grandma got run over by a reindeer tis
the season to eat to drink to be merry
and to sing along that’s the Jingle Bell
Rock welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top ten modern Christmas songs
for this list we’ve chosen our entries
based on the modern idea of a Christmas
song we are not focusing on traditional
carols and hymns or variations of
traditional carols and hymns
so no Bing and Bowie today
number ten Feliz Navidad Jose Feliciano
pennies Navidad
they’re these Navidad written by a
Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Feliz
Navidad is easily one of the most
popular and most played winter records
in North and South America
Oh
a simple Spanish hook is matched with an
equally simple English first line and
the two combined to put us all in the
holiday mood
the latino sound might not be the one
that is immediately matched to Christmas
for many but it really works here Jose
Feliciano wishes us a Merry Christmas
and makes it onto our top ten as he does
so
number nine Jingle Bell Rock hollow
notes Billy Idol’s 2006 cover of this
Christmas classic was good jingle bell
time is a swell time to go gliding in a
one-horse sleigh but hollow notes have
just out stood the rocker with their
effort originally recorded by Bobby
Helms in 1958 this early 80s version
from the duo was given away with the
album rockin soul part 1 as a
promotional item
an appropriately cheesy video
accompaniment was made and broadcast in
the early days of MTV as well ensuring
that the duo’s version would not be
forgotten in a hurry okay Simon okay
Theodore number eight the chipmunk song
Christmas don’t be late the chipmunks of
course Christmas is about having fun and
that’s exactly what our next record does
Alvin and the Chipmunks have been
cornerstones of American kid culture for
decades
and their most memorable foray into
Yuletide festivities is surely this song
Alvin Simon and Theodore received the
official vocal credits although the real
man behind the mic is one Ross
Bagdasarian senior who usually went by
the stage name David Seville very good
boys now that’s enough let’s not overdo
it the single sold 4.5 million copies in
seven weeks and topped the Billboard Hot
100 meaning its chart performance was as
high as its pitch number 7 Christmas and
hauless Run DMC wanna see the man
chillin with his dog at the pop it’s got
sleigh bells
it’s got Saint Nick and it samples joy
to the world this Run DMC record is
perhaps the most traditional
untraditional Christmas song ever
Nanuk Cole said Santa Claus the hip-hop
group certainly put an alternative spin
on to all things season’s greetings when
they released Christmas and hauless in
1987
that’s what Christmas is all referring
to the neighborhood of New York in which
the band grew up the song also
references jingle bells and Frosty the
Snowman
it’s a Christmas song you didn’t see
coming but you’re glad to say Merry
Christmas
so this is Christmas number six
happy Christmas war is over John and
Yoko the Plastic Ono Band with the
Harlem community choir you won’t just go
as is becoming clearer and perhaps
brightly so this Christmas countdown is
bursting with bouncy blatant messages of
fun and positivity
however John Lennon and Yoko Ono felt
that festivities shouldn’t pass without
at least a little protest happy
christmas war is over was written with
vietnam in mind as the couple sought to
remind us of conflicts that rage
regardless of the time of year
the song is by no means downbeat though
as the Harlem community choir carries
hope enough for us all
number five blue Christmas Elvis Presley
first recorded by de Odelle in 1948
it wasn’t until Elvis got his hands on
this record that it proved a real
Christmas cracker
Christmas tree
the king laid down a recording of blue
Christmas as early as 57 but it wasn’t
commercially available as a single until
64 clearly worth the weight this
sorrowful tale on the Christmas season
proved a hit in the UK
in amongst the reds greens and golds
combining for a traditional Christmas
color scheme Elvis’s blue is a beauty
number four rocking around the Christmas
tree Brenda Lee rockin around the
Christmas tree let the Christmas spirit
ring it’s possible that some Christmas
songs might pass you by one year but
this is not one of them Brenda Lee’s
lines are as ingrained into Christmas
culture as away in a manger or Silent
Night a toe tapping rhythm and some
true-to-life lyrics this is a song
that’s played over and over but is
rarely described as overplayed what’s
not to love about rocking around the
Christmas tree is whether you’re young
or old a girl or a guy
it’s infectiously happy everyone dance
and merrily in the new o fashioned way
number three last Christmas Wham
oh you can
in the 80s especially the race for
Christmas number one was especially
fierce Graham’s last Christmas is an
effort from that era which has really
stood the test of time with some sickly
sweet lyrics that were typical of the
duo and a snow Laden video to match it’s
easy to see why everyone loves it
you
a tale of unrequited love much like mr.
