We see the same old songs every year, but as per the thread title?

Leona Lewis-One More Sleep

 

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I can't think of one since The Darkness.

 

Unless you count Band Aid.

Coldplay - Christmas Lights.

Probably Leona?

Leona was the last original Christmas song to chart very highly, but it wasn't as successful as The Darkness/Band Aid 20 in terms of chart run/sales.

Edited December 7, 201410 yr by FrostytheWallaby

It was the Darkness in 2003, didn't that sell 200,000 copies in its first week?

Leona Lewis-One More Sleep

 

End of thread.

 

This.

 

Before that, Christmas Lights.

 

Before that, Christmas Time (Dinet Leet The Bells Eeeynd)

 

OOh, will go listen 2 dat nar.

I also liked Kelly Clarkson's Underneath the Tree too :wub:

The last one would probably be Leona. Sadly it isn't getting the same support it had last year, which is a shame, but I suppose there is still plenty of time.

The last one to have an iconic status or was a worldwide smash must be 'All I Want for Christmas is You'! :o

 

:heehee:

The Florin Street Band :rofl:

Last proper 100% everyone-knows classic: Mariah in 1994, and even that only really kicked off in the download era.

 

Last major festive hit the majority will know: The Darkness, 2003, but in airplay terms it's still not up there with the usual suspects.

 

Coldplay and Leona, time will tell. Both get a bit of airplay but don't seem established enough yet.

The Wombats Is this Christmas in 2008 :kink:

Leona Lewis. It spent two weeks at #3 last year and a while at #1 on iTunes. In the USA, maybe Kelly Clarkson's "Underneath The Tree".

Leona's. Sadly sales were lower last December than when The Darkness released that song. It was #1 on Airplay, #1 on iTunes and spent 2 weeks in the UK top 3 over Christmas.

 

I wouldn't say Coldplay's 'Christmas Lights' was much more than a minor hit to be honest, as much as I like it.

The last one would probably be Leona. Sadly it isn't getting the same support it had last year, which is a shame, but I suppose there is still plenty of time.

 

....same could probably have been said of "All I want for Christmas is you" in the 96-99 period : (or fairy tale of New York from 88 to mid 90s) - takes a long time to know what's really a classic and what isn't

I think Love Actually boosted 'All I Want For Christmas Is You''s popularity quite a bit in the UK back in 2003.

I think Christmas Lights will go on to be a festive classic due to the status of the band that made it. Its also great and the chart position would have been higher had it not been released on a wednesday!