There are many fairly unpopular Christmas primary songs – and now Brits have selected the highest 15 songs they dislike essentially the most
Kylie Minogue’s ‘XMAS’ has topped the 2025 Christmas charts beating competitors from Wham’s ‘Final Christmas ‘ and Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Need For Christmas is You’.
Within the wake of the announcement, Brits have voted for the worst Christmas chart toppers over the previous half a century. And it is unhealthy information for Mr Blobby and his self-titled hit ‘Mr Blobby’ which claimed prime spot again in 1993.
Noel Edmunds’ pink and yellow sidekick – made well-known by hit 90s TV present ‘Noel’s Home Celebration’ – overwhelmingly received the ballot of yuletide misfires with over 1 / 4 of the votes (28%).
And novelty tracks dominated the highest ten record. Bob the Builder, voiced by Neil Morrissey, took the runners-up spot with ‘Can We Repair It?’ from the 12 months 2000; it was voted for by one in 4 respondents (25%).
That was earlier than a spate of 5 tunes by pastry-themed fundraising parodies LadBaby together with; ‘I Love Sausage Rolls’ (23%), ‘Don’t Cease Me Eatin’ (22%), ‘Sausage Rolls For Everybody’ (22%) ‘Meals Help’ (21%) and ‘We Constructed This Metropolis (…on Sausage Rolls)’ (19%).
The ballot of two,000 Brits, which was performed by all-in-one banking app thinkmoney, additionally listed festive hits by The Spice Ladies, Sir Cliff Richard and Rage Towards The Machine within the prime 15 Christmas primary songs we’re probably to show off.
The banking app labored alongside Marc Burrows, music journalist and creator of ‘The Story of the Christmas #1’ on the research.
He stated: “These outcomes show one thing which may shock folks, particularly after we’re discussing Christmas hits: the British public typically has fairly good style in music!
“We are likely to affiliate Christmas Quantity One with the actual musical crimes, like Mr Blobby and St Winnifred’s College Choir, however whereas these hits is perhaps memorable, it’s for all of the fallacious causes… nearly no-one really desires to take heed to them. When was the final time you heard Mr Blobby on the radio?
“Individuals have been joyful to assist the LadBaby singles for 5 years in a row as a result of they raised cash for a great trigger, however it’s encouraging to see that no person really appreciated them. They’re dad-jokes for charity, and it’s wonderful to allow them to go. All of those songs have served their objective, and it seems that we’re joyful to by no means hear them ever once more.”
In keeping with the outcomes, the Christmas primary we dislike the least is ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ by Queen (6%) which attain the summit in each 1975 and 1991.
That was adopted by Shakin’ Stevens 1985 hit ‘Merry Christmas Everybody’ (8%) and Band Help’s ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’ (8%) from 1984.
Vix Leyton, shopper skilled at thinkmoney stated: “Lots of Christmas songs are hardwired into us by nostalgia and behavior, constructed on the foundations of the one Christmas album each household had pre-streaming.
“In usually British trend, while we’d complain about overplay fatigue, we is not going to relinquish them, even those we like to hate. And with streaming bringing ghosts of Christmas previous again into the charts, it actually lays naked the place the festive favourites are – Ladbaby needn’t be ready by the entrance door for a cheque from Spotify.
“Christmas music has seen one thing of a revival in up to date pop over the past decade, with Ariana Grande, Kelly Clarkson and Sabrina Carpenter becoming a member of the canon with out reaching the highest spot; while novelty songs, charity efforts and campaigns for Christmas primary will seemingly proceed, it stays to be seen if any new Festive providing will overcome our loyalty to the classics and take prime spot.”
CHRISTMAS NUMBER ONES WE DISLIKE THE MOST:
- Mr Blobby – Mr Blobby
- Bob The Builder – Can We Repair it?
- Lad Child – I Love Sausage Rolls
- Lad Child – Do not Cease Me Eatin’
- Lad Child – Sausage Rolls For Everybody
- Lad Child – Meals Help
- Lad Child – We Constructed This Metropolis (…on Sausage Rolls)
- Renee & Renato – Save Your Love
- Cliff Richard – Saviour’s Day
- Cliff Richard – Mistletoe & Wine
- Rage Towards The Machine – Killing In The Title Of
- Spice Ladies – Goodbye
- Shayne Ward – That is My Aim
- Spice Ladies – 2 change into 1
- Sam Bailey – Skyscraper
