apparently it's Little Mix fans who the Rangers fans are having beef with on twitter at the moment though :o

 

Which is funny because they're fighting over Christmas #1, which neither are going to get.

Which is funny because they're fighting over Christmas #1, which neither are going to get.

 

Instead we are most probably going to get a tropical house Christmas number 1 in the form of Rockabye. Tropical house of the kind Rockabye is not very Christmassy (especially with the dancehall influence, a genre that having originated in Jamaica is more associated with warm weather).

 

Anyway it's a bit boring to have a normal song at Christmas number 1. The last normal one ie. not a campaign song, not an talent show winner's song or not a Christmas song was Something Stupid by Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman in 2001 (although I don't know whether this would class as a Christmas song or not).

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Anyway it's a bit boring to have a normal song at Christmas number 1. The last normal one ie. not a campaign song, not an talent show winner's song or not a Christmas song was Something Stupid by Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman in 2001 (although I don't know whether this would class as a Christmas song or not).

 

You must be one of the few people that feel this way; given we've had over a decade's worth of either a charity song, Reality TV winners or campaigns. Its refreshing to have something different after 15 years :D

 

 

Instead we are most probably going to get a tropical house Christmas number 1 in the form of Rockabye. Tropical house of the kind Rockabye is not very Christmassy (especially with the dancehall influence, a genre that having originated in Jamaica is more associated with warm weather).

 

Anyway it's a bit boring to have a normal song at Christmas number 1. The last normal one ie. not a campaign song, not an talent show winner's song or not a Christmas song was Something Stupid by Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman in 2001 (although I don't know whether this would class as a Christmas song or not).

 

Rockabye most definitely is not 'tropical house', it's pop with a Sean Paul rap. I like it, and it deserves #1 (especially for Anne-Marie who should be a star)...

Id also take Human tbh.

 

What worries me is does this football song encourage more next year- that would be a terrible trend.

Instead we are most probably going to get a tropical house Christmas number 1 in the form of Rockabye. Tropical house of the kind Rockabye is not very Christmassy (especially with the dancehall influence, a genre that having originated in Jamaica is more associated with warm weather).

 

Anyway it's a bit boring to have a normal song at Christmas number 1. The last normal one ie. not a campaign song, not an talent show winner's song or not a Christmas song was Something Stupid by Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman in 2001 (although I don't know whether this would class as a Christmas song or not).

I've never known anyone to bang on about what genre a particular song is as much as you do :lol:

You must be one of the few people that feel this way; given we've had over a decade's worth of either a charity song, Reality TV winners or campaigns. Its refreshing to have something different after 15 years :D

 

It's only one week a year and then the number 1's go back to normal anyway. I would have preferred one of the campaign tracks getting Christmas number 1 this year than Clean Bandit for a seventh week (as will probably happen). Having a track at Christmas number 1 after six weeks already at number 1....that really sums up how stale the charts have been this year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rockabye most definitely is not 'tropical house', it's pop with a Sean Paul rap. I like it, and it deserves #1 (especially for Anne-Marie who should be a star)...

Id also take Human tbh.

 

Wikipedia says it is tropical house (it may be wrong here), any way the music in the verses are like many Clean Bandit songs are even back to A&E, which is very tropical sounding even if the song isn't house.

 

 

It's only one week a year and then the number 1's go back to normal anyway. I would have preferred one of the campaign tracks getting Christmas number 1 this year than Clean Bandit for a seventh week (as will probably happen). Having a track at Christmas number 1 after six weeks already at number 1....that really sums up how stale the charts have been this year.

 

Oh I agree the charts are very stale and in a bad state... the song itself is crap too, but I'm happy to have a year off of charity tracks and reality winners

I'd rather have a normal song. Every year we have these soulless charity songs or stupid campaigns, it would be nice to maybe have an original Christmas song but I'd prefer the chart to reflect normal buying and listening habits. I don't see why the Christmas chart is such a big deal anyway, no other country is like this over it I swear. Perhaps it will diminish in importance here too, it already doesn't seem as special as when you'd have big battles for Xmas #1 like Joe vs. RATM.

I've never known anyone to bang on about what genre a particular song is as much as you do :lol:

 

Genres are an important way of distinguishing between musical styles, particularly today, when the same few genres tend to dominate the charts :D

Assuming Clean Bandit does make Christmas number 1, when was the last time a song that first made the charts so many weeks before Christmas week, and had a continuous chart run inside the top 40 up to then, became Christmas number 1? Before 15 years ago, weren't most Christmas number 1s (even if they weren't Christmas songs) songs deliberately released very close to Christmas with the intention of likely becoming Christmas number 1?

Assuming Clean Bandit does make Christmas number 1, when was the last time a song that first made the charts so many weeks before Christmas week, and had a continuous chart run inside the top 40 up to then, became Christmas number 1? Before 15 years ago, weren't most Christmas number 1s (even if they weren't Christmas songs) songs deliberately released very close to Christmas with the intention of likely becoming Christmas number 1?

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I can name 1 by Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody, a long time ago though 29 Nov 75 to 31 Jan 76 if that helps, and obviously the first #1 in 1952; 14 Nov 52 to 16 Jan 53 for Al Martino, if you want to go the extra mile

I wonder if it will become the norm for the Christmas #1. I mean it very nearly happened last year with Love Yourself.

Assuming Clean Bandit does make Christmas number 1, when was the last time a song that first made the charts so many weeks before Christmas week, and had a continuous chart run inside the top 40 up to then, became Christmas number 1? Before 15 years ago, weren't most Christmas number 1s (even if they weren't Christmas songs) songs deliberately released very close to Christmas with the intention of likely becoming Christmas number 1?

 

Band Aid was already on its third week at the top when that was Christmas number one.

There should have been a campaign to get one dance back to number 1 that really would have summed up the year

Band Aid was a Christmas song though, obviously the intention was to get the Christmas #1

apparently it's Little Mix fans who the Rangers fans are having beef with on twitter at the moment though :o

NEED TO SEE.

 

Oh, and we can't really complain about the charts at the moment, they're really not that bad at all.

Little Mix fans versus Ranger fans.

 

That really must be a veritable feast of wit.

As nice as it is to see a normal song at Christmas number 1, it would be nice if it hadn't been in the charts nearly 2 months and sound like it could have been released any time in the year. Somethin Stupid and the Spice Girls no.1s felt a bit Christmassy despite having nothing to do with it.

Little Mix fans versus Ranger fans.

 

That really must be a veritable feast of wit.

As a fan of both, I've never been so simultaneously entertained and embarrassed.