December 15, 20222 yr Michael Andrews and Gary Jules - Mad World in 2003 Rockabye and Perfect (imho) are genuinely good songs too, but had been out for a while before Christmas.
December 15, 20222 yr Not worthy contenders for the accolade. I whole-heartedly disagree :P If we're going explicitly by the criteria specified then for me it would be Ed Sheeran's Perfect. One of his better ballads.
December 15, 20222 yr Author Michael Andrews and Gary Jules - Mad World in 2003 I think I would have to agree that is a harrowing song that I distinctly remember for being a genuine Christmas #1. It was one of a kind at the time and if I remember rightly managed to throw off some stiff opposition for Christmas #1 too. Wasn’t The Darkness close that week with their Christmas song?
December 15, 20222 yr Of the last 20 years... Rockabye was probably the last one that was in the regions of being good Mad World was a great Christmas Number 1 and great song/ version in general. Shout out to Sound of the Underground - bop! Pre that... 2 Become 1, Always on My Mind, Don't You Want Me and Bohemian Rhapsidy are all great too List of all X-Mas Number 1's for anyone who wanted to know: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UK_Si...mas_number_ones Edited December 15, 20222 yr by ElectroBoy
December 15, 20222 yr Author I whole-heartedly disagree :P If we're going explicitly by the criteria specified then for me it would be Ed Sheeran's Perfect. One of his better ballads. Oh ok sorry, so please Dobbo tell me what you would choose to include as your last decent Christmas #1! :lol:
December 15, 20222 yr I like Rockabye but I want to give a shoutout to RATM because without that rebellion in 2009 we would still be subjected to the hellish The X Factor.
December 15, 20222 yr 'Rockabye' out of recent years and then 'Mad World' before all that. I don't mind Rage but I didn't love that one or anything it was just iconic for the battle.
December 15, 20222 yr I think I would have to agree that is a harrowing song that I distinctly remember for being a genuine Christmas #1. It was one of a kind at the time and if I remember rightly managed to throw off some stiff opposition for Christmas #1 too. Wasn’t The Darkness close that week with their Christmas song? Yup big sellers that week - Mad World 227k and The Darkness 222k!
December 15, 20222 yr Oh ok sorry, so please Dobbo tell me what you would choose to include as your last decent Christmas #1! :lol: Sausage Rolls For Everyone ;)
December 15, 20222 yr Yup big sellers that week - Mad World 227k and The Darkness 222k! Always forget it was that close. I was fully team Darkness at the time but both are great tracks.
December 15, 20222 yr If we also exclude cover versions, I think it would be Don't You Want Me by The Human League.
December 15, 20222 yr I discounted Killing In The Name as a "re-release", although technically speaking it wasn't. That and the three I mentioned above are the only ones I've particularly cared for this century.
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