List of Christmas hit singles in the United Kingdom
The following is an incomplete list of Christmas songs which have appeared in the official singles chart in the United Kingdom.

List of Christmas hit singles in the United Kingdom

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Table Section Text: The following is an incomplete list of Christmas songs which have appeared in the official singles chart in the United Kingdom.

Title	Artist	Year	Additional Information

"21st Century Christmas"	Cliff Richard	2006	Peaked at No. 2 on the 2006 December charts.

"All I Want For Christmas Is A Beatle"	Dora Bryan	1963	Peaked at No. 20 in the 1963 Christmas chart

"All I Want for Christmas Is You"	Mariah Carey	1994	Written by Walter Afanasieff and Mariah Carey. Peaked at No.

"All Alone on Christmas"	Darlene Love	1992	From the movie Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. Peaked at No.

"All Join Hands"	Slade	1984	Peaked at No. 15 on the Official Singles Chart in November 1984.

"Amazing Grace"	Judy Collins	1970	Christian Hymn written in 1779, which peaked at No. 5 in the 1970 Official Singles Chart.

"At This Time of Year"	Craig Phillips	2000	Big Brother winner's Christmas charity single for Down's Syndrome Association. Peaked at No.

"Ave Maria"	Lesley Garrett & Amanda Thompson	1993	Peaked at No. 16 on the 1993 Christmas Official Singles Chart.

"Baby, It's Cold Outside"	Tom Jones & Cerys Matthews	1999	Peaked at No. 17 on the Official Singles Chart in December 1999.

"Baby's First Christmas"	Connie Francis	1961	Peaked at No. 30 on the Official Singles Chart.

"Best Christmas of Them All"	Shakin' Stevens	1990	Peaked at No. 19 on the Official Singles Chart. From the album Merry Christmas Everyone.

"Bionic Santa"	Chris Hill	1976	Peaked at No. 10 on the Official Singles Chart.

"Blue Christmas"	Elvis Presley	1964	Peaked at No. 11 in the 1964 Christmas Chart

"Boots"	The Killers	2010	Peaked at No. 53 on the Official Singles Chart.

"Christmas Alphabet"	Dickie Valentine	1955	A Christmas No. 1 single on the Official Singles Chart in 1955. Covered in the US by The McGuire Sisters.

"Christmas and You"	Dave King	1956	Peaked at No. 23 on the Official Singles Chart in December 1956.

"Christmas Baby Please Come Home"	Michael Bublé	2011	Peaked at No. 47 on the Official Singles Chart in December 2011.

"Christmas Countdown"	Frank Kelly	1982	Peaked at No. 26 on the Official Singles Chart in December 1983 but first released in Ireland a year earlier.

"Christmas in Blobbyland"	Mr Blobby	1995	Peaked at No. 36 on the Official Singles Chart in December 1995.

"Christmas in Dreadland"	Judge Dread	1975	Peaked at No. 14 on the Official Singles Chart in December 1975.

"Christmas in Hollis"	Run–D.M.C.	1987	Peaked at No. 56 on the Official Singles Chart in December 1987.

"Christmas in Smurfland"	Father Abraham & The Smurfs	1978	Peaked at No. 19 on the Official Singles Chart in December 1978.

"Christmas Is All Around"	Billy Mack	2003	Recorded for the film Love Actually. Peaked at No. 23 on the Official Singles Chart.

"Christmas Island"	Dickie Valentine	1956	Peaked at No. 8 on the Official Singles Chart in December 1956.

"A Christmas Kiss"	Daniel O'Donnell	1999

"Christmas Lights"	Coldplay	2010	Digital download track which peaked at No. 13 on the Official Singles Chart for the week of 12 December 2010.

"Christmas Medley"	Weekend	1985	Peaked at No. 47 on the Official Singles Chart in December 1985.

"Christmas My Arse"	Ricky Tomlinson	2006	Video features Craig Phillips, first winner of TV's Big Brother series in the UK.

