Posted December 21, 20204 yr 20th December 2020 It's Chriiiiiistmaaaas! No it's not Slade on top, that had a peak of 2 back in the 80's for me, it's my all-time fave Xmas record, these days, the semi-classical and brilliant I Believe In Father Christmas, which now grabs it's 10th week at number one, on it's 5th occasion since first topping over Christmas 1975 when I bought the vinyl single in between Bohemian Rhapsody and Mamma Mia topping my chart. That was one hell of a classic trio of chart-toppers! Almost making the top spot for a 2nd time, Freiheit's equally fabulous Keeping The Dream Alive has to settle for a number 2, and Air's Ce Matin-La at 3 making it a 70's/80's/90's top 3 wipeout. George Michael also goes top 10 for the first time with the gorgeous December Song, a decade late, and one of the few George tracks that fell short up until now. Big climbs for Sega Bodega & Halsey, Chris Rea's perennial Driving Home For Christmas, Miley Cyrus's Night Crawling giving Billy Idol his first top 20 since 2015, while Suzi Quatro gets her first top 30 since 2011. Meduza is the biggest climber into the 40, and highest new entry comes from Gwen Stefani, her first entry since her Christmas goodie with hubbie Blake Shelton in 2017, Let Me Re-introduce Myself at 56 giving her solo action of 16 years, including 3 chart-toppers, or 23 years of No Doubt-ing. Paul McCartney has McCartney III out - it doesn't seem like 40 years since McCartney II! I've cherry-picked the most fun, and most-interesting tracks, everything you hear is Macca. Find My Way is in at 59, just ahead of The Beatles Here, There & Everywhere (a McCartney song) which dropped into the itunes sales chart, giving me a perfect excuse to chart an album track gem that has never made my charts before. Hard to believe, but there are still Beatles classics that have never charted for me! Taylor Swift's new folkie ballad Willow debuts, Alicia Keys new reggae-thumper pops in, Blossoms late Xmas effort is new, Dolly Parton makes it 44 years of chart hits with a Xmas duet with Miley Cyrus, who still has 4 tracks listed despite one dropping out,and finally J-Lo is back - her first in 4 years, and sounding like early-era Ms Lopez. That'll be 21 years since I bought Waiting For Tonight on CD single in Orlando while on holiday. 1 42 1 3 I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS Greg Lake 195850 2 4 2 3 KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE Freiheit 197200 3 9 3 3 CE MATIN-LA Air 133000 4 1 1 6 ARMS OF GOLD Tape Machines featuring Mia Pfurrman 555000 5 2 1 6 LAST CHANCE Kylie Minogue 550000 6 3 3 7 ALL I NEED Jake Bugg 314200 7 8 7 2 WHAT ABOUT MY LOVE Moodshift featuring Oliver Nelson, Lucas Nord & flyckt 98000 8 5 1 10 PERFECTLY UNTRUE Lucia & The Best Boys 988000 9 14 9 3 DECEMBER SONG (I DREAMED OF CHRISTMAS) George Michael 80200 10 10 10 3 SAD MAGIC Gregory Dillon 91000 11 7 7 6 BURN DOWN THIS ROOM Ruben 198800 12 33 12 4 MAKE U STAY Sega Bodega & Halsey 56400 13 13 13 4 INNER SMILE Texas 101700 14 6 6 5 ROUND AND AROUND DMA’s 145150 15 11 11 7 THE PIPER Abba 197500 16 50 16 3 DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Chris Rea 42800 17 37 17 2 NIGHT CRAWLING Miley Cyrus featuring Billy Idol 40300 18 12 6 6 SUPERNOVA Kylie Minogue 193250 19 26 19 6 LAMB’S WOOL Foster The People 84350 20 16 8 7 CELEBRATE YOU