The Official Christmas Chart on Radio 1 was announced on this date in 2001 back when of course the chart used to be on a Sunday. I've linked a Mixcloud of the chart presented by Mark Goodier below. Admittedly I didn't listen to Radio 1 back then as I was mainly listening to Neil Fox and the Pepsi chart instead but from listening to this one last week I managed to hear some songs that I wouldn't have even heard in 2001 lol. Anyway here's the link and the top 40 below. 20 Years since Robbie and Nicole took reign as the Christmas #1!

 

https://www.mixcloud.com/StephenTheRadioKid...odier-23122001/

 

TOP 40

 

P LW WOC Artist & Song

1 1 2 Robbie Williams Ft Nicole Kidman - Somethin' Stupid

2 X 1 Gordon Haskell - How Wonderful You Are

3 2 4 Daniel Bedingfield - Gotta Get Thru This

4 3 3 Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder On The Dancefloor

5 4 3 Stereophonics - Handbags & Gladrags

6 7 5 S Club 7 - Have You Ever

7 5 2 Ian Van Dahl - Will I

8 6 2 Samantha Mumba - Lately

9 9 3 The Tweenies - I Believe In Christmas

10 10 3 Hermes House Band - Country Roads

11 11 4 Kate Winslet - What If

12 8 4 PPK - Resurrection

13 24 15 DJ Otzi - Hey Baby

14 21 14 Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head

15 14 3 Steps - Words Are Not Enough/I Know Him So Well

16 12 2 Feeder - Just A Day EP

17 16 3 Sum 41 - In Too Deep

18 26 10 Afroman - Because I Got High

19 13 2 Janet Jackson Ft Carly Simon - Son Of A Gun (I Betcha Think This Song)

20 17 5 Riva Ft Danni Minogue - Who Do You Love (Stringer)

21 23 6 Blue - If You Come Back

22 15 2 Kosheen - Catch

23 19 4 Hear'Say - Everybody

24 18 3 Cliff Richard - Somewhere Over The Rainbow/ What A Wonderful World

25 22 7 Westlife - Queen Of My Heart

26 X 1 David Gray - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye

27 28 4 Alcazar - Crying On The Discoteque

28 27 5 DJ Otzi - Do Wah Diddy

29 X 1 Faithless - Tarantula

30 32 6 Destiny's Child - Emotion

31 31 8 Jennifer Lopez - I'm Real

32 X 1 Mariah Carey Ft Mystikal - Never Too Far/Don't Stop Funkin 4

33 34 4 Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At

34 20 2 Emma Bunton - We're Not Gonna Sleep Tonight

35 30 4 Geri Halliwell - Calling

36 37 8 Iio - Rapture

37 35 4 Oxide & Neutrino - Rap Dis / Only Wanna Know U Cos Ure

38 38 5 Anastacia - Paid My Dues

39 33 3 Liberty - Doin It

40 X 1 Warp Brothers - Blast The Speakers

Edited December 23, 20231 yr by Rockin Roba

Rank of the top 10

 

FAVE 1. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder On The Dancefloor

2. Samantha Mumba - Lately

3. Stereophonics - Handbags & Gladrags

4. Daniel Bedingfield - Gotta Get Thru This

5. Robbie & Nicole - Somethin Stupid

6. S Club 7 - Have You Ever

7. Ian Van Dahl - Will I

8. Tweenies - I Believe In Christmas (I do own this and was into them a lot as a child :kink: not so much now though)

9. Gordon Haskell - How Wonderful You Are?

LEAST FAVE 10. Hermes House Band - Country Roads

Edited December 23, 20213 yr by 🎄Rob S🎄

Omg a Christmas chart *.*

 

Such a festive feeling in that top 40, I remember listening to that one, I’d just been to see the Fellowship Of The Ring that afternoon and was loving this chart and felt properly ready for Christmas at this point.

 

No matter how many Christmas songs fill the charts these days, they’ll never feel the same way they used to.

Yeh if anything the charts are too packed these days so you can’t pick out the newer Xmas songs.

 

Did love Kate Winslets effort. Was Gordon Haskell a radio 2 push or was he C Listed on radio 1 at the time?

"Something Stupid" is my second favourite Christmas # 1 in UK, only behind "Save Your Love". :wub:

 

Why did I think that Kosheen 'Catch' was a Top 10 hit!!!

 

It certainly felt bigger than #15 peak!!!

Yeh if anything the charts are too packed these days so you can’t pick out the newer Xmas songs.

 

Did love Kate Winslets effort. Was Gordon Haskell a radio 2 push or was he C Listed on radio 1 at the time?

 

Wikipedia says it took off after mass radio 2 hype so yeah it was.

I didn’t know Gordon Haskell was a contender until my grandparents told me about it. Definitely a Radio 2 push.

Why did I think that Kosheen 'Catch' was a Top 10 hit!!!

 

It certainly felt bigger than #15 peak!!!

 

'Catch' is great. I also really like Kosheen's 2003 more indie based top 10 hit 'All In My Head', which I remember a lot from the time.

 

Did love Kate Winslet's effort.

 

'What If' I remember a lot from the time. It is a beautiful song!

Edited December 23, 20213 yr by Snakin' Stevens

Why did I think that Kosheen 'Catch' was a Top 10 hit!!!

 

It certainly felt bigger than #15 peak!!!

 

“Catch” was brilliant - it was the Christmas Number 1 for me on my personal chart in 2001. I unfortunately cannot remember at all what else was in the Top 10 because my Dad chucked away my old personal charts pre-2004 when I used to write them down on notepaper, which I was pretty sad about as I like looking back - it's almost like keeping a diary but with music and certain songs bring back certain memories.. but I know that Basement Jaxx (34) had been #1 earlier in December. I used to buy all of my #1 singles on CD and logged them so I at least have them all complete thankfully.

 

I think the single artwork to “Catch” had a reindeer on it or something so it felt Christmas-like to me. : )

Catch is a great song but I’ll never be able to unhear her shouting ‘cat shit!!

2001 was a brilliant year for pop music. The battle for Christmas #1 felt a little flat - not so much in quality but in sales compared to the year before when there was Bob the Builder, Westlife and Eminem. But still a great chart.

Wasn't that Gordon Haskell song the most requested in the history of R2 or something?

 

I hated it when dance acts released great tracks in mid Dec, like Faithless or Kosheen here, they always got lost an never revamped in Jan

“Catch” was brilliant - it was the Christmas Number 1 for me on my personal chart in 2001. I unfortunately cannot remember at all what else was in the Top 10 because my Dad chucked away my old personal charts pre-2004 when I used to write them down on notepaper, which I was pretty sad about as I like looking back - it's almost like keeping a diary but with music and certain songs bring back certain memories.. but I know that Basement Jaxx (34) had been #1 earlier in December. I used to buy all of my #1 singles on CD and logged them so I at least have them all complete thankfully.

 

I think the single artwork to “Catch” had a reindeer on it or something so it felt Christmas-like to me. : )

 

I would go max if my dad did that!

Bringing this up to reminisce on two years later the 2001 Christmas chart being covered in today's Pick of the pops!

 

and then here's some mixcloud links for the following two Christmas chart years that followed ^_^ (will likely add a ranking of the top 10's later x)

 

https://www.mixcloud.com/Brigham27/bbc-radi...-december-2002/

 

https://www.mixcloud.com/duffymp/httpswwwmi...-november-2003/

One more points about the Christmas charts then a lot of big older hits always rose in December which is the only time they normally rose in this era!

Some really good songs in the top 10 there. Gotta Get Thru This & Murder On The Dancefloor in particular.