December 3, 20177 yr 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 :o 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: 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 :D 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. Edited December 3, 20177 yr by Snow❄Diploughmat
December 3, 20177 yr 'Mr. Hankey The Christmas Poo' :heart: 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 :o The Simpsons had Do the Bartman in 1992 or so, can't remember another hit fornit tho?!
December 3, 20177 yr 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!
December 4, 20177 yr 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.
December 4, 20177 yr Author 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
December 4, 20177 yr 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!
December 4, 20177 yr 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.
December 4, 20177 yr 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)
December 4, 20177 yr 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). :o
December 4, 20177 yr '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!
December 4, 20177 yr 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.
December 5, 20177 yr 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. Edited December 5, 20177 yr by Snow❄Diploughmat
December 5, 20177 yr Author 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
December 5, 20177 yr 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 :o Not all of them classics granted (gotta love Bill Nighy :')) but I do still hear Proper Crimbo from time to time *_
December 5, 20177 yr 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.
December 5, 20177 yr 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!
December 5, 20177 yr 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... KYJCsMI183I
December 7, 20177 yr Christmas Is All Around is awful! :puke: 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'.
December 7, 20177 yr Author 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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