Aww Monster down to #26 :(

23 | 61 | 79th week

 

Wizzard

I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

 

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Non-album single

Released: 1973

Label: Parlophone Records

 

Chart Statistics

 

NE (08/12/1973) | 19-6-4-4-4-4-16-22-41-x

RE (19/12/1981) | 61-41-41-68-x

RE (08/12/1984) | 86-50-36-23-36-x

RE (21/12/1985) | 96-x

RE (27/12/1986) | 99-x

RE (08/12/2007) | 65-27-16-18-62-x

RE (13/12/2008) | 48-31-33-61-x

RE (12/12/2009) | 60-45-51-46-x

RE (04/12/2010) | 97-52-46-48-49-x

RE (10/12/2011) | 58-28-31-38-x

RE (08/12/2012) | 58-31-29-38-x

RE (07/12/2013) | 92-37-31-41-80-x

RE (13/12/2014) | 52-35-39-37-x

RE (10/12/2015) | 79-43-34-27-73-x

RE (15/12/2016) | 37-36-27-23-x

RE (07/12/2017) | 98-24-22-23-15-x

RE (13/12/2018) | 45-33-24-12-x

RE (12/12/2019) | 44-34-29-10-x

RE (03/12/2020) | 61-23

 

Sales: 1,500k+

Certification: Platinum

Status: Accelerated Chart Ratio

 

04 Sales

08 Audio Streaming

14 Video Streaming

 

Video

 

 

Biography

 

Wizzard were a Birmingham-based band formed by Roy Wood, former member of The Move and co-founder of the Electric Light Orchestra. The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits states, "Wizzard was Roy Wood just as much as Wings were Paul McCartney." - Wikipedia

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

1972 06 Ball Park Incident -NAS-

1973 01 See My Baby Jive -NAS-

1973 01 Angel Fingers -NAS-

1973 04 I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday -NAS- MILLIONAIRE

1974 06 Rock And Roll Winter -NAS-

1974 34 This Is The Story Of My Love (Baby) -1-

1974 08 Are You Ready To Rock -NAS-

 

2 x #1 | 3 x Top 5 | 6 x Top 10 | 6 x Top 20 | 7 x Top 40 | 7 x Top 100

 

Social Media

 

Wizzard

 

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'One More Sleep' must be Leon's only source of income these days.

Woohoo! :cheer:

Ah more great memories from 1973 when Wizzard were trounced by Slade and poor Elton didn't even make the Top 20.

Phil Spector, I mean Roy Wood here, good song!! Love Wizzard!!

'One More Sleep' must be Leon's only source of income these days.

 

 

Well look how much Noddy from Slade makes. Half a million easily every year from one song.

Ah more great memories from 1973 when Wizzard were trounced by Slade and poor Elton didn't even make the Top 20.

 

'Step Into Christmas' is the perfect example of how an xmas song can be enduring even if it doesn't chart high the first year.

'One More Sleep' must be Leon's only source of income these days.

 

I figure Bleeding Love still gets played around.

'One More Sleep' must be Leon's only source of income these days.

 

And for the majority of all the artists with Xmas songs :D

So the chart runs of xmas songs show this year we are getting an extra week in the top 40 for most.

'Step Into Christmas' is the perfect example of how an xmas song can be enduring even if it doesn't chart high the first year.

 

 

Yes that's very true. The Waitresses is an even better example.

Edited December 4, 20205 yr by CHRIS-TMAS

So the chart runs of xmas songs show this year we are getting an extra week in the top 40 for most.

At least!

And for the majority of all the artists with Xmas songs :D

 

Probably one of the reasons record companies advise them to make them.

