - 51 - DJ Otzi - X-MAS TIME
08 - 46 - 52 - Dandy Warhols - BOHEMIAN LIKE YOU
02 - 36 - 53 - Starsailor - LULLABY
06 - 50 - 54 - Blu Cantrell - HIT 'EM UP STYLE (OOPS)
10 - 53 - 55 - So Solid Crew - THEY DON'T KNOW
05 - 52 - 56 - Jamiroquai - YOU GIVE ME SOMETHING
11 - 66 - 57 - Michael Jackson - YOU ROCK MY WORLD
02 - 70 - 58 - Scoobie - THE MAGNIFICENT 7
03 - 45 - 59 - Roger Sanchez featuring Armand Van Helden - YOU CAN'T CHANGE ME
16 - 63 - 60 - Bob The Builder - MAMBO NUMBER 5
10 - 56 - 61 - Mis-Teeq - ONE NIGHT STAND
09 - 55 - 62 - Five - CLOSER TO ME
02 - 48 - 63 - Lampies - LIGHT UP THE WORLD FOR CHRISTMAS
02 - 40 - 64 - Delerious? - IF I COULD SING OF YOUR LOVE TONIGHT
05 - 65 - 65 - Shaggy - DANCE AND SHOUT / HOPE
05 - RE - 66 - Natalie Imbruglia - THAT DAY
03 - 47 - 67 - DMX - WHO WE BE
17 - 75 - 68 - Uncle Kracker - FOLLOW ME
07 - 60 - 69 - Cher - THE MUSIC'S NO GOOD WITHOUT YOU
05 - 68 - 70 - U2 - WALK ON
03 - 49 - 71 - Tukan - LIGHT A RAINBOW
07 - 59 - 72 - Artists Against AIDS Worldwide - WHAT'S GOING ON
13 - RE - 73 - Alien Ant Farm - SMOOTH CRIMINAL
10 - RE - 74 - Ones - FLAWLESS
03 - 54 - 75 - Volatile Agents featuring Simone Benn - HOOKED ON YOU


Fairly quite xmas chart Robbie/Nicole still gets some xmas plays from what I hear and Kate Winslet & S Club goes down as an xmas track to me as well.

A lot of upward movement for the big hits of the year like Dj Otzi, Kylie & Afroman. Faithless and PPK songs are great.
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PPK with Resurection and Ian van Dahl with Will I providing two big Christmas party season dance hits for that year! I really like both tracks.

Shout out to 'Crying At The Discotheque', should have done a bit better in the charts than peaking at #13 imo, but I suppose it did well enough considering trance was the dominant dance genre doing well in the charts at this time.

Shout out also to Who Do You Love Now (Stringer), Catch and Where's Your Head At, all great dance tunes!

I was 9 at the time and I remember that Hermes House Band's Country Roads along with DJ Otzi's Hey Baby quickly became kids' disco staples.

I don't think I was a fan of Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman's 'Something Stupid' back then, I preferred and still do fellow female actor Kate Winslet's 'Never Let You Go' which is a beautiful song I think.


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Day 5: 2003

In one of the closest races for Christmas number one in history Michael Andrews famously held off The Darkness to claim #1 with 'Mad World', featuring vocalist Gary Jules. Neither would have a second hit. The Darkness had to settle for their second #2 hit following 'I Believe...' and they would never reach any higher in their career. It is a shame that their 'Christmas Time' just missed out this week as it would have been one of the rare occasions of an actual Christmas song getting the title, and it is a great original song that gets a few plays from me every Christmas anyway, and it seems to be remembered well as it re-entered the official top 100 last year. 'Mad World' is a great song too so I can't be too annoyed with it claiming #1 in the end, I like the dark and chilling feels of the production which suit the lyrics far better than the original Tears For Fears version in my opinion. In any case we can at least all be thankful that Ozzy and Kelly Osbourne fell from #1 this week with 'Changes'. That would've been a non eventful Christmas #1.

