23 • Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime | 81 points

A divisive one from what I’ve seen on Buzzjack! I’m one of those who like ‘Wonderful Christmastime’, its production is unique and not overly Christmassy, but it’s also VERY of its time, sounding rather outdated to some. Eleven members included it in their top 20 lists, bringing the song to #23…but where do you stand?

God I love all of these, but especially Hurts :wub:

 

I didn’t vote for ABBA because somehow I consider New Year’s songs slightly different from Christmas songs. They’re probably my favourite group too, though I forgot to vote in the poll, oops :lol:

22 • Britney Spears - My Only Wish (This Year) | 84 points

This year we celebrate the 20th anniversary of Britney’s signature Christmas song! The single has even had a re-release to mark the occasion. It’s one of my most listened-to Christmas songs growing up, even more so than Mariah’s. It sure would be a welcome addition to the flood of Christmas songs we see in the chart every year, but for now you’d have to go to Denmark, where it’s currently #17 on Spotify. It’s also a shame that Britney never filmed a video for it!

21 • The Pretenders - 2000 Miles | 86 points

I’m actually not familiar with ‘2000 Miles’, which is quite bad of me, considering I was born in the same city as Pretenders lead singer Chrissie Hynde, so the band remains very popular in my local area. For whatever reason, the song’s success in the UK never led to much of an impact anywhere else, but it remains fondly loved by many Buzzjackers. I’m not one of those sadly, listening now and it’s not doing much for me, sorry! Nice to have another slow-tempo song in the countdown though.

SevenSeize will be up next to present #20 to #11!

Sad to see ‘Christmas Lights’ out already, def one of my favourites of all time already! At the time it was released I was so happy to have another new Xmas song to add to my list as there were t many about at the start of the decade!

Just seeing the next batch in page 3 now.

 

Like but don’t love the Britney song but always nice to hear it ahead of Mariah as it’s not as rinsed, it’s basically a copy cat of it!

 

Absolutely LOVE the Pretenders track, the bells and production sounds so Christmassy for me now!

Santa Tell Me falling outside the top 20 isn't too surprising to me, it's never been a big fan favourite for Ariana on here, and even did a lot worse in the Christmas Songs Rate I did last year - she was #46 (which I did find surprisingly low)!

Wonderful Christmastime is amazing. It heavy gives me Nostalgia from when I was a wee child. :wub:

Santa Tell Me falling outside the top 20 isn't too surprising to me, it's never been a big fan favourite for Ariana on here, and even did a lot worse in the Christmas Songs Rate I did last year - she was #46 (which I did find surprisingly low)!

 

Be interesting to see how ‘Santa Tell Me’ does when Ariana isn’t in her peak era of her career. It’s positioned well on Spotify world wide biased Xmas lists at the moment to attract people to the big names.

I liked the Hurts song at the time of release but I find it quite miserable now so don't play it.

 

Pretenders is the best there for me :wub:

Wonderful Christmastime is amazing. It heavy gives me Nostalgia from when I was a wee child. :wub:

The song's nice, but I prefer Pipes of Peace and Winter Bird/When Winter Comes off of his latest Album.

 

As for Snowman, by Sia. I put it high up on my list at #2, so was happy to see it reach this top 40. I prefer it to Santa's Coming For Us. I hadn't seen the video for it before. The one I'm familiar with, I think is an extended TV ad.

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The song's nice, but I prefer Pipes of Peace and Winter Bird/When Winter Comes off of his latest Album.

 

As for Snowman, by Sia. I put it high up on my list at #2, so was happy to see it reach this top 40. I prefer it to Santa's Coming For Us. I hadn't seen the video for it before. The one I'm familiar with, I think is an extended TV ad.

 

 

I always loved ‘Mull Of Kintyre’ even if it’s not a Xmas song, it was Xmas number one in 1977 though.

 

Do you like it better than ‘Candy Cane Lane’?

 

20 • The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End) | 95 points

 

Fresh off the commercial success with debut album Permission to Land, The Darkness carried that brand of humorous, over-the-top hard rock over to this huge festive tune, which became the runner-up in 2003's Christmas chart race!

 

 

19 • Elton John - Step Into Christmas | 96 points

 

Starting out a Top 30 hit upon release, Elton's jaunty Christmas anthem has seen a newfound popularity in recent years, peaking at #8 thus far. It's one I've personally come to appreciate as of late too!

 

I always loved ‘Mull Of Kintyre’ even if it’s not a Xmas song, it was Xmas number one in 1977 though.

 

Do you like it better than ‘Candy Cane Lane’?

 

Mull Of Kintyre is an amazing song. It's also a song that gives me some fond memories of my dad.

I still don't think I've ever listened to Step Into Christmas. Guess this is my chance!

 

18 • Chris De Burgh - A Spaceman Came Travelling | 101 points

 

Chris De Burgh's slow-building science fiction twist on the Nativity tale is the first to cross the 100 point mark! Re-issued in 1986 it became a top 40 hit, a decade after the original release

 

 

17 • Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody | 102 points

 

Glam rockers Slade claimed 1973's Christmas #1 spot with Merry Xmas Everybody, becoming a huge holiday favourite in the UK, and reportedly still racks up a collective £1million in royalties for them each year~

 

 

16 • John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) | 113 points

 

John & Yoko delivered a beloved British festive hit with Happy Xmas (War Is Over), an uplifting anti-war tune with additional vocals from the Harlem Community Choir. the track peaked #2 on the charts following Lennon's death in 1980

 

 

15 • Darlene Love - All Alone On Christmas | 114 points

 

Three decades after Christmas (Baby Please Come Home), Darlene came back with a banger! Such a joyous and infectious track, with its stomping energy and sax solos (it also namedrops her aforementioned classic at one point, which is a nice touch)