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Latest revision as of 11:22, 6 January 2024

Act Title Weeks at No 1
1952 Al Martino Here in My Heart 9 First UK No 1 based on record sales
1953 Frankie Laine Answer Me 8 Originally titled Mütterlein, with German lyrics. The song was banned by the BBC owing to the religious nature of the lyrics
1954 Winifred Atwell Let’s Have Another Party 8 Pianist born in Trinidad
1955 Dickie Valentine Christmas Alphabet 8 Real name Richard Maxwell. Opening lyric – “C is for the candy trimmed around the Christmas tree”
1956 Johnnie Ray Just Walkin’ in the Rain 7 Written by two prisoners in Nashville
1957 Harry Belafonte Mary’s Boy Child 7 Written by Jester Hairston in 1956
1958 Conway Twitty It’s Only Make Believe 5 Real name Harold Lloyd Jenkins. US Country singer
1959 Emile Ford & The Checkmates What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For? 6 Real name Michael Emile Telford Miller. Born in Saint Lucia
1960 Cliff Richard & the Shadows I Love You 2 Written by Bruce Welch
1961 Danny Williams Moon River 2 Known as “Britain’s Johnny Mathis”. Song from Breakfast at Tiffany’s
1962 Elvis Presley Return to Sender 3 Performed in the film Girls! Girls! Girls!
1963 The Beatles I Want to Hold Your Hand 5 Remained in the UK top 50 for 21 weeks
1964 The Beatles I Feel Fine 5
1965 The Beatles Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out 5
1966 Tom Jones Green, Green Grass of Home 7 Written by Curly Putman
1967 The Beatles Hello, Goodbye 7
1968 The Scaffold Lily the Pink 4 Novelty song by Liverpool folk group. Based on a song titled The Ballad of Lydia Pinkham
1969 Rolf Harris Two Little Boys 6 Written in 1902 and popularised by Harry Lauder
1970 Dave Edmunds I Hear You Knocking 6 Cover version of a song written in 1955
1971 Benny Hill Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West) 4 Novelty song inspired by Benny Hill’s experience as a milkman
1972 Jimmy Osmond Long Haired Lover from Liverpool 5 Youngest member of The Osmonds, who at age 9 became the youngest chart topper ever
1973 Slade Merry Xmas Everybody 5 First year that groups released festive songs to try and reach the top of the charts at Christmas
1974 Mud Lonely This Christmas 4 Written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn
1975 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody 9 UK's third best-selling single of all time
1976 Johnny Mathis When a Child is Born (Soleado) 3 Soleado was the original melody
1977 Wings Mull of Kintyre / Girls’ School 9 First No 1 for Paul McCartney since he was a Beatle. First single to sell over two million copies nationwide
1978 Boney M Mary’s Boy Child – Oh My Lord 4 Cover of Harry Belafonte's 1957 song, put in medley with the new song Oh My Lord
1979 Pink Floyd Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) 5 Features children from Islington Green School
1980 St Winifred’s School Choir There’s No One Quite Like Grandma 2 Choir from a Stockport primary school
1981 The Human League Don’t You Want Me 5 New Romantic band
1982 Renee and Renato Save Your Love 4 UK-based Italian tenor (Renato Pagliari) and English girl (Hilary Lester)
1983 The Flying Pickets Only You 5 A cappella group. Cover version of the song by Yazoo
1984 Band Aid Do They Know It’s Christmas? 5 Written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for the famine in Ethiopia. Sold a million copies in the first week and three million copies in total. First line is sung by Paul Young
1985 Shakin’ Stevens Merry Christmas Everyone 2 Real name Michael Barrett
1986 Jackie Wilson Reet Petite 4 Originally released in 1957. Wilson died in 1984
1987 Pet Shop Boys Always on My Mind 4 Cover version of a 1972 song that was a hit for Elvis Presley
1988 Cliff Richard Mistletoe and Wine 4 First solo No 1 for nine years. Written for a musical called Scraps, which was an adaptation of The Little Match Girl
1989 Band Aid II Do They Know It’s Christmas? 3 Produced by Stock Aitken Waterman. First line is sung by Kylie Minogue. Cliff Richard was also a singer on the record
1990 Cliff Richard Saviour’s Day 2
