How much do your favourite Christmas songs earn in royalties?

[Kronos]

1. Slade – ‘Merry Xmas Everybody’ £512,000
2. Pogues – Fairytale Of New York’ £386,270
3. Mariah Carey – ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ £347,615
4. Wham – ‘Last Christmas’ £301,622
5. Cliff Richard – ‘Mistletoe & Wine’ £98,408
6. Band Aid – ‘Do they Know It’s Christmas’ £78,030
7. Shakin’ Stevens – ‘Merry Christmas Everyone’ £53,834
8. Pretenders – ‘2000 Miles’ £45,344
9. East 17 – ‘Stay Another Day’ £30,219
10. John Lewie – ‘Stop The Calvary’ £13,258

I am surprised not to see Wizards great I wish it could be Christmas Everyday is not in the top ten though.

So what's your favourite Christmas tune then?

 

[Cosimo]

 

[Grimley]

I've no idea, 'cos my fave is this one (just to annoy the traditionalists)

 

[SexyGreyFox]

Where is White Christmas on that list because it is the second highest ever grossing song of all time only second to Happy Birthday.

 

[Cosimo]

Where is White Christmas on that list because it is the second highest ever grossing song of all time only second to Happy Birthday.

OP's chart shows royalties, 'Top Christmas earners for 2013 ' and not all time. The biggest selling of all time is:

1 Band Aid Do They Know It's Christmas? 1984/1985/2007
2 Boney M Mary's Boy Child 1978
3 Wham! Last Christmas 1984/1985/2007/2008/2009/2010
4 Harry Belafonte Mary's Boy Child 1957
5 Band Aid 20 Do They Know It's Christmas? 2004
6 Slade Merry Xmas Everybody 1973/1981/1983/1998/2006/2007/2008/2010
7 Bing Crosby White Christmas 1942/1977/1998
8 East 17 Stay Another Day 1994
9 Cliff Richard The Millennium Prayer 1999
10 Johnny Mathis When A Child Is Born 1976
11 John Lennon / Yoko Ono Happy Christmas (War Is Over) 1972/1980/1981/2003/2007
12 Jona Lewie Stop The Cavalry 1980
13 Cliff Richard Mistletoe And Wine 1988
14 Mud Lonely This Christmas 1974
15 Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl Fairytale of New York 1987/1991/2005/2006/2007/2008/2009/2010
16 Mariah Carey All I Want For Christmas Is You 1994/2007/2008/2009/2010
17 Paul McCartney Pipes Of Peace 1983
18 Shakin; Stevens Merry Christmas Everyone 1985/2007/2008
19 Wizzard I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day 1973/2007/2008
20 Band Aid II Do They Know It's Christmas? 1989
21 Greg Lake I Believe In Father Christmas 1975
22 Wombles Wombling Merry Christmas 1974
23 Shakin' Stevens Blue Christmas (Shakin' Stevens EP) 1982
24 David Bowie & Bing Crosby Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy 1982
25 The Darkness Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End) 2003
26 Jive Bunny Let's Party 1989
27 Cliff Richard Saviour's Day 1990
28 Paul McCartney Wonderful Christmas Time 1979
29 David Essex A Winter's Tale 1982
30 Aled Jones Walking In The Air 1985

 

[SexyGreyFox]

OP's chart shows royalties, 'Top Christmas earners for 2013 ' and not all time. The biggest selling of all time is:

Shirley that is just for Britain?
Most of those would never have gone out of this country.

 

[Terminal_Boy]

Oddly enough, The Anti-Nowhere League's cover of "The Streets Of London" didn't make the list of Xmas favourites.

 

[Cosimo]

Shirley that is just for Britain?
Most of those would never have gone out of this country.

Yup, for the UK only. Most of them would be too much to take for the Yanks.

More favourites:

 

[4T5]

Will always be the best Xmas song.

 

[Vonhelmet]

All I Want For Christmas Is You is an amazing song. I'd regard it as absolutely perfect if it weren't for one horribly tacky backing vocal in the second bar of the middle eight.

Merry Christmas Everyone by Shakin' Stevens is great - what a backbeat.

Also love In Dulce Jubilo by Mike Oldfield.

 

[Caged]

I can't stand Wizzard's offering, sorry.

And "The Most Offensive Song Ever" probably doesn't ever get played anywhere royalty payments would be made.

 

[Kobi]

I am surprised not to see Wizards great I wish it could be Christmas Everyday is not in the top ten though.

Now i seem to remember they earn about £20k per year. I'm sure it was discussed on a tv show last year.

 

[IrishChr1s]

Chris de Burgh - A spaceman came travelling

For some reason this is the song that makes my xmas.

 

[Nymins]

Greg Lake. Awesome

 

[weringo]

Where is White Christmas on that list because it is the second highest ever grossing song of all time only second to Happy Birthday.

It's over 70 years old so would no longer bring in royalties here.

 

[Sonea Fifer]

So what's your favourite Christmas tune then?

My favourite:

 

[arc@css]

I dislike most Christmas music, save for Slade's well known one. I also like A Winter's Tale. Jona Lewie's 'Calvary' song isn't too bad, I guess.

 

[Cosimo]

Greg Lake. Awesome