Deck your station with the best testing Christmas songs for 2008. This year, Pinnacle Media Worldwide added 3 new formats to our report! We tested the top 30 most-played holiday songs according to Nielsen BDS in 9 American formats. Radio listeners were invited to rate the songs through Pinnacle Media's popular OnlineTRACKER™ music research platform. Listeners were recruited through Radio Music Survey.com and completed the survey from 11 November - 23 November 2008. ...
Adult Alternative

Title Artist Raw Score
Happy X-Mas (War Is Over) John Lennon 76.19
Wonderful Christmas Time Paul McCartney 74.14
Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24 Trans-Siberian Orchestra 72.93
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Pretenders 72.93
Winter Wonderland Eurythmics 70.60
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town Bruce Springsteen 69.95
Please Come Home For Christmas Eagles 69.67
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Coldplay 67.72
Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid 67.35
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Jack Johnson 65.77
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) U2 65.67
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) Fray 65.02
You're A Mean One Mr Grinch Whirling Dervishes 64.37
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus John Mellencamp 64.19
Step Into Christmas Elton John 63.26
Jingle Bells Brian Setzer Orchestra 62.70
Christmas All Over Again Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 60.74
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Barenaked Ladies 60.19
Merry Christmas Baby Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band 59.16
Father Christmas Kinks 58.70
Little Drummer Boy Tori Amos 58.14
Mistletoe Colbie Caillat 57.21
Christmastime Smashing Pumpkins 56.56
Christmas Wrapping Waitresses 56.47
Santa Baby Everclear 55.81
Feliz Navidad Los Lonely Boys 55.35
Christmas Song Dave Matthews Band 52.19
I Believe In Father Christmas Emerson Lake & Palmer 51.26
Santa Claus Is Back In Town Jonny Lang 51.07
Blue Christmas Collective Soul 47.35


Modern Rock

The Chanukah Song Adam Sandler 74.21
Last Christmas Jimmy Eat World 70.19
The Chanukah Song Part II Adam Sandler 70.06
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Coldplay 63.77
You're A Mean One Mr Grinch Whirling Dervishes 63.65
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) Shinedown 63.27
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Jack Johnson 60.38
Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid 59.12
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) U2 59.12
I Won't Be Home For Christmas Blink-182 56.86
All I Want For Christmas Is You My Chemical Romance 55.35
12 Days Of Christmas Taking Back Sunday 54.47
Merry Christmas Ramones 53.33
Santa Baby Everclear 52.83
Alone This Holiday Used 51.82
Back Door Santa Jet 49.81
Someday At Christmas Pearl Jam 49.81
Don't Shoot Me Santa Killers 49.31
Christmastime Smashing Pumpkins 48.93
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) Death Cab For Cutie 48.93
Christmas In Hollis Run-D.M.C. 48.81
Twelve Days Of Christmas Bob & Doug McKenzie 48.81
Silent Night Bad Religion 48.55
The Christmas Song Weezer 46.79
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Local H 46.16
A Great Big Sled Killers 46.04
Father Christmas Lit 44.15
It Sure Don't Feel Like Christmas Mighty Mighty Bosstones 44.15
Let Me Sleep (It's Christmas Time) Pearl Jam 42.64
Christmas Wrapping Waitresses 38.74



Adult Contemporary

Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree Brenda Lee 83.79
White Christmas Bing Crosby 83.01
Jingle Bell Rock Bobby Helms 82.33
The Christmas Song Nat King Cole 81.46
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Gene Autry 79.61
All I Want For Christmas Is You Mariah Carey 79.13
It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year Andy Williams 78.25
O Holy Night Josh Groban 77.77
It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas Johnny Mathis 77.18
Happy X-Mas (War Is Over) John Lennon 76.41
A Holly Jolly Christmas Burl Ives 76.21
Last Christmas Wham! 76.02
Jingle Bell Rock Darryl Hall & John Oates 74.85
It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year Johnny Mathis 74.27
Wonderful Christmas Time Paul McCartney 73.11
Blue Christmas Elvis Presley 72.62
Feliz Navidad Jose Feliciano 72.33
Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane) Gene Autry 71.94
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town Bruce Springsteen 70.49
Winter Wonderland Eurythmics 69.90
Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid 69.03
Little Saint Nick Beach Boys 69.03
Please Come Home For Christmas Eagles 68.25
Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24 Trans-Siberian Orchestra 68.16
Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season Andy Williams 67.96
Where Are You Christmas? Faith Hill 64.17
Merry Christmas Darling Carpenters 62.04
Step Into Christmas Elton John 62.04
Christmas Canon Trans-Siberian Orchestra 59.32
The Christmas Shoes NewSong 56.60



