Mariah Carey’s Christmas favourite, ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ has finally topped the UK music charts after 26 years knocking Ariana Grande’s Positions off the top spot.
Mariah was really happy to hear the news and said: “Happy Christmas UK! We finally made it!”
“We are keeping the Christmas spirit alive together despite how dismal the year’s been.”
But, is All I Want For Christmas your favourite festive tune or is it something else?
New YouGov research puts the song in second place of its ‘Best Christmas Song‘ poll with 8% of the vote. However the track proves the most popular track with younger Britons, winning 24% of the vote among those aged 18-24.
Clear favourite for the best Christmas song is Fairytale of New York, first performed by The Pogues and Kristy MacColl in 1988, taking 17% of the vote.
In third place is Last Christmas, first released by George Michael and Wham! with 7%, with this track also seeing greater appreciation among those aged 18-24 (13%).
White Christmas at 6% of the vote comes in fourth place. Closely followed by Merry Christmas Everybody, originally by Slade, tied with Bing Crosby’s Silent Night both on 5%.
Chris Rea, Driving home for Christmas came next with 4% of the vote and I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday taking 3% of the votes just above O’ Holy Night and I Believe in Father Christmas taking 2%.
What is your favourite Christmas song?
