29-12-2024, 15:36
UK TOP 100 SUMMARY & REVIEW 27.12.24 #13
THE TOP TEN:
At 10 Elton 'Steps Into Christmas' with a huge sales boost, at 9 'Do They Know It's Christmas' jumps into the top ten. 'Santa Tell Me' doubles in sales to 8, and Clarkson is 'Underneath The Tree' at 7! The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl tell a 'Fairytale of New York' as they soar to 6; Bobby Helms does a 'Jingle Bell Rock' up to 5, and Brenda Lee repeaks at 4 with 'Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree.' Tom Grennan achieves a new peak of three with 'It Can't Be Christmas' as Mariah Carey is up to 2 with 'All I Want for Christmas Is You,' and gaining the number one single to end 2024 and getting their 10th week at the top spot is 'Last Christmas' by Wham!
NEW ENTRIES:
92 - Driving Home For Christmas - Dasha (5.5/10)
Released as a Spotify single, the naturalness of the guitar and the country-pop Christmas flow well as a remix and a cover. I prefer the Chris Rea version over this, but this is still decent; it's quite hard to mess up these kinds of songs.
89 - Here Comes Santa Claus - Gene Autry (5/10)
The 1950s Christmas-country song charts for the first time but fail to sound like anything different from the classic Christmas songs of their time. I mean, what do you expect? This was just boring for me.
84 - Hallelujah - Pentatonix (5/10)
This sounds like some snooze church choir song, but there's a claim that people think this is about s*x and not a Christmas song; whether it is or not, I'm not going to go into that... The song has the group members sing over the song, which definitely has nothing to do with Christ (What's with modern media taking Christian stuff and turning it non-Christian?). Anyway, the rhythm goes faster, and they match quite well to it with the high notes and the more allegro pace; it's just not that special for me.
77 - Merry Christmas (Please Don't Call) - Bleachers (5/10)
The piano and Jingle feel blurred along with the male front voice, and it's just something that fades quickly and doesn't do a good job. It's supposed to be a melancholic indie pop ballad, though it just fails to get me in the mood that it tries to.
71 - Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas) - Bing Crosby (6.5/10)
Mele Kalikimaka (Hawaiian for Merry Christmas) is a song recorded with The Andrew Sisters written back in the late 1940s that embodies the old seasonal spirit that I love! I love listening to older music that has that feel, and this has exactly that! Its groove is just great!
70 - Christmas Time Is Here - Vince Guaraldi Trio (5/10)
Featuring in the movie 'A Charlie Brown Christmas,' the jazz on this with the piano is what I really like to hear! It's soft, gentle, and peaceful on the ears, which is what I love to hear, and it's fitting of the Christmas spirit.
62 - O Holy Night - Celine Dion (6/10)
It's been a while since I've heard the name Celine Dion come up in a conversation; I'm actually glad this has charted too! Celine knows how to make a classic even better, and she has a beautiful powerhouse of a voice! The vocal hold and stability are insane! It really gives off Celine, and that's the most part that adds her twist to it.
REENTRIES:
99 - This Christmas - Don Hathaway
[This is great!]
98 - Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bell End) - Darkness
[It's acceptable... to the decent side.]
93 - What Christmas Means To Me - Stevie Wonder
[It's alright.]
88 - When A Child Is Born - Johnny Mathis
[I Like This]
87 - Mistletoe And Wine - Cliff Richard
[Good]
83 - Santa Baby - Kylie Minogue
I like it.
81 - Together This Christmas - Maisie Peters
[Amazing... shame I discovered this after Christmas
]
79 - Cosy Little Christmas - Katy Perry
[This is great.]
78 - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Michael Buble
[Standard]
76 - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Mariah Carey
[Meh]
75 - My Only Wish (This Year) - Britney Spears
[It's fair.]
74 - Thank God It's Christmas - Queen
[I think it's pretty good.]
