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MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE
by SHAKIN' STEVENS

While most musicians may move the release of something to avoid any clashes by a week or two, Wales’ Shakin’ Stevens decided to postpone the release of Merry Christmas Everyone by a whole year once he got wind of Band Aid and Wham! issuing festive releases claiming that; ‘I thought the song deserved to be Number 1 and didn’t want to be Number 2’.

First recorded in 1984, Merry Christmas Everyone was written by Scottish songwriter Bob Heatlie (who’d also penned Aneka’s Japanese Boy Number 1) and was produced by a previous UK Official Singles Chart Christmas Number 1 resident Dave Edmunds. Shakin’ Stevens had already enjoyed three previous Number 1s with 1981’s This Ole House and Green Door and 1982’s Oh Julie, however the nearest he’d got to the festive top spot was with the Number 2 placing of his version of Elvis’ Blue Christmas in 1982.

Since its original release on November 25, 1985, Merry Christmas Everyone has since gone on to be a regular visitor to the Christmas charts, with five appearances in the Top 10 since 2017. 

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Chart history of MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE

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  • Peak position1
  • LabelEPIC
  • Catalogue numberGBBBM8500013
  • First Chart Date

Weeks on chart

  1. 2No1
  2. 19Top 10
  3. 41Top 20
  4. 61Top 40
  5. 97Top 75
  6. 110Top 100

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4 weeks - 13/12/2014 to 03/01/2015

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4 weeks - 13/12/2018 to 03/01/2019

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7 weeks - 27/11/2025 to 08/01/2026

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  • Peak position5
  • LabelEPIC
  • Catalogue numberGBBBM8500013
  • First Chart Date

Weeks on chart

  1. 0No1
  2. 13Top 10
  3. 32Top 20
  4. 44Top 40
  5. 58Top 75
  6. 61Top 100

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= Peak position = This week

4 weeks - 09/12/2014 to 30/12/2014

3 weeks - 13/12/2015 to 27/12/2015

3 weeks - 11/12/2016 to 25/12/2016

3 weeks - 10/12/2017 to 24/12/2017

4 weeks - 09/12/2018 to 30/12/2018

6 weeks - 01/12/2019 to 05/01/2020

7 weeks - 22/11/2020 to 03/01/2021

5 weeks - 28/11/2021 to 02/01/2022

5 weeks - 27/11/2022 to 01/01/2023

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7 weeks - 24/11/2024 to 05/01/2025

7 weeks - 23/11/2025 to 04/01/2026

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  • Peak position3
  • LabelEPIC
  • Catalogue numberGBBBM8500013
  • First Chart Date

Weeks on chart

  1. 0No1
  2. 34Top 10
  3. 47Top 20
  4. 59Top 40
  5. 66Top 75
  6. 71Top 100

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= Peak position = This week

4 weeks - 13/12/2014 to 03/01/2015

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7 weeks - 27/11/2025 to 08/01/2026

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  • Peak position2
  • LabelEPIC
  • Catalogue numberGBBBM8500013
  • First Chart Date

Weeks on chart

  1. 0No1
  2. 25Top 10
  3. 41Top 20
  4. 58Top 40
  5. 69Top 75
  6. 75Top 100

Chart run

= Peak position = This week

4 weeks - 13/12/2014 to 03/01/2015

5 weeks - 10/12/2015 to 07/01/2016

6 weeks - 01/12/2016 to 05/01/2017

6 weeks - 30/11/2017 to 04/01/2018

5 weeks - 06/12/2018 to 03/01/2019

5 weeks - 05/12/2019 to 02/01/2020

7 weeks - 26/11/2020 to 07/01/2021

5 weeks - 09/12/2021 to 06/01/2022

8 weeks - 17/11/2022 to 05/01/2023

8 weeks - 16/11/2023 to 04/01/2024

7 weeks - 21/11/2024 to 02/01/2025

9 weeks - 13/11/2025 to 08/01/2026

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  • Peak position7
  • LabelEPIC
  • Catalogue numberGBBBM8500013
  • First Chart Date

Weeks on chart

  1. 0No1
  2. 1Top 10
  3. 7Top 20
  4. 34Top 40
  5. 56Top 75
  6. 65Top 100

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= Peak position = This week

5 weeks - 06/12/2014 to 03/01/2015

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6 weeks - 30/11/2017 to 04/01/2018

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6 weeks - 30/11/2023 to 04/01/2024

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6 weeks - 27/11/2025 to 01/01/2026

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  • Peak position6
  • LabelEPIC
  • Catalogue numberGBBBM8500013
  • First Chart Date

Weeks on chart

  1. 0No1
  2. 1Top 10
  3. 12Top 20
  4. 45Top 40
  5. 91Top 75
  6. 100Top 100

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  • Peak position7
  • LabelEPIC
  • Catalogue numberGBBBM8500013
  • First Chart Date

Weeks on chart

  1. 0No1
  2. 2Top 10
  3. 2Top 20
  4. 7Top 40
  5. 9Top 75
  6. 15Top 100

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6 weeks - 09/12/2021 to 13/01/2022

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1 week - 31/08/2023

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1 week - 11/01/2024

1 week - 11/12/2025

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  • Peak position4
  • LabelEPIC
  • Catalogue numberGBBBM8500013
  • First Chart Date

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  1. 0No1
  2. 2Top 10
  3. 4Top 20
  4. 7Top 40
  5. 7Top 75
  6. 7Top 100

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= Peak position = This week

3 weeks - 09/12/2021 to 23/12/2021

3 weeks - 20/10/2022 to 03/11/2022

1 week - 14/09/2023

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  • Peak position95
  • LabelEPIC
  • Catalogue numberGBBBM8500013
  • First Chart Date

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  1. 0No1
  2. 0Top 10
  3. 0Top 20
  4. 0Top 40
  5. 0Top 75
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1 week - 31/12/2021

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  • Peak position7
  • LabelEPIC
  • Catalogue numberGBBBM8500013
  • First Chart Date

Weeks on chart

  1. 0No1
  2. 2Top 10
  3. 17Top 20
  4. 33Top 40
  5. 38Top 75
  6. 38Top 100

Chart run

= Peak position = This week

4 weeks - 14/12/2017 to 04/01/2018

2 weeks - 27/12/2018 to 03/01/2019

3 weeks - 19/12/2019 to 02/01/2020

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