Adult Top 40

Jingle Bell Rock Bobby Helms 78.73
Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree Brenda Lee 78.33
White Christmas Bing Crosby 74.71
It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year Andy Williams 74.61
Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24 Trans-Siberian Orchestra 74.22
A Holly Jolly Christmas Burl Ives 73.92
All I Want For Christmas Is You Mariah Carey 73.92
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Gene Autry 73.04
Happy X-Mas (War Is Over) John Lennon 72.55
The Christmas Song Nat King Cole 72.25
It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas Johnny Mathis 71.27
Sleigh Ride Ronettes 70.78
Last Christmas Wham! 70.00
Feliz Navidad Jose Feliciano 69.61
Jingle Bell Rock Darryl Hall & John Oates 68.63
Blue Christmas Elvis Presley 68.43
Wonderful Christmas Time Paul McCartney 67.65
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town Bruce Springsteen 67.45
Winter Wonderland Eurythmics 66.96
Little Saint Nick Beach Boys 65.78
Please Come Home For Christmas Eagles 64.90
Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid 64.41
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) U2 63.14
Santa Baby Madonna 60.98
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus John Mellencamp 60.59
Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy David Bowie & Bing Crosby 60.20
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Barenaked Ladies 58.14
Step Into Christmas Elton John 55.69
Merry Christmas Darling Carpenters 54.02
Christmas Wrapping Waitresses 47.25



Mainstream Top 40

Jingle Bell Rock Bobby Helms 81.19
Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree Brenda Lee 80.47
All I Want For Christmas Is You Mariah Carey 79.53
The Christmas Song Nat King Cole 77.00
Happy X-Mas (War Is Over) John Lennon 74.86
A Holly Jolly Christmas Burl Ives 74.86
Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24 Trans-Siberian Orchestra 74.78
Last Christmas Wham! 74.31
Feliz Navidad Jose Feliciano 71.46
Wonderful Christmas Time Paul McCartney 70.75
Sleigh Ride Ronettes 69.64
Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid 67.91
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town Bruce Springsteen 67.43
Winter Wonderland Eurythmics 66.88
The Chanukah Song Adam Sandler 65.38
Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer Elmo & Patsy 64.11
Please Come Home For Christmas Eagles 63.40
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) U2 62.53
The Chanukah Song Part II Adam Sandler 62.21
Santa Baby Madonna 61.98
The Christmas Song Christina Aguilera 61.74
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus John Mellencamp 60.63
Merry Christmas Happy Holidays 'N Sync 58.50
The Christmas Shoes NewSong 57.39
Step Into Christmas Elton John 57.08
Twelve Pains Of Christmas Bob Rivers 55.57
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Barenaked Ladies 50.91
This Christmas Chris Brown 50.67
Christmas In Hollis Run-D.M.C. 47.35
Christmas Wrapping Waitresses 44.58



