14th December 2025

It's a holiday belated chart from Gran Canaria this week, and Mud's 1976 disco fabulousness finally goes one better to top my chart, following me seeing Mud doing it in concert, along with the Xmas ballad, and snippets of Rob Davies' chart-topping pop dance anthems as co-writer. Shake It Down was an early indication of his interest in disco-dance but the Glam Rock fans weren't quite ready for it half a century ago. I was. Peaked at 2. That leaves the half-century Greg Lake classic to make the top 10 for a 5th or 6th time, I lose track, it might be more!

There's a lot of activity down the bottom end of the chart - Kylie debuts 2 Xmas songs from the expanded version of her Christmas album, one of which (XMAS) is in with a shot at the number one spot in the UK this week, that would be great - not only cos it has a cool hand dance for kids to do, it's catchy, and it would stop the Usual Suspects hogging the top. In at 65 and 75 here, and Kylie has already had chart-toppers over the last 4 decades in my charts, but it would be cool for the UK charts to grab her a 4th decade too.

Talking of veteran christmas songs, Cher has also done the Xmas album and new track Christmas Is Here pops in to go where DJ Play A Christmas Song has been before to give her chart span of 54 years, while oldies include the little-charted Crystals classic (rarely makes my charts), Chris Rea's (regularly charts every xmas for me). Non-xmas-wise we have Erasure's Andy Bell sounding very Erasure-esque on The Chance Won't Come Again at 78, for a chart span of 39 years, Rosalia gets a follow-up to Berghain, Jade joins herself in the chart with bonus track Church to make it a chart triplet as she pushes 15 Little Mix years soon.

Cast popped back earlier this year, and do it again, at 80 with Free Love sounding nice, but it's 3 incredibly veteran acts returning this week. Dick Van Dyke hit 100 years old, beloved star of my childhood years from his TV sitcom, written by Carl Reiner, and the father of the talented Rob who was killed this week. I'm charting two film classics for Mr Van Dyke as they would have been in any hypothetical chart I might have compiled as a kid: Hushabye Mountain from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (I have the model car) and Chim Chim Che-Ree Oscar-winning ballad from Mary Poppins. Dick was recently seen in Mary Poppins Returns dancing on a desk in his 90's.

That leaves a return from Mungo Jerry, Ray Dorset sounding much as he did in his 70's heyday, and returning after over 50 years absent from my charts, I think. PLus side it makes his chart span 55 years since In The Summertime topped my charts in 1970. That's nothing though - US band Strawberry Alarm Clock were around having American hits in the 60's, but never made it over to the UK - but I have been aware of them since the 90's - and they debut new material, Monsters sounds pretty good and gives them a unique record - a chart debut almost 60 years on from their heyday. That is pretty much going to be the longest chart wait ever for new material, I cant see it being beaten!

1 20 1 2 SHAKE IT DOWN - Mud 190000

2 2 1 10 LOTUS - Rose Gray 772350

3 4 3 5 ATCHAFALAYA - Orville Peck featuring Noah Cyrus 225100

4 9 4 10 TIME WILL TELL - Celeste 292350 incredibly

5 1 1 8 SAY HELLO WAVE GOODBYE - Soft Cell 635250

6 5 5 12 UNCONDITIONAL - JADE 462900

7 3 3 8 BERGHAIN - ROSALIA Featuring Bjork & Yves Tumor 371700

8 6 1 8 IT’S A SIN (BRYCE MILLER MONSTER MIX) - Pet Shop Boys 598500

9 8 8 9 SAVE MY LOVE (NICKY ROMERO REMIX) - Marshmello, Ellie Golding & AVAION 224550

10 21 10 3 I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS - Greg Lake 73850

11 27 11 4 WONDERFUL WORLD BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE - Jimmy Cliff 85200

12 7 1 13 SECRETS - Miley Cyrus featuring Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood 1092700

13 11 3 15 BACK TO FRIENDS - sombr 581700

14 10 10 7 GHOST - Rob Thomas 151300

15 18 15 5 YOUR LAST SONG - The Lottery Winners 91900

16 15 13 12 DRACULA - Tame Impala 215750

17 12 12 8 CHARIOT - Westlife 159650

18 13 13 11 HELLO - Sigala x Leigh-Anne x Jonita Gandhi 174450

19 14 9 10 BEFORE YOU BREAK MY HEART - JADE 237150

20 24 20 6 BANDAIDS - Katy Perry 98000

21 23 1 15 BRAND NEW ME - Saint Etienne featuring Confidence Man 1060750

22 16 16 6 LIVING IN A BOX - Living In A Box 108850

23 17 17 8 TORCH - Soft Cell 123950

24 26 10 12 WHY I CRY - MT Jones 242850

25 19 5 14 TALK TO ME - Damiano David featuring Tyla and Nile Rodgers 419700

26 28 1 15 DIVINE FEELINGS - Vance Joy 899300

27 29 27 8 IN THE END - Depeche Mode 113300

28 30 28 6 TAKE ME I’M YOURS - Squeeze 83150

29 31 29 12 FIX WHAT YOU DIDN’T BREAK - Nate Smith 134300

30 32 30 8 LITTLE SAD EYES - The Castells 112800

31 22 18 11 THE FATE OF OPHELIA - Taylor Swift 167700

32 33 1 13 DIE WITH A SMILE - Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars 652000

