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It was exactly 3 hours 30 mins in, top 20 was announced

In life I really appreciate atmosphere and taking the small things in - I really like immersive/moody music with atmosphere/good imagery. I guess my tastes reflect that!

+5 Driving Home For Christmas +4 Last Christmas +3 Merry Christmas Everyone +2 Step Into Christmas +1 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree -1 Fairytale Of New York -2 Jingle Bell Rock -3 XMAS -4 All I Want For Christmas Is You -5 Underneath The Tree

Springsteen peaked at number 9 in 1985. Dramatic drop for Kylie! Don't comment much in here but thanks for keeping this up Julian, always interesting to see!

Yes cheers to both Julian and Maestro, can't wait to do it all again in 2026 ❤️

Rein Me In increased anyway

66th: 5 points Tom Dooley - Lonnie Donegan (1958) Voter: Last Dreamer Chart run: 22/11/1958 13-6-{3}-3-3-3-4-3-4-11-10-13-22-26->14 Christmas number 1: It's Only Make Believe - Conway Twitty Christmas number 2: Hoots Mon - Lord Rockingham's XI Speaking of 67, there is no such number in this rate as 2 songs are tied for 66 (the other will be revealed later by Julian). Our first song to receive points is "Tom Dooley", a folk song about murderer Tom Dula who was hanged in 1868 for killing Laura Foster. It was a 1958 Billboard number 1 for the Kingston Trio who reached number 5 with their version here in the UK. The King of Skiffle Lonnie Donegan recorded his own, faster take on the murder ballad and took it to number 3 for Christmas 1958. His version is far superior to the Kingston Trio's slower take

Do the OCC have a section on January reset rules? Want to see if they've changed recently

EsDeeKid gets a number one single, ideally with the 4 Raws remix if it gets released. His rise helps underground UK hip hop secure multiple top 40 entries across the year Fred Again finally gets a top 3 single A rock song hits the top 5, whether that be something new or a posthumous tribute to a fallen legend A song completely made with AI vocals unfortunately goes top 10 and isn't banned from the charts at any point like I Run Taylor Swift releases yet another album which is the biggest seller of the year, Arctic Monkeys return on the same week and miss out on another number one album as a result Bruno Mars gets round to releasing his female duets album, it goes number one and spawns another top 10 hit A bassline song is the song of the summer Bad Bunny gets his first solo top 10 hit after the Super Bowl David Guetta or Kygo assaults our ears with a long-running top 40 hit that samples What's Up by 4 Non Blondes Drake releases Iceman and it becomes his most successful album since Scorpion because f**k me

Right let's see how well I did He did, and it was! He had 2 unfortunately She didn't but she did release a new song this year Without ACR APT would've done so I believe but otherwise this did not happen She had 2 number ones this year! No new music from Oasis and they somehow managed to get through the entire tour. Not great!

Wonder how many Christmas songs will hold in the top 40 on Friday. Hope we get more than just 2 new top 40 entries like last year!

68th: 0 points I'm Coming Home - Tom Jones (1967) Chart run: 25/11/1967 36-13-10-5-{2}-3-3-7-7-16-20-19-20-26-44-43->16 Christmas number 1: Hello Goodbye - The Beatles Christmas number 2: Magical Mystery Tour EP - The Beatles The final 0 pointer. Stuck behind two Beatles releases in '67 (laugh!) was Tom Jones who dropped from his number 2 peak to be Christmas number 3 with the 6th of his 19 top 10 hits.

68th: 0 points St. Therese Of The Roses - Malcolm Vaughan (1956) Chart run: 27/10/1956 27-12R(3)-10-8-6-{3}-3-3-4-3-8-6-4-7-10-11-15-17-18-26->20 68th: 0 points The Green Door - Frankie Vaughan (1956) Chart run: 10/11/1956 20-9-4-3-{2}-2-2-3-3-4-6-9-7-13-20->15 Christmas number 1: Just Walkin' In The Rain - Johnnie Ray Christmas number 2: Singing The Blues - Guy Mitchell Double post for these entries. Two Vaughans were tied for Christmas number 3 in 1956: not the only tie for the title as you'll find out later. Welshman Malcolm Vaughan achieved 2 Christmas number 3s, "St. Therese Of The Roses" was controversial at the time and was banned by the BBC as "the lyric is contrary both to Roman Catholic doctrine and to Protestant sentiment." Radio Luxembourg airplay and the controversy ensured the song was a long-running number 3 hit. Perhaps one of the most innocent songs banned by the Beeb. "The Green Door" was a Billboard number 1 in America for Jim Lowe, his version reached number 8 in the UK and was outcharted by this cover from Liverpudlian Frankie Vaughan who would go on to achieve 2 number ones. Frankie's version spent 3 weeks at number 2 before falling to 3 on the Christmas chart. The song would go on to reach number 1 for 4 weeks when covered by Shakin' Stevens in 1981. His shriek every time he says "door" in chorus is pretty grating but otherwise this is fine. Much prefer Shaky's take on it.

68th: 0 points Meet Me On The Corner - Max Bygraves (1955) Chart run: 19/11/1955 19-11-9-6-5-4-3-{2}-5-8-15->11 Christmas number one: Christmas Alphabet - Dickie Valentine Christmas number two: Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets Comedian-turned-singer Max Bygraves enjoyed 11 top 40 hits between 1952 and 1973. "Meet Me On The Corner" was his highest-charting single, eventually reaching number 2 but being held at number 3 for Christmas 1955. Not too bad for what it is!

