The Beatles, Queen and The Pogues have some of the UK’s biggest selling Christmas singles, the Official Charts Company has confirmed.
The Top 20 will hold no surprises for any festive shoppers, but it does confirm the original Do They Know It’s Christmas? as the top seller, closely followed by Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody. The Beatles, who dominated the traditional Christmas number one at the height of Beatlemania, have three tracks on the list.
Surely the greatest hit of them all – Fairytale Of New York – sits at #16. You really should be listening to The Pogues all year round though, and if you’re curious as to why check out our feature right here.
UK’s best selling Christmas singles, Top 20:
1/ Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas?
2/ Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
3/ Wings – Mull Of Kintyre
4/ Boney M – Mary’s Boy Child/Oh My Lord
5/ The Beatles – I Want To Hold Your Hand
6/ Wham! – Last Christmas
7/ The Human League – Don’t You Want Me?
8/ Whitney Houston – I Will Always Love You
9/ The Beatles – I Feel Fine
10/ The Beatles – We Can Work It Out/Day Tripper
11/ Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody
12/ Alexandra Burke – Hallelujah
13/ Tom Jones – Green, Green Grass Of Home
14/ Michael Jackson – Earth Song
15/ Harry Belafonte – Mary’s Boy Child
16/ The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale Of New York
17/ Band Aid 20 – Do They Know It’s Christmas?
18/ Pink Floyd – Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)
19/ Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas Is You
20/ The Spice Girls – 2 Become 1