33 36 33 6 MY OLD WAYS - Tame Impala 74500

34 34 1 27 TOKYO RAIN - Loaded Honey 1685950

35 37 15 11 THEY - Sparks 206050

36 38 36 4 YOU CAN GET IF YOU REALLY WANT - Jimmy Cliff 58850

37 44 37 3 BEAUTIFUL SPIRITUAL - Blue 41850

38 46 38 4 MANY RIVERS TO CROSS - Jimmy Cliff 51900

39 35 8 13 LOVIN’ YOU - Richard Ashcroft featuring Mason Williams 313150

40 42 40 5 BOOM BODY - Shaggy, Akon & Aidonia 58650

41 43 41 5 RUN THIS TOWN - Olly Murs 50300

42 39 39 6 MAKE YOUR OWN KIND OF MUSIC - Cass Elliot 70750

43 55 43 3 A FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK - The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl 30900

44 60 44 5 IN THE DARK - Selena Gomez 384500

45 40 1 22 WALK OF FAME - Miley Cyrus featuring Brittany Howard 1212650

46 57 46 7 FREE - Andrew Choi & EJAE KPop Demon Hunters 57550

47 45 45 8 A PART OF YOU - Cerrone 56550

48 25 25 12 UFO - Reverend And The Makers 149050

49 47 7 10 DUST IN THE WIND - Ian Storm, Ron van den Beuken & Menno 278950

50 50 1 27 GOD ONLY KNOWS - The Beach Boys 1113400

51 48 40 13 BOTTLE ROCKETS (HOLD MY HAND) - Scotty McCreery featuring Hootie & The Blowfish 128800

52 54 51 5 MYSTERIOUS GIRL - Damiano David 44500

53 61 53 4 THE HARDER THEY COME - Jimmy Cliff 29350

54 68 54 4 WILD WORLD - Jimmy Cliff 26800

55 74 55 2 CLOUD - Seafret 16000

56 67 56 3 SHAKE UP CHRISTMAS - Train 23000

57 56 32 10 TO THE MOON - Alok & ILLENIUM 116900

58 59 58 5 660 - Bad Boy Chiller Crew featuring Dizzee Rascal & S Dog 43300

59 58 58 5 I’M DONE (GAMES THAT YOU PLAY) - Amy McDonald 37100

60 62 60 8 LEMONADE - Louis Tomlinson 48400

61 64 61 4 LET YOUR YEAH BE YEAH - Jimmy Cliff 28400

62 65 62 5 CHOOSIN’ TEXAS - Ella Langley 27600

63 72 63 3 ESIBIZIONISTA - Annalisa 16400

64 63 37 12 UNDRESSED - sombr 119950

65 NEW 65 1 X.M.A.S. - Kylie Minogue 7000

66 71 66 3 A LOVER’S CONCERTO - The Toys 9800

67 NEW 67 1 DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS - Chris Rea 6600

68 75 68 3 GENTLE REMINDER - MT Jones 15800

69 NEW 69 1 SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN - The Crystals 6200

70 85 70 2 HEAVY NEWS - Richard Ashcroft 9000

71 69 69 4 DREAM AS ONE - Miley Cyrus 32200

72 80 72 3 SEE EMILY PLAY - The Damned 13000

73 77 73 2 COMING HOME THIS CHRISTMAS - Jonas Brothers featuring Kenny G 10000

74 78 74 4 BANKSY - The Rasmus 16400

75 NEW 75 1 HOT IN DECEMBER - Kylie Minogue 5000

76 NEW 76 1 CHRISTMAS IS HERE - Cher 4800

77 83 77 2 WILD WOMAN - Aerosmith, YUNGBLUD & Lainey Wilson 7800

78 NEW 78 1 THE CHANCE WON'T COME AGAIN - Andy Bell featuring Tim Rice-Oxley 4400

79 NEW 79 1 RELIQUIA - ROSALIA 4200

80 NEW 80 1 FREE LOVE - Cast 4000

81 NEW 81 1 MONSTERS - Strawberry Alarm Clock 3800

82 NEW 82 1 HUSHABYE MOUNTAIN - Dick Van Dyke 3600

83 NEW 83 1 CHIM CHIM CHER-EE - Dick Van Dyke, Julie Andrews, Karen Dotrice & Matthew Garber 3400

84 NEW 84 1 CHURCH - JADE 3200

85 NEW 85 1 SNAKE BITE REVISITED - Mungo Jerry 3000

drop outs

41 4 11 SPEAK LIKE A CHILD - The Style Council 373300

49 15 9 OH LORD - Foxy Shazam 184500

51 1 11 ONCE IN A LIFETIME - Talking Heads 498450

52 39 11 THE HAPPY DICTATOR - Gorillaz featuring Sparks 109350

53 7 10 SUGAR TOWN - Nancy Sinatra 268350

66 1 19 THE SUBWAY - Chappell Roan 782450

73 46 10 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL - Taylor Swift featuring Sabrina Carpenter 74250

