Mariah Carey finally gets to Number 1 on The UK Chart Show with 'All I Want For Christmas Is You'

Mariah's song was released in 1994

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Author: Anna Sky MagliolaPublished 6th Dec 2020

It's been a very long time coming, but FINALLY, Mariah Carey's 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' gets a Number 1 on The UK Chart Show.

Mariah's festive throwback was originally released in 1994, but has continued to return to the charts in recent years with the introduction of streaming, however it never reached Number 1 in the UK.

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The year that 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' was released it was kept off the top spot by East 17's 'Stay Another Day', so it's taken 26 years to reach Number 1!

Announced just before 7pm today (6th December) on Forth 1 as this week's Number 1, 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' made an early re-entry into The UK Chart last month, along with other festive throwbacks from The Pogues and Wham!.

The UK Chart Show is on Forth 1 every Sunday between 4pm and 7pm so make sure you're listening to find out who's Number 1.

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Now test your Christmas song knowledge with our Christmas song lyrics quiz:

Lyrics...

Guess the song from these lyrics, and then scroll down for the answers:

1) "This year, to save me from tears I'll give it to someone special."

2) "Let the Christmas spirit ring, later we'll have some pumpkin pie."

3) "Santa Claus won't make me happy with a toy on Christmas Day."

4) "You know that sweet Santa Clause is on the way."

5) "Feed the world."

6) "I've got 5 more nights until you're next to me, 4 more days of being lonely."

7) "So this is Xmas and what have you done."

8) "Look to the future now, It's only just begun."

9) "You were handsome, you were pretty, Queen of New York City."

10) "Eat, drink and be merry, come along with me."

11) "Baby if you've got to go away, don't think I could take the pain."

12) "Soon the bells will start and the thing that'll make 'em ring is the carol that you sing."

13) "I sing this song to pass the time away, driving in my car."

14) "Snow is falling all around me."

1) Wham! - 'Last Christmas'

2) Brenda Lee - 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree'

3) Mariah Carey - 'All I Want for Christmas Is You'

4) Wizzard - 'I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday'

5) Band Aid 30 - 'Do They Know It's Christmas?'

6) Leona Lewis - 'One More Sleep'

7) John Lennon and Yoko Ono - 'Happy Xmas (War Is Over)'

8) Slade - 'I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday'

9) The Pogues - 'Fairytale of New York''

10) Elton John - 'Step Into Christmas'

11) East 17 - 'Stay Another Day'

12) Michael Bublé - 'It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas'

13) Chris Rea - 'Driving Home For Christmas'

14) Shakin' Stevens - 'Merry Christmas Everyone'

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