I compiled this list as part of my research for my post yesterday, The Greatest Christmas Number Two Songs That Should Have Been Number Ones. I thought some people might find the list interesting.
| Year | Number 1 | Number 2 |
| 2006 | A Moment Like This - Leona Lewis | Patience - Take That |
| 2005 | That’s My Goal - Shayne Ward | JCB Song - Nizlopi |
| 2004 | Do They Know It’s Christmas? - Band Aid 20 | Father and Son - Ronan Keating featuring Yusuf Islam |
| 2003 | Mad World - Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules | Christmas Time (Don’t Let the Bells End) - The Darkness |
| 2002 | Sound of the Underground - Girls Aloud | Sacred Trust - One True Voice |
| 2001 | Somethin’ Stupid - Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman | How Wonderful You Are - Gordon Haskell |
| 2000 | Can We Fix It - Bob The Builder | What Makes A Man - Westlife |
| 1999 | I Have A Dream / Seasons In The Sun - Westlife | The Millennium Prayer - Cliff Richard |
| 1998 | Goodbye - Spice Girls | Chocolate Salty Balls (PS I Love You) - Chef |
| 1997 | Too Much - Spice Girls | Teletubbies Say Eh-Oh! - Teletubbies |
| 1996 | 2 Become 1 - Spice Girls | No Woman, No Cry - The Fugees |
| 1995 | Earth Song - Michael Jackson | Wonderwall - Mike Flowers Pops |
| 1994 | Stay Another Day - East 17 | All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey |
| 1993 | Mr Blobby - Mr Blobby | Babe - Take That |
| 1992 | I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston | Heal The World - Michael Jackson |
| 1991 | Bohemian Rhapsody / These Are The Days Of Our Lives - Queen | When You Tell Me That You Love Me - Diana Ross |
| 1990 | Saviour’s Day - Cliff Richard | Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice |
| 1989 | Do They Know It’s Christmas? - Band Aid II | Let’s Party - Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers |
| 1988 | Mistletoe And Wine - Cliff Richard | Especially For You - Kylie & Jason |
| 1987 | Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind | Fairytale Of New York - The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl |
| 1986 | Reet Petite - Jackie Wilson | Caravan Of Love - The Housemartins |
| 1985 | Merry Christmas Everyone - Shakin’ Stevens | Saving All My Love For You - Whitney Houston |
| 1984 | Do They Know It’s Christmas? - Band Aid | Last Christmas / Everything She Wants - Wham! |
| 1983 | Only You - The Flying Pickets | My Oh My - Slade |
| 1982 | Save Your Love - Renee & Renato | The Shakin’ Stevens EP - Shakin’ Stevens |
| 1981 | Don’t You Want Me - The Human League | Daddy’s Home - Cliff Richard |
| 1980 | There’s No One Quite Like Grandma - St Winifred’s School Choir | (Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon |
| 1979 | Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd | I Have A Dream - ABBA |
| 1978 | Mary’s Boy Child - Boney M | YMCA - The Village People |
| 1977 | Mull Of Kintyre / Girl’s School - Wings | Floral Dance - The Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band |
| 1976 | When A Child Is Born - Johnny Mathis | Under The Moon Of Love - Showaddywaddy |
| 1975 | Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen | I Believe In Father Christmas - Greg Lake |
| 1974 | Lonely This Christmas - Mud | You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive |
| 1973 | Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade | I Love You Love Me Love - Gary Glitter |
| 1972 | Long Haired Lover From Liverpool - Little Jimmy Osmond | My Ding-A-Ling - Chuck Berry |
| 1971 | Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) - Benny Hill | Jeepster - T Rex |
| 1970 | I Hear You Knocking - Dave Edmunds | When I’m Dead And Gone - McGuinness Flint |
| 1969 | Two Little Boys - Rolf Harris | Ruby Don’t Take Your Love To Town - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition |
| 1968 | Lily The Pink - Scaffold | Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations |
| 1967 | Hello Goodbye - The Beatles | Magical Mystery Tour (EP) - The Beatles |
| 1966 | Green Green Grass Of Home - Tom Jones | Morningtown Ride - The Seekers |
| 1965 | Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out - The Beatles | Wind Me Up (Let Me Go) - Cliff Richard |
| 1964 | I Feel Fine - The Beatles | Downtown - Petula Clark |
| 1963 | I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles | She Loves You - The Beatles |
| 1962 | Return To Sender - Elvis Presley | The Next Time / Bachelor Boy - Cliff Richard |
| 1961 | Moon River - Danny Williams | Tower of Strength - Frankie Vaughan |
| 1960 | It’s Now or Never - Elvis Presley | I Love You - Cliff Richard |
| 1959 | What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For? - Emile Ford & The Checkmates | What Do You Want? - Adam Faith |
| 1958 | It’s Only Make Believe - Conway Twitty | Hoots Mon - Lord Rockingham’s XI |
| 1957 | Mary’s Boy Child - Harry Belafonte | Ma He’s Making Eyes At Me - Johnny Otis & His Orchestra With Marie Adams |
| 1956 | Just Walkin’ In The Rain - Johnnie Ray | Singing The Blues - Guy Mitchell |
| 1955 | Christmas Alphabet - Dickie Valentine | Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets |
| 1954 | Let’s Have Another Party - Winifred Atwell | Santo Natale - David Whitfield |
| 1953 | Answer Me - Frankie Laine | Answer Me - David Whitfield |
| 1952 | Here In My Heart - Al Martino | You Belong To Me - Jo Stafford |
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