Posted December 17, 201113 yr ROUND 1 RESULTS The five songs that received the most points and go straight to the final are: 01. +193 Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) 02. +180 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody 03. +179 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody 04. +094 The Beatles - Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out 05. +091 The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand The next five highest scoring songs that will go to the playoff round are: 06. +087 Mud - Lonely This Christmas 07. +084 The Beatles - Hello, Goodbye 08. +073 Boney M. - Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord 09. +046 Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking 10. +042 Johnny Mathis - When A Child Is Born (Soleado) And the rest of the songs fall as such, not qualifying any further: 11. +033 The Beatles - I Feel Fine 12. +032 Elvis Presley - Return To Sender 13. +026 Tom Jones - Green, Green Grass Of Home 14. +023 Danny Williams - Moon River 15. +022 Wings - Mull Of Kintyre/Girls' School 16. +019 Rolf Harris - Two Little Boys 17. +016 The Scaffold - Lily The Pink 18. +015 Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) 19. +013 Emile Ford and The Checkmates - What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For? 20. +012 Harry Belafonte - Mary's Boy Child 21. +002 Conway Twitty - It's Only Make Believe 22. +001 Al Martino - Here In My Heart 22. +001 Cliff Richard and The Shadows - I Love You 24. +000 Dickie Valentine - Christmas Alphabet 24. +000 Frankie Laine - Answer Me 24. +000 Johnnie Ray - Just Walkin' In The Rain 24. +000 Winifred Atwell - Let's Have Another Party 28. -005 St. Winifred's School Choir - There's No One Quite Like Grandma 29. -009 Jimmy Osmond - Long Haired Lover From Liverpool -x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x- DISCLAIMER: This is a Christmas HITS rate, not a Christmas SONGS rate. Not all of the songs have a Christmas theme. This is not an error. Hello and welcome to BuzzJack's Ultimate Christmas Hits Rate :D This is a rate that follows the same formula as danielXF's 'Ultimate' series of rates that took place earlier this year. For those of you who don't remember, the basic premise is that you vote for your ten favourite songs and your one least favourite song from the list and give them points as such: +15 Favourite +12 2nd favourite +10 3rd favourite +8 ... +6 ... +5 ... +4 ... +3 ... +2 ... +1 10th favourite -2 Least favourite The five songs that receive the highest total points from each round will go straight to the final round. The next five highest from each round will go to a playoff round. Today is part 2 of this rate. The 30 songs below occupied the top 3 slots on the Christmas singles chart of each year between 1981 and 1990 (with the exception of Pet Shop Boys' 'West End Girls' which was 1985's Christmas #4, but stuck behind Band Aid's 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' making a second appearance in the Christmas top 3). THE SONGS: ABBA - One Of Us [#3, 1981] Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? [#1, 1984] Band Aid II - Do They Know It's Christmas? [#1, 1989] Cliff Richard - Daddy's Home [#2, 1981] Cliff Richard - Mistletoe And Wine [#1, 1988] Cliff Richard - Saviour's Day [#1, 1990] Comic Relief pts. Mel Smith and Kim Wilde - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree [#3, 1987] Culture Club - Victims [#3, 1983] David Bowie and Bing Crosby - Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy [#3, 1982] Erasure - Crackers International EP {Stop!/The Hardest Part/Knocking On Your Door/She Won't Be Home} [#3, 1988]* Europe - The Final Countdown [#3, 1986] The Flying Pickets - Only You [#1, 1983] The Housemartins - Caravan Of Love [#2, 1986] The Human League - Don't You Want Me [#1, 1981] Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl In Town) [#1, 1986] Jason Donovan - When You Come Back To Me [#3, 1989] Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers - Let's Party [#2, 1989] Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan - Especially For You [#2, 1988] Paul McCartney and The Frog Chorus - We All Stand Together [#3, 1984] Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind [#1, 1987] Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls [#4, 1985] The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York [#2, 1987] Renée & Renato - Save Your Love [#1, 1982] The Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' [#3, 1990] Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone [#1, 1985] Shakin' Stevens - The Shakin' Stevens EP {Que Sera, Sera/Lawdy Miss Clawdy/Josephine/Blue Christmas} [#2, 1982]* Slade - My Oh My [#2, 1983] Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby [#2, 1990] Wham! - Last Christmas/Everything She Wants [#2, 1984]** Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You [#2, 1985] Deadline for voting is 5pm on Saturday 24th December. The results will be announced and posted along with part 2 of the rate shortly afterwards. *Being EPs I will allow voting for the EP as a whole or any one individual track - please do not, however, vote for more than one track separately. **Being a double A-Side I will allow voting for either song but not both. Edited December 17, 201113 yr by Michael Bubré