Hip Hop / R&B

All I Want For Christmas Is You Mariah Carey 82.09
The Christmas Song Nat King Cole 71.90
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town Jackson 5 70.43
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus Jackson 5 67.73
8 Days Of Christmas Destiny's Child 60.12
Silent Night Temptations 59.02
This Christmas Dru Hill 57.67
Silver Bells A Few Good Men 57.06
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Temptations 56.56
The Christmas Song Toni Braxton 56.44
This Christmas Donny Hathaway 55.83
Someday At Christmas Stevie Wonder 55.71
This Christmas Usher 55.34
Someday At Christmas Mary J. Blige 54.11
Christmas In Hollis Run-D.M.C. 53.74
This Christmas Whispers 53.62
Give Love On Christmas Day Jackson 5 53.25
Little Drummer Girl Alicia Keys 50.43
Sleigh Ride TLC 49.69
Christmas In The City Mary J. Blige 49.08
Christmas Rappin' Kurtis Blow 48.22
Christmas Without You Xscape 47.24
Give Love On Christmas Day Johnny Gill 46.01
Christmas Ain't Christmas New Years Aint New Years O'Jays 45.52
Santa Baby Rev Run & The Christmas All Stars 45.03
What You Want For Christmas Quad City Family 44.05
Santa Claus Goes Straight To The Ghetto James Brown 44.05
Ludicrismas Ludacris 43.8
Santa Claus Goes Straight To The Ghetto Snoop Doggy Dogg 43.44
What Do The Lonely Do At Christmas Emotions 40.37



Country

Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree Brenda Lee 88.18
Jingle Bell Rock Bobby Helms 85.62
A Holly Jolly Christmas Burl Ives 84.31
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Gene Autry 83.14
Blue Christmas Elvis Presley 82.19
Do You Hear What I Hear Carrie Underwood 81.17
Where Are You Christmas? Faith Hill 80.95
Feliz Navidad Jose Feliciano 79.78
A Holly Jolly Christmas Alan Jackson 77.59
Last Christmas Taylor Swift 73.28
Redneck 12 Days Of Christmas Jeff Foxworthy 71.53
Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow Ricochet 71.53
All I Want For Christmas Is You Vince Vance & The Valiants 71.39
Let It Be Christmas Alan Jackson 70.73
Santa Baby Kellie Pickler 70.07
The Christmas Shoes NewSong 69.85
There's No Place Like Home For The Holidays Garth Brooks 69.49
Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy Garth Brooks 69.05
Hard Candy Christmas Dolly Parton 69.05
I Only Want You For Christmas Alan Jackson 68.61
All I Want For Christmas Is A Real Good Tan Kenny Chesney 68.32
Deck The Halls SheDaisy 66.06
Christmas In Dixie Alabama 65.99
Christmas Cookies George Strait 63.50
Leroy The Redneck Reindeer Joe Diffie 62.77
Put A Little Holiday In Your Heart LeAnn Rimes 62.12
'Til Santa's Gone (Milk And Cookies) Clint Black 58.98
Merry Christmas From The Family Montgomery Gentry 58.47
Christmas Carol Skip Ewing 57.08
Joyride/Santa's Toy Ride Jennifer Hanson 50.88



Top 40/Dance

Jingle Bell Rock Bobby Helms 79.75
All I Want For Christmas Is You Mariah Carey 79.14
Last Christmas Wham! 76.79
A Holly Jolly Christmas Burl Ives 70.37
Feliz Navidad Jose Feliciano 70.25
Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24 Trans-Siberian Orchestra 69.63
Wonderful Christmas Time Paul McCartney 66.79
Winter Wonderland Eurythmics 66.67
It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas Johnny Mathis 64.57
The Christmas Song Christina Aguilera 63.58
Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid 63.21
Santa Baby Madonna 61.73
Last Christmas Darren Hayes 61.48
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) U2 60.49
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus John Mellencamp 57.90
Last Christmas Whigfield 57.16
I Wish Everyday Could Be Like Christmas Bon Jovi 54.94
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) Reina 54.81
White Christmas Orion Too 52.72
Silent Night Cinnamon 47.41
Frosty The Snowman Cocteau Twins 46.54
Do They Know It's Christmas? DJ Sammy 46.05
It Doesn't Often Snow At Christmas Pet Shop Boys 44.94
Silent Night Kirk Franklin 43.58
Christmas Wrapping Spice Girls 43.46
Christmas Wrapping Waitresses 43.33
Carol Of The Bells DJ Demonixx 42.59
Rosie Christmas Donna Summer 41.98
Winter Wonderland Minimalistix 41.36
(It Must've Been Ol') Santa Claus Harry Connick Jr. 41.11



