Can’t not think of the Peter Serafinowicz spoof of this

Not here for the resurgence of this song. There's a bit 2/3 of the way through where Macca does a sort of half-hearted "ooh" which sums it up for me.

KILL IT WITH FIRE :arrr:

Still feel like listen radio 2 this chart

Not accepting this Sir Sir Paul slander tbh. 'Wonderful Christmastime' is a bop and you must all accept this x

Not accepting this Sir Sir Paul slander tbh. 'Wonderful Christmastime' is a bop and you must all accept this x

:frankie:

Stop the cavalry struggle this year

The choir of children practiced all year long, unlike Macca. (And these chart show presenters).

16 | 22 | 74th week

 

Chris Rea

Driving Home For Christmas

 

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Non-album single

Released: 1988

Label: Warner Music UK

 

Chart Run

 

NE (10/12/1988) | 84-72-61-53-93-x

RE (08/12/2007) | 98-51-35-33-77-x

RE (13/12/2008) | 70-53-59-70-x

RE (12/12/2009) | 84-63-63-40-x

RE (18/12/2010) | 100-82-67-x

RE (10/12/2011) | 91-59-53-36-x

RE (15/12/2012) | 54-53-36-95-x

RE (14/12/2013) | 72-61-53-91-x

RE (13/12/2014) | 67-60-53-43-x

RE (17/12/2015) | 67-51-29-78-x

RE (15/12/2016) | 46-37-26-x

RE (14/12/2017) | 68-23-20-14-x

RE (13/12/2018) | 49-36-22-11-x

RE (12/12/2019) | 59-46-42-24-x

RE (03/12/2020) | 55-22-17-13-11-11-x

RE (02/12/2021) | 80-33-27-17-12-10-x

RE (01/12/2022) | 76-42-21-20-22-16

 

Sales: 1,600k+

Certification: 2x Platinum

Status: Accelerated Chart Ratio

 

21 Sales

07 Audio Streaming

24 Video Streaming

 

Video

 

 

Biography

 

Christopher Anton Rea (/ˈriːə/ REE-ə; born 4 March 1951) is an English rock and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist. Born and raised in Middlesbrough, he is of Italian and Irish descent. He is known for his distinctive, husky-gravel voice and slide guitar playing, and the Guinness Rockopedia described him as a "gravel-voiced guitar stalwart".

 

After learning to play the guitar relatively late in his early twenties, which was followed by a short local band activity, Rea began his solo career in 1978 and has produced twenty-five solo albums, but some of them from his later blues period like Blue Guitars (2005) have multiple discs. The British Hit Singles & Albums stated that Rea was "one of the most popular UK singer-songwriters of the late 1980s" and "already a major European star by the time he finally cracked the UK Top 10 with the release of the single "The Road to Hell (Part 2)", which was his 18th chart entry." Two of his most successful studio albums, The Road to Hell (1989) and Auberge (1991), topped the UK Albums Chart. His other hit songs include "I Can Hear Your Heartbeat", "Stainsby Girls", "Josephine", "On the Beach", "Let's Dance", "Driving Home for Christmas", "Working on It", "Tell Me There's a Heaven", "Auberge", "Looking for the Summer", "Winter Song", "Nothing to Fear", "Julia", and "If You Were Me", a duet with Elton John. Rea was nominated three times for the Brit Award for Best British Male Artist: in 1988, 1989 and 1990.

 

Rea has never toured the United States and is best known there for the 1978 single "Fool (If You Think It's Over)", which reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. This success earned him a Grammy nomination as Best New Artist in 1978. As of 2009, Rea had sold more than 30 million records worldwide. - Wikipedia

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

1978 30 Fool (If You Think It's Over) -1-

1979 44 Diamonds -1-

1982 65 Loving You -1-

1983 85 Let It Loose -1-

1983 60 I Can Hear Your Heartbeat -2-

1984 65 I Don't Know What It Is But I Love It -1-

1984 86 Touche D'Amour -2-

1984 78 Ace Of Hearts -3-

1985 26 Stainsby Girls -1-

1985 67 Josephine -2-

1986 69 It's All Gone -1-

1986 12 On The Beach -2-

1986 79 Hello Friend -3-

1987 12 Let's Dance -1-

1987 47 Loving You Again -2-

1987 67 Joys Of Christmas -3-

1988 73 Que Sera -4-

1988 10 Driving Home For Christmas -NAS- MILLIONAIRE

1989 53 Working On It -1-

1989 10 The Road To Hell (Part 2) -1-

1989 83 That's What They Always Say -2-

1990 24 Tell Me There's A Heaven -3-

1990 69 Texas -4-

1991 16 Auberge -1-

1991 57 Heaven -2-

1991 49 Looking For The Summer -3-

1991 27 Winter Song -4-

1992 16 Nothing To Fear -1-

1992 31 God's Great Banana Skin -2-

1993 53 Soft Top Hard Shoulder -3-

1993 18 Julia -1-

1994 28 You Can Go Your Own Way -1-

1996 77 Girl In A Sports Car -2-

1996 41 'Disco' La Passione (Chris Rea & Shirley Bassey) -1-

1997 44 Let's Dance (Middlesbrough FC feat. Bob Mortimer & Chris Rea) -NAS-

1998 80 Square Peg, Round Hole -1-

2000 78 All Summer Long -1-

 