December 17, 201113 yr Author +15 The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York +12 The Housemartins - Caravan Of Love +10 Europe - The Final Countdown +8 The Human League - Don't You Want Me +6 Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls +5 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? +4 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone +3 Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby +2 The Flying Pickets - Only You +1 Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl In Town) -2 Wham! - Last Christmas Edited December 17, 201113 yr by Michael Bubré
December 17, 201113 yr +15 The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York [#2, 1987] +12 The Flying Pickets - Only You [#1, 1983] +10 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? [#1, 1984] +8 Europe - The Final Countdown [#3, 1986] +6 Wham! - Last Christmas/Everything She Wants [#2, 1984]** +5 The Human League - Don't You Want Me [#1, 1981] +4 Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls [#4, 1985] +3 Cliff Richard - Saviour's Day [#1, 1990] +2 Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl In Town) [#1, 1986] +1 The Housemartins - Caravan Of Love [#2, 1986] -2 Band Aid II - Do They Know It's Christmas? [#1, 1989] (I can tolerate the 2004 version, but this version...just no :puke: ) ooh that was rather difficult, the 80s were pretty amazing for the most part :wub: Edited December 17, 201113 yr by C.W
December 17, 201113 yr Is this not going a bit too slow? We'll be rating Xmas songs towards the end of January? :|
December 17, 201113 yr Author Is this not going a bit too slow? We'll be rating Xmas songs towards the end of January? :| It has to go reasonably slow purely so I can include 2011 in it - I can move the playoff/final forward a bit but round 4 can't be any earlier than Christmas Day and there's no point in moving round 3.
December 17, 201113 yr +15 The Human League - Don't You Want Me [#1, 1981] +12 The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York [#2, 1987] +10 Erasure - Stop! [#3, 1988]* +8 Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan - Especially For You [#2, 1988] +6 Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl In Town) [#1, 1986] +5 Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls [#4, 1985] +4 Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind [#1, 1987] +3 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? [#1, 1984] +2 Europe - The Final Countdown [#3, 1986] +1 Jason Donovan - When You Come Back To Me [#3, 1989] -2 Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers - Let's Party [#2, 1989]
December 17, 201113 yr Woo! Didn't take part in the last round because I knew NOTHING! This is a lot better, can just about scrape something together here. +15 The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York +12 ABBA - One Of Us +10 Europe - The Final Countdown +8 The Human League - Don't You Want Me +6 Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You +5 Cliff Richard - Saviour's Day +4 The Housemartins - Caravan Of Love +3 Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby +2 Cliff Richard - Mistletoe And Wine +1 Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind -2 Wham! - Last Christmas
December 17, 201113 yr Author Woo! Didn't take part in the last round because I knew NOTHING! I hope you don't mean that literally, considering 'Bohemian Rhapsody' is probably the most well-known song in existence.
December 17, 201113 yr I hope you don't mean that literally, considering 'Bohemian Rhapsody' is probably the most well-known song in existence. I don't mean it literally. I knew Bohemian Rhapsody (3rd favourite Queen song actually) and Slade. Maybe a few Beatles things by name. That was it and I knew Bohemian Rhapsody would go through anyway, so I didn't bother. Sorry.
December 17, 201113 yr It has to go reasonably slow purely so I can include 2011 in it - I can move the playoff/final forward a bit but round 4 can't be any earlier than Christmas Day and there's no point in moving round 3. Meh, maybe. Does it need a play-off? Two can be done before Xmas, easily. They were only 4/5 days before anyway.