Smooth Jazz

The Christmas Song Nat King Cole 88.94
Sleigh Ride Harry Connick Jr. 81.38
Charlie Brown Christmas Norman Brown 80.96
Do You Hear What I Hear? Vanessa Williams 78.09
The Christmas Song Luther Vandross 77.02
I'll Be Home For Christmas Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack 77.02
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Kenny G 75.85
The Christmas Song Al Jarreau 75.43
I'll Be Home For Christmas Kenny G 75.21
White Christmas Dave Koz & Kelly Sweet 74.79
Silver Bells Kenny G 74.68
Winter Wonderland Kenny G 74.57
Joy To The World Jim Brickman 74.47
Merry Christmas Darling Vanessa Williams 73.72
Winter Wonderland Chris Botti 73.51
Please Come Home For Christmas Dave Koz Feat. Kimberley Locke 73.51
Please Come Home For Christmas Aaron Neville 72.66
Christmas Time Is Here Patti Austin 71.60
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Dave Koz 71.49
Sleigh Ride Boney James 71.06
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Russ Freeman 70.85
The First Noel Boney James Feat. Rick Braun 70.32
Christmas Time Is Here Boney James 70.32
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Diana Krall 68.62
Jingle Bells Diana Krall 68.19
Here Comes Santa Claus Jeff Golub 67.34
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Babyface 67.23
Winter Wonderland Larry Carlton 66.17
O Tannenbaum Peter White 65.11
This Christmas Brian Culbertson 63.40

Wonderful Christmas Time Paul McCartney 74.14



Yeah!

Suck my cock, World!

I am fairly certain that The Chanukah Song, by Adam Sandler, is not a Christmas song.

no slade or wizard?

bugger me, america is like another planet

Seasonal songs, then, smartass. and I disagree, it is a Christmas song.

At least we got some love for The Kinks' Father Christmas.

I like this song a lot.

On a side note, here is a pretty funny Christmas song Willie Nelson and Colbert composed. I need to find his new Christmas album.

http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/12/is-willies-ode.html

Yeah there's some UK stuff that i have to hear at the holidays like Slade and XTC. What's the Wizard song you refer to? Maybe I already know it but I'm drawing a blank.

No Mud, Wizard, Pogues, Chris De Burgh, Greg Lake, Mike Oldfield, Jona Lewie, Cliff Richard, Dean Martin, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Peggy Lee but it's full of dreadful covers of their songs.



Get the fuck out out.

I was just over at Youtube, where Wizzard sodomized the part of my brain that is still shuddering in the corner from when Sid & Marty Krofft had their way with it way back when...


NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Yeah, I figured it was Roy Wood, and yeah, I know the song well. Though I don;t think I have it on any of my Xmas collection. Hmmm?

Not what you are thinking of?

Yes, but that's just factually inaccurate.

Right. Not ELP...only Lake

Like saying The Beatles factually inaccurately played "Julia" (et al), right?. OK.

No, more like saying "Imagine" is by The Beatles.

ive always been a fan of o holy night...thats about the only christmas song i really like to hear anymore...

Just sayin' all this because it is, after all, on the ELP Works Vol. 2 album in an albeit different mix. If it were on Works Vol. 1 on "the Greg Lake side", I wouldn't have even wondered. Anyway, that's all on that.

No Darlene Love anywhere on these lists? Fucking Hell!? Every person who participated in this survey should be dragged through town by a herd of reindeer. Fucking Hell.

Christ almighty how I hate this song.

Basically if it's newer than Burl Ives I'm usually not too interested.

Not suprised that it didn't make the list, but how but Sufjan Stevens X-mas songs? They are very good.

x2

Not only is it easily the greatest Xmas song ever, it's pretty much of the best songs of all time too.

#25, actually (although I'm inclined to bump it a few spots).