0 x #1 | 0 x Top 5 | 2 x Top 10 | 7 x Top 20 | 13 x Top 40 | 37 x Top 100

 

Social Media

 

Chris Rea

 

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John & Yoko did it better

15 | 16 | 90th week

 

Shakin' Stevens

Merry Christmas Everyone

 

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Non-album single

Released: 1985

Label: Epic

 

Chart Statistics

 

NE (07/12/1985) | 38-10-2-1-1-3-20-42-x

RE (01/03/1986) | 100-93-x

RE (13/12/1986) | 76-75-59-58-x

RE (08/12/2007) | 78-33-23-22-71-x

RE (06/12/2008) | 76-44-36-42-68-x

RE (12/12/2009) | 59-49-55-47-x

RE (11/12/2010) | 73-74-68-80-x

RE (10/12/2011) | 72-42-48-62-x

RE (08/12/2012) | 83-46-50-54-x

RE (14/12/2013) | 56-54-59-x

RE (13/12/2014) | 53-44-45-38-x

RE (10/12/2015) | 85-44-35-26-67-x

RE (08/12/2016) | 93-28-29-22-17-x

RE (07/12/2017) | 87-21-16-15-10-x

RE (13/12/2018) | 36-21-20-9-x

RE (05/12/2019) | 82-26-16-16-6-x

RE (26/11/2020) | 82-33-14-6-6-7-6-x

RE (02/12/2021) | 52-17-6-6-8-6-x

RE (01/12/2022) | 54-26-12-13-16-15

 

Sales: 2,500k+

Certification: 3x Platinum

Status: Accelerated Chart Ratio

 

01 Sales

04 Audio Streaming

03 Video Streaming

 

Video

 

 

Biography

 

Michael Barratt (born 4 March 1948), known professionally as Shakin' Stevens, is a Welsh singer and songwriter. He was the UK's biggest-selling singles artist of the 1980s. His recording and performing career began in the late 1960s, although it was not until 1980 that his commercial success began. His most successful songs were nostalgia hits, evoking the sound of 1950s rock and roll and pop. In the UK alone, Stevens has charted 33 Top 40 hit singles including four chart-topping hits "This Ole House", "Green Door", "Oh Julie", and "Merry Christmas Everyone"; his last Top 40 single was "Trouble" in 2005 apart from his Christmas song, which has re-entered the UK Singles Chart each December since 2007. - Wikipedia

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

1980 24 Hot Dog -1-

1980 19 Marie Marie -1-

1981 01 This Ole House -2-

1981 02 You Drive Me Crazy -1-

1981 01 Green Door -2-

1981 10 It's Raining -3-

1982 01 Oh Julie -1-

1982 06 Shirley -2-

1982 11 Give Me Your Heart Tonight -3-

1982 10 I'll Be Satisfied -4-

1982 02 The Shakin' Stevens EP -EP-

1983 11 It's Late -1-

1983 03 Cry Just A Little Bit -2-

1984 05 A Rockin' Good Way (Shakin' Stevens & Bonnie Tyler) -3-

1984 02 A Love Worth Waiting For -4-

1984 10 A Letter To You -1-

1984 05 Teardrops -2-

1985 14 Breaking Up My Heart -3-

1985 11 Lipstick, Powder And Paint -1-

1985 01 Merry Christmas Everyone -NAS- MILLIONAIRE

1986 15 Turning Away -2-

1986 14 Because I Love You -1-

1987 12 A Little Boogie Woogie (In The Back Of My Mind) -2-

1987 24 Come See About Me -3-

1987 05 What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For -4-

1988 26 Feel The Need In Me -NAS-

1988 47 How Many Tears Can You Hide -1-

1988 23 True Love -2-

1989 58 Jezebel -3-

1989 28 Love Attack -1-

1990 18 I Might -2-

1990 60 Yes I Do -3-

1990 59 Pink Champagne -4-

1990 75 My Cutie Cutie -5-

1990 19 The Best Christmas Of Them All -1-

1991 34 I'll Be Home This Christmas -2-

2005 20 Trouble / This Ole House -1-

 

4 x #1 | 11 x Top 5 | 15 x Top 10 | 25 x Top 20 | 32 x Top 40 | 37 x Top 100

 

Social Media

 

Shakin' Stevens

 

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Shaky majorly Flopped this year

Not accepting this Sir Sir Paul slander tbh. 'Wonderful Christmastime' is a bop and you must all accept this x

 

immediately no

YES KELLY

So RAYE has at least matched GAYLE's #14 last year

yes why is shaky flopping this year its such a bop :(((

If he’s aware, I bet Paul is secretly a little bit pleased that he out peaks John every Christmas.

Not accepting this Sir Sir Paul slander tbh. 'Wonderful Christmastime' is a bop and you must all accept this x

 

Emphatically no

First time since 2015 where Shaky didn't make the top 10.

Shaky spending a while at #1 on Apple* yet never making the top 10 this year, poor hen.

 

*I am aware Wham! and Mariah were presumably ahead combined

 

Definitely didn't expect RAYE to be this high!