☘ Beyond Enya & Clannad: Irish New Wave Playlist ☘
Irish New Wave + Some Pop Hits By Irish Bands 🍀 Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Irish New Wave + Some Pop Hits By Irish Bands 🍀 Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Christmas CD Track Listings
(created by and for Leah, Fran, Laoghaire + Annalivia Connor)
LITTLE DRUM MACHINE BOY
(Laoghaire's 1st new wave xmas cd 2002)
| Little Drummer Boy [Instrumental] | 4V | CatClause |
| One Christmas Catalouge | Captain Sensible | One Christmas Catalogue EP |
| We Three Kings | Tinmen | CatClause |
| I Was Born on Christmas Day | Saint Etienne | Tiger Bay |
| What Child Is This? | STN Featuring Cat Hall | CatClause |
| 2000 Miles | Pretenders | Learning to Crawl |
| Frosty the Snowman | Cocteau Twins | Snow |
| Santa’s Beard | They Might Be Giants | Lincoln |
| Thanks For Christmas | Three Wise Men [aka XTC] | Rag and Bone Buffet |
| Little Drummer Boy | Sorrow | Excelsis: A Dark Noel |
| Christmas Town | Total Devotion | CatClause |
| Last Christmas | Wham! | If You Were There: The Best of Wham! |
| Christmas Day | Vertigo Blue | CatClause |
| A Fairytale of New York | Pogues & Kirsty MacColl | If I Should Fall From Grace With God |
| Winter Wonderland | Cocteau Twins | Snow |
| My Gift To You | Color Theory | Tuesday Song |
| O Come, O Come, Emmanuel | Area | Excelsis: A Dark Noel |
| Christmas Wrapping | The Waitresses | I Could Rule the World If I Could Only Get the Parts |
| Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy | David Bowie/Bing Crosby | Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Christmas |
| Do They Know It’s Christmas? | Band Aid | If I Was: The Best of Midge Ure |
LITTLE DRUM MACHINE BOY - VOLUME 2
(Laoghaire's 1st new wave xmas cd 2002)
| The Coventry Carol | Alison Moyet | A Very Special Christmas |
| We Three Kings | Book of Love | |
| Little Drummer Boy | The Echoing Green | a plastiq Christmas |
| Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | Goat Explosion | a plastiq Christmas |
| Winter Wonderland | Eurythmics | Just Can’t Get Enough: New Wave Christmas |
| Christmas Day | Dido | Platinum Christmas |
| Christmas | Buzz of Delight | Snow |
| Father Christmas | The Kinks | |
| Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) | U2 | |
| Careless Santa | Mono Puff [They Might Be Giants] | Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Christmas |
| Christmas Time | Chris Stamey Group | CatClause |
| Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow | Joy Electric | a plastiq Christmas |
| Gabriel’s Message | Sting | A Very Special Christmas |
| God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen | I Sattelite | a plastiq Christmas |
| Wonder | Dissonance | CatClause |
| White Christmas | Travelogue | a plastiq Christmas |
| Late Night Winter | Christmicity | CatClause |
| Mistletoe | Division of Beat | a plastiq Christmas |
| Christmas in Hollis | Run-D.M.C. | Run DMC |
| Xmas Wrap (Uncensored) | Treacherous Three | The Sugarhill Records Story |
| The Coventry Carol | The Mediaevial Baebes | Salva Nos |
TOUCHED BY YOUR PRESENTS
(new wave christmas cd 2003)
| happy christmas (war is over) | the alarm |
| oi to the world | the vandals |
| jingle bells | flat duo jets |
| it's a wonderful life (gonna have a good life) | fishbone |
| rudolph the red-nosed reindeer | smithereens |
| christmastime | aimee mann & michael penn |
| o tannenbaum | they might be giants |
| countdown to christmas partytime | three wise men (aka XTC) |
| christmas wrapping | spice girls |
| christmas rappin' | kursti blow |
| santa baby | kylie minogue |
| december will be magic again | kate bush |
| in the bleak midwinter | lauren lavern |
| she won't be home | erasure |
| gody rest ye merry gentlemen | erasure |
| (I'm always) touched by your presents | syd straw |
| shouldn't have given him a gun for christmas | wall of voodoo |
| merry christmas (I don't want to fight tonight) | the ramones |
| all I want do do for christmas | timbuk 3 |
| do they know it's christmas (12 inch remix) | bandaid |
| happy christmas (war is over) | robbie williams |
ONE CHRISTMAS CATALOGUE
(best of new wave christmas cd 2004)
| jingle bells | yello |
| silent night | erasure |
| we three kings | book of love |
| countdown to christmas partytime | XTC |
| last christmas | wham! |
| one christmas catalogue | captain sensible |
| it's a wonderful life | fishbone |
| xmas wrap | treacherous three |
| christmas in hollis | run DMC |
| do they know it's chrsitmas | band-aid |
| last white christmas | basement 5 |
| shoudn't have given him a gun for christmas | wall of vodoo |
| happy christmas (war is over) | the alarm |
| all I want for christmas | timbuk 3 |
| hope | the go-betweens |
| winter wonderland | cocteau twins |
| angels we have heard on hgih | hugo largo |
| 2000 miles | the pretenders |
| (I'm always) touched by your presents | syd straw |
| christmas wrapping | the waitresses |
SANTA BABY
(annalivia's 1st xmas cd 2004)
| Santa Baby | Minogue, Kylie |
| Blue Christmas | Bunnygrunt |
| Early Chrismas Morning | Cindy Lauper |