Presley’s last Christmas scores a top
three spot as we all invariably try to
sing along and we all inevitably
embarrass ourselves
number two all I want for Christmas is
you Mariah Carey Oh 100 Christmas after
an early 90s barren spell in terms of
Christmas tunes this Mariah Carey
classic was much needed and is much
loved
an upbeat rhythm bells ringing in the
background a brilliantly fun and festive
video this is a song that really gets it
if you aren’t in the mood before Mariah
then you definitely are afterwards
kids love it adults love it probably the
pets love it if you’re wrapping presents
eating dinner or hanging decorations
with this playing in the background then
Christmas is here and you’re very happy
about it
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions santa baby and
hurry down the chimney tonight
me
while singing songs of my
and the balls are ringing out for
Christmas
it’s Christmas time there’s no number
one do they know it’s Christmas band aid
Christmas time
a record that eclipsed the usual
cultural impact that music can have when
Bob Geldof and Midge your got together
to raise money for poverty-stricken
Ethiopia they etch themselves into music
history forever
band aid was essentially a huge
supergroup recording do they know it’s
Christmas on November 25th 1984
requiring unparalleled effort
particularly from Geldof and your
the song would eventually sell over 11
million copies worldwide and inspire
1985’s live 8 concerts which would raise
over 200 million dollars as well as
much-needed global awareness
do you agree with our list which modern
Christmas song did we forget
for more seasonal top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
the season to eat to drink to be merry
and to sing along that’s the Jingle Bell
Rock welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top ten modern Christmas songs
for this list we’ve chosen our entries
based on the modern idea of a Christmas
song we are not focusing on traditional
carols and hymns or variations of
traditional carols and hymns
so no Bing and Bowie today
number ten Feliz Navidad Jose Feliciano
pennies Navidad
they’re these Navidad written by a
Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Feliz
Navidad is easily one of the most
popular and most played winter records
in North and South America
Oh
a simple Spanish hook is matched with an
equally simple English first line and
the two combined to put us all in the
holiday mood
the latino sound might not be the one
that is immediately matched to Christmas
for many but it really works here Jose
Feliciano wishes us a Merry Christmas
and makes it onto our top ten as he does
so
number nine Jingle Bell Rock hollow
notes Billy Idol’s 2006 cover of this
Christmas classic was good jingle bell
time is a swell time to go gliding in a
one-horse sleigh but hollow notes have
just out stood the rocker with their
effort originally recorded by Bobby
Helms in 1958 this early 80s version
from the duo was given away with the
album rockin soul part 1 as a
promotional item
an appropriately cheesy video
accompaniment was made and broadcast in
the early days of MTV as well ensuring
that the duo’s version would not be
forgotten in a hurry okay Simon okay
Theodore number eight the chipmunk song
Christmas don’t be late the chipmunks of
course Christmas is about having fun and
that’s exactly what our next record does
Alvin and the Chipmunks have been
cornerstones of American kid culture for
decades
and their most memorable foray into
Yuletide festivities is surely this song
Alvin Simon and Theodore received the
official vocal credits although the real
man behind the mic is one Ross
Bagdasarian senior who usually went by
the stage name David Seville very good
boys now that’s enough let’s not overdo
it the single sold 4.5 million copies in
seven weeks and topped the Billboard Hot
100 meaning its chart performance was as
high as its pitch number 7 Christmas and
hauless Run DMC wanna see the man
chillin with his dog at the pop it’s got
sleigh bells
it’s got Saint Nick and it samples joy
to the world this Run DMC record is
perhaps the most traditional
untraditional Christmas song ever
Nanuk Cole said Santa Claus the hip-hop
group certainly put an alternative spin
