Northampton students top 10 Christmas jingle jams
With the holiday season upon us, we couldn’t help but bust out the Christmas playlist early. We were interested to find out which songs are our students’ festive favourites, so we made a poll and tallied up their votes! Here is a count down to the top 10
10. Darlene Love — Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
You might not recognise it from the title, but we guarantee you’ve heard it before. This sweet song was featured in our favourite Christmas movie series ‘Home Alone’, as well as ‘Bad Santa’ (2003), ‘Christmas with the Cranks’ (2004) and ‘Goodfellas’ (1990).
9. Chris Rea — Driving Home for Christmas
This is the ultimate tune to get you in the festive spirit, as many students will be travelling home for the holidays. We’re loving all the snow in this music video, as it really sets a wintry scene.
8. Jona Lewie — Stop the Cavalry
A bit of a political one at number 8, but it’s hard not to feel excited for Christmas when you hear the sound of the brass and wind instruments! The low melodic tunes in Jona Lewie’s ‘Stop the Cavalry’ are super easy to hum along to, even if you don’t know the lyrics.
7. The Darkness — Christmas Time
A proper Christmas cracker that surprised us all in 2003; The Darkness won second place in the race for the Christmas #1, but have only ranked 7th in our student’s list. It seems like it’s a bit like Marmite…you either love it or you hate it.
6. Band Aid — Do They Know it’s Christmas.
Written in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure as awareness for the 1983–84 famine in Ethiopia, the song has since become a popular crimbo hit featuring a super group of singing celebrities. It stays relevant with its poignant message, as well as a reboot every few years with some more modern singers. Which is your favourite version?
5. Brenda Lee — Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
We’re halfway into our top 10 with a true Christmas classic. Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree has been apart of the soundtrack to a few festive films, such as ‘Home Alone’ (1990) and ‘The Holiday’ (2006). We certainly do feel jolly listening to this jingle.
4. Wizzard — I Wish it Could be Christmas Everyday
Although it was beaten for the #1 in 1973 by Slade’s ‘Merry Xmas Everybody’, we think that you can’t have a Christmas party without this cheesy tune. Even the costumes have us eager for a visit from Father Christmas!
The Top 3
These songs received a combined total of 210 votes, which is more than all the other songs combined, including the ones that didn’t even make the list!
3. Wham! — Last Christmas (I Gave You My Heart)
Although Wham! got pipped to the post for the Christmas #1 in 1984 by Band Aid, our students think that it out-ranks Bob Geldof’s Christmas creation. Though, since George Michael took part in the charity song, they still technically featured in first and second place! How greedy.
2. The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale of New York
It may start out somber, but Fairytale of New York quickly has us all singing along when it picks up the beat with its hearty Irish folk sounds. It’s not hard to see how its made it to number 2 on our list when the song has reached the UK Top 20 thirteen different times since its release in 1987, including every year since 2015! Talk about popular.
- Mariah Carey — All I Want For Christmas (Is You)
Mariah is the chart topper of our list, with a whopping 91 votes! Released in 1994, it has quickly become labeled as a Christmas classic and it’s not hard to see why with it’s Ronettes vibes and jolly sounds. All I Want For Christmas has charted every year since its release, and Mariah even rebooted her song in 2011 with superstar Justin Bieber! The song was heavily featured in hit Christmas film ‘Love Actually’ (2003) and even used by Mariah as the basis for her own animated movie ‘Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You.’ (2017)
Listen to the playlist our students created on Spotify!
