Good evening Buzzjackians, one and all and welcome to The Buzzjack Christmas chart! The Top 40 will be revealed over the next four nights from tomorrow (Sunday 20th December) at 9pm. Your first ten Christmas favourites will be presented by yours Truly. Make sure you tune in! Until then, happy Listening to all your Christmas faves!

Happy Holidays!
The Personal Charts Team.

#11-40

11 • Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry | 158 points
12 • Boney M - Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord | 125 points
13 • Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas | 117 points
14 • Saint Etienne - I Was Born On Christmas Day | 117 points
15 • Darlene Love - All Alone At Christmas | 114 points
16 • John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) | 113 points
17 • Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody | 102 points
18 • Chris De Burgh - A Spaceman Came Travelling | 101 points
19 • Elton John - Step Into Christmas | 96 points
20 • The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End) | 95 points
21 • The Pretenders - 2000 Miles | 86 points
22 • Britney Spears - My Only Wish (This Year) | 84 points
23 • Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime | 81 points
24 • Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me | 80 points
25 • Coldplay - Christmas Lights | 73 points
26 • The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride | 61 points
27 • Gabriella Cilmi - Warm This Winter | 58 points
28 • Brenda Lee - Rockin Around The Christmas Tree | 56 points
29 • Abba - Happy New Year | 47 points
30 • Hurts - All I Want For Christmas Is New Years Day | 45 points
31 • Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year | 43 points
32 • Sia - Santa's Coming For Us | 43 points
33 • Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) | 41 points
34 • Taylor Swift - Christmas Tree Farm | 39 points
35 • Faith Hill - Where Are You Christmas? | 38 points
36 • Queen - Thank God It's Christmas | 37 points
37 • Sufjan Stevens - Christmas Unicorn | 35 points
38 • Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love | 34 points
39 • Steeleye Span - Gaudete | 31 points
40 • Sia - Snowman | 31 points

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Hurts for top 10 please, it’s definitely an “All I Want For Christmas Is New Year’s Day” kinda year :manson:

Leona to slay pls

Pretenders to do well please and this Christmas top 40 to surprise us by Mariah not being the winner.

Yes looking forward to this!

So without further Adieu...

40 • Sia - Snowman | 31 points

Honestly I'd never even heard of this song before. And now that I'm watching the video, I'm seeing that, that's because it was just released :lol: Honestly, it's really depressing. Eep. I mean I like the video if that's any consolation.

39 • Steeleye Span - Gaudete | 31 points

I've honestly never heard of this one either oh dear. We're not off to a good start here are we. At least it's a bit nicer to listen to than 'Snowman'. Not gonna complain about that. This is a very unique song isn't it. Well, I just checked where it charted and it landed at #14 in 1972 🤷🏻‍♂️. That doesn't help me :kink:

38 • Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love | 34 points

So honestly, I've heard this song multiple times from multiple different artists, but I've never heard this version in full before. It feels like it's been structured non-conventionally though. It really is a beautiful song though. I can see why so many people still love this song so many years later although my favourite version is the Aurora version of course!

37 • Sufjan Stevens - Christmas Unicorn | 35 points

I've never heard of this song either and honestly what even is this song! Did you know that the national animal of Scotland is a Unicorn? :cheer: #FACTS. I feel a bit scroogy with this commentary but if you guys had submitted some lovely nice traditional Christmas songs, I'd be giving much better commentary here! 😘

36 • Queen - Thank God It's Christmas | 37 points

I could not find the official video for this :wacko: Now this is more like it! This hits me right in the feels omg. I always forget about this song until I hear it at Christmas. I guess in a way, that always makes it sound fresh every year. This really is one of their classics!
This was one of my dad's favourite Queen songs whilst I was a child staying with him, so there's even more feels right there!

The Power Of Love :wub: Essentially the 80s Stay Another Day though.

 

Erasures version of Gaudete >>> Steeleye Span’s. Also anyone else pronounce it Gord-et as a kid :lol:

 

TGIC is weird, it’s OK but bombed in the U.K. originally, and even now it’s more popular in Europe, charts in Germany every year.

Edited December 20, 20204 yr by Thom Xmas Kite

Wottsa gordet?

CHRISTMAS UNICORN :cheeseblock: the impact of niche votes, it's a wonderful track and one of my festive favourites

 

Gaudete too <3

 

35 • Faith Hill - Where Are You Christmas? | 38 points

Honestly I love this. I didn't realise it was an original song written for The Grinch though. It was undoubtedly the highlight song of the whole movie! I do prefer the verion in the movie sung by Cindy Lou Who though to be honest. It's very sweet. Aside from that, this is a fantastic (and modern at the time) take on the Christmas genre. Love. I'd take more like this now please.

34 • Taylor Swift - Christmas Tree Farm | 39 points

Honestly, I hadn't listened to this because in general I have been disappointed in any new Christmas offerings but listening to it now for this commentary, I'm glad. It's ruined Taylor Swift for me :kink: jokes aside, it's quite bland imo. Sort of similar to Leona's One More Sleep. Not for me. All you peasants can keep listening to it. xo

I had never heard of the Queen song until this year! Came on the radio and it was undoubtedly Queen but I never knew they did an Xmas song! It's alright! Favourite so far is Frankie Goes To Hollywood :wub: Also shoutout to Gaudete, it's going to be lost to time in the next 10 years or so I'm sure.

33 • Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) | 41 points

OMG what a bop. A classic. Fantastic. I've never heard the full song before :lol: but I feel like everyone knows this song in one way or another. I always see it used on Advertisements around the Christmas period. CHRISTMAS!!!! CHRISTMAS!!!! CHRISTMAS!!! That is all I have to say really. Soz.

YAAAAASSSSS Darlene :D Wonder if All Alone On Christmas is still to come? Prefer this though.

 

Christmas Tree Farm :heart: Only just discovered it but it’s up there in my Swifty favourites already, if not my Christmas ones yet.

Edited December 20, 20204 yr by Thom Xmas Kite

32 • Sia - Santa's Coming For Us | 43 points

This is live commentary as the video is playing for me. OMG ITS HER. It's what's her face from all those things I've watched her in, on TV! Unfortunately so far, the video is far more interesting than the song. Holy crap that's a great cast for a music video. In fact that's a fantastic cast for such a mediocre song. Probably hoped that it would boost the appeal of the song. I'm guessing not 👀👀 I hope they all got paid a lot to feature in the video for this song. Holy crap, I want to burst my own ear drums. No thanks.