on to all things season’s greetings when
they released Christmas and hauless in
1987
that’s what Christmas is all referring
to the neighborhood of New York in which
the band grew up the song also
references jingle bells and Frosty the
Snowman
it’s a Christmas song you didn’t see
coming but you’re glad to say Merry
Christmas
so this is Christmas number six
happy Christmas war is over John and
Yoko the Plastic Ono Band with the
Harlem community choir you won’t just go
as is becoming clearer and perhaps
brightly so this Christmas countdown is
bursting with bouncy blatant messages of
fun and positivity
however John Lennon and Yoko Ono felt
that festivities shouldn’t pass without
at least a little protest happy
christmas war is over was written with
vietnam in mind as the couple sought to
remind us of conflicts that rage
regardless of the time of year
the song is by no means downbeat though
as the Harlem community choir carries
hope enough for us all
number five blue Christmas Elvis Presley
first recorded by de Odelle in 1948
it wasn’t until Elvis got his hands on
this record that it proved a real
Christmas cracker
Christmas tree
the king laid down a recording of blue
Christmas as early as 57 but it wasn’t
commercially available as a single until
64 clearly worth the weight this
sorrowful tale on the Christmas season
proved a hit in the UK
in amongst the reds greens and golds
combining for a traditional Christmas
color scheme Elvis’s blue is a beauty
number four rocking around the Christmas
tree Brenda Lee rockin around the
Christmas tree let the Christmas spirit
ring it’s possible that some Christmas
songs might pass you by one year but
this is not one of them Brenda Lee’s
lines are as ingrained into Christmas
culture as away in a manger or Silent
Night a toe tapping rhythm and some
true-to-life lyrics this is a song
that’s played over and over but is
rarely described as overplayed what’s
not to love about rocking around the
Christmas tree is whether you’re young
or old a girl or a guy
it’s infectiously happy everyone dance
and merrily in the new o fashioned way
number three last Christmas Wham
oh you can
in the 80s especially the race for
Christmas number one was especially
fierce Graham’s last Christmas is an
effort from that era which has really
stood the test of time with some sickly
sweet lyrics that were typical of the
duo and a snow Laden video to match it’s
easy to see why everyone loves it
you
a tale of unrequited love much like mr.
Presley’s last Christmas scores a top
three spot as we all invariably try to
sing along and we all inevitably
embarrass ourselves
number two all I want for Christmas is
you Mariah Carey Oh 100 Christmas after
an early 90s barren spell in terms of
Christmas tunes this Mariah Carey
classic was much needed and is much
loved
an upbeat rhythm bells ringing in the
background a brilliantly fun and festive
video this is a song that really gets it
if you aren’t in the mood before Mariah
then you definitely are afterwards
kids love it adults love it probably the
pets love it if you’re wrapping presents
eating dinner or hanging decorations
with this playing in the background then
Christmas is here and you’re very happy
about it
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions santa baby and
hurry down the chimney tonight
me
while singing songs of my
and the balls are ringing out for
Christmas
it’s Christmas time there’s no number
one do they know it’s Christmas band aid
Christmas time
a record that eclipsed the usual
cultural impact that music can have when
Bob Geldof and Midge your got together
to raise money for poverty-stricken
Ethiopia they etch themselves into music
history forever
band aid was essentially a huge
supergroup recording do they know it’s
Christmas on November 25th 1984
requiring unparalleled effort
particularly from Geldof and your
the song would eventually sell over 11
million copies worldwide and inspire
1985’s live 8 concerts which would raise
over 200 million dollars as well as
much-needed global awareness
do you agree with our list which modern
Christmas song did we forget
for more seasonal top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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