Posted October 20, 2024Oct 20 Spotify's primary Christmas playlist has updated, and I've compared it to last year using https://spotifyplaylistarchive.com/! Not a great year for British Christmas songs, with Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Coldplay & Band Aid all heavily dropping. I wonder if the massive fall for Band Aid is due to an impending Band Aid 40 single... Vince Guaraldi Trio have by far the biggest climbing song which is great to see, I'd love it to make the Top 40 this year! THIS YEAR / LAST YEAR 01 [01] Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You 02 [02] Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree 03 [06] Bobby Helms Jingle Bell Rock 04 [03] Wham! - Last Christmas 05 [05] Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me 06 [08] Laufey - Winter Wonderland - Spotify Singles Holiday 07 [09] Andy Williams - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year 08 [28] Perry Como - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (with Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra) 09 [14] Michael Bublé - Holly Jolly Christmas 10 [11] The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride 11 [NE] Mark Ambor - Run Rudolph Run - Spotify Singles Holiday 12 [20] Sia - Snowman 13 [07] Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 14 [10] Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree 15 [NE] Kesha - Holiday Road - Spotify Singles Holiday 16 [15] José Feliciano - Feliz Navidad 17 [16] Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) 18 [NE] Dasha - Driving Home for Christmas - Spotify Singles Holiday 19 [98] Vince Guaraldi Trio - Christmas Time Is Here - Vocal 20 [54] Elton John - Step Into Christmas - Remastered 1995 21 [19] Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 22 [50] Frank Sinatra - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Remastered 1999 23 [81] The Pogues - Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl) - Edit 24 [47] Bing Crosby - Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas) 25 [37] Eagles - Please Come Home for Christmas - 2013 Remaster 26 [52] John Williams - Carol of the Bells 27 [49] The Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick - 1991 Remix 28 [55] Gwen Stefani - You Make It Feel Like Christmas (feat. Blake Shelton) 29 [35] Nat King Cole - Deck The Hall 30 [13] Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime - Edited Version / Remastered 2011 31 [NE] Demi Lovato - I'll Be Home For Christmas - Recorded at Spotify Studios NYC 32 [62] Pentatonix - Hallelujah 33 [41] Bing Crosby - White Christmas 34 [36] Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town - Live at C.W. Post College, Greenvale, NY - December 1975 35 [12] John Lennon - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - Remastered 2010 36 [30] Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas 37 [96] John Legend - What Christmas Means to Me (feat. Stevie Wonder) 38 [04] Michael Bublé - It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas 39 [22] Kelly Clarkson & Ariana Grande - Santa, Can't You Hear Me 40 [95] Queen - Thank God It's Christmas - 2011 Remaster 41 [NE] Whitney Houston - Do You Hear What I Hear? 42 [18] Frank Sinatra - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (with The B. Swanson Quartet) 43 [85] Burl Ives - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer 44 [24] Britney Spears - My Only Wish (This Year) 45 [64] Gene Autry - Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) - 1947 Version 46 [NE] Dolly Parton - Hard Candy Christmas 47 [45] Idina Menzel - Baby It's Cold Outside (with Michael Bublé) 48 [31] Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas 49 [38] Taylor Swift - Christmas Tree Farm 50 [70] *NSYNC - Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays 51 [27] Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 52 [60] The Jackson 5 - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus 53 [71] Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday 54 [84] Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve / Sarajevo 12/24 - Instrumental 55 [91] Destiny's Child - 8 Days of Christmas 56 [75] Frank Sinatra - Jingle Bells 57 [21] Justin Bieber - Mistletoe 58 [58] Bing Crosby - Do You Hear What I Hear? - Remastered 2006 59 [26] Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby 60 [32] Chuck Berry - Run Rudolph Run 61 [57] Leona Lewis - One More Sleep 62 [53] Ariana Grande - Last Christmas 63 [99] Teddy Swims - Silent Night 64 [59] Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas 65 [NE] Seth MacFarlane & Liz Gillies - We Wish You The Merriest 66 [89] Sabrina Carpenter - A Nonsense Christmas 67 [69] Bing Crosby - Winter Wonderland - Remastered 2006 68 [23] Cher - DJ Play A Christmas Song 69 [NE] Pentatonix - Mary, Did You Know? 70 [NE] Stevie Wonder - Someday At Christmas 71 [90] Run-D.M.C. - Christmas In Hollis 72 [39] Donny Hathaway - This Christmas 73 [56] Ella Fitzgerald - Frosty The Snowman 74 [40] Jonas Brothers - Like It's Christmas 75 [43] Elvis Presley - Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) 76 [76] Jessie J - Man With The Bag 77 [17] Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? - 1984 Version 78 [86] Pretenders - 2000 Miles 79 [44] Nat King Cole - Joy To The World 80 [42] Sia - Santa's Coming for Us 81 [NE] Amy Grant - Grown-Up Christmas List 82 [61] Katy Perry - Cozy Little Christmas 83 [88] Mud - Lonely This Christmas 84 [NE] Christina Aguilera - Angels We Have Heard On High 85 [48] Coldplay - Christmas Lights 86 [67] Frank Sinatra - Mistletoe And Holly - Remastered 1999 87 [51] Ava Max - Christmas Without You 88 [74] Céline Dion - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) 89 [46] Daryl Hall & John Oates - Jingle Bell Rock - Daryl's Version 90 [34] Mariah Carey - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 91 [63] Ella Fitzgerald - Sleigh Ride 92 [NE] Céline Dion & Andrea Bocelli - The Prayer
October 20, 2024Oct 20 There have been rumours that Band Aid 40 is coming but one of the rumours is that they will be picking the best artists from the previous 4 versions to make a super version. Can't imagine they will choose many lines from Band Aid 2 if true (aside from Kylie perhaps). :rolleyes:
October 20, 2024Oct 20 Author I find it slightly annoying that Lindsey Buckingham’s ‘Holiday Road’ has become associated with Christmas in recent years. It was originally created for a scene in ‘National Lampoon’s Vacation’ where the Griswold family travel on a summer holiday. In fact, the only ‘Vacation’ film that the song does not appear in is ‘Christmas Vacaction’! :lol:
October 20, 2024Oct 20 Author Interesting to see such a big drop for Bublé’s ‘It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas’, with the Perry Como version taking its place. I guess we might not see it make the official Top 10 this year then.
