Songs · UK Singles Chart

The Meaning of Christmas

Boris Gardiner

Entered Nov 30, 1986 · peaked at #69 on Dec 21, 1986 · 4 weeks on the chart, last seen Dec 21, 1986

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

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Record Power
0.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
4
November 1986 – December 1986

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
Boris Gardinerprimary100%0.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 21, 1986 on the timeline →
  1. #1Reet Petite {1986}Jackie Wilson
  2. #2Caravan of LoveThe Housemartins
  3. #3The Final CountdownEurope
  4. #4Open Your HeartMadonna
  5. #5SometimesErasure
  6. #6The RainOran 'Juice' Jones
  7. #7Cry Wolfa-ha
  8. #8Is This Love?Alison Moyet
  9. #9Shake You DownGregory Abbott
  10. #10Livin' On A PrayerBon Jovi