"Christmas on 45"	Holly and The Ivys	1981	Peaked at No. 40 on the Official Singles Chart in December 1981.

"Christmas Rappin'"	Kurtis Blow	1979	Peaked at No. 30 on the Official Singles Chart in December 1979.

"Christmas Rapping"	Dizzy Heights	1982	Peaked at No. 49 on the Official Singles Chart in December 1982.

"Christmas Song"	Gilbert O'Sullivan	1974	Peaked at No. 12 on the Official Singles Chart in 1974.

Christmas Song {Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire}"	Alexander O'Neill	1988	Peaked at No. 30 on the Official Singles Chart in December 1988.

"Christmas Spectre"	Jingle Belles	1983	Peaked at No. 37 on the Official Singles Chart in December 1983.

"Christmas Through Your Eyes"	Gloria Estefan	1992	Released as a double A side with "Miami Hit Mix". Peaked at No. 8 on the Official Singles Chart.

"Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)"	The Darkness	2003	Peaked at No. 2 on the Official Singles Chart.

"Christmas Time"	Bryan Adams	1985	Peaked at No. 55 on the Official Singles Chart in December 1985.

"Christmas Will Be Just Another Lonely Day"	Brenda Lee	1964	Peaked at No. 25 on the Official Singles Chart in December 1964.

"Christmas Wrapping"	The Waitresses	1981	Peaked on No. 45 on the Official Singles Chart in December 1982.

"Coldcut's Christmas Break"	Coldcut	1989

"Cruise Into Christmas Medley"	Jane McDonald	1998	Medley of "White Christmas", "Winter Wonderland" and "Sata Claus Is Coming To Town".

"December Brings Me Back to You"	Andy Abraham featuring Michael Underwood	2006	The GMTV Christmas single for host Michael Underwood, written and sung with X Factor star Andy Abraham. Charted at No.

"December Will Be Magic Again"	Kate Bush	1979	Not released until the Christmas season of 1980. The single peaked at No. 29 on the Official Singles Chart.

"December Song (I Dreamed of Christmas)"	George Michael	2009	Peaked at No. 14 on the Official Singles Chart

"Ding Dong, Ding Dong"	George Harrison	1974	This record – written by Harrison as a celebration of the New Year – peaked at No. 38 on the Official Singles Chart, thereby becoming the first single by a former member of The Beatles not to make the UK Top 30.

"Dominick the Donkey"	Lou Monte	1960	Peaked at No. 3 on the Official Singles Chart in 2011 as part of a campaign by Chris Moyles

"Do They Know It's Christmas?"	Band Aid	1984	A benefit recording by an all-star group to assist famine relief in Ethiopia; organized by Bob Geldof of the Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats.

"Don't Shoot Me Santa"	The Killers	2007	Peaked at No. 34 on the Official Singles Chart.

"Driving Home for Christmas"	Chris Rea	1988	Peaked at No. 53 on the Official Singles Chart in December 1988 as an EP.

"Fairytale of New York"	The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl	1987	Written by Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan. Peaked at No.

"Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me"	The Goodies	1974	Peaked at No. 7 on the Official Singles Chart. Part of a double A-side.

"Fifty Grand for Christmas"	Paul Holt	2004

"Footprints in the Snow"	Johnny Duncan & The Bluegrass Boys	1957	Peaked at No. 27 on the Official Singles Chart.

"Gaudete"	Steeleye Span	1972	First charted on the Official Singles Chart in December 1973, peaking at No. 14.

"Gift of Christmas, The"	Childliners	1995	Peaked at No. 9 on the Official Singles Chart.

"Give U One 4 Christmas"	Hot Pantz	2005	Peaked at No. 64 on the Official Singles Chart.

"Hallelujah"	Alexandra Burke	2008	This version and a Jeff Buckley version occupied the top two spots on the 2008 Christmas Day chart.

"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"	John and Yoko and The Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir	1971	Written by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Originally charted on the Official Singles Chart in December 1972, peaking at No.