December 17, 201113 yr Hmm, pretty predictable results there - only one of my top 5 made the top 5 here though. This round is largely awful outside of a few songs. I was expecting better from the 80s game to be honest but ah well. +15 Culture Club - Victims +12 Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl In Town) +10 Wham! - Last Christmas +8 The Human League - Don't You Want Me +6 The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York +5 Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You +4 Paul McCartney and The Frog Chorus - We All Stand Together +3 David Bowie and Bing Crosby - Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy +2 ABBA - One Of Us +1 Erasure - Stop! -2 Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan - Especially For You Edited December 17, 201113 yr by superbossanova
December 17, 201113 yr +15 Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind [#1, 1987] +12 Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan - Especially For You [#2, 1988] +10 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone [#1, 1985] +8 The Human League - Don't You Want Me [#1, 1981] +6 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? [#1, 1984] +5 ABBA - One Of Us [#3, 1981] +4 Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls [#4, 1985] +3 Band Aid II - Do They Know It's Christmas? [#1, 1989] +2 Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl In Town) [#1, 1986] +1 Wham! - Last Christmas [#2, 1984] -2 Renée & Renato - Save Your Love [#1, 1982]
December 17, 201113 yr 15 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? 12 Europe - The Final Countdown 10 The Human League - Don't You Want Me? 08 The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York 06 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 05 Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls 04 David Bowie and Bing Crosby - Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy 03 Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby 02 Comic Relief pts. Mel Smith and Kim Wilde - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree 01 Wham! - Last Christmas/Everything She Wants -2 Cliff Richard - Saviour's Day VERY strong top 5.
December 18, 201113 yr +15 Human League - Don't You Want Me +12 Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind +10 Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls +8 Abba - One Of Us +6 Pogues & Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York +5 Flying Pickets - Only You +4 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas +3 Erasure - Stop! +2 Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite +1 Culture Club - Victims -2 Renee & Renato - Save Your Love
December 18, 201113 yr 15 Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan - Especially For You [#2, 1988] 12 Jason Donovan - When You Come Back To Me [#3, 1989] 10 Band Aid II - Do They Know It's Christmas? [#1, 1989] 08 The Housemartins - Caravan Of Love [#2, 1986] 06 Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind [#1, 1987] 05 Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby [#2, 1990] 04 Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls [#4, 1985] 03 Europe - The Final Countdown [#3, 1986] 02 The Human League - Don't You Want Me [#1, 1981] 01 Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl In Town) [#1, 1986] -2 Renée & Renato - Save Your Love [#1, 1982] :wacko:
December 18, 201113 yr +15 The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York +12 The Human League - Don't You Want Me +10 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? +8 Wham! - Last Christmas/Everything She Wants +6 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone +5 The Housemartins - Caravan Of Love +4 The Flying Pickets - Only You +3 Europe - The Final Countdown +2 Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind +1 Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan - Especially For You -2 Renée & Renato - Save Your Love
December 18, 201113 yr 15 - Pogues & Kirsty MacColl - "Fairytale Of New York" 12 - Band Aid - "Do They Know It's Christmas" 10 - Cliff Richard - "Mistletoe And Wine" 8 - Pet Shop Boys - "West End Girls" 6 - Human League - "Don't You Want Me" 5 - Band Aid 2 - "Do They Know It's Christmas" 4 - Housemartins - "Caravan of Love" 3 - Culture Club - "Victims" 2 - Abba - "One Of Us" 1 - Whitney Houston - "Saving All My Love For You" I really struggled to find something worthy of my last point! -2 - Renee & Renato - "Save Your Love" Was "Rockin around The Chrismtas Tree" credited to Comic Relief pts. Mel Smith and Kim Wilde? I thought it was just cheekily credited to "Mel & Kim"?
December 18, 201113 yr 15 The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York 12 Comic Relief pts. Mel Smith and Kim Wilde - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree 10 Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls 08 The Human League - Don't You Want Me 06 Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby 05 Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind 04 The Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' 03 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? 02 Wham! - Last Christmas/Everything She Wants 01 The Housemartins - Caravan Of Love -2 Europe - The Final Countdown What an absolute crock of utter shit
December 18, 201113 yr Author Was "Rockin around The Chrismtas Tree" credited to Comic Relief pts. Mel Smith and Kim Wilde? I thought it was just cheekily credited to "Mel & Kim"? Chartstats credits it as 'Comic Relief Presents Mel And Kim Performed By Kim Wilde And Mel Smith'.
December 18, 201113 yr 15 - The Flying Pickets - Only You 12 - The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York 10 - Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? 8 - The Human League - Don't You Want Me 6 - Wham! - Last Christmas/Everything She Wants 5 - The Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' 4 - Europe - The Final Countdown 3 - ABBA - One Of Us 2 - Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You 1 - The Housemartins - Caravan Of Love -2 Band Aid II - Do They Know It's Christmas?
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