Can you name the 25 most popular Holiday Songs of the Decade as determined by ASCAP?

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Source: ASCAP Announces Top 25 Holiday Songs Of The Decade
ASCAP is America's largest association of songwriters and publishers & worldwide leader in performance royalties. Every time a song is heard in public (radio, malls) ASCAP pays the songwriter.
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Rank/Composer	Song title	Popular version by:
1. Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith		Eurythmics
2. Mel Tormé, Robert Wells		Nat 'King' Cole
3. Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish		The Ronettes
4. Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin		The Pretenders
5. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie		Bruce Springsteen
6. Irving Berlin		Bing Crosby
7. Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne		Michael Bublé
8. Joseph Carleton Beal, James Ross Boothe		Daryl Hall & John Oates
9. Johnny Marks		Gene Autry
10. Katherine K. Davis, Henry V. Onorati, Harry Simeone		The Harry Simeone Chorale
11. Edward Pola, George Wyle		Andy Williams
12. Walter Kent, Kim Gannon, Buck Ram		Josh Groban
13. Johnny Marks		Brenda Lee

Rank/Composer	Song title	Popular version by:
14. Jay Livingston, Ray Evans		Anne Murray
15. José Feliciano		José Feliciano
16. Steve Nelson, Walter E. Rollins		The Beach Boys
17. Johnny Marks		Burl Ives
18. Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson		Elvis Presley
19. Meredith Willson		Johnny Mathis
20. Tommie Connor		John Mellencamp
21. Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman		Gene Autry
22. Bob Allen, Al Stillman		Perry Como
23. Peter J. Wilhousky, Mykola Leontovich		David Foster (instrumental version)
24. Paul McCartney		Paul McCartney
25. Midge Ure, Bob Geldof		Band Aid

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ASCAP Holiday Songs of the Decade Quiz

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Created by: rockgolf -
Contributed: December 2nd, 2009
Published: December 24th, 2009
Category: Holiday
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Tags: Popular Quizzes, Song Quizzes, rank, composer, version, decade, determined, Holiday Songs, ascap, title

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	JustOneTime:	Dec 24th, 2009 at 04:12 GMT	2 points
	FYI, the Quiz says name the 25 Most Popular "Holday" songs.

	springmom:	Dec 24th, 2009 at 04:15 GMT	3 points
	this is a terrible list...people need to cultivate better taste

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	sammyhain2364:	Dec 24th, 2009 at 04:32 GMT	6 points
	disagree with quite a few of the most popular versions. Anne Murray most popular version of 'Silver Bells'?????

	Go_Phils:	Dec 24th, 2009 at 04:59 GMT	13 points
	What "holiday" are we referring to here? CHRISTMAS! These are CHRISTMAS songs! Why not say so?!

	Scotch:	Dec 24th, 2009 at 05:08 GMT	0 points
	There is an extra p in popular in the column heading.

	Go_Phils:	Dec 24th, 2009 at 05:14 GMT	0 points
	@the_last_dodo: You sure are a dodo. The point here is that we should stop the shameless euphemization of Christmas. It's Christmas, not "the holidays."

	spottedcow:	Dec 24th, 2009 at 06:03 GMT	4 points
	@brianc: You have not lived until you have heard the Springsteen version of that song.

	weeman12789:	Dec 24th, 2009 at 06:29 GMT	1 point
	let it snow dean martin

	mardot:	Dec 24th, 2009 at 09:27 GMT	4 points
	It's too bad that only one of these songs on the list is a religious Christmas song. Wish we could put the focus back on the real meaning of Christmas.

	Mo Anand:	Dec 24th, 2009 at 10:50 GMT	2 points
	I have heard a lot of these versions...yet I couldn't think of what some of their titles were until now.

	Flick:	Dec 24th, 2009 at 10:59 GMT	1 point
	The Harry Simeone Chorale beating Bing Crosby and David Jones(sorry Bowie)! Gosh... I need a strong Chrismas drink. I'd better put the kettle on!!

	chikka2:	Dec 24th, 2009 at 11:53 GMT	0 points
	original idea, liked this quiz.

