The Christmas Charts - 1981

For the 2nd year in a row "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" by John And Yoko And The Plastic Ono Band re-entered the Top 40. It would only make number 28 on this occasion but that's not bad considering the number of people who would have bought it the previous year.

Also re-entering the Top 40 was "Merry Xmas Everybody" by Slade. This was the first time it re-entered the Top 40 and made number 32 on this occasion.

1981 was the year of the medley with the likes of "Stars On 45" and at Christmas time we had the record "Christmas On 45" by Holly And The Ivys which made number 40.

Also Christmas related we had "Hokey Cokey" by Snowmen. Not technically a Christmas song but given it's by the Snowmen and came out around Christmas time it was clearly one for the Christmas market.

The Christmas number one was "Don't You Want Me" by the Human League. They had made their Top 40 debut earlier on in the year and this was their 4th Top 40 hit and final single to be taken from their "Dare" album.