1991 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody / There Are the Days of Our Lives 5 Re-issue of the 1975 hit, following the death of Freddie Mercury
1992 Whitney Houston I Will Always Love You 10 Included on the soundtrack of The Bodyguard. No 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a then-record-breaking 14 weeks
1993 Mr Blobby Mr Blobby 3 Novelty song performed by the character from Noel's House Party. Often ranked as the worst Christmas No 1 in history
1994 East 17 Stay Another Day 5
1995 Michael Jackson Earth Song 6 Presented as a world conservation statement
1996 Spice Girls 2 Become 1 3 Third single released by Spice Girls
1997 Spice Girls Too Much 2
1998 Spice Girls Goodbye 1 First song following the departure of Geri Halliwell
1999 Westlife I Have a Dream / Seasons in the Sun 4 I Have a Dream is a cover version of an ABBA song. Seasons in the Sun is the cover of a hit for Terry Jacks
2000 Bob the Builder Can We Fix It? 3 Theme song from the preschool TV programme Bob the Builder. Vocals on the song are provided by Neil Morrissey
2001 Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman Somethin’ Stupid 3 Cover of a song written by C. Carson Parks and made famous by Frank and Nancy Sinatra
2002 Girls Aloud Sound of the Underground 4 First year that the competition for the Christmas No 1 was dominated by reality television contests. Girls Aloud was created through Popstars: The Rivals and the record was released on 16 December
2003 Michael Andrews & Gary Jules Mad World 3 Cover version of the Tears for Fears song. Recorded for the soundtrack of Donnie Darko
2004 Band Aid 20 Do They Know It’s Christmas? 4 First line is sung by Chris Martin
2005 Shayne Ward That’s My Goal 4 Winner of the second series of The X Factor
2006 Leona Lewis A Moment Like This 4 Winner of the third series of The X Factor. Cover of a Kelly Clarkson song
2007 Leon Jackson When You Believe 3 Winner of the fourth series of The X Factor. Cover of a Stephen Schwartz song from The Prince of Egypt
2008 Alexandra Burke Hallelujah 3 Winner of the fifth series of The X Factor. Cover of a Leonard Cohen song
2009 Rage Against the Machine Killing in the Name 1 Result of a campaign to prevent the winner of The X Factor (Joe McElderry) from achieving the No 1 single. First download-only single to become the Christmas No 1
2010 Matt Cardle When We Collide 3 Winner of the seventh series of The X Factor. Studio version of Many of Horror by Biffy Clyro
2011 Military Wives with Gareth Malone Wherever You Are 1 Charity record
2012 The Justice Collective He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother 1 Proceeds went to various charities associated with the Hillsborough disaster
2013 Sam Bailey Skyscraper 1 Winner of the tenth series of The X Factor. Cover of a Demi Lovato song
2014 Ben Haenow Something I Need 1 Winner of the eleventh series of The X Factor. Cover of a song by OneRepublic
2015 Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir A Bridge Over You 1 Charity record
2016 Clean Bandit ft. Sean Paul and Anne-Marie Rockabye 9 The song alludes to the nursery rhyme and lullaby, Rock-a-bye Baby
2017 Ed Sheeran Perfect 6
2018 LadBaby We Built This City 1 Mark Hoyle and his wife Roxanne. Proceeds from the charity single went to The Trussell Trust. Parody cover of We Built This City by Starship
2019 LadBaby I Love Sausage Rolls 1 Parody cover of I Love Rock 'n' Roll by Alan Merrill
2020 LadBaby Don’t Stop Me Eatin’ 1 Parody cover of Don't Stop Believin' by Journey
2021 LadBaby ft. Ed Sheeran and Elton John Sausage Rolls for Everyone 1 Based on Merry Christmas, which became a chart-topper for featured artists Ed Sheeran and Elton John in December 2021
2022 LadBaby Food Aid 1 Based on Do They Know It's Christmas? and featured Martin Lewis. Half of the money raised went to the Trussell Trust and the other half to the Band Aid Trust
2023 Wham! Last Christmas 4 Originally released in 1984. Whamageddon is a game in which players try to go from 1 December to the end of 24 December without hearing Last Christmas