List of UK singles chart Christmas number twos
every year uk single chart highly publicised race top slot chart immediately prior christmas honour known christmas number one uk public take particular interest chart performance sale single especially high two week christmas race first position christmas become british institution people speculate comment bet upon outcome following list uk single chart christmas number two song came second place chart christmas number one highly coveted prize united kingdom much coattail slipstream effect occurs competing song earning publicity regardless whether succeed pr music list popular christmas song year top three song song finished second chart fairytale new york pogues kirsty maccoll beaten pet shop boy cover always mind last christmas wham second band aid know christmas also appears top pr chart last christmas would finish number two finally reached christmas number one want christmas considered christmas standard uk performer mariah careys native united state one lost christmas numberone east stay another day would reenter chart peaking second time ladbaby case christmas numberone novelty song little shelf life christmas season whereas numbertwo greater life recurrent rotation example there one quite like grandma st winifreds school choir song forced like starting recently deceased john lennon numberone spot lennon returned numberone week christmas group christmas number one two year beatles feat achieved twice george michael ed sheeran twice elton john appeared first second chart part different acts—michael band aid wham sheeran solo artist featured artist eminem sheeran john duo featured artist ladbaby appearance sheeran john also time artist appeared first second different version essentially song scoring second merry christmas first parody sausage roll everyone cliff richard finished second christmas chart four time act highest selling christmas numbertwo last christmas wham also time record finished first second separate year followed love beatles another factor greater interest christmas number two growing influence reality television programme chart popstars rival produced top three single christmas uk single chart choir produced numberone single indirectly sustained realityorientated run top christmas chart x factor whose winner charted number one number two chart every year second series bookmaker began notice x factor trend assuming x factor single would certainty number one started taking bet christmas number two would instead x factor dominance also led numerous novelty campaign attempt prevent show winner reaching top chart although killing name rage machine successful charity record pushed xfactor winner numbertwo xfactor winner pushed two record would eventually sell million copy number two x factor winning single plummeted dramatically popularity beginning single forever young louisa johnson sale fell yearoveryear cancelled track marked top chart either runup shortly christmas list uk single chart christmas number one