In ainneoin iarrachtaí lucht leanúna Shane MacGowan, ní bheidh Fairytale of New York, ar Uimhir a hAon sa Bhreatain ar a lá breithe, is é sin Lá Nollag.
Theip ar an amhrán le The Pogues agus Kirsty MacColl, dul chuig Uimhir a hAon sa Bhreatain nuair a seoladh é i 1987.
An bhliain sin bhí leagan na Pet Shop Boys den amhrán clasaiceach Always on my Mind mar Uimhir a hAon.
I mbliana, tá Last Christmas le Wham!, atá níos sine fós ná Fairytale of New York, ar Uimhir a hAon sa Bhreatain.
Go híorónta, tugadh Last Christmas, a seoladh i 1984, ar an amhrán is mó díol sa Bhreatain nár shroich Uimhir a hAon riamh, go dtí Eanáir 2021.
Mar sin féin, cén amhrán a bhí ar Uimhir a hAon am Nollag in Éirinn ar an mbliain a rugadh tú?
Má tá rud amháin is breá linn faoi shéasúr na Nollag is ceol na Nollag é! Ó na clasaicí ar nós Deck the Halls go All I Want For Christmas le Mariah Carey, is beag amhrán Nollag nach bhfuil cloiste againn.
Nuair a bhaineann sé le hamhráin Nollag, is gnách na hamhráin chéanna a athchraoladh gach bliain, ach cén ceann a bhfuil gach duine ag iarraidh éisteacht leis, uair amháin ar a laghad? An ceann a bhí ann sa bhliain a rugadh iad. Seo an liosta, de réir Irishcharts.ie, a thosaigh i mí Dheireadh Fómhair 1962.
1962 Elvis Presley – Return to Sender
1963 Brendan Boyer – No More
1964 I Feel Fine – The Beatles
1965 Day Tripper/We Can Work it Out – The Beatles
1966 Tom Jones – Green, Green Grass of Home
1967 Pat Lynch – Treat my Daughter Kindly
1968 The Scaffold – Lily The Pink
1969 The Archies – Sugar Sugar
1970 Dave Edmunds – I Hear You Knocking
1971 Tommy Drennan – O Holy Night
1972 Thin Lizzy – Whiskey in the Jar
1973 Slade – Merry Christmas Everybody
1974 Gary Glitter – Oh Yes! You’re Beautiful
1975 Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
1976 Chicago – If You Leave Me Now
1977 Paul McCartney le Wings – Mull of Kintyre
1978 Boney M – Mary’s Boy Child – Oh My Lord
1979 Pink Floyd – Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)
1980 St Winifred’s School Choir – There’s No-one Quite Like Grandma
1981 ABBA – One of Us
1982 Renee And Renato – Save Your Love
1983 Flying Pickets – Only You
1984 Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas?
1985 Dermot Morgan – Thank You Very Much Mr. Eastwood
1986 The Housemartins – Caravan of Love
1988 Cliff Richard – Mistletoe and Wine
1989 Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas?
1990 Zig and Zag -The Christmas No.1
1991 Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody / These Are the Days of Our Lives
1992 Whitney Houston – I Will Always Love You
1993 Take That – Babe
1995 Boyzone – Father and Son
1996 Spice Girls – 2 Become 1
1997 Various (do Children in Need) – Perfect Day
1998 Spice Girls – Goodbye
1999 Westlife – I Have a Dream
2001 Kate Winslet – What If
2002 Eminem – Lose Yourself
2003 Will Young – Leave Right Now
2004 Band Aid 20 – Do They Know It’s Christmas?
2006 Leona Lewis – A Moment Like This
2007 Leon Jackson – When You Believe
2008 Alexandra Burke – Hallelujah
2009 Joe McElderry – The Climb
2010 Matt Cardle – When We Collide
2011 Little Mix – Cannonball
2012 James Arthur – Impossible
2013 Sam Bailey – Skyscraper
2014 Mark Ronson (le Bruno Mars) – Uptown Funk
2015 Justin Bieber – Love Yourself
2016 Clean Bandit le Sean Paul and Anne-Marie – Rockabye
2017 Ed Sheeran – Perfect
2018 Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho
2019 Lewis Capaldi – Before You Go
2020 Dermot Kennedy – Giants
2021 Ed Sheeran agus Elton John – Merry Christmas
2022 Escapism – RAYE le 070 SHAKE
2023 Wham! – Last Christmas
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