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Recipe For a Christmas Hit

Research has suggested that the ingredients for a great festive song include sleigh bells, children singing, church bells, harmony and refences to love. But what's yours?

Back in 2002, Uk music channel Music Choice analysed all the Christmas number 1 singles from the previous 3 decades to work out why they were successful. The ingredients that worked were sleigh bells, children singing, church bells, harmony and refences to love. They concluded that Sir Cliff鈥檚 Mistletoe and Wine was the perfect Christmas hit, well 鈥�.do you agree with that? What鈥檚 the essential ingredient for a great festive song?

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Music Played

  • Darlene Love

    Christmas (Baby Please Come 成人快手)

    • A Christmas Gift For You (Phil Spect.
    • Phil Spector Int.

  • Greg Lake

    I Believe In Father Christmas

    • From The Beginning: Greg Lake Retrospective.
    • Castle.
    • 11/1.

  • Leona Lewis

    One More Sleep

    • Christmas, With Love.
    • Syco Music.
    • 001.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Someday At Christmas

    • 20 Motown Christmas Classics (Variou.
    • Hitsville.

  • Gilbert O鈥橲ullivan

    Christmas Song

    • Gilbert O'Sullivan -Nothing But The B.
    • Park Records.

  • KT Tunstall

    Mele Kalikimaka (Christmas in Hawaii)

    • The KT Tunstall Holiday Collection.
    • EMI.

  • Jona Lewie

    Stop The Cavalry

    • The Best Christmas Album In The World...Ever.
    • Virgin.
    • 18.

  • Dave Cavanaugh & Nat King Cole

    The Happiest Christmas Tree

    • Christmas Past & Present.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 13.

  • Lapwing

    Hope Christmas Gets You To Me

    • Lapwing.

  • Johnny Mathis

    When A Child Is Born

    • 70's Number Ones Vol 3.
    • Old Gold.

  • Gabriella Cilmi

    Warm This Winter

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.
    • 1.

  • Louis Armstrong

    Cool Yule

    • Four Christmases.
    • Universal Classics.
    • 008.

  • Boney M.

    Mary's Boy Child

    • That's Christmas (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • The Crystals

    Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town

    • A Christmas Gift For You (Phil Spector).
    • Phil Spector Int.
    • 7.

  • Andy Williams

    It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

    • Christmas Love Songs (Various Artist.
    • Arcade Records.

  • The Pearlfishers

    Snowboardin'

    • A Sunflower at Christmas.
    • Marina Records.
    • 1.

  • Bob Dylan

    Must Be Santa

    • Christmas In The Heart.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Bing Crosby

    White Christmas

    • That's Christmas (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Taylor Swift

    Christmas Tree Farm

    • Christmas Tree Farm.
    • Taylor Swift.
    • 1.

  • Wizzard

    I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

    • That's Christmas (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Chris Rea

    Driving 成人快手 For Christmas

    • (Single).
    • WEA.
    • 1.

  • Tracey Thorn

    Joy

    • Tinsel And Lights.
    • Caroline.
    • 1.

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    Seven O'Clock News/Silent Night

    • The Definitive Simon & Garfunkel.
    • Columbia.

Broadcasts

  • Wed 14 Dec 2022 18:00
    成人快手 Radio Scotland Extra & FM only
  • Wed 14 Dec 2022 19:00
    成人快手 Radio Scotland 成人快手 Radio Shetland & 成人快手 Radio Orkney only