Jester

5pts Wham - Last Christmas 4pts The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping 3pts Queen - Thank God It’s Christmas 2pts Shakin Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 1pt Jona Lewie - Stop The Calvary

5pts Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You 4pts Darlene Love - All Alone On Christmas 3pts Saint Etienne - I Was Born On Christmas Day 2pts Bon Jovi - Please Come Home For Christmas 1pt Tom Jones & Carys Matthews - Baby, It’s Cold Outside Yep, slim pickings but some goodies!

Here is the 1990 thread of the decades and the top 10 songs from each poll will qualify for a final to decide our favourite Christmas song from the 20th Century. All you have to do is pick your favourite five Christmas songs (singles or album tracks) that were released for the first time from 1990 to 1999 and put them in order with your favourite at the top of your list. It will be 5 points for 1st down to 1 point for fifth. I know the 1990s is not the most prolific of the decades for Christmas songs so I will allow so levity as to what counts as a Christmas song. I will let you know if you need to pick a different songs if something is vetoed. So your list will be either: 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Or 5pts 4pts 3pts 2pts 1pt The voting deadline is Sunday 17th December.

Just a reminder this closes today.

Jester’s Top Tunes 927 1 (3) Kylie Minogue – Hold On To Now // 9-5-3-1 (4 wks) 1 week at number 1 2 (2) Dua Lipa – Houdini // 11-5-4-2-2 (5 wks) 3 (1) Troye Sivan – One Of Your Girls // 8-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3 (9 wks) 4 (5) Everything Everything – Cold Reactor // 10-5-2-6-6-5-4 (7 wks) 5 (6) PNAU & Empire Of The Sun – AEIOU // 17-10-8-4-3-7-8-6-5 (9 wks) 6 (8) Switch Disco – Vacancy // 12-8-6 (3 wks) 7 (4) The Beatles – Now And Then // 9-4-2-2-4-7 (6 wks) 8 (11) Years & Years – A Very Bad Fun Idea // 11-8 (2 wks) 9 (12) Keane – Love Actually // 12-9 (2 wks) 10 (7) Jungle – Back On 74 // 21-15-11-10-8-4-3-7-10 (9 wks) 11 (15) MGMT – Mother Nature // 20-15-15-17-15-11 (6 wks) 12 (10) Troye Sivan – Got Me Started // 13-9-5-2-3-3-3-4-8-9-10-12 (12 wks) 13 (14) Jonas Brothers feat. Bailey Zimmerman – Strong Enough // 20-18-15-14-13 (5 wks) 14 (-) Idles – Grace // 14 (1 wk) 15 (16) Take That – Where We Are // 20-16-15 (3 wks) 16 (9) Jung Kook – Standing Next To You // 12-7-3-7-9-16 (6 wks) 17 (17) Kylie Minogue – Tension // 10-5-2-1-1-1-1-2-4-7-9-11-13-17-17 (15 wks) 18 (18) Taylor Swift – Cruel Summer // 10-1-2-2-2-4-5-6-8-10-12-14-18-18 (14 wks) 19 (36) Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire // 21-20-24-26-28-33-36-37-37-36-19 (11 wks) 20 (13) MK - Take My Chance // 18-15-14-13-10-13-20 (7 wks) 21 (-) The Vaccines – Love To Walk Away // 21 (1 wk) 22 (21) Romy – The Sea // 5-3-1-1-1-1-1-3-5-6-7-9-12-13-14-16-17-19-21-22 (20 wks) 23 (20) Bombay Bicycle Club feat. Damon Albarn – Heaven // 18-17-11-13-16-16-20-23 (8 wks) 24 (19) Jazzy – NRG // 9-6-4-2-2-6-10-11-19-24 (10 wks) 25 (22) Troye Sivan – Rush // 10-5-4-1-3-4-5-8-9-11-12-14-10-14-16-16-16-18-20-21-22-25 (20 wks) 26 (24) Two Door Cinema Club – Sure Enough // 18-16-16-14-9-18-23-24-25-24-26 (11 wks) 27 (23) Lovejoy – Normal People Things // 21-10-6-5-13-17-21-22-23-27 (10 wks) 28 (26) Camelphat & Jake Bugg – Love Is Something // 16-8-5-3-3-8-15-17-19-22-24-26-28 (13 wks) 29 (25) Billy Gillies feat. Hannah Boelyn – DNA (Loving You) // 12-9-7-6-12-19-23-25-29 (9 wks) 30 (28) Sonny Fodera, MK & Clementine Douglas – Asking // 21-13-11-10-7-4-4-7-17-22-27-28-27-27-28-30 (16 wks) 31 (29) Bombay Bicycle Club & Holly Humberstone – Diving // 21-11-9-8-5-4-3-2-7-10-13-19-23-25-26-28-29-29-29-29-31 (21 wks) 32 (27) Bombay Bicycle Club – Turn The World On // 20-16-12-6-5-7-14-19-22-23-26-27-32 (13 wks) 33 (31) Blur – Barbaric // 14-11-9-8-6-4-3-8-15-21-23-25-25-26-28-31-33 (17 wks) 34 (33) Romy – Loveher // 8-4-2-2-1-1-1-1-4-6-8-10-11-13-13-14-16-17-18-20-21-23-24-28-30-33-34 (27 wks) 35 (34) Dua Lipa – Dance The Night // 15-14-13-12-19-23-26-25-8-6-4-2-2-5-7-9-9-10-12-19-23-24-26-26-30-32-34-35 (28 wks) 36 (32) Jazzy – Stardust // 22-20-21-21-25-31-32-36 (8 wks) 37 (35) Becky Hill & Chase & Status – Disconnect // 18-17-17-15-12-8-7-6-5-3-7-11-20-24-27-30-31-33-33-35-37 (21 wks) 38 (39) Peggy Gou – (It Goes Like) Nanana // 7-3-2-2-5-9-9-14-14-14-17-19-23-27-31-31-32-34-34-38-39-38 (22 wks) 39 (30) Eliza Rose & Calvin Harris - …Body Moving // 14-18-30-39 (4 wks) 40 (37) Kylie Minogue – Padam Padam // 16-10-6-2-1-1-1-4-6-8-10-12-14-15-16-16-16-18-20-22-25-28-29-30-31-32-32-35-37-40 (30 wks)