72 - Christmas Wrapping - Waitresses
[Sounds like something you would hear in a supermarket in the 1980s.]
69 - You Make It Feel Like Christmas - Gwen Stefani/Blake Shelton
[Love it!]
67 - Jingle Bells - Frank Sinatra
[Always a lovely classic]
65 - Please Come Home For Christmas - Eagles
[Decent]
63 - 2000 Miles - Pretenders
[Not a massive fan]
61 - Christmas Tree Farm - Taylor Swift
[Great song]
60 - Lonely This Christmas - Mud
[Not a fan]
59 - Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt
[It's decent.]
42 - White Christmas - Bing Crosby
[Good]
Notable Changes:
Songs that climbed over 10 spots:
57 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Michael Jackson/The Jackson 5 (Up 36)
56 - You're Christmas To Me - Sam Ryder (Up 38)
55 - Under The Tree - Ed Sheeran (Up 42)
54 - Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow - Frank Sinatra (Up 32)
53 - Stay Another Day - East 17 (Up 22)
52 - Santa, Can't You Hear Me? - Kelly Clarkson/Ariana Grande (Up 40)
51 - Mary Boys Child/Oh My Lord - Boney M (Up 29)
50 - Deck The Halls - Nat King Cole (Up 39)
48 - Stop The Calvary - Jona Lewie (Up 24)
47. Run Rudolph Run - Chuck Berry (Up 24)
46. Little Saint Nick - Beach Boys (Up 30)
45. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Frank Sinatra (Up 17)
44. Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley (Up 25)
43. Christmas Lights - Coldplay (Up 15)
41. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Bruce Springsteen (Up 50) [HIGHEST CLIMBER]
40. It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas - Perry Como (Up 18)
39. DJ Play A Christmas Song - Cher (Up 15)
38. Holiday Road - Kesha (Up 28)
37. Carol Of The Bells - John Williams (Up 14)
36. Mistletoe - Justin Bieber (Up 15)
35. Santa Baby - Laufey (Up 22)
32. The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole (Up 15)
31. Run Rudolph Run - Mark Ambor (Up 14)
30. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love (Up 11)
27. Winter Wonderland - Laufey (Up 13)
Songs that fell over 10 spots:
100. Lose Control - Teddy Swims (Down 40)
97. People Watching - Sam Fender (Down 52) [JOINT HIGHEST FALLER]
96. Dirty Cash (Money Talks) - Pawsa/Adventures Of Stevie V (Down 35)
95. Beautiful Things - Benson Boone (Down 39)
94. Luther - Kendrick Lamar/SZA (Down 52) [JOINT HIGHEST FALLER]
91. Popular - Ariana Grande (Down 47)
90. Taste - Sabrina Carpenter (Down 40)
86. What Is This Feeling - Ariana Grande/Cynthia Erivo (Down 47)
85. Good Luck Babe - Chappell Roan (Down 36)
82. Freezing This Christmas - Keir Starmer And The Granny Harmers (Down 45)
80. Birds Of A Feather - Billie Eilish (Down 34)
73. Nice To Meet You - Myles Smith (Down 30)
68. Sailor Song - Gigi Perez (Down 34)
66. Bed Chem - Sabrina Carpenter (Down 28)
64. Die With A Smile - Lady Gaga/Bruno Mars (Down 32)
58. Defying Gravity - Cynthia Erivo/Ariana Grande (Down 38)
49. The Days - Chrystal (Down 23)
33. Messy - Lola Young (Down 26)
28. APT. - ROSÉ/Bruno Mars (Down 23)
21. That's So True - Gracie Abrams (Down 19)
BEST AND WORST:
New entries:
BEST - 'Mele Kalikimaka' - Bing Crosby
WORST - 'Hallelujah' - Pentatonix
The whole top 100:
BEST - 'Beautiful Things' - Benson Boone
WORST - 'Feliz Navidad' - José Feliciano
NEXT WEEK'S PREDICTIONS:
A mass load of re-entries due to the Christmas music exiting!
