they know it's christmas came out in 1984.
they know it's christmas came out in 1984.
when did do they know it's christmas come out?
1984
although the christmas number one is a highly coveted prize in the united kingdom, the second-place finisher on the christmas singles chart has also earned a certain degree of popularity, especially since the 1980s. on prs for music's 2010 list of the most popular christmas songs of the year, the top three songs were all songs that had finished second on the chart: 1987's "fairytale of new york" by the pogues and kirsty maccoll (beaten by the pet shop boys' cover of "always on my mind"), 1984's "last christmas" by wham! (second to band aid's "do they know it's christmas?," which also appears on the top-10 of the prs chart), and 1994's "all i want for christmas is you", now considered a christmas standard both in the uk and in performer mariah carey's native united states but one that lost the christmas number-one to east 17's "stay another day". in some cases, the christmas number-one is a novelty song that has little shelf life after the christmas season, whereas the number-two has a greater life in recurrent rotation. an example of this was 1980's "there's no one quite like grandma" by st winifred's school choir, a song that forced "(just like) starting over" by the recently deceased john lennon out of the number-one spot (lennon returned to number-one the week after christmas).
list of uk singles chart christmas number twos
come darkness, come light: twelve songs of christmas









































come darkness, come light: twelve songs of christmas is a christmas album recorded by american singer-composer mary chapin carpenter. the album was released on september 30, 2008, on zoë records and was produced by carpenter and john jennings. the release was carpenter's second album released under the zoë record label and her first album of holiday-themed music.









































"come darkness, come light" peaked at #30 on the "billboard" top country albums chart, #155 on the "billboard" 200, and #7 on the "billboard" top holiday albums chart.









































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come darkness, come light: twelve songs of christmas