UK Christmas/Xmas Number One Chart Singles
Mary's Boy Child - Bony M
1979
Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd
And incidently, the first chart topper of the 80s too. Meant a lot to us lads in the infants this did. I remember listening to this and reading my Beano then pulling apart the establishment.
1980
Just Like Starting Over - John Lennon
1981
Don't You Want Me - Human League
1982
Save Your Love For Me
Rene And Renata
It's honestly a toss up between this and Blobby for being the worst of the 24. Even Robson and Jerome ranks higher.
1983
Only You - The Flying Pickets
1984
Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid
1985
1986
Caravan of Love - The Housemartins
Hull boys come good with their only number one. It incidently only just beat Jackie Wilson's Reet Petit off with a small stick.
1987
Always on my mind - The Pet Shop Boys
1988
Mistletoe and Wine - Cliff Richard
See, only one on this entire list - people think him and Shaking Stevens have been on and off the top of the chart every Christmas since the year dot, but no, oh no. I think Sir Cliff was runner up in 1992 with "Saviours Day" not sure though.
1989
Do They Know It's Christmas
Band Aid II
Personally I think it was a little cheeky banging it out again only 5 years on. 10 years would have been much better.
1990
Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice
You might remember this one was being shite or annoying or just simply making you crave "Under Pressure" but what it did do was prevent Jive Bunny (who was number one the week before Christmas) stealing Santa's sack.
1991
Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are The Days of Our Lives - Queen
Thanks to the timely death of Freddie Queen are blessed as the only band to have the coverted Christmas number one on two seperate occasions with the same song.
1992
1996
2 Become 1 - The Spice Girls
I was right, smug bastard that I am. Three consecutive number one's, god these girls are huge so to speak...
1997
Too Much - The Spice Girls
Right again...the backlack just doesn't exist other than in the form of a media backlash. The 'Girls have still to put out a single that hasn't gone straight in at number one...that's 6 now - 6 in a row.
1998
Goodbye - The Spice Girls
So the Spices (slightly less spicey than last year) have become the first band in my little snapshot of Xmas Number Ones to have 3 of the little beauties, and 3 in a row to boot. To be honest though, I don't mind these slower ones.
1999
Seasons In The Sun/I have a Dream - Westlife
Their first 4 songs have all gone in straight in at number one, infact they have had all of those 4 number ones in 1999. This is less dull than some of their others as it's a double A-side of covers... but Image by John Lenon would have been better.
2000
Bob The Builder - Can We Fix It?
Entered the charts at number 2, climbed to number 1 the following week and managed to hold off Westlife for the toppest of top positions on the 24th December. At last a builder at number one just like the old days!
2001
Robbie Williams & Nichole Kidman - Somethin' Stupid
Swing baby, swing. Making up for Robbie not having a christmas number one as part of Take That, this classic song is now set to be reborn as a christmas classic I expect.
2002
Girls Aloud - Sound Of The Underground
I backed them to do it, but not on the strength of the main track (which is remarkably catchy) but on the fact that it had a cover of East 17's Stay Another Day on the flipside.
2003
Michael Andrews/Gary Jules - Mad World
My money was on The Darkness. I was robbed. Pipped at the post by Mad World. This is a good cover version (taken from the soundtrack of Donnie Darko), although the Tears For Fears version is much better.
2004
Do They Know It's Christmas
Band Aid 20
Only song to be the christmas number one three times. You'll never beat the 1984 original though.
2005
That's My Goal
Shayne Ward
Totally and utterly forgettable. Manufactured X-Factor shite. At least Girls Aloud had the decency to put out a catchy tune.
2006
Second year running for manufactured X-Factor shite. Please stop. Please for the love of god, stop.
2007
When You Believe
Leon Jackson
Third year running for manufactured X-Factor shite. We're doomed to suffer this kind of xmas number 1 for ever now it feels.
2008
Hallelujah
Alexandra Burke
Fourth year running for manufactured X-Factor shite. Interesting fact this year: 3 different versions of Hallelujah all made the Christmas Top 40.
2009
Killing In The Name
Rage Against The Machine
A social media revolution put an end to the X-Factor reign of shite, pushing the 2009 winner "Joe" into 2nd place
2010
When We Collide
Matt Cardle
After last year's blip, we're back to the disposable X-Factor nonsense. Five out of Six years X-Factor has made the top slot. That makes it, unfortunately, part of the tradition of Christmas.
2011