Kylie Minogue 209400 21 32 21 6 “1-2-3” Len Barry 73150 22 22 2 8 GOLD Paloma Faith 468000 23 23 1 10 FALLING DOWN Paloma Faith 576500 24 19 7 8 INTERSTELLAR LOVE The Avalanches featuring Leon Bridges & The Alan Parsons Project 282000 25 25 25 6 A LITTLE LOVE Celeste 87700 26 17 7 11 LIE TO ME Vera Blue 291250 27 58 27 3 MY HEART AND SOUL (I NEED YOU HOME FOR CHRISTMAS) Suzi Quatro 34200 28 15 2 4 PRISENCOLINENSINAINCUISOL Adriano Celentano & Claudia Mori 225300 29 39 29 2 CORAZON ASTRAL Javiera Mena 35300 30 40 30 7 FEEL SOMETHING Armin Van Buuren & Duncan Laurence 61350 31 28 19 7 GOLDEN Harry Styles 119750 32 18 1 7 EDGE OF MIDNIGHT (MIDNIGHT SKY REMIX) Mile Cyrus featuring Stevie Nicks 564800 33 27 27 4 A CHRISTMAS WISH Beverley Knight 51200 34 20 1 7 LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON ME Abba 437600 35 35 7 9 I LOVE IT Kylie Minogue 250250 36 31 21 6 GOOD DAY FOR DREAMING Ruelle 104550 37 24 18 6 PARAPHERNALIA Temples 116550 38 53 38 5 MY HEAD & MY HEART Ava Max 47350 39 73 39 3 PARADISE Meduza featuring Dermot Kennedy 27300 40 29 29 7 IS IT TRUE Tame Impala 109300 41 30 30 6 NOTHING ELSE (WHEN I THINK OF YOU) Joe Stone featuring Janet Jackson 93050 42 21 12 8 LOVE PAINS Yvonne Elliman 140900 43 38 1 16 NUMB Jessi 942400 44 41 8 9 LAST NIGHT ON EARTH Paloma Faith 234850 45 34 10 12 WONDER Shawn Mendes 306800 46 43 27 6 BEFORE I GO Marisha Wallace 86250 47 52 47 5 LOVE NOT WAR (THE TAMPA BEAT) Jason Derulo & Nuka 38000 48 45 40 5 HOW LOW CAN YOU GO LP 59550 49 57 49 5 NEVER LEARN MY LESSON Four Of Diamonds 42000 50 56 50 3 I’LL BE YOUR SANTA TONIGHT Keith Urban 29400 51 51 51 7 ELAINE Abba 51350 52 36 23 7 SNOWSTORM The Raveonettes 95300 53 44 39 5 OLD TV SHOWS Smith & Burrows 55600 54 85 54 2 RIVER PNAU featuring Ladyhawke 14000 55 76 55 3 DON’T WALK ALONE Callum Beattie 20000 56 NEW 56 1 LET ME REINTRODUCE MYSELF Gwen Stefani 10600 57 59 57 5 WITH YOU I’M BORN AGAIN Billy Preston & Syreeta 43400 58 61 58 6 CLASSICAL GAS Mason Williams 38500 59 NEW 59 1 FIND MY WAY Paul McCartney 10100 60 71 60 4 THEREFORE I AM Billie Eilish 23800 61 55 1 31 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 1400650 62 62 62 5 HOW DOES IT FEEL Slade 32000 63 47 1 19 MIDNIGHT SKY Miley Cyrus 1394550 64 46 4 13 MAGIC Kylie Minogue 417850 65 NEW 65 1 HERE THERE AND EVERYWHERE The Beatles 7000 66 70 66 2 SLEIGH RIDE The Ronettes 12800 67 67 67 5 SILLY GAMES Janet Kay 20000 68 48 4 11 NO ORDINARY Labrinth 356900 69 80 69 3 LITTLE SAINT NICK The Beach Boys 14200 70 NEW 70 1 WARM THIS WINTER Gabriella Cilmi 6000 71 NEW 71 1 WILLOW Taylor Swift 5800 72 75 72 2 THE POWER OF PRAYER Bruce Springsteen 10600 73 NEW 73 1 WASTED ENERGY Alicia Keys featuring Diamond Platinumz & Kaash Paige 5400 74 74 74 9 WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD Louis Armstrong 34800 75 77 75 4 BETTER The Vamps 16800 76 49 29 9 MAKE YOU MINE PUBLIC 109950 77 NEW 77 1 CHRISTMAS EVE (SOUL PURPOSE) Blossoms 4600 78 78 78 3 CHRISTMAS (BABY PLEASE COME HOME) Darlene Love 12000 79 66 3 18 TICK TOCK Clean Bandit & Mabel featuring 24kGoldn 579800 80 NEW 80 1 ONE MORE SLEEP Leona Lewis 4000 81 81 81 2 CHRISTMAS TREE FARM Taylor Swift 7600 82 60 60 5 YOU KNOW IT’S CHRISTMAS Dion featuring Joe Bonamassa 32600 83 NEW 83 1 LONG TAILED WINTER BIRD Paul McCartney 3400 84 87 84 3 MAMMA SAID Mica Paris 8400 85 NEW 85 