Arts & Entertainment
Let's Go Caroling: iTunes' Top 10 Christmas Songs of 2017
Mariah Carey has the hottest Christmas song of 2017 on iTunes right now with “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” but Wham! Isn’t far behind.
Wait, what now? Wham?
Yep, the 1980s-era dance-pop duo, consisting of an immaculately coiffed George Michael and the comparatively disheveled Andrew Ridgely, came in at No. 5 with 1984’s “Last Christmas,” topping timeless favorites like Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” and Andy Williams’ “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.”
But none of them can hold a candle to Carey, who belted out her seasonal hit back in 1994, along with a video featuring her ridiculously cute and perky self frolicking in the snow with Santa Claus, opening Christmas gifts and feeding a reindeer.
Traditionalists may not be pleased, meanwhile, to learn that Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas” only made it to No. 18 on iTunes’ Top 100 list, while Elvis Presley’s “Blue Christmas” peaked at 26, just barely outperforming Justin Bieber’s “Mistletoe,” which is enough to make anyone blue just thinking about it.
We’re not going to share all 100 songs with you because tracking down all those videos would take, like, forever. Would you settle for the top 10? Because that’s what we’ve got. So kick back, sip a glass of wine, stare at the pretty lights on the tree and enjoy!
No. 1: All I Want for Christmas Is You – Mariah Carey
No. 2: Mary, Did You Know? – Pentatonix
No. 3: You Make It Feel Like Christmas – Gwen Stefani (feat. Blake Shelton)
No. 4: Jingle Bell Rock – Bobby Helms
No. 5: Last Christmas – Wham!
No. 6: Christmas/Sarajevo 12/24 – Trans Siberian Orchestra
No. 7: Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree: Brenda Lee
No. 8: It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year: Andy Williams
No. 9: Christmas Canon – Trans-Siberian Orchestra
No. 10: Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town – Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Rick Hynum is editor-in-chief of HottyToddy.com. Email him at rick.hynum@hottytoddy.com.
| Mon, Nov 4 |  | vs Long Island University | W, 90-60 |
| Fri, Nov 8 |  | vs Grambling | W, 66-64 |
| Tue, Nov 12 |  | vs South Alabama | W, 64-54 |
| Sat, Nov 16 |  | vs Colorado State | W, 84-69 |
| Thu, Nov 21 |  | vs Oral Roberts | L, 100-68 |
| Thu, Nov 28 |  | vs BYU | W, 96-85 OT |
| Fri, Nov 29 |  | vs 13 Purdue | L, 80-78 |
| Tue, Dec 3 |  | @ Louisville | W, 86-63 |
| Sat, Dec 7 |  | vs Lindenwood | W, 86-53 |
| Sat, Dec 14 |  | vs Southern Miss | W, 77-46 |
| Tue, Dec 17 |  | vs Southern | W, 74-61 |
| Sat, Dec 21 |  | vs Queens University | W, 80-62 |
| Sat, Dec 28 |  | @ Memphis | L, 87-70 |
| Sat, Jan 4 |  | vs Georgia | W, 63-51 |
| Wed, Jan 8 |  | @ 23 Arkansas | W, 73-66 |
| Sat, Jan 11 |  | vs LSU | W, 77-65 |
| Tue, Jan 14 |  | @ 5 Alabama | W, 74-64 |
| Sat, Jan 18 |  | @ 17 Mississippi State | L, 81-84 |
| Wed, Jan 22 |  | vs 13 Texas A&M | L, 62-63 |
| Sat, Jan 25 |  | @ Missouri | L, 83-75 |
| Wed, Jan 29 |  | vs Texas | W, 72-69 |
| Sat, Feb 1 |  | vs 2 Auburn | L, 92-82 |
| Tue, Feb 4 |  | vs 10 Kentucky | W, 98-84 |
| Sat, Feb 8 | | @ LSU | 7:30 PM SECN |
| Wed, Feb 12 |  | @ South Carolina | 6:00 PM SECN |
| Sat, Feb 15 | | vs 17 Mississippi State | 5:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Feb 22 |  | @ Vanderbilt | 2:30 PM SECN |
| Wed, Feb 26 | | @ 2 Auburn | 6:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Mar 1 |  | vs 12 Oklahoma | 1:00 PM TBA |
| Wed, Mar 5 |  | vs 1 Tennessee | 8:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Mar 8 |  | @ 6 Florida | 5:00 PM SECN |
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December 13, 2017 at 8:01 am
I love this christmas top 3 songs and it is incredible.