Quite a few challengers for the top were released this week. Bo Selecta with their completely unfunny 'Proper Crimbo' enters at #4, perhaps I needed to be there at the time. Also to make it three of five Christmas songs in the top five, the year's Pop Idol finalists cover of Lennon's 'Happy Xmas' enters at #5, which was seen as a major disappointment. Unsurprisingly it is a long way off the quality of the original, though I presume it was a charity release, so #5 seems right for it.

In the battle of the girlbands Atomic Kitten won over Sugababes with their 'Ladies Night' cover at #8 against 'Too Lost In You' at #10 (which I think could've been a top five hit if the release were timed better, as it seems to be one of their most fondly remembered songs). They both beat boyband of the moment Blue who enter at #11 with 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered', their first top 10 miss and a clear sign that they were on their last legs.

Ultrabeat followed big #2 hit 'Pretty Green Eyes' with 'Feelin Fine' which in this competitive week could only make #12, though it had good longevity. Some more festive entries lower down include one-trick ponies Fast Food Rockers who were clearly desperate to rake as much money as possible in before the novelty had worn off. 'I Love Christmas' is awful as you'd expect and not in the fun way that their previous two hits were. They never made the charts again and are probably all working in an actual fast food joint now. Look out for them at your local Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken, or maybe McDonalds.

At #26 is Billy Mack (better known as actor Bill Nighy) with a cover of 'Love Is All Around' for the film 'Love Actually', except it's retitled 'Christmas Is All Around', and that's basically the joke. The film was very popular but that didn't translate to the singles chart for this song, which is probably for the best. Also entering lower down are G-Unit at #29 and Erin Rocha at #36 both with non-seasonal songs.

1 - NEW - 01 - Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules - MAD WORLD 227k
1 - NEW - 02 - Darkness - CHRISTMAS TIME (DON'T LET THE BELLS END) 222k
02 - 01 - 03 - Ozzy and Kelly Osbourne - CHANGES
1 - NEW - 04 - Bo Selecta - PROPER CRIMBO
1 - NEW - 05 - Idols - HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) 73k
04 - 02 - 06 - Will Young - LEAVE RIGHT NOW
03 - 03 - 07 - Black Eyed Peas - SHUT UP
1 - NEW - 08 - Atomic Kitten - LADIES NIGHT 28k
04 - 04 - 09 - Shane Richie - I'M YOUR MAN
1 - NEW - 10 - Sugababes - TOO LOST IN YOU
1 - NEW - 11 - Blue featuring Stevie Wonder and Angie Stone - SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED, I'M YOURS
1 - NEW - 12 - Ultrabeat - FEELIN' FINE
02 - 05 - 13 - Cliff Richard - SANTA'S LIST
06 - 06 - 14 - Westlife - MANDY
02 - 10 - 15 - Cheeky Girls - HAVE A CHEEKY CHRISTMAS
06 - 22 - 16 - Outkast - HEY YA!
03 - 14 - 17 - Katie Melua - THE CLOSEST THING TO CRAZY
02 - 07 - 18 - Evanescence - MY IMMORTAL
08 - 17 - 19 - UB40 / United Colours Of Sound - SWING LOW
05 - 12 - 20 - Girls Aloud - JUMP (FOR MY LOVE)
02 - 09 - 21 - Christina Aguilera - THE VOICE WITHIN
03 - 16 - 22 - Simply Red - YOU MAKE ME FEEL BRAND NEW
10 - 18 - 23 - Kevin Lyttle - TURN ME ON
03 - 08 - 24 - Gareth Gates - SAY IT ISN'T SO
1 - NEW - 25 - Fast Food Rockers - I LOVE CHRISTMAS
1 - NEW - 26 - Billy Mack - CHRISTMAS IS ALL AROUND
02 - 13 - 27 - Nelly Furtado - POWERLESS (SAY WHAT YOU WANT)
02 - 21 - 28 - Lost Brothers featuring G Tom Mac - CRY LITTLE SISTER (I NEED U NOW)
1 - NEW - 29 - G Unit - STUNT 101
09 - 24 - 30 - Fatman Scoop Featuring The Crooklyn Clan - BE FAITHFUL
06 - 23 - 31 - Busted - CRASHED THE WEDDING
03 - 20 - 32 - Dido - LIFE FOR RENT
02 - 11 - 33 - Madonna - LOVE PROFUSION
02 - 19 - 34 - Alicia Keys - YOU DON'T KNOW MY NAME
02 - 15 - 35 - Big Brovaz - AIN'T WHAT YOU DO
1 - NEW - 36 - Erin Rocha - CAN'T DO RIGHT FOR DOING WRONG
03 - 25 - 37 - D-Side - REAL WORLD
02 - 29 - 38 - Noddy - MAKE WAY FOR NODDY
05 - 28 - 39 - Lemar - 50 : 50 / LULLABY
04 - 27 - 40 - Ja Rule - CLAP BACK / REIGNS

