Daz Christmas Countdown 2020 (complete)

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15. (6.) Becky Hill - Forever Young
Becky Hill with a cover of the Alphaville classic from The McDonald's Christmas Advert

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14. (NE.) Good Charlotte - Last December
Another late release but comes straight in at #14, bit more of a bleak subject matter but very real considering the year we have all had

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13. (24.) Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard - Christmas is Coming (We All Know The Score)
Buzzard started as a studio project by Tibet bassist and multi-instrumentalist Tom Rees. After being particularly inspired by Norman Greenbaum’s “Spirit in the Sky”, Tom had the idea to dedicate a project entirely to the sound of mid-70’s rock records and they capture.

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12. (4.) Escape the Fate - Christmas Song
Another great pop punk entry, or as i like to call it festive emo

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11. (29.) Lux Lisbon - The. Worst. Christmas. Ever.
Ok last one for now, I will do my top 10 later. Newcastle based band fronted by Stuart Rook, I saw them live in Derby about 6 year ago now so I have a soft spot for them, another great song full of nostalgia

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TOP 10 TIME

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10. (18.) Twenty One Pilots - Christmas Saves The Year
Ok my Christmas lunch has settled and I'm eventually off the couch (for now), this one is pretty big with 3m streams on youtube in the last 3 weeks

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9. (13.) The Go! Team - Look Outside (A New Year's Coming)
The Go! Team are an English six-piece band from Brighton, England. They combine indie rock and garage rock with a mixture of blaxploitation and Bollywood soundtracks, double Dutch chants, old school hip hop and distorted guitars, They've been going for 20 year now and i always thought they had a Christmas song in them

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8. (5.) The Goo Goo Dolls - This Is Christmas
A great Xmas song this one, it has everything, great lyrics, christmassy instrumentation all wrapped up in the familiar at rock of the Goo Goo Dolls

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7. (9.) Circa Waves - Miss Christmas
Liverpool indie darlings with a very good original Christmas song thats grown on me over hte last few weeks

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6. (12.) Charly Bliss & PUP - It's Christmas And I f***ing Miss You
American four-piece power pop band Charly Bliss joined up with Canadian punk/emo band PUP to release this beauty

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5. (8.) New Found Glory - December's Here
late 90's/early 00s rock band New Found Glory have had a bit of a resurgence in recent years and i love their new album Forever + Ever x Infinity and they've gone one further with a Xmas song too

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4. (7.) Delta Goodrem - Only Santa Knows
Australian singer, songwriter, and actress released an entire full-length Christmas album, this one is a beauty 

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3. (2.) The Night Flight Orchestra - Paper Moon
Swedish 80's inspired rock band from Helsingborg are here to save Christmas, amazing these guys are in death metal band Soilwork! this is pure 70s/80s AOR

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2. (3.) Fionn - Winter Love
Fionn are young women with old souls. Their sound is rooted in classic folk, the Canadian twin sisters are regulars in my chart so im loving their Christmas song

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1. (1.) Blossoms - Christmas Eve (Soul Purpose)
My #1 is no surprise its been in and around the top spot since week 1, an absolute modern classic Christmas song? but did i enter it in Haven Xmasvision? guess we will soon find out

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FINAL CHRISTMAS CHART

1. (1.) Blossoms - Christmas Eve (Soul Purpose)
2. (3.) Fionn - Winter Love
3. (2.) The Night Flight Orchestra - Paper Moon
4. (7.) Delta Goodrem - Only Santa Knows
5. (8.) New Found Glory - December's Here
6. (12.) Charly Bliss & PUP - It's Christmas And I f***ing Miss You
7. (9.) Circa Waves - Miss Christmas
8. (5.) The Goo Goo Dolls - This Is Christmas
9. (13.) The Go! Team - Look Outside (A New Year's Coming)
10. (18.) Twenty One Pilots - Christmas Saves The Year
11. (29.) Lux Lisbon - The. Worst. Christmas. Ever.
12. (4.) Escape the Fate - Christmas Song
13. (24.) Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard - Christmas is Coming (We All Know The Score)
14. (NE.) Good Charlotte - Last December
15. (6.) Becky Hill - Forever Young
16. (20.) Julian Lennon - To The Good Old Days (feat. Dennis DeYoung)
17. (23.) The Cribs - Christmas (All Year Long)
18. (22.) The Offspring - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
19. (15.) Beverley Knight - A Christmas Wish 
20. (NE.) Little Boots - Christmas Will Be Different
21. (25.) Alex Lahey - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)
22. (10.) Gwen Stefani - Here This Christmas
23. (32.) Scouting For Girls - Xmas in the 80's
24. (11.) The Academic - Lonely This Christmas
25. (NE.) Carla J Easton ft Eugene Kelly from The Vaselines - When It's Starting To Snow
26. (33.) Lauran Hibberd - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
27. (14.) Goo Goo Dolls - Christmas All Over Again
28. (NE.) Crocodiles - Christmas In Hell
29. (19.) Silverstein - November
30. (21.) Bear's Den - Christmas, Hopefully
31. (36.) Bastille - Merry Xmas Everybody
32. (41.) Poppy - I Like Presents
33. (16.) Sam Fender - Winter Song
34. (NE.) Twilight Creeps - Poison in the Mistletoe
35. (37.) Snoop Dogg - Doggy Dogg Christmas
36. (40.) Scouting For Girls - Kids at Christmas Pt.2
37. (NE.) The Grapes & Friends - Next Christmas
38. (17.) Paul Heaton, Jacqui Abbott - Christmas (And Dad Wants Her Back)
39. (26.) Red Rum Club - Last Christmas
40. (44.) Slim Jim Phantom & Jennie Vee - Have a Rockabilly Christmas
41. (27.) Grizfolk - All I Want for Christmas is a Rock Show (feat. Kyle Gass)
42. (NE.) Neil Young, Stray Gators - Goodbye Christians on the Shore
43. (31.) Tegan and Sara - Make You Mine This Season
44. (28.) All Good Things - Are You Coming Home (Silent Night)
45. (NE.) We Are The Union - I'm Working Retail for Christmas
46. (30.) Hootie & The Blowfish, Abigail Hodges - Won't Be Home For Christmas
47. (35.) Blossoms - It’s Going To Be A Cold Winter
48. (NE). New Ron - Christmas, man
49. (NE.) The Eli Lillies - Christmas Is the Season of Love
50. (45.) Oh Hush! - Christmas Vacation