Official British Christmas number one hit songs based on the week-ending pop music charts of the nearest Sunday after christmas. Looking through the list of songs you'll notice how few of the number one hits were related to christmas at all. There are a whole host of novelty songs that have made it to number one over christmas, most of which it's fair to say should never have been released on the charts in the first place!
Year | Song | Artist or Group |
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2006 | ? | ? |
2005 | That's My Goal | Shayne Ward |
2004 | Do They Know It's Christmas? | Band Aid 20 |
2003 | Mad World | Michael Andrews ft. Gary Jules |
2002 | Sound of the Underground | Girls Aloud |
2001 | Something Stupid | Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman |
2000 | Can We Fix It? | Bob The Builder |
1999 | Seasons In The Sun / I have a Dream | Westlife |
1998 | Goodbye | The Spice Girls |
1997 | Too Much | The Spice Girls |
1996 | 2 Become 1 | The Spice Girls |
1995 | Earth Song | Michael Jackson |
1994 | Stay Another Day | East 17 |
1993 | Mr Blobby | Mr Blobby |
1992 | I will always love you | Whitney Houston |
1991 | Bohemian Rhapsody / These Are The Days of Our Lives | Queen |
1990 | Saviours' Day | Clifff Richard |
1989 | Do They Know It's Christmas | Band Aid II |
1988 | Mistletoe and Wine | Cliff Richard |
1987 | Always on my mind | The Pet Shop Boys |
1986 | Reet Petite | Jackie Wilson |
1985 | Merry Christmas Everyine | Shakin' Stevens |
1984 | Do They Know It's Christmas | Band Aid |
1983 | Only You | The Flying Pickets |
1982 | Save Your Love For Me | Rene And Renata |
1981 | Don't You Want Me | Human League |
1980 | There's No One Quite Like Grandma | St. Winifred's School Choir |
1979 | Another Brick In The Wall | Pink Floyd |
1978 | Mary's Boy Child | Boney M |
1977 | Mull of Kintyre | Wings |
1976 | When a Child is Born | Jonny Mathis |
1975 | Bohemian Rhapsody | Queen |
1974 | Lonely This Christmas | Mud |
1973 | Merry Xmas Everybody | Slade |
1972 | Long Haired Lover From Liverpool | Little Jimmy Osmond |
1971 | Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) | Benny Hill |
1970 | I Hear You Knockin' | Dave Edmunds |
1969 | Two Little Boys | Rolf Harris |
1968 | Lily The Pink | The Scaffold |
1967 | Hello Goodbye | The Beatles |
1966 | The Green Green Grass Of Home | Tom Jones |
1965 | Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out | The Beatles |
1964 | I Feel Fine | The Beatles |
1963 | I Want To Hold Your Hand | The Beatles |
1962 | Return To Sender | Elvis Presley |
1961 | Moon River | Danny Williams |
1960 | I Love You | Cliff Richard& The Shadows |