61. ANT RAP- Adam & The Ants (1981) 294,000

 

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Released as the final official Adam & The Ants single it had a promo that featured Lulu and became the group’s sixth top 10 single of 1981, a year they very much dominated with the best selling album and two of the top 3 best selling singles of it to boot. The end was nigh however as Ant embarked on a solo career the following year.

 

Didn't they edit Gary Glitter out of the Jive Bunny track at some point after 1997? I don't think he was on the version I heard on Spotify, not that I could bring myself to listen to all of it.

 

Think I have a version where it was replaced by All I Want For Christmas Is You!

 

And Gary Glitter :)

 

Sorry, I'd never actually heard the song in full before yesterday so the linked version (minus Glitter) is all I had to go on.

Sorry, I'd never actually heard the song in full before yesterday so the linked version (minus Glitter) is all I had to go on.

My bad- I've replaced it with the proper version! http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s...t&p=5247303

Think I have a version where it was replaced by All I Want For Christmas Is You!

 

Another version replaces it with the second verse of I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (not sure if it is a sample or a re-recording), which puts the recording out of sync with the video.

60. GANGSTA’S PARADISE- Coolio Featuring LV (1995) 296,000

 

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Already a former No 1 single by the time its weeks count for this list, Coolio’s biggest hit was still hovering about the top 10 eleven weeks after debut. A sprinkling of Stevie Wonder and an appearance in the film “Dangerous Minds” (has anyone actually seen that?) and hey presto you have one of the big hits of 95.

 

59. IT MUST BE LOVE- Madness (1981) 296,000

 

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Madness’s second appearance here, and a cover of 1971 Labi Siffre track brought them a Christmas top 5 single with this. It was their 9th straight top 10 single and was released as a stand alone single at the time making the top 10 all over again 11 years later to promote a new best of album.

 

58. UPTOWN FUNK- Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars (2014) 299,000

 

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After working together on Mars’ “Unorthodox Jukebox” Mars returned the favour by providing Ronson with his first No 1. Rush released five weeks prior to its original date thanks in part to a performance by Fleur East on X Factor it powered straight to No 1 before ceding to Ben Haenow (who?) for a week at least.

 

Thought UF sold a lot more in December lol

Thought UF sold a lot more in December lol

300k in a fortnight is quite a brisk seller :D

57. I BELIEVE/ UP ON THE ROOF- Robson & Jerome (1995) 305,000

 

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It later surfaced (though it was long suspected at the time) that the voices you hear on R & J records are not entirely the actors themselves, they had some “help” but there’s no denying they were phenomenally successful for a time. This second single spent a month at the top even depriving the mighty “Wonderwall” of its chart topping destiny.

 

56. ONE OF US- Abba (1981) 305,000

 

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ABBA’s hit making swansong up next, their final top 10 single and lead track from their final studio album, it’s another song which mauls over their respective divorces (which are the ones I find most interesting frankly) and was one of the hotly tipped for Christmas No 1 back in 1981.

 

55. BEAT SURRENDER- The Jam (1982) 308,000

 

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Farewell single for the band, and it followed two of their other singles in debuting at No 1 in December 1982. It sold 116,000 copies in its first week but faded badly as it progressed, the band had long since been a fanbase act tending to open with high figures as fans rushed to claim their copy.

 

This would be much better if all the songs were actually Christmas songs, not just songs that were released around Christmas...

This would be much better if all the songs were actually Christmas songs, not just songs that were released around Christmas...

So a different thread then? That list has already been produced by the OCC this year I think so my work would have been in vain.

This would be much better if all the songs were actually Christmas songs, not just songs that were released around Christmas...

 

 

I thinkits quite unique and should do one for every month of the year

I for one like that it's not just christmas songs, December in it's truest form rather than romanticised into snowflakes and reindeers.

One of Us <3 Got to love that cod-reggae beat. Shame it wasn't a number one, that melody is heavenly.

54. MR BLOBBY- Mr Blobby (1993) 314,000

 

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Ah the Christmas battle of 1993, we know the outcome but almost everyone thought that Take That had it in the bag when they entered at No 1 the week before Christmas. Yet sometimes the chart surprise us and the following week saw Mr Blobby overturn the disadvantage and make that Christmas a Blobby one.

 

53. KING OF MY CASTLE- Wamdue Project (1999) 324,000

 

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A flop when first released in 1997 it took a Roy Malone remix to relaunch the song in 1999 and have a club hit. It became another of those late 90s chart toppers that seemed to come from nowhere and even managed to hold Cliff Richard off, for a week at least.