Revealed: Top 20 Christmas songs of all time

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Slade Credit: PA

Two Midland bands have made it into the list of Top 20 UK Christmas songs of all time, as both hits celebrate 40 years on the airwaves.

Slade, who hail from Wolverhampton and Walsall, came in at number six with Merry Xmas Everybody, while Birmingham-born Wizzard claimed the 19th spot with I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day.

The original Band Aid song, Do They Know It's Christmas?, came top of the charts compiled from a survey by everyhit.com.

The full list, in order, is as follows:

  • Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984)

  • Boney M - Mary's Boy Child (1978)

  • Wham! - Last Christmas (1984)

  • Harry Belafonte - Mary's Boy Child (1957)

  • Band Aid 20 - Do They Know It's Christmas? (2004)

  • Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody (1973)

  • Bing Crosby - White Christmas (1942)

  • East 17 - Stay Another Day (1994)

  • Cliff Richard - The Millennium Prayer (1999)

  • Johnny Mathis - When A Child Is Born (1976)

  • John Lennon/Yoko Ono - Happy Christmas (War Is Over) (1972)

  • Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry (1980)

  • Cliff Richard - Mistletoe And Wine (1988)

  • Mud - Lonely This Christmas (1974)

  • Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York (1987)

  • Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (1994)

  • Paul McCartney - Pipes Of Peace (1983)

  • Shakin’ Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone (1985)

  • Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day (1973)

  • Band Aid II - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1989)