THERE’S SOMETHING SPECIAL about the Christmas number one. 

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It means so much more than any other week of the year, and that’s potentially because it get revisited every year around this time. 

And with that in mind, we decided to look back through the musical archives at what everyone was bopping to in the years gone by.  

It’s been a fairly mixed bunch over the years with pretty much every genre making an appearance. And we can’t help but get nostalgic hearing some of these chart-toppers again. 

So, from Christmas classics to forgotten pop gems, we’d be very surprised if you didn’t remember the majority of these hits. 

1980 St Winifred’s School Choir – There’s No-one Quite Like Grandma

1981 ABBA – One of Us

1982 Renee and Renato – Save Your Love

1983 Flying Pickets – Only You

1984 Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas?

1985 Dermot Morgan – Thank You Very Much Mr. Eastwood

1986 The Housemartins – Caravan of Love

1987 The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale of New York

1988 Cliff Richard – Mistletoe and Wine

1989 Band Aid II – Do They Know It’s Christmas?

1990 Zig and Zag -The Christmas No.1

1991 Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody / These Are the Days of Our Lives

1992 Whitney Houston – I Will Always Love You

1993 Take That – Babe

1994 East 17 – Stay Another Day

1995 Boyzone – Father and Son

1996 Spice Girls – 2 Become 1

1997 Various artists for Children in Need – Perfect Day

1998 Spice Girls – Goodbye

1999 Westlife – I Have a Dream

2000 Eminem – Stan

2001 Kate Winslet – What If

2002 Eminem – Lose Yourself

2003 Will Young – Leave Right Now

2004 Band Aid 20 – Do They Know It’s Christmas?

2005 Mario Rosenstock – Gift Grub/Leave Right Now

2006 Leona Lewis – A Moment Like This

2007 Leon Jackson – When You Believe

2008 Alexandra Burke – Hallelujah

2009 Joe McElderry – The Climb

2010 Matt Cardle – When We Collide

2011 Little Mix – Cannonball

2012 James Arthur – Impossible

2013 Sam Bailey – Skyscraper

2014 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk

2015 Justin Bieber – Love Yourself

2016 Clean Bandit ft.Sean Paul and Anne-Marie – Rockabye

2017 Ed Sheeran – Perfect