THE TOP TEN:
At 10 Elton 'Steps Into Christmas' with a huge sales boost, at 9 'Do They Know It's Christmas' jumps into the top ten. 'Santa Tell Me' doubles in sales to 8, and Clarkson is 'Underneath The Tree' at 7! The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl tell a 'Fairytale of New York' as they soar to 6; Bobby Helms does a 'Jingle Bell Rock' up to 5, and Brenda Lee repeaks at 4 with 'Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree.' Tom Grennan achieves a new peak of three with 'It Can't Be Christmas' as Mariah Carey is up to 2 with 'All I Want for Christmas Is You,' and gaining the number one single to end 2024 and getting their 10th week at the top spot is 'Last Christmas' by Wham!
NEW ENTRIES:
92 - Driving Home For Christmas - Dasha (5.5/10)
Released as a Spotify single, the naturalness of the guitar and the country-pop Christmas flow well as a remix and a cover. I prefer the Chris Rea version over this, but this is still decent; it's quite hard to mess up these kinds of songs.
89 - Here Comes Santa Claus - Gene Autry (5/10)
The 1950s Christmas-country song charts for the first time but fail to sound like anything different from the classic Christmas songs of their time. I mean, what do you expect? This was just boring for me.
84 - Hallelujah - Pentatonix (5/10)
This sounds like some snooze church choir song, but there's a claim that people think this is about s*x and not a Christmas song; whether it is or not, I'm not going to go into that... The song has the group members sing over the song, which definitely has nothing to do with Christ (What's with modern media taking Christian stuff and turning it non-Christian?). Anyway, the rhythm goes faster, and they match quite well to it with the high notes and the more allegro pace; it's just not that special for me.
77 - Merry Christmas (Please Don't Call) - Bleachers (5/10)
The piano and Jingle feel blurred along with the male front voice, and it's just something that fades quickly and doesn't do a good job. It's supposed to be a melancholic indie pop ballad, though it just fails to get me in the mood that it tries to.
71 - Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas) - Bing Crosby (6.5/10)
Mele Kalikimaka (Hawaiian for Merry Christmas) is a song recorded with The Andrew Sisters written back in the late 1940s that embodies the old seasonal spirit that I love! I love listening to older music that has that feel, and this has exactly that! Its groove is just great!
70 - Christmas Time Is Here - Vince Guaraldi Trio (5/10)
Featuring in the movie 'A Charlie Brown Christmas,' the jazz on this with the piano is what I really like to hear! It's soft, gentle, and peaceful on the ears, which is what I love to hear, and it's fitting of the Christmas spirit.
62 - O Holy Night - Celine Dion (6/10)
It's been a while since I've heard the name Celine Dion come up in a conversation; I'm actually glad this has charted too! Celine knows how to make a classic even better, and she has a beautiful powerhouse of a voice! The vocal hold and stability are insane! It really gives off Celine, and that's the most part that adds her twist to it.
REENTRIES:
99 - This Christmas - Don Hathaway
[This is great!]
98 - Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bell End) - Darkness
[It's acceptable... to the decent side.]
93 - What Christmas Means To Me - Stevie Wonder
[It's alright.]
88 - When A Child Is Born - Johnny Mathis
[I Like This]
87 - Mistletoe And Wine - Cliff Richard
[Good]
83 - Santa Baby - Kylie Minogue
I like it.
81 - Together This Christmas - Maisie Peters
[Amazing... shame I discovered this after Christmas
]79 - Cosy Little Christmas - Katy Perry
[This is great.]
78 - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Michael Buble
[Standard]
76 - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Mariah Carey
[Meh]
75 - My Only Wish (This Year) - Britney Spears
[It's fair.]
74 - Thank God It's Christmas - Queen
[I think it's pretty good.]
72 - Christmas Wrapping - Waitresses
[Sounds like something you would hear in a supermarket in the 1980s.]