70 1 20 12 TO 12 - sombr 786100

76 76 2 STOP THE CAVALRY - Jona Lewie 7800

79 77 5 UNREQUITED - The The featuring Gillian Glover 18800

81 76 5 THE PACKAGE - De La Soul 19400

82 76 4 WICKER WOMAN - Freya Ridings 15600

83 83 4 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) - Olivia Dean 13000

Hey John!

With that one place fall, it looks like unconditional has secured a long run here. Brilliant result for it.

Bandaids top 20 is perfect for this and hopefully there is room to climb still. It's a good un.

Xmas is good. It won't be entering until after Xmas for me which is weird i know lol

It's good to see church enter. I think it's fantastic and I'm hoping it can somehow chart once Christmas is by with. I guess we'll see.

Fab chart this week 😁

Hi there John!

Nice to see the new peaks for "Bandaids", "My Old Ways", "You Can Get If You Really Want", "Run This Town", "Lemonade", "Choosin' Texas" and "Esibizionista", the big gains for "Fairytale Of New York" and "In The Dark" and the debuts for "Driving Home For Christmas", "Reliquia" and "Church".

Great chart!

Take care.

Hey John,

Happy Holidays 🏖️🎄

Nice to see the Mud oldie topping the chart and Celeste climbing

Katy Perry Top 20 and Blue Top 40

Bubbling under Xmas Kylie (2x), Cher and Chris Rea❣️ + Jade are entering

Great to see new peak positions for Orville Peck, Katy Perry, Nate Smith, Olly Murs, Selena Gomez, Louis Tomlinson and Ella Langley 😁

Also good seeing new debut for Strawberry Alarm Clock 😁

Hey John,

Jade debuting!! A bop ❤️

Taylor dropping 🥲

Katy Top20!! Very good song!!

On 19/12/2025 at 11:53, JSG said:

Hey John!

With that one place fall, it looks like unconditional has secured a long run here. Brilliant result for it.

Bandaids top 20 is perfect for this and hopefully there is room to climb still. It's a good un.

Xmas is good. It won't be entering until after Xmas for me which is weird i know lol

It's good to see church enter. I think it's fantastic and I'm hoping it can somehow chart once Christmas is by with. I guess we'll see.

Fab chart this week 😁

Hey James!

Yes Unconditional continues to sound great, and Bandaids is still growing slowly. XMAS will also peak later for me I think as I havent been able to buy it yet so it is charting purely from hearing it in bars 😄Church will prob rebound in the new year I expect in the charts, though Jade doesnt seem to get the hits of late sadly.

Thanks foe the comments and picks!

😎

On 19/12/2025 at 12:51, Sergej said:

Hi there John!

Nice to see the new peaks for "Bandaids", "My Old Ways", "You Can Get If You Really Want", "Run This Town", "Lemonade", "Choosin' Texas" and "Esibizionista", the big gains for "Fairytale Of New York" and "In The Dark" and the debuts for "Driving Home For Christmas", "Reliquia" and "Church".

Great chart!

Take care.

Hi Sergej! Merry Xmas!🙂

Thanks for the picks, and wishes, I hope the festive season is going well!

Take care! 😎

On 20/12/2025 at 11:58, Sven10 said:

Hey John,

Happy Holidays 🏖️🎄

Nice to see the Mud oldie topping the chart and Celeste climbing

Katy Perry Top 20 and Blue Top 40

Bubbling under Xmas Kylie (2x), Cher and Chris Rea❣️ + Jade are entering

Hey Sven!

Merry Xmas!🙂

Thanks for the picks and comments and emojis! 🙂

cheers! 😎

On 21/12/2025 at 22:02, SSP said:

Great to see new peak positions for Orville Peck, Katy Perry, Nate Smith, Olly Murs, Selena Gomez, Louis Tomlinson and Ella Langley 😁

Also good seeing new debut for Strawberry Alarm Clock 😁

Thnaks for the picks SSP and thanks for the tips, that Strawberry Alarm Clock one is surprisingly melodic!

Merry Xmas! 😎

On 23/12/2025 at 20:59, seltinpixmile said:

Hey John,

Jade debuting!! A bop ❤️

Taylor dropping 🥲

Katy Top20!! Very good song!!

Hey Seltin, Merry Xmas!

Thanks for the picks! 🙂

cheers! 😎