"Have a Cheeky Christmas"	Cheeky Girls	2003	Peaked at No. 10 on the Official Singles Chart.

"Hey Mr. Christmas"	Showaddywaddy	1974	Peaked at No. 13 in the Christmas 1974 Official Singles Chart.

"Hokey Cokey"	The Snowmen	1981	Peaked at No. 18 on the 1981 Christmas Official Singles Chart. Black Lace's version peaked at No. 31 in 1985.

"I Believe in Christmas"	The Tweenies	2001	Peaked at No. 9 on the Official Singles Chart.

"I Believe in Father Christmas"	Greg Lake	1975	Written by Greg Lake and Peter Sinfield. Peaked at No.

"I Got You Babe"	Bo' Selecta	2004	Second Christmas single released by Bo' Selecta, featuring Davina McCall and Patsy Kensit

"I Have Forgiven Jesus"	Morrissey	2004	Peaked at No. 10 on the 2004 UK December chart.

"I Love Christmas"	Fast Food Rockers	2003	Peaked at No. 25 on the Official Singles Chart.

"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"	Jimmy Boyd	1952	Peaked at No. 6 on the Official Singles Chart in December 1953.

"I Want an Alien For Christmas"	Fountains of Wayne	1997	Peaked at No. 36 on the Official Singles Chart.

"I Was Born on Christmas Day"	Saint Etienne co-starring Tim Burgess	1993	Peaked at No. 37 on the Official Singles Chart in December 1993.

"I Wish It Could Be a Wombling Merry Christmas Everyday"	The Wombles with Roy Wood	2000	A newly recorded combination of "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" and "Wombling Merry Christmas".

"I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday"	Wizzard	1973	Featuring backing vocals by the Suedettes, plus the Stockland Green Bilateral School First Year Choir, with additional noises by Miss. Snob and Class 3C.

"If Every Day Was Like Christmas"	Elvis Presley	1966	Peaked at No. 13 in the 1966 Christmas Chart

"I'm Walking Backwards For Christmas"	The Goons	1956	Peaked at No. 4 in 1956

"In Dulci Jubilo"	Mike Oldfield	1975	Peaked at No. 4 on the Official Singles Chart in early 1976.

"Is This Christmas?"	The Wombats	2008

"It Doesn't Often Snow at Christmas"	Pet Shop Boys	1997	Peaked at No. 40 on the Official Singles Chart in December 2009.

"It Won't Seem Like Christmas Without You"	Elvis Presley	1968	The first posthumous UK top 40 hit to feature the word Christmas when peaking at No. 13 in the 1979 Official Singles Chart.

"It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"	Perry Como	1951	First charted on the Official Singles Chart in 2007, but peaked at No. 47 in 2008.

"It's Christmas Time"	Status Quo	2008

"It's Gonna Be A Cold Cold Christmas"	Dana	1975	Peaked at No. 4 on the Official Singles Chart in 1975.

"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"	Andy Williams	1963	Peaked at No. 21 on the 2007 Christmas charts.

"It Must Be Santa"	Joan Regan	1961	Peaked at No. 42 on the Official Singles Chart.

"Jingle Bell Rock"	Max Bygraves	1959	Peaked at No. 7 in the 1959 Christmas Chart; however, the many American versions that did not chart in the UK are now more widely known from frequent use on television and in films.

"Jingle Bells"	Basshunter	2006	Peaked at No. 34 on the 2008 Christmas chart.

"Keeping The Dream Alive"	Freiheit	1988	A UK hit single at Christmas 1988, peaking at number 14; originally recorded in the German language a year earlier. Although it has no Christmas-themed lyrics, the song's distinctly Christmassy feel, coupled with the time of year when it was originally released, gradually led it to be regarded as a Christmas hit and has resulted in its being featured on several UK Christmas compilation albums such as Christmas Top 100.

"Last Christmas"	Wham!	1984	Written by George Michael. Peaked at No.

"Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow"	Dean Martin	1959	Peaked at No. 70 on the Official Singles Chart in 2011. Originally released on Martin's 1959 album A Winter Romance.

"Let's Party"	Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers	1989	A medley of three Christmas hits: "Merry Xmas Everybody" by Slade, "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" by Wizzard and finally "Another Rock and Roll Christmas" by Gary Glitter.

"Lick a Smurp for Christmas"	Father Abraphart & The Smurps	1978	A Jonathan King spoof of the Smurfs. Peaked at No. 58 on the Official Singles Chart.

"Little Donkey"	Beverley Sisters	1959	Peaked at No. 14, Gracie Fields' version peaked at No.

"Little Town"	Cliff Richard	1982	A contemporary reworking of the Victorian carol O Little Town of Bethlehem, peaked at No. 11 on the 1982 Christmas Official Singles Chart.

"Little Drummer Boy"	Pipes & Drums & Military Band of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards	1972	Peaked at No. 13 in the 1972 Official Singles Chart.

"Lonely Pup (In a Christmas Shop)"	Adam Faith with the Children	1960	Peaked at No. 4 on the Official Singles Chart in December 1960.

"Lonely This Christmas"	Mud	1974	A Christmas No. 1 single on the Official Singles Chart in 1974.

"Make a Daft Noise for Christmas"	The Goodies	1975	Peaked at No. 20 on the Official Singles Chart.

"Mary's Boy Child"	Harry Belafonte	1957	Written by Jester Hairston. Spent seven weeks at No.

"Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord"	Boney M.	1978	A disco medley. The previous entry combined with a new song written by Frank Farian and Fred Jay.

"The Meaning of Christmas"	Boris Gardiner	1986	Peaked at No. 69 on the Official Singles Chart.

"Merry Christmas Darling"	The Carpenters	1970	Peaked at No. 45 in the 1972 Christmas Official Singles Chart.

"Merry Christmas Everyone"	Shakin' Stevens	1985	Produced by Dave Edmunds. A Christmas No. 1 single on the Official Singles Chart in 1985.

"Merry Gentle Pops"	The Barron Knights	1965	Novelty hit, which peaked at No. 9 in the 1965 Christmas chart.

"A Merry Jingle"	The Greedies	1979	Charity single recorded by members of Thin Lizzy and Sex Pistols. It peaked at No.

"Merry Xmas Everybody"	Slade	1973	Written by Noddy Holder and Jim Lea. A Christmas No.

"The Millennium Prayer"	Cliff Richard	1999	Topped the Official Singles Chart in December 1999.

"Mistletoe"	Justin Bieber	2011	Peaked at No. 21 on the Official Singles Chart in 2011.

"Mistletoe and Wine"	Cliff Richard	1988	A Christmas No. 1 single on the Official Singles Chart in 1988.

"Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo"	Mr. Hankey	1999	Peaked at No. 4 on the Official Singles Chart in 1999.

"Must Be Santa"	Tommy Steele	1960	Peaked at No. 40 on the Official Singles Chart.

"Naughty Christmas (Goblin in the Office)"	Fat Les	1998

"New Year"	Sugababes	2000

"Never Mind the Presents"	Barron Knights	1980	Novelty hit parody of various hits of the year. Peaked at No. 17 on the 1980 Official Singles Chart.

"Once Upon a Christmas Song"	Geraldine	2008	Entered and peaked at No. 5 on the 2008 Christmas chart.

"Once Upon a Long Ago"	Paul McCartney	1987	As with a previous Christmas McCartney hit, Pipes of Peace, the song itself makes no mention of Christmas but was released for the Christmas market with a strongly Christmas themed video, peaking at No.

"One More Sleep"	Leona Lewis	2013	Peaked at No. 3 on the Official Singles Chart in December 2013.

"One Nine For Santa"	Fogwell Flax & The Ankle Biters from Frehold Junior School	1981	Peaked at No. 68 on the Official Singles Chart in 1981.

"Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy"	David Bowie and Bing Crosby	1982	Peaked at No. 3 on the Official Singles Chart in December 1982.

"Pipes of Peace"	Paul McCartney	1983	Released for the 1983 Christmas market, but only topped the Official Singles Chart in January 1984. The song did not actually make any reference to Christmas but its accompanying video depicted the 1914 Christmas Day truce between British and German soldiers on the Western front.

"Please Come Home For Christmas"	Bon Jovi	1994	Peaked at No. 7 on the Official Singles Chart in December 1994.

"The Perfect Year"	Dina Carroll	1993	From the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Sunset Boulevard. Also recorded by Glenn Close and Alan Campbell on the 2001 album Andrew Lloyd Webber: Gold.

"The Power Of Love"	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	1984	Peaked at No. 1 on the Official Singles Chart in December 1984.

"Pretty Paper"	Roy Orbison	1964	Peaked at No. 6 on the Official Singles Chart in December 1964.

"Proper Crimbo"	Bo' Selecta!	2003	The promotional music video features guest appearances from various celebrities including Edith Bowman, Chris Moyles, Bob Geldof, Mel B, Christine Hamilton, Craig Phillips and Jimmy Carr.

"Remembering Christmas"	Exeter Bramdean Boys' Choir	1993	Peaked at No. 46 on the Official Singles Chart.

"Renta Santa"	Chris Hill	1975	Peaked at No. 10 on the Official Singles Chart.

"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"	Brenda Lee	1958	Peaked at No. 3 on the Official Singles Chart in 1965.

"Rockin' Good Christmas"	Roy 'Chubby' Brown	1996	Peaked at No. 51 on the Official Singles Chart.

"Same Old Lang Syne"	Dan Fogelberg	1980	Despite reaching the Top 10 of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in February 1981, the song didn't chart on the Official Singles Chart in the UK until 2008, peaking at No.

"Santa Baby"	Kylie Minogue	2007	Originally recorded in 2000 as part of the Top of the Pops Christmas Special was released a b-side to her single "Please Stay" which peaked at No.10.

"Santa, Bring My Baby Back to Me"	Elvis Presley	1957	Peaked at No. 7 on the Official Singles Chart.

"Santa Claus Is Back in Town"	Elvis Presley	1957	Peaked at No. 41 on the Official Singles Chart in 1980.

"Santa Claus is Comin' to Town"	Bruce Springsteen	1985	Peaked at No. 9 on the Official Singles Chart in December 1985.

"Santa Claus Is on the Dole"	Spitting Image	1986	With "1st Atheist Tabernacle Choir" on the B-side.

"Santa Tell Me"	Ariana Grande	2014	Initially peaked at 68 in 2014. It re-entered the charts at 90 in 2016.

"Santa's Coming for Us"	Sia	2017	Peaked at No.39 on the Christmas chart in 2017

"Santa's List"	Cliff Richard	2003	Peaked at No.5

"Santo Natale"	David Whitfield	1954	Literally translates to Merry Christmas and was a double A with "O Come All Ye Faithful". Was kept off the 1954 Christmas number one spot by Winifred Atwell's Let's Have Another Party.

"Saviour's Day"	Cliff Richard	1990	A Christmas No. 1 single on the Official Singles Chart in 1990.

"Silent Night"	Bing Crosby	1952	Peaked at No. 8 in the first ever UK Christmas chart of 1952 under the title Silent Night – Holy Night.

"Silver Bells"	Sir Terry Wogan & Aled Jones	2009	Peaked at No. 29 on the Christmas Day chart in 2009.

"Singalong-A-Santa"	Santa Claus & The Christmas Trees	1982	Peaked at No. 19 on the Official Singles Chart.

"Singalong-A-Santa Again"	Santa Claus & The Christmas Trees	1983	Peaked at No. 39 on the Official Singles Chart.

"Snowbound For Christmas"	Dickie Valentine	1957	Peaked at No. 28 in the 1957 Christmas Chart.