22 | 55 | 58th week

 

Chris Rea

Driving Home For Christmas

 

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Non-album single

Released: 1988

Label: Warner Music UK

 

Chart Run

 

NE (10/12/1988) | 84-72-61-53-93-x

RE (08/12/2007) | 98-51-35-33-77-x

RE (13/12/2008) | 70-53-59-70-x

RE (12/12/2009) | 84-63-63-40-x

RE (18/12/2010) | 100-82-67-x

RE (10/12/2011) | 91-59-53-36-x

RE (15/12/2012) | 54-53-36-95-x

RE (14/12/2013) | 72-61-53-91-x

RE (13/12/2014) | 67-60-53-43-x

RE (17/12/2015) | 67-51-29-78-x

RE (15/12/2016) | 46-37-26-x

RE (14/12/2017) | 68-23-20-14-x

RE (13/12/2018) | 49-36-22-11-x

RE (12/12/2019) | 59-46-42-24-x

RE (03/12/2020) | 55-22

 

Sales: 900k+

Certification: Platinum

Status: Accelerated Chart Ratio

 

25 Sales

09 Audio Streaming

24 Video Streaming

 

Video

 

 

Biography

 

Christopher Anton "Chris" Rea (/ˈriːə/ REE-ə; born 4 March 1951) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist, recognisable for his distinctive, husky voice and slide guitar playing. The British Hit Singles & Albums stated that Rea was "one of the most popular UK singer-songwriters of the late 1980s. He was already a major European star by the time he finally cracked the UK Top 10 with his 18th chart entry; The Road to Hell (Part 2)". As of 2009, he has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide.

 

In the U.S. he is best known for the 1978 hit song "Fool (If You Think It's Over)" that charted No.12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent three weeks at No.1 on the U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. This success earned him the Grammy Award nomination for the Best New Artist in 1979. His other hit songs include, "I Can Hear Your Heartbeat", "Stainsby Girls", "On the Beach" (U.S. Adult Contemporary No.9), "Let's Dance", "Josephine", "Driving Home for Christmas", "Tell Me There's a Heaven", "Auberge", "Looking for the Summer", "Winter Song", "Nothing To Fear", "Julia", "Working On It" (Mainstream Rock No. 1), and "If You Were Me", a duet with Elton John.

 

Two of his studio albums, The Road to Hell and Auberge, topped the UK Albums Chart. Rea was nominated three times for the Brit Award for Best British Male Artist: in 1988, 1989 and 1990. The book Guinness Rockopedia described him as a "gravel-voiced guitar stalwart". - Wikipedia

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

1978 30 Fool (If You Think It's Over) -1-

1979 44 Diamonds -1-

1982 65 Loving You -1-

1983 85 Let It Loose -1-

1983 60 I Can Hear Your Heartbeat -2-

1984 65 I Don't Know What It Is But I Love It -1-

1984 86 Touche D'Amour -2-

1984 78 Ace Of Hearts -3-

1985 26 Stainsby Girls -1-

1985 67 Josephine -2-

1986 69 It's All Gone -1-

1986 12 On The Beach -2-

1986 79 Hello Friend -3-

1987 12 Let's Dance -1-

1987 47 Loving You Again -2-

1987 67 Joys Of Christmas -3-

1988 73 Que Sera -4-

1988 11 Driving Home For Christmas -NAS-

1989 53 Working On It -1-

1989 10 The Road To Hell (Part 2) -1-

1989 83 That's What They Always Say -2-

1990 24 Tell Me There's A Heaven -3-

1990 69 Texas -4-

1991 16 Auberge -1-

1991 57 Heaven -2-

1991 49 Looking For The Summer -3-

1991 27 Winter Song -4-

1992 16 Nothing To Fear -1-

1992 31 God's Great Banana Skin -2-

1993 53 Soft Top Hard Shoulder -3-

1993 18 Julia -1-

1994 28 You Can Go Your Own Way -1-

1996 77 Girl In A Sports Car -2-

1996 41 'Disco' La Passione (Chris Rea & Shirley Bassey) -1-

1997 44 Let's Dance (Middlesbrough FC feat. Bob Mortimer & Chris Rea) -NAS-

1998 80 Square Peg, Round Hole -1-

2000 78 All Summer Long -1-

 

0 x #1 | 0 x Top 5 | 1 x Top 10 | 7 x Top 20 | 13 x Top 40 | 37 x Top 100

 

Social Media

 

Chris Rea

 

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Christmas snoozefest now.

One of my favs <3

How many Christmas songs have we had today so far?

Go Chris. Great song. Wonder if he's okay. Wasn't well a year or two ago.

Surprised 'Driving Home For Christmas' wasn't re-issued in 1989 as he just had a top 10 hit with 'The Road to Hell a couple of months before it. Also 'On The Beach' was a top 10 hit in 1988 so mhe, who knows, mustn't have had airplay or something!!