Increased exposure thanks to Batman.

Selected tracks outside the Top 10 TOTP 15th July 1995 Cast - Fine Time Chart entry this week: 17 Peak: 17 zyS6YZycXXc The debut hit for Liverpudlians Cast. I forgot they first released in 1995, they scream 1996 to me! The lead singer was in the band The La’s and he named Cast after the last word on the La’s album. Jinny - Keep Warm Chart entry this week: 11 Peak: 11 Grpf4N5WeMw A nice little slice of 1995 dance here. The woman 'singer' on TOTP was not the actual Jinny!

Alright is easily one of the best songs of the 90s. Such a Britpop moment! Still love Kiss From A Rose :wub: You Do Something To Me is by far my favourite Paul Weller song. Also lovely to see Edwyn Collins peaking in the top 5.

Thanks as always Gezza!

Ah damn, just realised I had no room for Dean Martin’s Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

Bit late, but I echo the Open Your Heart love. One of my Madonna faves!

He was a Buzzjack member!

5 pts Brenda Lee - Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree 4 pts Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick 3 pts The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride 2 pts Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock 1pt Andy Williams - The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

1st Greg Lake - I Believe in Father Christmas 2nd The Carpenters - Merry Christmas Darling 3rd Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime 4th Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday 5th Chris De Burgh - A Spaceman Came Travelling