06 - 30 - 41 - Britney Spears featuring Madonna - ME AGAINST THE MUSIC
05 - 31 - 42 - Alex Parks - MAYBE THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES
14 - 36 - 43 - Jamelia - SUPERSTAR
1 - NEW - 44 - Basil Brush featuring India Beau - BOOM BOOM / CHRISTMAS SLIDE
02 - 26 - 45 - Rachel Stevens - FUNKY DORY
1 - NEW - 46 - Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros - REDEMPTION SONG / ARMS ALOFT
02 - 32 - 47 - Jay-Z - CHANGE CLOTHES
1 - NEW - 48 - Travis - THE BEAUTIFUL OCCUPATION
02 - 33 - 49 - John And Yoko And The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir - HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER)
03 - 39 - 50 - Delta Goodrem - NOT ME NOT I
07 - 38 - 51 - Blazin' Squad - FLIP REVERSE
02 - 34 - 52 - Good Charlotte - HOLD ON / THE YOUNG AND THE HOPELESS
03 - 35 - 53 - Daniel O'Donnell - YOU RAISE ME UP / WINTER WONDERLAND
04 - 37 - 54 - Michael Jackson - ONE MORE CHANCE
1 - NEW - 55 - Mew - SHE CAME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
07 - 45 - 56 - Kylie Minogue - SLOW
02 - 40 - 57 - Texas - I'LL SEE IT THROUGH
04 - 41 - 58 - Limp Bizkit - BEHIND BLUE EYES
06 - 51 - 59 - Missy Elliott - PASS THAT DUTCH
08 - 42 - 60 - Pink - TROUBLE
04 - 44 - 61 - No Doubt - IT'S MY LIFE
03 - 43 - 62 - Muse - HYSTERIA
09 - 46 - 63 - Blue - GUILTY
07 - 65 - 64 - Robbie Williams - SEXED UP
16 - 56 - 65 - Black Eyed Peas - WHERE IS THE LOVE?
1 - NEW - 66 - Different Darkness - ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARKNESS
04 - 54 - 67 - Iron Maiden - RAINMAKER
08 - 53 - 68 - Atomic Kitten - IF YOU COME TO ME
04 - 48 - 69 - Blink 182 - FEELING THIS
10 - 58 - 70 - Sugababes - HOLE IN THE HEAD
08 - 73 - 71 - Holly Valance - STATE OF MIND
05 - 47 - 72 - Enrique Iglesias - ADDICTED
06 - 59 - 73 - Ludacris - STAND UP
04 - 50 - 74 - Meat Loaf - MAN OF STEEL
03 - 57 - 75 - Nelly - IZ U
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Such a shame this was before I got really into the charts/music as this sounds like such an exciting chart battle, and both are wonderful songs. Mad World is glorious in how inappropriate a mood it is for Christmas number 1 and that's why I love it, and it's an all time fave either way and a masterclass in how to make a cover exceed the original, and the Darkness is a genuine Christmas classic!

