BJ Favourite Christmas Song of 2008:

 

RESULTS

 

:cheer: :yahoo: :dance: :heart:

 

With three days to go to Christmas Day, I have to come down with a stomach bug (typical). So I'm going to condense the Results compared to other years as sitting on a chair in this state is not the best thing to do.

 

Anyway, The highest scoring the songs that Failed to make the Final 30 make up the bottom half of the Top 50:

 

Position / Last Year / Song - Associated Artist / Points (Semi Final - Phase 2)

 

50th 37 Hazy Shade Of Winter - Bangles 27

48th 30 Frosty The Snowman - Ronettes 29

48th 48 Sleigh Ride - Standard (including Spice Girls) 29

47th Ne Pipes of Peace - Paul McCartney 31

46th 26 Silent Night - Standard (inc. Enya, Glasvegas) 34

45th 50 Thank God It's Christmas - Queen 37

44th Ne Wonderful Dream (Holidays Are Coming) (Coca Cola ad) - Melanie Thornton 38

43rd Ne Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love 39

42nd 23 I Believe In Father Christmas - Greg Lake 41

41st 16 Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow - Dean Martin 42

39th 26 Mistletoe And Wine - Cliff Richard 45

39th 33 Baby It's Cold Outside - Tom Jones & Cerys Matthews 45

37th 35 2000 Miles - Pretenders 47

37th 31 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Bruce Springsteen 47

36th Ne Walking In The Air - Aled Jones 49

35th 36 Lonely This Christmas - Mud 52

34th 31 The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting ..) - Nat King Cole 56

33rd 40 Proper Crimbo - Bo Selecta 58

32nd 21 Driving Home For Christmas - Chris Rea 62

 

 

 

Whilst here are the Results of the songs that failed to make this Year's Top 12:

 

Position / Last Year / Song - Associated Artist / Points (Final - Phase 3)

 

31st 47 Step Into Christmas - Elton John 4

30th Ne Happy New Year - Abba 15

29th Ne Under The Tree - Water Babies 17

28th 34 Mary's Boy Child - Boney M 24

27th 20 New Year - Sugababes 27

25th 24 My Only Wish (This Year) - Britney Spears 28

25th 11 Wonderful Christmas Time - Paul McCartney 28

22nd 13 8 Days Of Christmas - Destiny's Child 29

22nd 29 Winter Wonderland - Standard (inc Macy Gray) 29

22nd Ne It Beginning To Look A lot Like Christmas - Perry Como 29

20th 8 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee (Kim Wilde & Mel Smith cover) 35

20th 19 Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt (Kylie Minogue cover) 35

18th 25 Jesus Take The Wheel - Carrie Underwood 36

18th Ne Christmas Tree - Lady GaGa 36

16th 17 December Will Be Magic Again - Kate Bush 39

16th 18 White Christmas - Bing Crosby 39

15th 12 Stop The Cavalry - Jona Lewie 47

14th 15 It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year - Andy Williams 48

13th 22 Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End) - The Darkness 50

 

The Top 12 are to follow:

12th 41 I Was Born On Christmas Day - Saint Etienne 52 Pts

 

 

Back in 1993 this duet featuring the heavenly Sarah Cracknell on vocals with the Charlatans Tim Burgess only made UK#39. But it is fair to say it has become an Indie Dance classic.

11th 9 Merry Christmas Everyone - Shakin Stevens 53 Pts

 

 

This Xmas #1 of 1985 was actually written & recorded for Xmas 1984, but Shaky wisely decided to wait a year as 1984 was the year which saw two Christmas classics that finish higher in this countdown take up the Top 2 of Xmas 1984 selling over a million copies of each.

10th 10 Stay Another Day - East 17 55 Pts

 

 

The bad boys to boyband Take That only UK#1 hit topped the charts for Xmas 1994 keeping another Xmas classic from the top spot which features higher in the countdown...

 

 

 

Gabriella is Top 10 :P

9th 6 Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade 65 Pts

 

 

This perennial Xmas song by 1970s Glam Rock Brummies Slade was the last of their six UK#1 hits, debuting at #1 in December 1973.

 

 

 

I fear that dreadful Mariah dirge is going to win this :(

8th Ne Warm This Winter - Gabriella Cilmi 71 Pts

 

 

The song from the 2008 Co-Op Xmas ads ensures that Australian Gabriella is not a one hit wonder.

7th 7 Do They Know Its Christmas? - Band Aid 73 Pts

 

 

The Christmas #1 in 1984 (at the time the biggest selling single in the UK ever), was a UK#1 again for the Band Aid Charity in 1989 and 2004 with two very different (and not so good versions) of this original written by the Boomtown Rats Bob Geldof & Ultravox's Midge Ure.

 

Come on The Waitresses! :dance:

wow! Gabriella did well, I hope it goes on to become a xmas classic but I'm not sure that they'll bring it back after this year :unsure:

6th 14 Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses 74 Pts

 

 

Another song that was never a big hit (UK#45 in Dec 1982), by a group most famous for the US hit "I Know What Boys Like". This song was covered by the Spice Girls (but only Mel C & Emma seem to sing on) their B-side to their Goodbye 1998 Xmas #1.

the Waitresses :heart: I absolutely adore Christmas Wrapping, and wish that one year something would happen for it to become a hit

 

X Factor Single 2009 Mr Cowell!?!

Hopefully The Pogues will win. I put Mariah as 12pts, I wish I'd put Pogues now.

 

And, 8th is great for Gabriella!

5th 3 Last Christmas - Wham! 80 Pts

 

 

The UK#2 at Xmas 1984 behind Band Aid penned by George Michael seems to have been covered by everyone .... well Billie; Cascada; Crazy Frog; Whigfield; Backstreet Boys; Ashley Tisdale; All About Eve; Atomic Kitten; Busted; Carrie Underwood; Darren Hayes; Hilary Duff; Jamelia; Little Boots; Manic Street Preachers; *NSYNC; Taylor Swift; The Ordinary Boys; Travis ........

Every artist living has covered Last Christmas :lol:

4th 5 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon & Yoko 85 Pts

 

 

John Lennon's perennial Xmas classic originally a hit in 1972, but it reached its UK peak of #2 in 1980 in the aftermath of his murder. Like Imagine this is John at his most direct, slightly banal but with a timeless message and is one of only a handful of songs that features a children's choir that does not make me want to throw up with all the saccharine.

So Pogues, Wizzard and Mariah top 3 HOPEFULLY Wizzard win :unsure:

Wizzard top 3! I always think that people prefer Slade, as they topped the chart the same year Wizzard got to No.4...but everybody I ask seems to prefer Wizzard's song to Slade's...and in 2007 and 2008 Wizzard charted higher than Slade...

3rd 4 I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday - Wizzard 92 Pts

 

 

Even though this Roy Wood song was beaten by Slade to the 1973 Xmas #1 spot this song seems to have more of a timeless appeal.

 

But maybe it is down to this version by a popular Girl combo helping its revival: