Songs · UK Singles Chart

Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

John, Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band & The Harlem Community Choir

Entered Dec 3, 1972 · peaked at #2 on Jan 4, 1981 · 29 weeks on the chart, last seen Dec 23, 1984

A holiday song: the “Without holiday songs” filter leaves it out.

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Record Power
40.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
7
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
29
December 1972 – December 1984

Ranked by Record Power, part of the ChartReign Power model — not a chart published by anyone else. How it works →

The run

Position by week; a gap is a spell off the chart.

What it earned each artist

Record Power is the song's own figure. Power contributed is what the song earned each artist's Career Power: a featured credit takes its reduced share, and a week where the artist had other songs charting is split between them.

ArtistCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Johnprimary33%13.7
Yoko and the Plastic Ono Bandprimary33%13.7
The Harlem Community Choirprimary33%13.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 4, 1981 on the timeline →
  1. #1ImagineJohn Lennon
  2. #2Happy Xmas (War Is Over)John, Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band & The Harlem Community Choir
  3. #3Stop the CavalryJona Lewie
  4. #4AntmusicAdam & the Ants
  5. #5(Just Like) Starting OverJohn Lennon
  6. #6There's No One Quite Like GrandmaSt. Winifred's School Choir
  7. #7De Do Do Do, De Da Da DaThe Police
  8. #8Super TrouperABBA
  9. #9EmbarrassmentMadness
  10. #10FlashQueen