WednesdayAre Wham number 1 at the moment with Mariah at 2, and The Pogues at 3 or am I looking at the wrong thing?
Also, do we have any midweeks for this week?
Which is...?My favourite Christmas song rarely does ANYTHING.![]()
Isn't it BAD ENOUGH that Justin Bieber has one?Does Taylor Swift not have an actual Christmas song or did I dream that?
Which is...?
Christmas Tree FarmDoes Taylor Swift not have an actual Christmas song or did I dream that?
The songs basically chart in order they are on the heavily Americanised Spotify playlists, which are rarely updated, and most people are on auto-pilot or too lazy to make their own. Many UK artists will miss out on the charts every year because their songs aren’t included, and record labels don’t want artists to make new Christmas songs because they get ignored. Greg Lakes’s song probably isn’t on the playlists.Why does Greg Lake never do well any more? It's one of the few Christmas songs that is a genuine classic.
I mean, it's also no Cher - DJ Play a Christmas Song, is it?I Believe In Father Christmas isn't on the 100 track biggest Christmas playlist on Spotify called 'Christmas Hits'. It is on the second playlist I'm offered called 'Christmas Is Coming', but only in 63rd position. And that playlist has 1.084m followers, compared to the first's 5.5m, so won't make anywhere as near as much impact.
As much as iTunes sales are small with the exception of big campaigns, I do find it interesting to see the order songs chart there, compared to Spotify playlists. Greg Lake is only #161 on iTunes.
But then of course there must come a point where if people aren't being exposed to a song, it gets largely forgotten about, and I can see that happening to a lot of the older British Christmas hits which used to be in regular rotation. And Greg Lake was always one I remember from my childhood, and that was frequently on compilation CDs.
These days I suspect it doesn't get heard much outside of Smooth Radio.
It's similar in as much as nobody is showing any interest in streaming either of them.I mean, it's also no Cher - DJ Play a Christmas Song, is it?
Christmas Tree Farm![]()
Then you’ll be pleased to know they are releasing 32 versions of it.I've had the Krackpots song in my head for the last three days. Proper catchy.
Then you’ll be pleased to know they are releasing 32 versions of it.
Or even just (or hell, why not BOTH) have a playlist of New Christmas Songs - I know people would largely default to the old faithfuls, but some people would be curious and give it a go.I do wish that Spotify etc would prioritise recent Christmas releases just to mix it up a bit every year. (not including charity novelty records)
I'm not the biggest fan of the Cher song, but it absolutely should be high up on the playlists at least for this year.
Yes, considering I'm comparing to 2021, I think it's true to say that younger people (and probably most older ones who frequently listen to music) were already more than comfortable with Spotify and streaming by that point. I think probably the growth has come from older people and more casual music fans who are more likely to listen to Christmas music, and perhaps playlists generally.I assume it may be the older generation slowly moves to streaming over time, so we tend to see more older songs streamed these days relative to newbies? It looks like the #100 of the year is going to ‘sell’ north of 400k, and from memory a year or two ago that was about 50k lower. But weekly ‘sales’ in the top end of the chart seem significantly down from 2020/2021 or so?
That might explain Christmas as potentially those people 30+ are possibly more likely to stream Xmas music in a higher % than teenagers etc? Of course, this could be simply bullshit and not true at all![]()