Last Christmas reach number one on the UK singles chart for the first time on January 3, 2021, 36 years after its original 1984 release. In doing so it broke the record for the longest time taken for a single to peek at the top of the UK singles chart after its initial release.
Kate Bush’s running up that hill, a deal with God, set a new record when it climb to the top spot in June 20 2237 years after its initial release.
Additionally, two versions of the song enter the US chart in 2022 the Backstreet Boys version went to number one on the Billboard adult contemporary chart and Lauren Spencer Smith version was a hot 100 hit!
Until last Christmas finally reached number one in January 2021 had been a UK best-selling. Singleton never reached the top of the singles chart.
* special thanks to songfacts.com for providing the information used in this video and post.
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