October 20, 2024Oct 20 Bublé thing is especially weird considering they moved Holly Jolly Christmas into the top ten, with Burl Ives nowhere to be seen. Little gutted at some of these drops, as if the British classics weren't falling back enough in the first place! At least Wizzard are moving in the right direction. I actually thought the Sabrina song would be given a much more prominent placing than that, with the year she's had. Christmas Crackers is another big playlist in the UK I believe, and is much more UK centric: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1...9a42e2d33224477 1. The Pogues 2. Mariah 3. Elton 4. Brenda Lee 5. Wham! 6. Shaky 7. Paul McCartney 8. Band Aid 9. The Waitresses 10. Slade 11. Wizzard 12. Chris Rea 13. John & Yoko 14. Jona Lewie 15. Leona Lewis 16. The Ronettes 17. Andy Williams 18. The Darkness 19. Bobby Helms 20. Bublé (Beginning To Look...) This one is yet to be updated for 2024 though. Edited October 20, 2024Oct 20 by gooddelta
October 20, 2024Oct 20 There have been rumours that Band Aid 40 is coming but one of the rumours is that they will be picking the best artists from the previous 4 versions to make a super version. Can't imagine they will choose many lines from Band Aid 2 if true (aside from Kylie perhaps). :rolleyes: If it is happening they should confirm it soon.
October 20, 2024Oct 20 The only benefit of these playlists is that it gives songs that weren't big UK hits originally a time to shine on the charts. However it just feels completely wrong to see the Charlie Brown song over the Pogues and the Hawaiian one just below it
October 20, 2024Oct 20 Bublé thing is especially weird considering they moved Holly Jolly Christmas into the top ten, with Burl Ives nowhere to be seen. Little gutted at some of these drops, as if the British classics weren't falling back enough in the first place! At least Wizzard are moving in the right direction. I actually thought the Sabrina song would be given a much more prominent placing than that, with the year she's had. Christmas Crackers is another big playlist in the UK I believe, and is much more UK centric: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1...9a42e2d33224477 1. The Pogues 2. Mariah 3. Elton 4. Brenda Lee 5. Wham! 6. Shaky 7. Paul McCartney 8. Band Aid 9. The Waitresses 10. Slade 11. Wizzard 12. Chris Rea 13. John & Yoko 14. Jona Lewie 15. Leona Lewis 16. The Ronettes 17. Andy Williams 18. The Darkness 19. Bobby Helms 20. Bublé (Beginning To Look...) This one is yet to be updated for 2024 though. Especially with the fact Sabrina has a Christmas special. Maybe if that does good numbers they'll bump up a nonsense Christmas and add buy me presents
October 20, 2024Oct 20 The only benefit of these playlists is that it gives songs that weren't big UK hits originally a time to shine on the charts. However it just feels completely wrong to see the Charlie Brown song over the Pogues and the Hawaiian one just below it if anything this playlist needs to have *even more* Charlie Brown rep tbh :drink: the increased visibility is appreciated tho, Christmas Time Is Here is easily one of the all-time xmas greats <3
October 20, 2024Oct 20 I find it slightly annoying that Lindsey Buckingham’s ‘Holiday Road’ has become associated with Christmas in recent years. It was originally created for a scene in ‘National Lampoon’s Vacation’ where the Griswold family travel on a summer holiday. In fact, the only ‘Vacation’ film that the song does not appear in is ‘Christmas Vacaction’! :lol: The Christmas Vacation song itself is brilliant!
October 20, 2024Oct 20 Amazing to see the Pogues so high up this year Was the Pogues that low last year and yet still top 10??
October 20, 2024Oct 20 Was the Pogues that low last year and yet still top 10?? Yes although a lot of that might be due to Shane's passing. As is the movement up the list I imagine
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