"Snow Coach"	Russ Conway	1959	Peaked at No. 7 on the Official Singles Chart.

"Snowbird"	Anne Murray	1969	Canadian Christmas Chart Topper, which Peaked at No. 23 on the 1970 Official Singles Chart.

"A Spaceman Came Travelling"	Chris de Burgh	1975	Originally released on Chris de Burgh's second studio album, Spanish Train and Other Stories (1975). Became a Top 40 pop hit single on the Official Singles Chart in December 1986 following the success of de Burgh's UK No.

"Stay Another Day"	East 17	1994	Topped the Official Singles Chart in December 1994. It has no Christmas-themed lyrics, although it has a Christmas themed video as well as an alternative video that has no Christmas theme.

"Step Into Christmas"	Elton John	1973	The B-side of the 1973 single contained another holiday tune by Elton titled "Ho Ho Ho (Who'd Be a Turkey at Christmas)".

"Stop the Cavalry"	Jona Lewie	1980	Peaked at No. 3 on the Official Singles Chart in December 1980.

"Thank God It's Christmas"	Queen	1984	Peaked at No. 21 on the Official Singles Chart in December 1984.

"This One's for the Children"	New Kids on the Block	1990	Peaked at No. 9 on the Official Singles Chart in December 1990.

"2000 Miles"	Pretenders	1983	Peaked at No. 15 on the Official Singles Chart in December 1983.

"Under the Tree"	The Water Babies	2005

"Underneath the Tree"	Kelly Clarkson	2013	Peaked at No. 30 on the Official Singles Chart in December 2013.

"The Very First Christmas of All"	Ruby Murray	1955	Peaked at No. 9

"Virgin Mary"	Lonnie Donegan	1960	Peaked at No. 27

"Walking in the Air"	Peter Auty and the Sinfonia of London	1982	From the 1982 film adaptation of The Snowman. Reached its highest chart position in 1987.

"Warm This Winter"	Gabriella Cilmi	2008	Cover of the 1962 Connie Francis song originally titled I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter. Top 30 hit on the 2008 Christmas chart.

"What Are We Gonna Get 'Er Indoors" (Interpolating "In The Bleak Mid-Winter")	George Cole and Dennis Waterman	1983	A one-off single, a spin-off from the popular British TV series Minder, it was based musically on a piece by Gustav Holst, who for copyright reasons was given a joint co-composing credit on the label alongside the two performers.

"What If"	Kate Winslet	2001	Peaked at No. 6 on the Official Singles Chart in December 2001.

"When a Child Is Born"	Johnny Mathis	1976	Based on the instrumental "Soleado" by Italian composer Ciro Dammicco. English lyrics by Fred Jay.

"White Christmas"	Mantovani	1952	Peaked at No. 6 in the first ever UK Christmas chart in 1952.

"A Winter's Tale"	David Essex	1982	Peaked at No. 2 on the Official Singles Chart in January 1983.

"A Winter's Tale"	Queen	1995	Debuted and peaked at No. 6 on the Official Singles Chart during Christmas week in December 1995.

"Winter Wonderland"	Johnny Mathis	1958	Peaked at No. 17 on the Official Singles Chart but has been recorded by over 200 different artists.

"Winter World of Love"	Engelbert Humperdinck	1969	Peaked at No. 7 in the 1969 Christmas Chart

"Wombling Merry Christmas"	The Wombles	1974	Peaked at No. 2 on the Official Singles Chart in December 1974.

"Wonderful Christmastime"	Paul McCartney	1979	Peaked at No. 6 on the Official Singles Chart in December 1979.

"Your Christmas Wish"	The Smurfs	1996	Peaked at No. 8 on the 1996 Christmas Official Singles Chart.

"X-M@$"	Corey Taylor	2009	A UK top thirty hit in 2009

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In the UK singles chart, "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" (no.6, 1953) was a Christmas hit.

final_sentence: In the UK singles chart, "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" (no.6, 1953) was a Christmas hit.