List of UK singles chart Christmas number twos: Difference between revisions
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* 2010 – [[What's My Name? (Rihanna song)|What's My Name?]] – [[Rihanna]] featuring [[Drake (rapper)|Drake]]* |
* 2010 – [[What's My Name? (Rihanna song)|What's My Name?]] – [[Rihanna]] featuring [[Drake (rapper)|Drake]]* |
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* 2011 – [[Cannonball (Damien Rice song)#Little Mix version|Cannonball]] – [[Little Mix]]*<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.metro.co.uk/music/885825-military-wives-choir-outsold-little-mix-five-to-one-in-christmas-no-1-race |title=Military Wives Choir outsold Little Mix five-to-one in Christmas No.1 race |journal=Metro |author=Alistair Potter |date=26 December 2011}}</ref> |
* 2011 – [[Cannonball (Damien Rice song)#Little Mix version|Cannonball]] – [[Little Mix]]*<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.metro.co.uk/music/885825-military-wives-choir-outsold-little-mix-five-to-one-in-christmas-no-1-race |title=Military Wives Choir outsold Little Mix five-to-one in Christmas No.1 race |journal=Metro |author=Alistair Potter |date=26 December 2011}}</ref> |
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==On the UK Official Downloads Chart== |
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{{see also|List of UK Official Download Chart Christmas number ones}} |
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The number-ones and number-twos have also been tracked on the UK Official Download Chart since its launch in 2004. The #1 and #2 songs for the overall singles chart matched the corresponding songs on the downloads chart in 2008, 2009 and 2010, but the #2 songs have not matched any other year. |
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Songs that have charted at #2 on the UK Official Download Chart at Christmas, but did not chart at #2 on the UK Singles Chart, are as follows: |
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* 2004: "[[Vertigo (U2 song)|Vertigo]]" by [[U2]] |
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* 2005: "[[Hung Up]]" by [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] |
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* 2006: "[[Wind It Up (Gwen Stefani song)|Wind It Up]]" by [[Gwen Stefani]] |
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* 2007: "[[Bleeding Love]]" by [[Leona Lewis]] |
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* 2011: "[[Dominick the Donkey]]" by [[Lou Monte]] (re-release) |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Christmas number two singles in the UK are those that are second in the UK Singles Chart in the week in which Christmas Day falls. Every year in the UK Singles Chart, there is a highly publicised race for the Christmas Number One spot. The UK public take a particular interest in chart performance and sales of singles are especially high in the two weeks before Christmas. The race for first position at Christmas has become a British institution and people will speculate, comment and bet upon the outcome.[1]
Many songs miss out on the top spot at Christmas, instead finishing second and as a result, only to earn a greater life in recurrent rotation in subsequent years. Examples of this include the 1987 Christmas chart, when "Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues was number two, beaten by the Pet Shop Boys' cover of "Always on My Mind", and in 1984, where "Last Christmas" by Wham! was second to Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?". Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You," now considered a Christmas standard both in the UK and in Carey's native United States, was stopped at number two upon its release in 1994 while the UK's East 17's "Stay Another Day" took first prize. These three songs, despite all finishing at second on the Christmas charts, rank at or near the top of the Performing Rights Society's annual list of the UK's most played holiday songs (the three songs ranked one to three on the 2010 list), whereas of the songs that beat them, only "Do They Know It's Christmas?" appears on a regular basis.[2] Even John Lennon's last single, the posthumously released "(Just Like) Starting Over," was bumped from the Christmas number-one by "There's No One Quite Like Grandma," a song from the St Winifred's School Choir.[3]
The only group to have both Christmas numbers 1 and 2 in the same year is The Beatles, a feat they achieved twice, in 1963 and 1967. George Michael is the only artist to have been a Christmas number one and number two the same year in different groups (Band Aid at number 1 and Wham! at number 2 in 1984).
In recent years the Christmas Number One has been dominated by reality shows such as Popstars: The Rivals, The Choir and The X Factor, with the winners of the shows heading straight to Number One in the week before Christmas. In 2007, bookmakers started taking bets on who Christmas number two would be instead.[4] X Factor winners finished in second place in 2009 and 2011.
List of Christmas number two singles
Tracks marked * did top the chart either in the run-up to, or shortly after, Christmas.
