Just now, JosephCarey said:

23 | 27 | 71st week

Michael Bublé

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

2nd single from Christmas

Released: 14th October 2011

Label: Reprise Records

Chart Statistics

NE (17/12/2011) | 86-86-77-x

RE (22/12/2012) | 77-81-x

RE (28/12/2013) | 81-x

RE (13/12/2014) | 79-63-61-49-x

RE (10/12/2015) | 98-59-50-41-84-x

RE (15/12/2016) | 39-44-38-27-x

RE (14/12/2017) | 45-18-22-13-x

RE (06/12/2018) | 94-30-16-16-7-x

RE (05/12/2019) | 87-32-25-24-11-x

RE (26/11/2020) | 79-35-13-7-12-12-10-x

RE (02/12/2021) | 99-49-20-9-10-11-7-x

RE (01/12/2022) | 49-20-10-7-11-6-x

RE (23/11/2023) | 68-37-16-8-8-9-7-x

RE (28/11/2024) | 65-51-26-17-17-14-x

RE (27/11/2025) | 92-52-29-27-23

Possibly the first year since 2016 that it won't make the top 20

Edited Friday at 16:075 days by DanielCarey

3 minutes ago, lpat8 said:

Has anyone heard Wizzard’s other song that is just blatantly this song but non-Christmas? 😭🙏

No but I'm interested Do you know the song title?

Edit: never mind, found it!

Just now, DanielCarey said:

First year this hasn't made the top 20 since 2016!

It will probably be in next week

It’s beginning to look a lot like expired payola

Just now, Henessy Lake said:

Buble is such a bore my god

Yes but ladies of a certain age and all that, at least he isn't on tv as much as he used to be.

Off topic but I’m lowk shocked that Taylor Swift song has never reached the Top 40, and doesn’t look like it’s going to this year either. Not even a fan of hers but it’s kinda a banger

Edited Friday at 16:055 days by lpat8

3 minutes ago, jimwatts said:

I guess that would be 'See My Baby Jive' - yes, very similar!

The 1999 Eurovision winner from Charlotte Nilsson that charted here is basically a Wizzard song too, and also sounds Christmassy.

Now that this has seemingly peaked, its week at #6 will forever annoy me when it would otherwise have had 6 visits to a #7 peak - Lizzo's Amazon exclusive not streaming enough that year!

1 minute ago, Riser said:

No but I'm interested Do you know the song title?

It’s called “See My Baby Jive”!

Just now, lpat8 said:

Off topic but I’m lowk shocked that Taylor Swift song has never peaked in the Top 40, and doesn’t look like it’s going to this year either. Not even a fan of hers but it’s kinda a banger

She's always had an album out around the same time Christmas songs get big, I wonder if the 3 track rule has ever prevented this

the prettiest sight to see is this decreasing in performance every year 🥳

Just now, gasman449 said:

It will probably be in next week

Hopefully it doesn't 🤞

2 minutes ago, lpat8 said:

Off topic but I’m lowk shocked that Taylor Swift song has never reached the Top 40, and doesn’t look like it’s going to this year either. Not even a fan of hers but it’s kinda a banger

yea its a little sad tbh.