Jester’s Top Tunes 926 1 (1) Troye Sivan – One Of Your Girls // 8-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 (8 wks) 7 weeks at number 1 2 (4) Dua Lipa – Houdini // 11-5-4-2 (4 wks) 3 (5) Kylie Minogue – Hold On To Now // 9-5-3 (3 wks) 4 (2) The Beatles – Now And Then // 9-4-2-2-4 (5 wks) 5 (6) Everything Everything – Cold Reactor // 10-5-2-6-6-5 (6 wks) 6 (8) PNAU & Empire Of The Sun – AEIOU // 17-10-8-4-3-7-8-6 (8 wks) 7 (3) Jungle – Back On 74 // 21-15-11-10-8-4-3-7 (8 wks) 8 (12) Switch Disco – Vacancy // 12-8 (2 wks) 9 (7) Jung Kook – Standing Next To You // 12-7-3-7-9 (5 wks) 10 (9) Troye Sivan – Got Me Started // 13-9-5-2-3-3-3-4-8-9-10 (11 wks) 11 (-) Years & Years – A Very Bad Fun Idea // 11 (1 wk) 12 (-) Keane – Love Actually // 12 (1 wk) 13 (10) MK - Take My Chance // 18-15-14-13-10-13 (6 wks) 14 (15) Jonas Brothers feat. Bailey Zimmerman – Strong Enough // 20-18-15-14 (4 wks) 15 (17) MGMT – Mother Nature // 20-15-15-17-15 (5 wks) 16 (20) Take That – Where We Are // 20-16 (2 wks) 17 (13) Kylie Minogue – Tension // 10-5-2-1-1-1-1-2-4-7-9-11-13-17 (14 wks) 18 (14) Taylor Swift – Cruel Summer // 10-1-2-2-2-4-5-6-8-10-12-14-18 (13 wks) 19 (11) Jazzy – NRG // 9-6-4-2-2-6-10-11-19 (9 wks) 20 (16) Bombay Bicycle Club feat. Damon Albarn – Heaven // 18-17-11-13-16-16-20 (7 wks) 21 (19) Romy – The Sea // 5-3-1-1-1-1-1-3-5-6-7-9-12-13-14-16-17-19-21 (19 wks) 22 (21) Troye Sivan – Rush // 10-5-4-1-3-4-5-8-9-11-12-14-10-14-16-16-16-18-20-21-22 (19 wks) 23 (22) Lovejoy – Normal People Things // 21-10-6-5-13-17-21-22-23 (9 wks) 24 (25) Two Door Cinema Club – Sure Enough // 18-16-16-14-9-18-23-24-25-24 (10 wks) 25 (23) Billy Gillies feat. Hannah Boelyn – DNA (Loving You) // 12-9-7-6-12-19-23-25 (8 wks) 26 (24) Camelphat & Jake Bugg – Love Is Something // 16-8-5-3-3-8-15-17-19-22-24-26 (12 wks) 27 (26) Bombay Bicycle Club – Turn The World On // 20-16-12-6-5-7-14-19-22-23-26-27 (12 wks) 28 (27) Sonny Fodera, MK & Clementine Douglas – Asking // 21-13-11-10-7-4-4-7-17-22-27-28-27-27-28 (15 wks) 29 (29) Bombay Bicycle Club & Holly Humberstone – Diving // 21-11-9-8-5-4-3-2-7-10-13-19-23-25-26-28-29-29-29-29 (20 wks) 30 (18) Eliza Rose & Calvin Harris - …Body Moving // 14-18-30 (3 wks) 31 (28) Blur – Barbaric // 14-11-9-8-6-4-3-8-15-21-23-25-25-26-28-31 (16 wks) 32 (31) Jazzy – Stardust // 22-20-21-21-25-31-32 (7 wks) 33 (30) Romy – Loveher // 8-4-2-2-1-1-1-1-4-6-8-10-11-13-13-14-16-17-18-20-21-23-24-28-30-33 (26 wks) 34 (32) Dua Lipa – Dance The Night // 15-14-13-12-19-23-26-25-8-6-4-2-2-5-7-9-9-10-12-19-23-24-26-26-30-32-34 (27 wks) 35 (33) Becky Hill & Chase & Status – Disconnect // 18-17-17-15-12-8-7-6-5-3-7-11-20-24-27-30-31-33-33-35 (20 wks) 36 (37) Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire // 21-20-24-26-28-33-36-37-37-36 (10 wks) 37 (35) Kylie Minogue – Padam Padam // 16-10-6-2-1-1-1-4-6-8-10-12-14-15-16-16-16-18-20-22-25-28-29-30-31-32-32-35-37 (29 wks) 38 (36) Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Open The Door, See What You Find // 21-16-15-10-6-5-2-6-12-17-20-23-26-26-26-31-32-32-34-35-36-36-38 (23 wks) 39 (38) Peggy Gou – (It Goes Like) Nanana // 7-3-2-2-5-9-9-14-14-14-17-19-23-27-31-31-32-34-34-38-39 (21 wks) 40 (40) Jazzy – Feel It // 20-12-10-9-7-6-4-3-8-11-17-24-29-34-35-37-38-40-40-40 (20 wks)

I agree about Shoot Me With Your Love sounding like a certain Robbie top 3 hit. Oddly never noticed it before! Shy Guy was quite the sleeper hit. Not sure if I like it? Hmmm.

Breakout is so classy!

Bye Pixie!

Take My Breath Away :wub: so 80s!

Pulp had some wonderful b-sides, but I agree Oasis really wasted some amazing songs as b-sides.

The best number 1!

A Girl Like You is superb! Only the second CD single I bought in 1995 at the time :P

Nick Berry is awful. Terrible number 1! We are now up to where I started the TOTP reruns on BBC4.

