Okay, it’s getting near Christmas so I figured it’s about time I started putting on Christmas music.
This track was released in 1987. It is often called the best Christmas song of all time, and it is a collaboration between a Celtic Punk band and a late British singer. The song follows an Irish Immigrant’s thoughts on Christmas Eve as he is sitting in a cell after being inebriated. The song seems to be set around the 1940’s and features the New York City Pipes and Drums unit. Matt Dillon also features in the video. This song has made the charts in the UK in 1987, 1991, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. When the track was released in 2005, all proceeds were split between homeless charities and a justice charity to help to find the truth behind the British singer’s death. It is currently back in the charts making the single to have had the most amount of weeks in the charts of all time – currently 54 accumulated weeks.
#1 VH1 greatest Christmas song 2004, 2005, 2006
#11 Channel 4 (UK) 100 greatest Christmas moments
#27 Greatest Christmas songs never to make it to #1
#23 VH1 greatest lyrics
#29 Noddy Holder‘s Big Christmas 50
#1 2008 UK favourite Christmas song
#1 song of the 80’s in 2008
The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl – Fairy Tale of New York
A Mixed Bag 