Limbabwe @
2013-12-12 08:53:03 UTC
This time of year when we’re all inundated with Christmas songs on the radio, in stores, and pretty much everywhere we go, it’s easy to get to thinking: Just how many of these songs are there?
Here at SecondHandSongs we’re busy all year long adding holiday songs and covers. We’re a long way from cataloging everything ever recorded, but here’s where we are (at 2:30 am, EST, December 8, 2013): at least 130 Christmas / Holiday songs with 12,451 performances on 1607 releases.
Top 10 songs - Contemporary
- White Christmas - 456 covers
- The Christmas Song - 408 covers
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - 390 covers
- Winter Wonderland - 304 covers
- Jingle Bells - 302 covers
- Little Drummer Boy - 294 covers
- I'll Be Home for Christmas - 274 covers
- Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - 247 covers
- Silver Bells - 217 covers
- Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - 205 covers
Top 10 songs – Traditional / Religious
- Silent Night! Holy Night! - 842 covers (#1 overall)
- O, Holy Night - 475 covers
- What Child Is This? / A New Northern Dittye of the Lady Greene Sleeves (Greensleeves) - 457 covers
- O Come, All Ye Faithful - 344 covers
- Away in a Manger [Mueller] - 341 covers
- The First Nowell the Angel Did Say - 325 covers
- God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen - 324 covers
- Joy to the World - 247 covers
- O Little Town of Bethlehem - 245 covers
- O Come, O Come, Emmanuel - 240 covers
Merry Christmas! Happy New Year !
Your SecondHandSongs Team !
PS: We'd like to especially thank our editor and Xmas music specialist artsinspired on this fabulous job !!
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