Jester’s Top Tunes 925 1 (1) Troye Sivan – One Of Your Girls // 8-1-1-1-1-1-1 (7 wks) 6 weeks at number 1 2 (2) The Beatles – Now And Then // 9-4-2-2 (4 wks) 3 (4) Jungle – Back On 74 // 21-15-11-10-8-4-3 (7 wks) 4 (5) Dua Lipa – Houdini // 11-5-4 (3 wks) 5 (9) Kylie Minogue – Hold On To Now // 9-5 (2 wks) 6 (6) Everything Everything – Cold Reactor // 10-5-2-6-6 (5 wks) 7 (3) Jung Kook – Standing Next To You // 12-7-3-7 (4 wks) 8 (7) PNAU & Empire Of The Sun – AEIOU // 17-10-8-4-3-7-8 (7 wks) 9 (8) Troye Sivan – Got Me Started // 13-9-5-2-3-3-3-4-8-9 (10 wks) 10 (13) MK - Take My Chance // 18-15-14-13-10 (5 wks) 11 (10) Jazzy – NRG // 9-6-4-2-2-6-10-11 (8 wks) 12 (-) Switch Disco – Vacancy // 12 (1 wk) 13 (11) Kylie Minogue – Tension // 10-5-2-1-1-1-1-2-4-7-9-11-13 (13 wks) 14 (12) Taylor Swift – Cruel Summer // 10-1-2-2-2-4-5-6-8-10-12-14 (12 wks) 15 (18) Jonas Brothers feat. Bailey Zimmerman – Strong Enough // 20-18-15 (3 wks) 16 (16) Bombay Bicycle Club feat. Damon Albarn – Heaven // 18-17-11-13-16-16 (6 wks) 17 (15) MGMT – Mother Nature // 20-15-15-17 (4 wks) 18 (14) Eliza Rose & Calvin Harris - …Body Moving // 14-18 (2 wks) 19 (17) Romy – The Sea // 5-3-1-1-1-1-1-3-5-6-7-9-12-13-14-16-17-19 (18 wks) 20 (-) Take That – Where We Are // 20 (1 wk) 21 (20) Troye Sivan – Rush // 10-5-4-1-3-4-5-8-9-11-12-14-10-14-16-16-16-18-20-21 (18 wks) 22 (21) Lovejoy – Normal People Things // 21-10-6-5-13-17-21-22 (8 wks) 23 (19) Billy Gillies feat. Hannah Boelyn – DNA (Loving You) // 12-9-7-6-12-19-23 (7 wks) 24 (22) Camelphat & Jake Bugg – Love Is Something // 16-8-5-3-3-8-15-17-19-22-24 (11 wks) 25 (24) Two Door Cinema Club – Sure Enough // 18-16-16-14-9-18-23-24-25 (9 wks) 26 (23) Bombay Bicycle Club – Turn The World On // 20-16-12-6-5-7-14-19-22-23-26 (11 wks) 27 (27) Sonny Fodera, MK & Clementine Douglas – Asking // 21-13-11-10-7-4-4-7-17-22-27-28-27-27 (14 wks) 28 (26) Blur – Barbaric // 14-11-9-8-6-4-3-8-15-21-23-25-25-26-28 (15 wks) 29 (29) Bombay Bicycle Club & Holly Humberstone – Diving // 21-11-9-8-5-4-3-2-7-10-13-19-23-25-26-28-29-29-29 (19 wks) 30 (28) Romy – Loveher // 8-4-2-2-1-1-1-1-4-6-8-10-11-13-13-14-16-17-18-20-21-23-24-28-30 (25 wks) 31 (25) Jazzy – Stardust // 22-20-21-21-25-31 (6 wks) 32 (30) Dua Lipa – Dance The Night // 15-14-13-12-19-23-26-25-8-6-4-2-2-5-7-9-9-10-12-19-23-24-26-26-30-32 (26 wks) 33 (33) Becky Hill & Chase & Status – Disconnect // 18-17-17-15-12-8-7-6-5-3-7-11-20-24-27-30-31-33-33 (19 wks) 34 (31) Kenya Grace – Strangers // 19-15-13-13-11-19-24-27-31-34 (10 wks) 35 (32) Kylie Minogue – Padam Padam // 16-10-6-2-1-1-1-4-6-8-10-12-14-15-16-16-16-18-20-22-25-28-29-30-31-32-32-35 (28 wks) 36 (36) Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Open The Door, See What You Find // 21-16-15-10-6-5-2-6-12-17-20-23-26-26-26-31-32-32-34-35-36-36 (22 wks) 37 (37) Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire // 21-20-24-26-28-33-36-37-37 (9 wks) 38 (34) Peggy Gou – (It Goes Like) Nanana // 7-3-2-2-5-9-9-14-14-14-17-19-23-27-31-31-32-34-34-38 (20 wks) 39 (39) James Blunt – Beside You // 18-18-23-26-23-26-28-28-27-30-33-34-36-39-39-39 (16 wks) 40 (40) Jazzy – Feel It // 20-12-10-9-7-6-4-3-8-11-17-24-29-34-35-37-38-40-40 (19 wks)

Right In The Night is superb, good to see it finally getting into the top 10. Also a big fan of the U2 song, my favourite of theirs post Joshua Tree.