69 - You Make It Feel Like Christmas - Gwen Stefani/Blake Shelton
[Love it!]
67 - Jingle Bells - Frank Sinatra
[Always a lovely classic]
65 - Please Come Home For Christmas - Eagles
[Decent]
63 - 2000 Miles - Pretenders
[Not a massive fan]
61 - Christmas Tree Farm - Taylor Swift
[Great song]
60 - Lonely This Christmas - Mud
[Not a fan]
59 - Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt
[It's decent.]
42 - White Christmas - Bing Crosby
[Good]
Notable Changes:
Songs that climbed over 10 spots:
57 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Michael Jackson/The Jackson 5 (Up 36)
56 - You're Christmas To Me - Sam Ryder (Up 38)
55 - Under The Tree - Ed Sheeran (Up 42)
54 - Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow - Frank Sinatra (Up 32)
53 - Stay Another Day - East 17 (Up 22)
52 - Santa, Can't You Hear Me? - Kelly Clarkson/Ariana Grande (Up 40)
51 - Mary Boys Child/Oh My Lord - Boney M (Up 29)
50 - Deck The Halls - Nat King Cole (Up 39)
48 - Stop The Calvary - Jona Lewie (Up 24)
47. Run Rudolph Run - Chuck Berry (Up 24)
46. Little Saint Nick - Beach Boys (Up 30)
45. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Frank Sinatra (Up 17)
44. Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley (Up 25)
43. Christmas Lights - Coldplay (Up 15)
41. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Bruce Springsteen (Up 50) [HIGHEST CLIMBER]
40. It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas - Perry Como (Up 18)
39. DJ Play A Christmas Song - Cher (Up 15)
38. Holiday Road - Kesha (Up 28)
37. Carol Of The Bells - John Williams (Up 14)
36. Mistletoe - Justin Bieber (Up 15)
35. Santa Baby - Laufey (Up 22)
32. The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole (Up 15)
31. Run Rudolph Run - Mark Ambor (Up 14)
30. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love (Up 11)
27. Winter Wonderland - Laufey (Up 13)
Songs that fell over 10 spots:
100. Lose Control - Teddy Swims (Down 40)
97. People Watching - Sam Fender (Down 52) [JOINT HIGHEST FALLER]
96. Dirty Cash (Money Talks) - Pawsa/Adventures Of Stevie V (Down 35)
95. Beautiful Things - Benson Boone (Down 39)
94. Luther - Kendrick Lamar/SZA (Down 52) [JOINT HIGHEST FALLER]
91. Popular - Ariana Grande (Down 47)
90. Taste - Sabrina Carpenter (Down 40)
86. What Is This Feeling - Ariana Grande/Cynthia Erivo (Down 47)
85. Good Luck Babe - Chappell Roan (Down 36)
82. Freezing This Christmas - Keir Starmer And The Granny Harmers (Down 45)
80. Birds Of A Feather - Billie Eilish (Down 34)
73. Nice To Meet You - Myles Smith (Down 30)
68. Sailor Song - Gigi Perez (Down 34)
66. Bed Chem - Sabrina Carpenter (Down 28)
64. Die With A Smile - Lady Gaga/Bruno Mars (Down 32)
58. Defying Gravity - Cynthia Erivo/Ariana Grande (Down 38)
49. The Days - Chrystal (Down 23)
33. Messy - Lola Young (Down 26)
28. APT. - ROSÉ/Bruno Mars (Down 23)
21. That's So True - Gracie Abrams (Down 19)
BEST AND WORST:
New entries:
BEST - 'Mele Kalikimaka' - Bing Crosby
WORST - 'Hallelujah' - Pentatonix
The whole top 100:
BEST - 'Beautiful Things' - Benson Boone
WORST - 'Feliz Navidad' - José Feliciano
NEXT WEEK'S PREDICTIONS:
A mass load of re-entries due to the Christmas music exiting!