Songs · UK Singles Chart
Driving Home for Christmas
Entered Dec 4, 1988 · peaked at #10 on Dec 31, 2021 · 84 weeks on the chart, last seen Dec 27, 2024
A holiday song: the “Without holiday songs” filter leaves it out.
- Record Power
- 82.0
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 1
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 84
- December 1988 – December 2024
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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Rea | primary | 100% | 86.0 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Dec 31, 2021 on the timeline →- #1Easy On MeAdele
- #2Last ChristmasWham
- #3All I Want For Christmas Is YouMariah Carey
- #4Fairytale of New YorkThe Pogues feat. Kirsty Maccoll
- #5Rockin' Around The Christmas TreeBrenda Lee
- #6Merry Christmas EveryoneShakin' Stevens
- #7It's Beginning to Look a Lot LikeMichael Buble
- #8Come on Home for ChristmasGeorge Ezra
- #9It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The YearAndy Williams
- #10Driving Home for ChristmasChris Rea
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