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Is your favourite song on Christmas FM’s top ten?

There are a few surprises in here…

Dec 1st 2012, 6:00 PM 17,566 Views 70 Comments

JOY TO THE World! Christmas FM is back on our airwaves.

Now in its fifth year, the station will provide Christmas tunes for the next four weeks in aid of ISPCC Childline.

They’ve let us in on what their top ten songs were last Christmas:

10. Shakin’ Stevens – Merry Christmas Everyone

YouTube/ShakinStevensVEVO

9. Bruce Springsteen – Santa Claus is Coming to Town

YouTube/StonePonyClub

8. Newsong – Christmas Shoes

YouTube/NewSongVEVO

7. Straight No Chaser – The Christmas Can Can

YouTube/SNCMUSIC

6. Elmo and Patsy – Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer

YouTube/ElmoPatsyVEVO

5. Jose Feliciano – Feliz Navidad

YouTube/Sokol1989

4. Wham – Last Christmas

YouTube/WhamVEVO

3. The Ronettes – Sleigh Ride

YouTube/xxonehotlennonxx

2. Mariah Carey – All I Want for Christmas is You

YouTube/MariahCareyVEVO

1. The Pogues and Kirtsy McColl – Fairytale of New York

YouTube/RhinoUK

Lloyd Byrne of ISPCC Childline with Christmas FM presenters Keith Shanley and Lucianne White

Christmas FM is available around the world on ChristmasFM.ie, via the mobile app, and you can listen around the country on the following frequencies:

Wexford – 103.8, Cork – 106.7, Dublin commuter belt – 88.1, Limerick – 105.5, Dublin city and county – 94.3. Galway 89.5

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Is your favourite song on Christmas FM’s top ten?

There are a few surprises in here…

10. Shakin’ Stevens – Merry Christmas Everyone