{"id":35,"date":"2014-08-07T14:45:24","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T13:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christmas-connections.co.uk\/blog\/?p=35"},"modified":"2018-07-25T14:46:04","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T13:46:04","slug":"top-10-christmas-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christmas-connections.co.uk\/blog\/top-10-christmas-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 &#8211; Christmas Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Top 10 &#8211; Christmas Songs<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We all have our favourite, don\u2019t we? It\u2019s an exciting time of the year, Christmas. It\u2019s a time when you may receive things you never expected, families celebrate together and you get to listen to your dad\u2019s old Christmas records.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But what is the best Christmas song of all time? It is an intriguing question, as you would think that all would be relatively popular considering the general feel good factor associated with them. I think we\u2019ll start in reverse for this one at no.10!<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>When a Child Is Born \u2013 Johnny Mathis<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gjYWYJudTPE\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This 1976 hit by Johnny Mathis proved to be a major hit reaching no.1 in the Christmas of that year and although the song has had many versions, Johnny Mathis\u2019 version remains the most popular and best portrayed throughout chart history.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Millennium Prayer \u2013 Cliff Richard<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0M3voYPuiMI\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Millennium Prayer released Christmas 1999 looking to see us into the new millennium with a bit of Cliff. He reached no.1 with it and it ensured he had had a no.1 in every decade since the 1950\u2019s.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Fairytale of New York \u2013 The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j9jbdgZidu8\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Written as a duet featuring Kirsty MacColl on vocals, Shane MacGowan\u2019s male character is perfect to MacColl\u2019s female and it is cited as possibly the greatest Christmas song of all time due to its storytelling qualities. However, it didn\u2019t reach no.1 (DUN DUN DUNNNNNN) instead being kept off by T\u2019Pau\u2019s China in Your Hand and by Always on My Mind by the Pet Shop Boys.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>White Christmas \u2013 Bing Crosby<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aShUFAG_WgM\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The original Christmas crooner it seems, this Christmas classic will forever be remembered but amazingly it didn\u2019t reach no.1 in the charts of 1942, only reaching no.5. Must have been some tune to keep this off the top!<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nRockin&#8217; Around the Christmas Tree &#8211; Brenda Lee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_6xNuUEnh2g\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">How many of our festive film faves kick off to this tune? Although the original version of the song may not have rocked its way into the charts upon release. Brenda Lee&#8217;s 1958 classic has seen 31 different cover versions over the last 40 years and takes a current number 14 on the all time <i>Billboard<\/i> Hot 100.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Jingle Bell Rock\u2013 Bobby Helms<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/itcMLwMEeMQ\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This little gem from Christmas 1958 only managed to reach no.6 in the charts at the time. Yet since its initial release the classic has been covered over 50 times; most famously by girl band Girls Aloud who took the song to no.2 in the charts.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Merry Xmas Everybody \u2013 Slade<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0A8KT365wlA\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Probably one of, if not the most famous, Christmas tune of all time. Slade\u2019s Merry Xmas Everybody from 1973 is one of the all time Christmas greats.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Last Christmas \u2013 Wham!<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E8gmARGvPlI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Written and produced by George Michael himself, a massive Christmas hit comes in the form of Last Christmas. Although it is one of only 3 Christmas hits in this list not to reach no.1.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Mary\u2019s Boy Child \u2013 Boney M<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hxm1FlLSfe4\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mary\u2019s Boy Child was a Christmas hit for Jamaican-born German formed disco group Boney M and became a major hit Christmas 1978. As of 2014, it is the second biggest selling Christmas single of all time.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nDo They Know It\u2019s Christmas? \u2013 Band Aid<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bjQzJAKxTrE\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Here we go, el numero uno, famously put together by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure of Ultravox fame. To raise money for relief of the Ethiopian famine of the mid-1980\u2019s and was number 1 at Christmas 1984. It spawned a 20<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary performance in 2004 as the Band Aid legacy lived on in order to ensure people around the world sampled some of the Christmas spirit. \u00a0\u00a0As of 2014, Do They Know It\u2019s Christmas is the best selling Christmas song of all time \u2013 quite an accolade.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Now have your say!<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top 10 &#8211; Christmas Songs We all have our favourite, don\u2019t we? It\u2019s an exciting time of the year, Christmas. It\u2019s a time when you may receive things you never expected, families celebrate together and you get to listen to your dad\u2019s old Christmas records. 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