Music Quizzes > Christmas Number Twos
25 Questions
- Which Christmas classic was the UK Christmas number two in 2020?
- Which Whitney Houston song made it to the number two spot in 1985?
- Which single is the highest selling UK Christmas number-two ever?
- "Chocolate Salty Balls" is a song from which animated comedy TV series?
- Getting to No. 2 in Christmas 1995, The Mike Flowers Pops released an easy listening version of which song?
- Name the only group to have both Christmas numbers one and two in the same year?
- Which Christmas Number Two was written by Tony Hatch and sung by Petula Clark in 1964?
- X Factor's Joe McElderry was Christmas Number Two in 2009 after a succesful Internet campaign to get which single to the number one spot?
- Which novelty song was a UK Christmas Number Two for Chuck Berry in 1972?
- "What Do You Want?" is a 1959 song that became a hit in the United Kingdom for which singer?
- Which lead single for the soundtrack of the film Despicable Me 2 also took the UK Christmas second spot?
- Name the only two artists to have been Christmas number one and number two in the same year in different groups?
- Which song first recorded in 1967 was a Christmas hit for Katie Melua and Eva Cassidy in 2007?
- Only once has the same song been both Christmas Number One and Number Two in the same year - can you name the song? (Hint: it was in 2008)
- Which 1977 Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band festive number two will always be associated with Terry Wogan?
- What colour Christmas was Shakin' Stevens having in 1982?
- In which year did The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl reach the UK's number two spot with "Fairytale of New York"?
- Who had a hit with "My Oh My" in 1983?
- Who has finished second in the Christmas charts four times, the most of any act?
- Take That were number two at Christmas in both 1993 and 2006, with which two songs?
- Which single was a number two for Little Mix?
- Which British rock band formed in Lowestoft, England, in 2000, came close to the top spot in 2003?
- What mechanical device featured in the song by Nizlopi in 2005?
- Which American rapper was number two in the 1990 UK Christmas chart?
- Which American singer got to number two with "Sweet but Psycho" in 2018?
Answers
- All I Want for Christmas is You
- Saving All My Love for You
- Last Christmas (by Wham!)
- South Park (the song was number 2 in 1998)
- Wonderwall
- The Beatles (achieved twice, in 1963 and 1967)
- Downtown
- Killing in the Name (by Rage Against the Machine)
- My Ding-a-Ling
- Adam Faith
- Happy (by Pharrell Williams)
- George Michael. Ed Sheeran.
- What a Wonderful World
- Hallelujah (in 2008)
- The Floral Dance
- Blue Christmas
- 1987
- Cliff Richard
- The Beatles
- Babe (1993). Patience (2006).
- Cannonball
- The Darkness
- JCB (JCB Song)
- Vanilla Ice
- Ava Max