MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY
by SLADE
Slade's Merry Xmas Everybody was originally written by frontman Noddy Holder in 1967 as a song about a rocking chair. Holder reswizzled the lyrics on a festive theme, and provided the Wolverhampton rockers (completed by guitarist Dave Hill, bassist Jim Lea and drummer Don Powell) with their sixth and biggest Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart, as well as claiming the coveted Christmas Number 1 1973.
Following a mercurial run of success from November 1971 where Slade enjoyed six chart-toppers, three Number 2s, two Number 3s and a sole Number 4, Merry Xmas Everybody was recorded in July in New York on one of the hottest days of the year, and when it was released on December 7, it went on to complete a hat-trick of Number 1s in 1973 for the glam quartet.
Slade had already become the first band to debut at Number 1 with two consecutive singles (Cum On Feel The Noize and Skweeze Me Pleeze Me), then Merry Xmas Everybody became their third as October’s My Friend Stan ‘only’ managed Number 2. Merry Xmas Everybody spent five weeks at Number 1 of its original nine-week stint on chart that year and has regularly returned to the festive chart Top 20 ever since. Its figures now stand at over 2.38m, with over 1.3 million of those as pure sales.
It's also the eighth best-selling Christmas Number 1 of all time, and the tenth biggest-seller of the decade.
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Chart history of MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY
Official Singles Chart
Chart facts
- Peak position1
- LabelPOLYDOR
- Catalogue number2058422
- First Chart Date
Weeks on chart
- 5No1
- 6Top 10
- 16Top 20
- 57Top 40
- 108Top 75
- 123Top 100
Chart run
1 week - 23/12/1989
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Official Singles Chart Update
Chart facts
- Peak position12
- LabelBMG
- Catalogue numberGBAKW7301006
- First Chart Date
Weeks on chart
- 0No1
- 0Top 10
- 6Top 20
- 23Top 40
- 40Top 75
- 44Top 100
Chart run
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Official Singles Sales Chart
Chart facts
- Peak position26
- LabelBMG
- Catalogue numberGBAKW7301006
- First Chart Date
Weeks on chart
- 0No1
- 0Top 10
- 0Top 20
- 2Top 40
- 29Top 75
- 43Top 100
Chart run
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Official Singles Downloads Chart
Chart facts
- Peak position9
- LabelBMG
- Catalogue numberGBAKW7301006
- First Chart Date
Weeks on chart
- 0No1
- 1Top 10
- 6Top 20
- 23Top 40
- 67Top 75
- 83Top 100
Chart run
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Official Physical Singles Chart
Chart facts
- Peak position4
- LabelBMG
- Catalogue number1713754
- First Chart Date
Weeks on chart
- 0No1
- 2Top 10
- 6Top 20
- 13Top 40
- 23Top 75
- 29Top 100
Chart run
1 week - 16/03/2023
1 week - 06/04/2023
1 week - 13/07/2023
1 week - 24/08/2023
1 week - 21/03/2024
1 week - 03/10/2024
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Official Vinyl Singles Chart
Chart facts
- Peak position2
- LabelBMG
- Catalogue number4050538831467
- First Chart Date
Weeks on chart
- 0No1
- 3Top 10
- 7Top 20
- 13Top 40
- 13Top 75
- 13Top 100
Chart run
1 week - 16/03/2023
1 week - 24/08/2023
1 week - 03/10/2024
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Official Independent Singles Chart
Chart facts
- Peak position1
- LabelBMG
- Catalogue numberGBAKW7301006
- First Chart Date
Weeks on chart
- 19No1
- 43Top 10
- 53Top 20
- 60Top 40
- 64Top 75
- 64Top 100
Chart run
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Official Irish Singles Chart
Chart facts
- Peak position32
- LabelBMG
- Catalogue numberGBAKW7301006
- First Chart Date
Weeks on chart
- 0No1
- 0Top 10
- 0Top 20
- 3Top 40
- 6Top 75
- 6Top 100
Chart run
1 week - 04/01/2018
1 week - 05/01/2023
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