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ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE
by BRENDA LEE

Brenda Lee's Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree was originally released in the UK in 1962 on the Brunswick label. Written by Johnny Marks, the rockabilly track was recorded by Brenda Lee in 1958 when the singer was just 13 years old.

Entering the UK singles chart at Number 30 in its first week in November 1962, the song climbed into the Top 10 and earned its original peak of Number 6 a month later.

However, Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree would go on to become a festive classic, notably featuring in the much-loved 1990 Christmas movie Home Alone as Kevin McCallister deterred would-be burglars from robbing his home by throwing a pretend Christmas party to make the house appear occupied. It later becoming a seasonal staple of the digital era too.

As such, it wasn't until a whole sixty years after its release, that the track would achieve its UK chart peak; in December 2021 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree broke the Official Singles Chart Top 5 for this first time in the song's history, then a year later it scaled to even greater heights, landing at a new all-time peak of Number 4 on 30 December 2022.

During Christmas 2023 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree became a Billboard record breaker, as the song topped the US Billboard Hot 100, it not only gave the singer a third US Number 1 single, it made Brenda Lee the oldest artist (age 78) ever to top the chart. 

Rockin Around The Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee

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Chart facts

  • Peak position4
  • LabelBRUNSWICK
  • Catalogue number05880
  • First Chart Date

Weeks on chart

  1. 0No. 1
  2. 15Top. 10
  3. 29Top. 20
  4. 39Top. 40
  5. 63Top. 75
  6. 73Top. 100

Chart run

= Peak position = This week

7 weeks - 05/12/1962 to 16/01/1963

1 week - 29/12/2007

3 weeks - 13/12/2008 to 27/12/2008

4 weeks - 12/12/2009 to 02/01/2010

3 weeks - 17/12/2011 to 31/12/2011

3 weeks - 15/12/2012 to 29/12/2012

3 weeks - 14/12/2013 to 28/12/2013

4 weeks - 13/12/2014 to 03/01/2015

3 weeks - 17/12/2015 to 31/12/2015

4 weeks - 15/12/2016 to 05/01/2017

4 weeks - 14/12/2017 to 04/01/2018

4 weeks - 13/12/2018 to 03/01/2019

4 weeks - 12/12/2019 to 02/01/2020

6 weeks - 03/12/2020 to 07/01/2021

6 weeks - 02/12/2021 to 06/01/2022

7 weeks - 24/11/2022 to 05/01/2023

7 weeks - 23/11/2023 to 04/01/2024

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Chart facts

  • Peak position42
  • LabelMCA
  • Catalogue numberUSMC15848998
  • First Chart Date

Weeks on chart

  1. 0No. 1
  2. 0Top. 10
  3. 0Top. 20
  4. 0Top. 40
  5. 31Top. 75
  6. 36Top. 100

Chart run

= Peak position = This week

3 weeks - 13/12/2014 to 27/12/2014

3 weeks - 17/12/2015 to 31/12/2015

3 weeks - 15/12/2016 to 29/12/2016

3 weeks - 14/12/2017 to 28/12/2017

4 weeks - 13/12/2018 to 03/01/2019

4 weeks - 12/12/2019 to 02/01/2020

4 weeks - 10/12/2020 to 31/12/2020

4 weeks - 09/12/2021 to 30/12/2021

4 weeks - 08/12/2022 to 29/12/2022

4 weeks - 14/12/2023 to 04/01/2024

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Chart facts

  • Peak position40
  • LabelMCA
  • Catalogue numberUSMC15848998
  • First Chart Date

Weeks on chart

  1. 0No. 1
  2. 0Top. 10
  3. 0Top. 20
  4. 1Top. 40
  5. 45Top. 75
  6. 58Top. 100

Chart run

= Peak position = This week

2 weeks - 23/12/2006 to 30/12/2006

2 weeks - 22/12/2007 to 29/12/2007

3 weeks - 13/12/2008 to 27/12/2008

4 weeks - 12/12/2009 to 02/01/2010

3 weeks - 17/12/2011 to 31/12/2011

3 weeks - 15/12/2012 to 29/12/2012

3 weeks - 14/12/2013 to 28/12/2013

3 weeks - 13/12/2014 to 27/12/2014

3 weeks - 17/12/2015 to 31/12/2015

3 weeks - 15/12/2016 to 29/12/2016

3 weeks - 14/12/2017 to 28/12/2017

4 weeks - 13/12/2018 to 03/01/2019

4 weeks - 12/12/2019 to 02/01/2020

4 weeks - 10/12/2020 to 31/12/2020

4 weeks - 09/12/2021 to 30/12/2021

5 weeks - 08/12/2022 to 05/01/2023

5 weeks - 07/12/2023 to 04/01/2024

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End of Year Singles Chart

Chart facts

  • Peak position67
  • LabelMCA
  • Catalogue numberUSMC15848998
  • First Chart Date

Weeks on chart

  1. 0No. 1
  2. 0Top. 10
  3. 0Top. 20
  4. 0Top. 40
  5. 2Top. 75
  6. 2Top. 100

Chart run

= Peak position = This week

2 weeks - 31/12/2022 to 01/01/2023

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Chart facts

  • Peak position15
  • LabelMCA
  • Catalogue numberUSMC15848998
  • First Chart Date

Weeks on chart

  1. 0No. 1
  2. 0Top. 10
  3. 4Top. 20
  4. 7Top. 40
  5. 8Top. 75
  6. 8Top. 100

Chart run

= Peak position = This week

2 weeks - 22/12/2012 to 29/12/2012

1 week - 28/12/2013

4 weeks - 13/12/2014 to 03/01/2015

1 week - 04/01/2018

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