What was the story with this - was it available upon his album release in Oct 2018 and then on the date on the chart blurb 19/11/19 added to Amazon only and so charted top 10 or was the album re-released this year?

 

It wasn't on the original 2018 release. The album was re-released this year but Happy Xmas is only on the Amazon download/streaming version not on the CD.

"Step Into Christmas" is really poor, don't get how it has become a yearly Christmas staple.

 

Well it has gavin and Stacey to thank this year

'Do They Know It's Christmas?' :wub: still the superior version by miles, I don't mind the 2014 one either but am not huge on the other two.

 

 

The original and best

The first Band Aid is definitely the best Band Aid.

 

Love this. Always been one of my favourite Xmas tracks I still couldn’t tell you who a good few people on the track are given its older than me but I love it.

the positive thing if Ellie gets the #1 is that the occ will be forced to look into playlists and probably introduce some way of reducing the impact of playlists like them having a different ratio or similar

Hmmm still prefer Band Aid II :lol:

 

BA1 and BAII are the only ones you need....

06 | 16 | 71st week

 

Shakin' Stevens

Merry Christmas Everyone

 

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Non-album single

Released: 1985

Label: Epic

 

Chart Statistics

 

NE (07/12/1985) | 38-10-2-1-1-3-20-42-x

RE (01/03/1986) | 100-93-x

RE (13/12/1986) | 76-75-59-58-x

RE (08/12/2007) | 78-33-23-22-71-x

RE (06/12/2008) | 76-44-36-42-68-x

RE (12/12/2009) | 59-49-55-47-x

RE (11/12/2010) | 73-74-68-80-x

RE (10/12/2011) | 72-42-48-62-x

RE (08/12/2012) | 83-46-50-54-x

RE (14/12/2013) | 56-54-59-x

RE (13/12/2014) | 53-44-45-38-x

RE (10/12/2015) | 85-44-35-26-67-x

RE (08/12/2016) | 93-28-29-22-17-x

RE (07/12/2017) | 87-21-16-15-10-x

RE (13/12/2018) | 36-21-20-9-x

RE (05/12/2019) | 82-26-16-16-6

 

Sales: 1,400k+

Certification: Platinum

Status: Accelerated Chart Ratio

 

01 Sales

05 Audio Streaming

10 Video Streaming

 

Video

 

 

Biography

 

Michael Barratt (born 4 March 1948), known as Shakin' Stevens, is a platinum-selling Welsh British rock and roll singer and songwriter who was the UK's biggest-selling singles artist of the 1980s. His recording and performing career began in the late 1960s, although it was not until 1980 that his commercial success began.

 

In the UK alone, Stevens has charted 33 Top 40 hit singles including four chart topping hits "This Ole House", "Green Door", "Oh Julie", and "Merry Christmas Everyone"; his last Top 40 single was "Trouble" in 2005 apart from his Christmas song, which has re-entered the UK Top 40 chart each December since 2007. - Wikipedia

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

1980 24 Hot Dog -1-

1980 19 Marie Marie -1-

1981 01 This Ole House -2-

1981 02 You Drive Me Crazy -1-

1981 01 Green Door -2-

1981 10 It's Raining -3-

1982 01 Oh Julie -1-

1982 06 Shirley -2-

1982 11 Give Me Your Heart Tonight -3-

1982 10 I'll Be Satisfied -4-

1982 02 The Shakin' Stevens EP -EP-

1983 11 It's Late -1-

1983 03 Cry Just A Little Bit -2-

1984 05 A Rockin' Good Way (Shakin' Stevens & Bonnie Tyler) -3-

1984 02 A Love Worth Waiting For -4-

1984 10 A Letter To You -1-

1984 05 Teardrops -2-

1985 14 Breaking Up My Heart -3-

1985 11 Lipstick, Powder And Paint -1-

1985 01 Merry Christmas Everyone -NAS- MILLIONAIRE

1986 15 Turning Away -2-

1986 14 Because I Love You -1-

1987 12 A Little Boogie Woogie (In The Back Of My Mind) -2-

1987 24 Come See About Me -3-

1987 05 What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For -4-

1988 26 Feel The Need In Me -NAS-

1988 47 How Many Tears Can You Hide -1-

1988 23 True Love -2-

1989 58 Jezebel -3-

1989 28 Love Attack -1-

1990 18 I Might -2-

1990 60 Yes I Do -3-

1990 59 Pink Champagne -4-

1990 75 My Cutie Cutie -5-

1990 19 The Best Christmas Of Them All -1-

1991 34 I'll Be Home This Christmas -2-

2005 20 Trouble / This Ole House -1-

 

4 x #1 | 11 x Top 5 | 15 x Top 10 | 25 x Top 20 | 32 x Top 40 | 37 x Top 100

 

Social Media

 

Shakin' Stevens

 

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Dizzee's rapping in the 2004 version makes that the iconic version.

 

Yeh that's the one I witnessed the hype for when released in 2004 but the original is still the best by far. They don't need anymore tbh.

Never get tired of Shaky!

Shaky getting higher & higher every year :D

It wasn't on the original 2018 release. The album was re-released this year but Happy Xmas is only on the Amazon download/streaming version not on the CD.

 

Thanks for clarifying!

Back to back number 1s from consecutive years: Band Aid from 1984 and Shakin' Stevens from 1985.

2017 Shaky made number 10

2018 Shaky made number 9

2019 Shaky makes number 6

 

His highest position since 12th December 1987

Really hoping Snow Is Falling All Around Us will be a no.1 one year!

This was recorded and all set to be released at Xmas 1984 but when Band Aid and Wham announced they were doing Christmas songs Shaky persuaded his label to wait a year as he wanted the Christmas No.1. Wise move.

'Merry Christmas Everyone' up there with Wizzard in the euphoric stakes for me!

Buzzjack's 2nd favourite Christmas song.

Shaky’s track is definitely one of the better Christmas tracks :wub:

BA1 and BAII are the only ones you need....

 

Band Aid 2 is horrendous imo, a crappy SAW version with Cliff jumping on the bandwagon.

 

Time for a rate:

 

Band Aid 84>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Band Aid 20>>>>>>>>Band Aid 30>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Band Aid 2