1. SLADE - "MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY"

 

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Entered chart at No.1 w/e 15/12/73

 

Spent 5 weeks at No.1

 

Weeks on chart : 9

 

Re-entries/reissues:

1980 : live version, No.70

1981 : re-entry, No.32

1982 : re-entry, No.67

1983 : re-entry, No.20

1984 : re-entry, No.47

1985 : reissue, No.48

1986 : re-entry of reissue, No.71

1989 : re-entry of reissue, No.99

1990 : re-entry of reissue, No.93

1998 : remix as Slade vs Flush, No.30

2006 : reissue, No.21

2007 : downloads, No.20

 

Well, it couldn't really be anything else could it? :D

 

It's CHRIIIIISSSSTTTTMAAAASSSSSS!!!!!!!!!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A8KT365wlA

 

 

All the other festive No.1s :

 

Dickie Valentine - "Christmas Alphabet" (1955)

 

Harry Belafonte - "Mary's Boy Child" (1957)

 

Mud - "Lonely This Christmas" (1974)

 

Johnny Mathis - "When A Child Is Born (Soleado)" (1976)

 

Boney M - "Mary's Boy Child - Oh My Lord" (1978)

 

Band Aid - "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (1984)

 

Shakin' Stevens - "Merry Christmas Everyone" (1985)

 

Cliff Richard - "Mistletoe & Wine" (1988)

 

Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers - "Let's Party" (1989)

 

Band Aid II - "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (1989)

 

Cliff Richard - "Saviour's Day" (1990)

 

Band Aid 20 - "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (2004)

 

its pretty booorring now though, like crimbo carols... after the first ten years of hearing them the novelty wears thin.

It's unusual for a Xmas record in that it doesn't contain any sleigh bells or any Christmas noises whatsoever! Still one of the best though I reckon.