Mariah Carey, Wizzard and Wham! are revealed as Britain's top Christmas songs - but does your festive favourite make the list?
Share:
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) asked people which songs or pieces of music were their go-to choices to mark the start of the festive period this year. Duo George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley's number one hit came top, with 40% of people selecting the 1980s ballad Last Christmas as their choice.
![[Duo George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley 's number one hit came top, with 40% of people selecting the 1980s ballad Last Christmas as their choice (Mariah Carey pictured 1994)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/15/19/93172803-14195337-Duo_George_Michael_and_Andrew_Ridgeley_s_number_one_hit_came_top-m-19_1734290489202.jpg)
Next to make the poll in second position were Anglo-Irish punks The Pogues with their hit, Fairytale Of New York, and British rock band Wizzard's I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday, which both got a 36% vote. At third was All I Want for Christmas Is You by US singer Mariah Carey; while Silent Night, Canadian singer Michael Buble's It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas and Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas tied for fourth.
![[Next to make the poll in second position were Anglo-Irish punks The Pogues with their hit, Fairytale Of New York, (pictured) and British rock band Wizzard's I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday, which both got a 36% vote.]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/15/19/93172825-14195337-image-a-20_1734290530945.jpg)
The next spot on the chart among the 2,000 asked went to classic song White Christmas from American singer and actor Bing Crosby. Also featuring on the list were: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Suite; Shakin' Stevens' Merry Christmas Everyone; John and Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band's Happy Xmas (War Is Over) along with the carols Away In A Manger; Once In Royal David's City; O Holy Night; and O Come, All Ye Faithful.
![[At third was All I Want for Christmas Is You by US singer Mariah Carey ; while Silent Night, Canadian singer Michael Buble's It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas and Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas tied for fourth (Wizzard pictured)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/15/19/93172931-14195337-image-a-23_1734290936685.jpg)
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) asked people which songs or pieces of music were their go-to choices to mark the start of the festive period this year (Wham! pictured). Duo George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley 's number one hit came top, with 40% of people selecting the 1980s ballad Last Christmas as their choice (Mariah Carey pictured 1994).
![[The next spot on the chart among the 2,000 asked went to classic song White Christmas from American singer and actor Bing Crosby (pictured left)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/15/19/93172947-14195337-image-a-24_1734290994394.jpg)