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	Anderson:	Dec 24th, 2009 at 13:38 GMT	2 points
	You can tell this is an American quiz. You can't move in the UK at the moment without hearing Slade or the Pogues and Kirsty McColl.

	bknd9597:	Dec 24th, 2009 at 14:12 GMT	8 points
	What no Alvin and the Chipmunks

	AtoneMENT:	Dec 24th, 2009 at 14:25 GMT	-2 points
	Chrissie Hynde over Judy Garland? Not in this or any lifetime...I agree, some of these choices of representative singers were, it's Christmas, NAIVE. And no Mele Kalikimaka? Dissing the folks from Hawaii, Der Bingle and the Andrews Sisters in ONE FELL SWOOP!! :) Merry Christmas everyone!!

	Lyn_Marie:	Dec 24th, 2009 at 15:03 GMT	6 points
	I agree with mardot as far as losing the real meaning of Christmas, but besides celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, Christmas is also about being with your loved ones. Some of my favorite Christmas songs are the religious ones, especially O Holy Night, Do You Hear What I Hear, and Little Drummer Boy. But, The Christmas Song, Sleigh Ride, and many others don't really take away from the meaning of Christmas...Santa Baby does :)

	amlt:	Dec 24th, 2009 at 15:12 GMT	3 points
	Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the carol of the bells also known as the ukrainian bell carol?

	Chadster111:	Dec 24th, 2009 at 15:17 GMT	1 point
	OH SH!T NO JINGLE BELLS?! XD

	bmo1616:	Dec 24th, 2009 at 15:42 GMT	2 points
	Trans Siberian Orchestra's Carol of the Bells (Christmas Eve in Sarajavo) is WAY WAY WAY more popular than David Foster's.

	freelancehack:	Dec 24th, 2009 at 15:47 GMT	-2 points
	When I think of a popular Pretenders Christmas song, I think of 2000 Miles. Not Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.

	BSF5775:	Dec 24th, 2009 at 16:40 GMT	1 point
	yep i do not agree with this list at all. how can mariah carey's all i want for xmas is u not be on this list? no jingle bells, o holy night, the war is over john lennon song? the versions of some of these songs are also terrible. i prefer dolly parton's winter wonderland for one.

	86Mookie:	Dec 24th, 2009 at 16:58 GMT	1 point
	There are two major performing rights associations: ASCAP and BMI. Since this is an ASCAP quiz, it's likely that the songs that aren't listed here that you think should be belong to BMI.

	TIMTEBOW15:	Dec 24th, 2009 at 17:16 GMT	4 points
	At first i thought it said ASPCA christmas carols. Oh and no silent night, really?

	kagomeshuko:	Dec 24th, 2009 at 17:48 GMT	-1 points
	Hmm . . . different. Not too good at it, but good quiz. I hope you like my quizzes!

	jlholz15:	Dec 24th, 2009 at 18:04 GMT	-1 points
	there were a lot of blanks that were too restrictive on what was accepted. why not accept "there's no place like home for the holidays" when the title is "(there's no place like) home for the holidays." had the same issue with band aid-- the song is also popularly known by "feed the world"

	darkangel7:	Dec 24th, 2009 at 19:41 GMT	0 points
	no grinch?

	mapgar:	Dec 25th, 2009 at 01:35 GMT	0 points
	I don't know why these are the songs of "the decade." They're fairly old; none of the new classics like "Christmas Shoes" are on the list. Even more modern versions of old songs like the Jackson 5 "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" or the David Bowie/Bing Crosby "Little Drummer Boy" aren't here.

	mtc:	Dec 25th, 2009 at 02:27 GMT	0 points
	Wham! - Last Christmas

	31195:	Dec 26th, 2009 at 22:21 GMT	1 point
	@mapgar: I think it's because these were the most played in this decade.

	marshmallow:	Apr 12th, 2010 at 15:02 GMT	1 point
	No Slade or Pogues?!

	Meltha:	Sep 8th, 2010 at 21:42 GMT	2 points
	Hmm... odd list. I'm surprised the Carpenters didn't show up at all. It wasn't made in the last decade, but then again neither were a lot of these. And sadly, no John Denver's Christmas Eve 1913, the prettiest modern carol. :(