Roba and Steve, the David Bowie/Bing Crosby song is from 1977, the same year Bing died, so you'll need to redo your top 5s.

 

I’ve edited mine.

forgot that Dear Jessie was very Christmassy indeed!

I've avoided being controversial as it's never mentioned as a christmas song, but Bucks Fizz Land Of Make Believe would be number 2 - my argument: it was released before xmas, xmas trees and icebergs in video, chimes and xmas instruments on record (bar sleigh bells) and it's about a "Land Of Make Believe". Same with Madonna Dear Jessie (even quotes the land of make believe) which would be at 3 behind Bucks Fizz, and Freiheit, Keeping The Dream Alive, totally a Xmas-sounding record without ever mentioning it. (see Spice Girls, East 17, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, there due to videos). All hits at christmas though and I associate them all with xmas.

just missed: Abba (Happy New Year) - Hi Alex, what no Abba!,

 

But can I vote for ABBA song here ?

 

I always associate Bucks Fizz song with Xmas due to video too and have the same feelings about Steps - Heartbeat and Girls Aloud - See The Day.

 

+ added Madonna "Santa Baby" (I removed her and Kylie's versions from all-time list, when Ivana Raymonda Van Der Veen released her cover of this hit)

Edited December 14, 20231 yr by Last Dreamer

I’m sure plenty felt xmasy in December 1982 - was that not the December of the big snowfall?

+5 Roy Wood - Sing Out the Old... Bring in the New

+4 The Pretenders - 2000 Miles

+3 The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping

+2 David Essex - A Winter's Tale

+1 Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry

 

No room for Band Aid or Queen

But can I vote for ABBA song here ?

 

I always associate Bucks Fizz song with Xmas due to video too and have the same feelings about Steps - Heartbeat and Girls Aloud - See The Day.

 

+ added Madonna "Santa Baby" (I removed her and Kylie's versions from all-time list, when Ivana Raymonda Van Der Veen released her cover of this hit)

 

I think the Rules included New Years records as part of the Xmas season, and you can't get more iconic than Abba's Happy New Year - I just didn't have space for it in my list :lol:

+5 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone

+4 The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping

+3 Wham! - Last Christmas

+2 David Essex - A Winter's Tale

+1 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas

5 Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry

4 Pogues & Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York

3 Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping

2 David Essex - A Winter’s Tale

1 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas

 

So much I couldn’t fit in and I prefer Wham! with 0 points to Mariah with 3 points in the 90s.

Edited December 16, 20231 yr by Jingle Jules

Last day reminder for the late voters…

5 Pts The Pogues - Fairytale of New York (Ft Kirsty McColl)

4 Pts Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas

3 Pts Queen Thank God It’s Christmas

2 Pts Daryl Hall & John Oates – Jingle Bell Rock

1 Pt Dave Edmunds - Run Run Rudolph

All counted up so will get the results out there this evening, you voted for 26 different songs so let's start with the six that didn't make the top 20:

 

 

=24th place - 1 point

Dave Edmunds - Run Run Rudolph

Kathryn Jones - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Christmas at Ground Zero

 

=21st place - 2 points

Aled Jones - Walking in the Air

Hall & Oates - Jingle Bell Rock

Madonna - Santa Baby

 

 

Aled Jones out in a lowly 21st - it's a song I have very fond memories of as I love the Snowman but sadly even I couldn't find room for it. Madonna also out in the first batch, albeit she's not exactly renowned for her christmas songs!

=19th place - 3 points

ABBA - Happy New Year

Hybrid Kids - We Three Kings

 

=17th place - 4 points

Cliff Richard - Mistletoe and Wine

Twiggy - Winter Wonderland

 

 

Cliff's festive classic bows out in 17th, the biggest casualty of the round so far as only the top 10 qualify for the grand final. Buzzjack faves ABBA also out, but again they're not really known for christmas music.

=12th - 5 points

All About Eve - December

Anne Charleston & Ian Smith - Old Fashioned Christmas

Band Aid II - Do They Know It's Christmas?

Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Roy Wood - Sing Out The Old... Bring In The New

 

 

Four of these only picked up one voter, but sadly that does mean four people's favourite doesn't make it through. Bruce was the one that secured multiple votes.

And is that Anne Charleston & Ian Smith as in Madge and Harold from Neighbours?!!! ICONIC!!!

 

 

 

Fortunately we have a solitary song in 11th so there is a clear top 10... but which song will just miss out? :o

11th - 7 points

Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?

 

:o :o :o

 

Well consider me crackered as I didn't see that one not making it through. Probably the most famous christmas song in history bows out in 11th.

10th - 8 points

Queen - Thank God It's Christmas

 

9th - 10 points

David Essex - A Winter's Tale

 

 

Queen are the act that scrape through ahead of Band Aid, with David Essex a couple of points ahead - the latter in particular is a pleasant surprise for me.

8th - 13 points

Frankie Goes to Hollywood - The Power of Love

 

7th - 17 points

Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry

 

 

The totals are starting to creep up now. Frankie can relax as they're safely through, together with Jona Lewie who picked up a huge nine votes, just most of them 1 or 2 points.

11th - 7 points

Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?

 

:o :o :o

 

Well consider me crackered as I didn't see that one not making it through. Probably the most famous christmas song in history bows out in 11th.

 

=5th - 18 points

Pretenders - 2000 Miles

Wham! - Last Christmas

 

 

The UK's current #1 makes it to 5th, which suggests it may not prove quite as popular on buzzjack as it does in the charts. The lovely 2000 Miles from the Pretenders joins George and Andrew in the top 5.

4th - 19 points

Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone

 

3rd - 21 points

Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas

 

 

 

A contrasting pair up next with Shaky's feel good festive bop deservedly finishing top 5, whilst the slightly more croony yet ever popular Chris Rea motors into the top 3.

2nd - 36 points

The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping

 

 

Storming in to second with an impressive 36 points haul is Christmas Wrapping, ridiculous that this has still never made the top 40... but at least it will make the top 40 here in the final!

 

 

 

 

 

 

All of which means your winner, and by some distance, is of course...

 

1st - 55 points

The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York

 

 

It was never in doubt really as this led practically from the off. Finishing 19 points ahead of 2nd and 33 points ahead of the third placed track, the Pogues and Kirsty top our 80s list. RIP both but your festive joy remains ^_^