1950s
- 1952 – You Belong to Me – Jo Stafford*
- 1953 – Answer Me – David Whitfield*
- 1954 – Santo Natale – David Whitfield
- 1955 – Rock Around The Clock – Bill Haley & His Comets*
- 1956 – The Green Door – Frankie Vaughan
- 1957 – Ma He's Making Eyes at Me – Johnny Otis And His Orchestra With Marie Adams
- 1958 – Hoots Mon – Lord Rockingham's XI*
- 1959 – What Do You Want? – Adam Faith*
1960s
- 1960 – It's Now or Never – Elvis Presley*[3]
- 1961 – Tower of Strength – Frankie Vaughan*[3]
- 1962 – The Next Time/Bachelor Boy – Cliff Richard*[3]
- 1963 – She Loves You – The Beatles*[3]
- 1964 – Downtown – Petula Clark[3]
- 1965 – Wind Me Up (Let Me Go) – Cliff Richard[3]
- 1966 – Sunshine Superman – Donovan[3]
- 1967 – Magical Mystery Tour (EP) – The Beatles[3]
- 1968 – Build Me Up Buttercup – The Foundations[3]
- 1969 – Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town – Kenny Rogers and The First Edition[3]
1970s
- 1970 – When I'm Dead and Gone – McGuinness Flint[3]
- 1971 – Jeepster – T.Rex[3]
- 1972 – My Ding-a-ling – Chuck Berry*[3]
- 1973 – I Love You Love Me Love – Gary Glitter*[3]
- 1974 – You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet – Bachman-Turner Overdrive[3]
- 1975 – I Believe in Father Christmas – Greg Lake[3]
- 1976 – Under the Moon of Love – Showaddywaddy*[3]
- 1977 – The Floral Dance – Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band[3]
- 1978 – Y.M.C.A. – The Village People*[3]
- 1979 – I Have a Dream – ABBA[3]
1980s
- 1980 – (Just Like) Starting Over – John Lennon*[3][5]
- 1981 – Daddy's Home – Cliff Richard[3][5]
- 1982 – Blue Christmas (EP) – Shakin' Stevens[3][5]
- 1983 – My Oh My – Slade[3][5]
- 1984 – Last Christmas/Everything She Wants – Wham![3][5]
- 1985 – Saving All My Love for You – Whitney Houston*[3][5]
- 1986 – Caravan of Love – The Housemartins*[3][5]
- 1987 – Fairytale of New York – The Pogues[3][5][6]
- 1988 – Especially for You – Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue*[3][5]
- 1989 – Let's Party – Jive Bunny*[3][5]
1990s
- 1990 – Ice Ice Baby – Vanilla Ice*[3][5][6]
- 1991 – When You Tell Me That You Love Me – Diana Ross[3][5]
- 1992 – Heal the World – Michael Jackson[3][5]
- 1993 – Babe – Take That*[3][5][6]
- 1994 – All I Want For Christmas Is You – Mariah Carey[3][6]
- 1995 – Wonderwall – Mike Flowers Pops[3][5]
- 1996 – Knockin' On Heaven's Door – Mark Knopfler and the Dunblane Children's Choir*[3]
- 1997 – Teletubbies say "Eh-oh!" – Teletubbies*[3][5]
- 1998 – Chocolate Salty Balls – Chef*[3]
- 1999 – The Millennium Prayer – Cliff Richard*[3][5]
2000s
- 2000 – What Makes a Man – Westlife[3][5]
- 2001 – How Wonderful You Are – Gordon Haskell[3][5]
- 2002 – Sacred Trust – One True Voice[3][5]
- 2003 – Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End) – The Darkness[3][5][7][6]
- 2004 – Father and Son – Ronan Keating featuring Yusuf Islam[3][5]
- 2005 – JCB Song – Nizlopi*[3][5]
- 2006 – Patience – Take That*[3][5]
- 2007 – What a Wonderful World – Katie Melua and Eva Cassidy*[3]
- 2008 – Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley[3]
- 2009 – The Climb – Joe McElderry*
2010s
- 2010 – What's My Name? – Rihanna featuring Drake*
- 2011 – Cannonball – Little Mix*[8]
See also
- Christmas music
- List of Christmas number one singles (UK)
- List of Christmas number one singles (Ireland)
References
- ^ Have a chart-topping Christmas, BBC, 23 December, 2001
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Survey Reveals White Christmas As Most Memorable Christmas Song: But Mariah Carey’s Hit Most Played" December 14, 2010 press release. See also the 2009 and 2008
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax Andrew Johnson, Claire Cooper, Victoria Richards (20 Dec 2009), "Not quite Top of the Pops: Stuck at Number Two for Christmas", The Independent on Sunday
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ X Factor has taken shine off seasonal number one – Opinion – News – Belfast Telegraph
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x John Dingwall (Dec 22 2006), "Just a Second", Daily Record
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b c d e "Christmas No.1s that should have been", ShortList
- ^ Dorian Lynskey (7 May 2004), "Near hits", The Guardian
- ^ Alistair Potter (26 December 2011), "Military Wives Choir outsold Little Mix five-to-one in Christmas No.1 race", Metro
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