68th: 0 points I Still Believe - Ronnie Hilton (1954) Chart run: 27/11/1954 17-9-10-{3}-3-3-6-4-5-4-11-12-19-20->14 Christmas number one: Let's Have Another Party - Winifred Atwell Christmas number two: Santo Natale - David Whitfield We start with the first of 5 songs to not get any points. The first of 18 top 40 hits for Yorkshireman Ronnie Hilton, "I Still Believe" spent 3 weeks at number 3, the last of those being on the Christmas chart. It's perfectly listenable but quite boring as most 50s ballads are to me, those "dodododododo" backing vocals are pretty amusing though!

Thanks to everyone that voted. How about we get these results started then? A recap of the Christmas number 3s now in chronological order: Comes A-Long A-Love - Kay Starr (1952) The Isle Of Innisfree - Bing Crosby (1952) Let's Have A Party - Winifred Atwell (1953) I Still Believe - Ronnie Hilton (1954) Meet Me On The Corner - Max Bygraves (1955) St. Therese Of The Roses - Malcolm Vaughan (1956) The Green Door - Frankie Vaughan (1956) My Special Angel - Malcolm Vaughan (1957) Tom Dooley - Lonnie Donegan (1958) Oh Carol - Neil Sedaka (1959) Strawberry Fair - Anthony Newley (1960) Midnight In Moscow - Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen (1961) Dance On - The Shadows (1962) You Were Made For Me - Freddie & The Dreamers (1963) I'm Gonna Be Strong - Gene Pitney (1964) The River - Ken Dodd (1965) Save Me - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich (1966) I'm Coming Home - Tom Jones (1967) Ain't Got No (I Got Life) / Do What You Gotta Do - Nina Simone (1968) Sugar Sugar - The Archies (1969) Cracklin' Rosie - Neil Diamond (1970) Coz I Luv You - Slade (1971) Solid Gold Easy Action - T. Rex (1972) You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me - The New Seekers (1973) Juke Box Jive - The Rubettes (1974) The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine - Laurel & Hardy (1975) Money Money Money - ABBA (1976) How Deep Is Your Love - Bee Gees (1977) A Taste Of Aggro - The Barron Knights (1978) Walking On The Moon - The Police (1979) Stop The Cavalry - Jona Lewie (1980) One Of Us - ABBA (1981) Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy - David Bowie & Bing Crosby (1982) Victims - Culture Club (1983) We All Stand Together - Paul McCartney & The Frog Chorus (1984) Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid (1985) The Final Countdown - Europe (1986) Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Mel Smith & Kim Wilde (1987) Crackers International EP - Erasure (1988) When You Come Back To Me - Jason Donovan (1989) You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling / Ebb Tide - The Righteous Brothers (1990) Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me - George Michael & Elton John (1991) Would I Lie To You - Charles & Eddie (1992) Twist And Shout - Chaka Demus & Pliers (1993) Whatever - Oasis (1994) Father And Son - Boyzone (1995) Don't Cry For Me Argentina - Madonna (1996) Perfect Day - Various Artists (1997) Especially For You - Denise & Johnny (1998) Imagine - John Lennon (1999) Stan - Eminem (2000) Gotta Get Thru This - Daniel Bedingfield (2001) The Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum) - The Cheeky Girls (2002) Changes - Ozzy & Kelly Osbourne (2003) I Believe In You - Kylie Minogue (2004) Fairytale Of New York - The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl (2005) Sorry's Not Good Enough / Friday Night - McFly (2006) Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis (2007) Run - Leona Lewis (2008) Bad Romance - Lady Gaga (2009) Surfin' Bird - The Trashmen (2010) Dominick The Donkey - Lou Monte (2011) Scream And Shout - will.i.am ft. Britney Spears (2012) One More Sleep - Leona Lewis (2013) Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran (2014) Sorry - Justin Bieber (2015) Just Hold On - Louis Tomlinson & Steve Aoki (2016) Last Christmas- Wham! (2017/2020/2021) Thank U, Next - Ariana Grande (2018) Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi (2019) Christmas Drillings - Sidemen (2022) All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey (2023/2024/2025)

No Olivia would still have Man I Need (number 1) as her highest charting song, I meant overall highest charting rather than highest charting of the week

The premium ratio difference between The Chain and Don't Stop Believin' must have been pretty big looking at the YE list!

Guessing it's had a Christmas boost but is holding up better than other Christmas songs as it's not about the holiday?

RIP Perry Bamonte of The Cure, hopefully we see a boost for their back catalogue (or at least Friday I'm In Love bc he's on that)

Last Christmas was still number one on Boxing Day last year, don't think they'll drop that quickly but will be nice to see what's been lurking beneath them!

Charlie Brown Christmas new on the album charts 😲 Kylie Divine at number 100 on the download charts, the fake songs on iTunes era is back 😂

Ah I meant 5 non-Christmas and 35 Chistmas songs lol

Proper 2018 rap revival with All The Stars also in there 😂

Good thing Christmas exists then, I wouldn't be having Rein Me In as Sam's highest charting song ☹️