22 | 23 | 104th week

John Lennon, Yoko Ono and The Plastic Ono Band with The Harlem Community Choir

Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

Non-album single

Released: 24th November 1972

Label: Apple

Chart Statistics

NE (09/12/1972) | 23-16-4-4-6-15-33-46-x

RE (04/01/1975) | 48-x

RE (20/12/1980) | 45-4-4-2-3-9-23-49-69-x

RE (19/12/1981) | 63-28-28-36-74-x

RE (25/12/1982) | 56-56-62-x

RE (24/12/1983) | 92-92-x

RE (22/12/1984) | 92-91-x

RE (20/12/2003) | 33-49-55-x

RE (25/09/2004) | 88-96-x

RE (15/12/2007) | 60-40-41-87-x

RE (13/12/2008) | 100-67-78-x

RE (19/12/2009) | 92-97-76-x

RE (18/12/2010) | 98-94-84-x

RE (17/12/2011) | 96-95-78-x

RE (15/12/2012) | 81-92-94-x

RE (28/12/2013) | 88-x

RE (20/12/2014) | 94-x

RE (31/12/2015) | 69-x

RE (15/12/2016) | 84-83-64-49-x

RE (14/12/2017) | 76-35-35-21-x

RE (13/12/2018) | 58-42-29-18-x

RE (12/12/2019) | 68-56-53-28-x

RE (03/12/2020) | 87-40-29-30-21-19-x

RE (09/12/2021) | 53-35-34-26-22-x

RE (08/12/2022) | 68-38-35-34-24-x

RE (30/11/2023) | 85-44-19-21-22-21-x

RE (05/12/2024) | 92-49-38-29-24-x

RE (04/12/2025) | 70-35-23-22

Sales: 2,500,000+

Certification: 3x Platinum

Status: Accelerated Chart Ratio

02 Sales

13 Audio Streaming

84 Video Streaming

Video

Biography

The Plastic Ono Band was a rock band and Fluxus-based artist collective formed by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1968-9 for their collaborative musical and sound art projects, films, conceptual art projects and eventual solo LPs. The creation of The Plastic Ono Band, which began in 1967 with Ono's idea for an art exhibition in Berlin, allowed Lennon to separate his artistic output from that of The Beatles. Lennon and Ono began a personal and artistic relationship in 1968, collaborating on several experimental releases. After their marriage in 1969, they decided their future endeavours would be credited to the Plastic Ono Band. The band featured a rotating line-up of musicians including Eric Clapton, Klaus Voormann, Alan White, Billy Preston, Jim Keltner, Keith Moon, Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, and Lennon's former Beatles bandmates George Harrison and Ringo Starr. After Lennon and Ono moved to New York in 1971, they collaborated with Elephant's Memory under the name "Plastic Ono Elephant's Memory Band". Lennon's collaborations continued under similar names until 1974. From 2009 to 2015, Ono and her son Sean Lennon led a new incarnation of the group, the Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band. - Wikipedia

Top 100 Chart History

John Lennon

1970 05 Instant Karma (John Lennon & Yoko Ono with The Plastic Ono Band) -NAS-

1971 07 Power To The People (John Lennon with The Plastic Ono Band) -NAS-

1972 02 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (John Lennon, Yoko Ono & The Plastic Ono Band with The Harlem Community Choir) -NAS- MILLIONAIRE

1973 26 Mind Games -1-

1974 36 Whatever Gets You Thru The Night (John Lennon with The Plastic Ono Nuclear Band) -1-

1975 23 No 9 Dream -2-

1975 30 Stand By Me -1-

1975 01 Imagine -1- MILLION SELLER

1980 01 (Just Like) Starting Over -1-

1981 01 Woman -2-

1981 30 Watching The Wheels -3-

1981 40 I Saw Her Standing There (The Elton John Band & John Lennon)

1982 41 Love -1-

1984 06 Nobody Told Me -1-

1984 32 Borrowed Time -2-

1984 88 Steppin' Out (John Lennon & Yoko Ono) -3-

1985 65 Jealous Guy -1-

1988 45 Imagine / Jealous Guy

3 x #1 | 5 x Top 5 | 7 x Top 10 | 7 x Top 20 | 14 x Top 40 | 18 x Top 100

Yoko Ono

1970 05 Instant Karma (John Lennon & Yoko Ono with The Plastic Ono Band) -NAS-

1972 02 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (John Lennon, Yoko Ono & The Plastic Ono Band with The Harlem Community Choir) -NAS- MILLIONAIRE

1981 35 Walking On Thin Ice -NAS-

1984 88 Steppin' Out (John Lennon & Yoko Ono)

0 x #1 | 2 x Top 5 | 2 x Top 10 | 2 x Top 20 | 3 x Top 40 | 4 x Top 100

The Plastic Ono Band

1969 02 Give Peace A Chance -NAS-

1969 14 Cold Turkey -NAS-

1970 05 Instant Karma (John Lennon & Yoko Ono with The Plastic Ono Band) -NAS-

1971 07 Power To The People (John Lennon with The Plastic Ono Band) -NAS-

1972 02 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (John Lennon, Yoko Ono & The Plastic Ono Band with The Harlem Community Choir) -NAS- MILLIONAIRE

0 x #1 | 3 x Top 5 | 4 x Top 10 | 5 x Top 20 | 5 x Top 40 | 5 x Top 100

The Harlem Community Choir

1972 02 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (John Lennon, Yoko Ono & The Plastic Ono Band with The Harlem Community Choir) MILLIONAIRE

0 x #1 | 1 x Top 5 | 1 x Top 10 | 1 x Top 20 | 1 x Top 40 | 1 x Top 100

Social Media

John Lennon

Yoko Ono

The Plastic Ono Band

The Harlem Community Choir

The BBC News website does not show what Jack is up to between the records !

yipeeee

'Happy Xmas (War Is Over)' typically gets skipped so I'm delighted it is guaranteed a play this week, one of my favourite Christmas songs 🥰

Ah, yes. The abymsal "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)".

goated xmas song lets be real

A lot of these songs are just pretty decent to me tbf. But I’m much more into modern music anyway