Quite a few modern Christmas songs here actually ohmy.gif Not all of them classics granted (gotta love Bill Nighy :')) but I do still hear Proper Crimbo from time to time *_
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The Darkness song is a load of overblown nonsense, but that it its appeal. That made it part of a decent top two, The only other song of merit in the top ten is form Will Young. The version of John Lennon's festive classic was diabolical.
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Yeh this was my version of 1973/84 in terms of modern xmas charts lol. I always think this wasn't too long ago because I lived through it and prob spoke about it on the midweeks in coolclarity at the time lol but it was 14 years ago and some on here are young enough to have been born around this time!

I remember both The Darkness & Gary Jules were A Listed on radio 1 and I heard Mad World on a late night radio 1 show at 2am for the first time in late November. Still listen to it a lot at Christmas.

Was Happy Christmas (War is Over) by John Lennon rereleased on cd at the time as it charted the week before this!

Outkast were about to have a huge jump at the start of 2004!
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Mew at 55 with a re-release of She Came Home For Christmas which was my Christmas #1 that year. It was the second (I think) time they'd released it as it just missed out on the Top 75 the previous Christmas...

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Christmas Is All Around is awful! puke.gif Defintiely for the best as you said danG that it didn't do better.

Really like Feelin Fine, remember it from the time and actually liked it, which was weird for a Clubland type dance song back then. Maybe because of the excellent vocal and because it reminded me a bit of Bryan Adams' excellent imo song 'Cloud Number 9'.
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Day 6: 2000

One of the biggest chart upsets ever in Westlife being denied a second Christmas number one by Bob The Builder, which made me smile when I learnt this because Westlife are awful and 'What Makes A Man' is no exception, as I expected it's a boring cliche ballad which actually sounds a lot like the typical 00s X-Factor winners single but a worse version of it. 'Can We Fix It' on the other hand is an undeniable classic. *_ Although my actual fave song in the top 10 is 'Stan' from Eminem at #3.

Not much else going on in the chart aside from four new entries from Oxide & Neutrino at #6, Sugababes at #12, a poorly done mash-up of Wombles and Wizzard's Christmas efforts at #22, and Whitney Houston at #26.

03 - 01 - 01 - Bob The Builder - CAN WE FIX IT 360k
1 - NEW - 02 - Westlife - WHAT MAKES A MAN
03 - 02 - 03 - Eminem featuring Dido - STAN
04 - 03 - 04 - S Club 7 - NEVER HAD A DREAM COME TRUE
12 - 05 - 05 - Baha Men - WHO LET THE DOGS OUT
1 - NEW - 06 - Oxide and Neutrino featuring Megaman - NO GOOD 4 ME
06 - 06 - 07 - LeAnn Rimes - CAN'T FIGHT THE MOONLIGHT
08 - 09 - 08 - Tweenies - NUMBER 1
05 - 07 - 09 - Destiny's Child - INDEPENDENT WOMEN PART 1
02 - 04 - 10 - Robbie Williams - SUPREME
05 - 08 - 11 - Public Domain - OPERATION BLADE (BASS IN THE PLACE)
1 - NEW - 12 - Sugababes - NEW YEAR
03 - 12 - 13 - Wyclef featuring Mary J Blige - 911
03 - 11 - 14 - Britney Spears - STRONGER
05 - 15 - 15 - Craig David - WALKING AWAY
04 - 13 - 16 - Madonna - DON'T TELL ME
04 - 16 - 17 - Da Muttz - WASSUP
02 - 10 - 18 - Kylie Minogue - PLEASE STAY
06 - 19 - 19 - Wu-Tang Clan - GRAVEL PIT
06 - 22 - 20 - Toploader - DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT
02 - 14 - 21 - Craig - AT THIS TIME OF YEAR
1 - NEW - 22 - Wombles with Roy Wood - I WISH IT COULD BE A WOMBLING CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY
05 - 23 - 23 - Ronan Keating - THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL
03 - 20 - 24 - Sisqo - INCOMPLETE
04 - 18 - 25 - Sonique - I PUT A SPELL ON YOU
1 - NEW - 26 - Whitney Houston featuring Faith Evens and Kelly Price - HEARTBREAK HOTEL
08 - 17 - 27 - Westlife - MY LOVE
09 - 26 - 28 - Ricky Martin - SHE BANGS
06 - 28 - 29 - Daft Punk - ONE MORE TIME
05 - 32 - 30 - Bomfunk MC's - UP ROCKING BEATS
04 - 24 - 31 - Warp Brothers Vs Aquagen - PHATT BASS
03 - 29 - 32 - Jay-Z - I JUST WANNA LOVE YOU (GIVE IT 2 ME)
06 - 30 - 33 - Artful Dodger featuring Lifford - PLEASE DON'T TURN ME ON
04 - 31 - 34 - Bon Jovi - THANK YOU FOR LOVING ME
06 - 33 - 35 - Darude - FEEL THE BEAT
08 - 35 - 36 - Kandi - DON'T THINK I'M NOT
02 - 25 - 37 - Billie Piper - WALK OF LIFE
07 - 38 - 38 - a1 - SAME OLD BRAND NEW YOU
02 - 21 - 39 - Storm - STORM ANIMAL
02 - 27 - 40 - Green Day - WARNING