1 IN THE MORNING Jennifer Lopez 3000 86 86 86 3 STEP INTO CHRISTMAS Elton John 8000 87 NEW 87 1 CHRISTMAS IS Dolly Parton featuring Miley Cyrus 2600 88 88 88 2 FIND ME (ODYSSEY TO ANYOONA) Jam & Spoon featuring Plavka 4800 89 89 89 2 HEY MISTER SNOWMAN Kim Wilde 4400 90 NEW 90 1 CHRISTMAS WRAPPING The Waitresses 2000 DROP OUTS 54 33 6 SOMETHING IN YOUR EYES Steps 84100 63 42 5 THE FOOL Overcoats 50550 64 35 8 ONE MINUTE YOU’RE HERE Bruce Springsteen 92000 65 43 6 LOVE OF YOUR LIFE RAYE 52800 68 50 6 SHAME SHAME Foo Fighters 48400 69 36 5 STOP CRYING YOUR HEART OUT BBC Radio 2 All Stars 55000 72 44 5 HIGHER Bishop Briggs 51550 79 29 8 TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT McFly 91300 82 82 2 LIVE IT UP Mental As Anything 7200 83 68 4 EVERYBODY DANCE Cedric Gervais & Franklin featuring Nile Rodgers 19200 84 49 4 PRISONER Miley Cyrus featuring Dua Lipa 38000 90 90 2 TOWN CALLED MALICE The Jam 4000
December 21, 20204 yr Hi John! Nice to see the christmas songs on here! Also great to see "Night Crawling", "Feel Something", "My Head & My Heart", "Paradise" and "Therefore I Am"! Out of the debuts, I like "Find My Way", "Willow", "One More Sleep" and "Long Tailed Winter Bird"! Great chart!
December 21, 20204 yr Hello John! Driving Home For Christmas is a brilliant Christmas song albeit not one of my faves. Gold staying in place YASSSSSS. I can't get over how much I love it :lol: Oooo Falling Down not dropping either :wub: it is a bop although one of lesser like tracks from the album is say. My Head & My Heart is a bop so I'm glad to see it climb. Should be charting for me soonish. Willow! :wub: it's great! Really Sounds like Ed's Galway Girl to me. Super chart Happy Holidays John! X
December 27, 20204 yr Hi John, A lot of Christmas tracks :teresa: December Song Top 10 :heart: Driving Home For Christmas Top 20 and Ava Max Top 40 :cheer: Best new entries; Gwen Stefani, Taylor Swift, Alicia Keyes and J.Lo .
December 28, 20204 yr Author Hi John! Nice to see the christmas songs on here! Also great to see "Night Crawling", "Feel Something", "My Head & My Heart", "Paradise" and "Therefore I Am"! Out of the debuts, I like "Find My Way", "Willow", "One More Sleep" and "Long Tailed Winter Bird"! Great chart! Hi Sergej :) Thanks for the Christmas love and picks! cheers! B-)
December 28, 20204 yr Author Hello John! Driving Home For Christmas is a brilliant Christmas song albeit not one of my faves. Gold staying in place YASSSSSS. I can't get over how much I love it :lol: Oooo Falling Down not dropping either :wub: it is a bop although one of lesser like tracks from the album is say. My Head & My Heart is a bop so I'm glad to see it climb. Should be charting for me soonish. Willow! :wub: it's great! Really Sounds like Ed's Galway Girl to me. Super chart Happy Holidays John! X Hi James! :) Paloma is fab though isn;t she, I love her! Glad ya like the other picks, and Happy New Year! cheers! B-)
December 28, 20204 yr Author Hi John, A lot of Christmas tracks :teresa: December Song Top 10 :heart: Driving Home For Christmas Top 20 and Ava Max Top 40 :cheer: Best new entries; Gwen Stefani, Taylor Swift, Alicia Keyes and J.Lo . Hi Sven :) Yes I don't normally have an oldies Xmas invasion but it's an odd year, to say the least! cheers for the picks! B-)
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