Christmas Songs From The 80s

Many artists in the mid to late 80s introduced distinctive styles of rock techno and upbeat flavors in the christian music world.

Christmas songs from the 80s. For more playlists visit our channel. It s certainly difficult to curate a list of best and worst songs and nowhere is this more true than with christmas music however here s my take on the most memorable though not necessarily the best pop rock holiday songs of the 80s offered in no particular order and merely as a starting point for debate. Throw em on today and make your celebration a bit edgier 10. To that end here s our list of the top 10 christmas songs from the 1980s.

Over a third 36 voted the 80s into the top spot with the 1987 hit from the pogues and kirsty maccoll s fairytale in new york voted the nation s favourite christmas song. This collection of 80s christmas songs has a little bit of everything including a few holes. Mccartney had a uk christmas no1 single in 1977 with mull of kintyre but wonderful christmastime is the mccartney seasonal jewel for me. A synth driven song that sounds very of its time with the new wave electronic crossover that typified the late 70s early 80 s.

A song by english singer and songwriter chris rea was released as a single in 1986. Driving home for christmas is very popular christmas song but it reached only number 53 in the uk single chart in 1988. Christmas songs that came out during the 80s christmas songs from the eighties i ve seen a couple of new wave compilations recently that feature eighties artists heavily rhino has a new wave eighties the new wave connection has a couple of cd s and i thought this might be a neat list to start since it is the christmas season. There are novelty tracks bob doug mckenzie s twelve days of christmas and buster poindexter s zat you santa claus rockers having good natured fun hall oates jingle bell rock and the fabulous thunderbirds rockin winter wonderland pop acts tenderly crooning wham s last.

Best christmas songs of the eighties all of the greatest festive classics from the 1980s. Home blog 80s christmas songs. The ramones merry christmas i don t wanna fight tonight 89. In the battle of the decades the 1970s received a quarter of the votes 25 followed by the 1990s with one in ten 10.

And in some cases they offset all the sugary nostalgia with just enough bite to make holiday music tolerable.