02 - 34 - 41 - Lionel Richie - DON'T STOP THE MUSIC
04 - 40 - 42 - Melanie C - IF THAT WERE ME
05 - 39 - 43 - True Party - WHAZZUP
11 - 37 - 44 - Robbie Williams / Kylie Minogue - KIDS
12 - 44 - 45 - Delerium featuring Sarah Mclachlan - SILENCE
09 - 43 - 46 - Spice Girls - HOLLER / LET LOVE LEAD THE WAY
14 - 42 - 47 - Anastacia - I'M OUTTA LOVE
03 - 46 - 48 - Daniel O'Donnell - MORNING HAS BROKEN
19 - 54 - 49 - Spiller - GROOVEJET (IF THIS AIN'T LOVE)
07 - 51 - 50 - Backstreet Boys - SHAPE OF MY HEART
1 - NEW - 51 - Sir Killalot Vs Robo Babe - ROBOT WARS (ANDROID LOVE)
12 - 41 - 52 - All Saints - BLACK COFFEE
02 - 36 - 53 - Keith 'n' Shane - GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE
16 - 65 - 54 - Modjo - LADY (HEAR ME TONIGHT)
04 - 53 - 55 - Apollo Four Forty - CHARLIE'S ANGELS 2000
18 - 55 - 56 - Madonna - MUSIC
09 - 56 - 57 - Martine McCutcheon - I'M OVER YOU
05 - 49 - 58 - Paul Van Dyke - WE ARE ALIVE
07 - 57 - 59 - Offspring - ORIGINAL PRANKSTER
20 - 66 - 60 - Robbie Williams - ROCK DJ
03 - 47 - 61 - Lost Witness - 7 COLOURS
10 - 58 - 62 - Steps - STOMP
03 - 52 - 63 - Junior Jack - MY FEELING
05 - 60 - 64 - 'N Sync - THIS I PROMISE YOU
02 - 48 - 65 - 4 Strings - DAY TIME
08 - 64 - 66 - Nelly - (HOT SHIT) COUNTRY GRAMMAR
02 - 45 - 67 - Gouryella - TENSHI
04 - 67 - 68 - Mystical - SHAKE YOUR ASS
13 - 68 - 69 - Architects featuring Nana - BODY GROOVE
08 - RE - 70 - Fatboy Slim - SUNSET (BIRD OF PREY)
14 - 72 - 71 - Zombie Nation - KERNKRAFT 400
09 - 71 - 72 - Coldplay - TROUBLE
11 - 74 - 73 - U2 - BEAUTIFUL DAY
10 - 63 - 74 - Samantha Mumba - BODY II BODY
02 - 50 - 75 - Mirwais - NAIVE SONG
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Good to see my entry into the Dance Forum Song Contest lurking at no.65. smile.gif
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