| I Don't Intend to Spend Christmas Without You | St. Etienne |
| Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | Pretenders |
| It Came Upon a Midnight Clear | Sixpence None the Richer |
| Just Like Christmas | Low |
| green sleeves | Vanessa Carlton |
| Maybe at Christmastime | Drugstore |
| I Don't Need Anything this christmas | Shawn Colvin |
| Driving Home for Christmas | St. Etienne |
| Santa Claus | Throwing Muses |
| Seasons Freaklings | Bunnygrunt |
| O Come O Come Emmanuel | Kendall Payne |
| skating on the river | Frost, Lily |
| Frosty the Snowman | Cocteau Twins |
| The Winter Song | Eisley |
| My Christmas Prayer | Kate Bush ? St. Etienne |
| Silent Night | Sinead o Connor |
| Wonder | Dissonance |
| Winter Wonderland | Eurythmics |
| Sleigh Ride | Spice Girls |
| Santa Baby | Kylie Minogue |
SANTA TODDLER
(annalivia's xmas cd 2006)
| Il Est Ne Le Divin Enfant | siouxsie and the banshees |
| god rest ye merry gentleman | aimee mann |
| last christmas | pristina |
| Christmas day | vertigo |
| jingle bells | lisa loeb |
| merry christmas, I love you | velocity girl |
| chrismas reindeer | the knife |
| santa baby | somegirl |
| away in a manger | bright eyes |
| have yourself a merry little christmas | aimee mann |
| I'll Be home for christmas | sarah mclachlan |
| Space Christmas | Shonen Knife |
| Christmas Wrapping | Save Ferris |
| You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch | Sixpence None the Richer |
| Blue Christmas | Low |
| christmastime | aimee mann |
| O Little Town of Bethlehem | sarah mclachlan |
| Like Christmas | Fat Tulips |
| Christmastime Is Here | Ivy |
| Christmas Lullaby | Belinda Carlise |
| Rudy | The Be Good Tanyas |
| It's the most wonderful time of the year | martina sorbara |
| river | sarah mclachlan |
| Silent Night | Lisa Hannigan |
| White Christmas | melt banana |
I KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS
(laoghaire's synthpop/alternative xmas cd 2006)
| Do They Know It's Christmas? | The Echoing Green |
| Mrs. Santa Claus | Joy Electric |
| This Time of the Year | ? |
| Mary's Boy Child | Rename |
| Santa Claus Is Coming to Town | ? |
| I Believe in Father Christmas | Six by Seven |
| Here We Come a Wassailing | Joy Electric |
| Gabriel's Message | Color Theory |
| O Holy Night | Intuition |
| O Come O Come Emmanuel | Belle & Sebastian |
| Christmastime | The Smashing Pumpkins |
| Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) | Death Cab for Cutie |
| Christmas | Red Sleeping Beauty |
| Christmas Lullaby | The Pogues |
| Merry Christmas Will Do | Material Issue |
| Jingle Bell Rock | The Fall |
| Do They Know It's Christmas? | BandAid20 |
| I Saw Three Ships | Voice Industrie |
| Black Christmas | Black Flag |
| Christmas Sucks | Tom Waits, Peter Murphy |
| Mistletoe | Division of Beat |
XMAS CD 2010
| It Doesn't Often Snow at Christmas | Pet Shop Boys |
| Thank You Santa | Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation |
| Another Lonely Christmas | Erasure |
| That Christmas Feeling | Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation |
| Christmas Pics | Barenaked Ladies |
| In the Bleak Midwinter | Annie Lennox |
| Seasons of Love | disney's holiday celebration cd |
SYNTHPOP CHRISTMAS RACE 2015
| Another Lonely Christmas | Erasure |
| Electric X-Mas | Etage Neun |
| On Christmas Day | FATHER TIGER |
| Mary's Boy Child | Rename |
| Gaudete | Erasure |
| He'll Be Home For Christmas | Eurotix |
| This Time Of Year | CatClause 96 Album |
| One Christmas Catalogue | Jack |
| Black Christmas (Graphite Mix) | Red Flag |
| There'll Be No Tomorrow | Erasure |
| A Prayer of Hope (For Christmas) | Tony Reed |
| We Three Kings | Book of Love |
SYNTHPOP CHRISTMAS 2015
| A Single Malt Christmas (Live) | B! Machine |
| Silver | Blue October |
| We Three Kings | Book of Love |
| One Christmas Catalogue | Captain Sensible |
| Frosty the Snowman | Cocteau Twins |
| Winter Wonderland | Cocteau Twins |
| Gabriel's Message | Color Theory |
| Silent Night (Cosmic Night Sky Mix) | Cosmic Armchair |
| On Christmas | Dum Dum Girls |
| Another Lonely Christmas | Erasure |
| Bells Of Love (Isabelle's Of Love) | Erasure |
| Bleak Midwinter | Erasure |
| Blood On The Snow | Erasure |
| Gaudete | Erasure |
| Loving Man | Erasure |
| Make It Wonderful | Erasure |
| Midnight Clear | Erasure |
| Silver Bells | Erasure |
| Sleep Quietly | Erasure |
| The Christmas Song | Erasure |
| There'll Be No Tomorrow | Erasure |
| White Christmas | Erasure |
| He'll Be Home For Christmas | Eurotix |
| On Christmas Day | FATHER TIGER |
| O Holy Night | Intuition |
| One Christmas Catalogue | Jack |
| Lollipop Parade (On Christmas Morn) | Joy Electric |
| Mrs Santa Claus | Joy Electric |
| Gläns över sjö och strand | Molin Noir |
| All Over the World [new version] | Pet Shop Boys |
| It Doesn't Often Snow at Christmas [new version] | Pet Shop Boys |
| My Girl | Pet Shop Boys |
| Viva la Vida/Domino Dancing | Pet Shop Boys |
| Last Christmas | Pristina |
| Ave Maria | Red Flag |
| I Don't Love Xmas | Red Flag |
| Xmas Tree Graveyard | Red Flag |
| Your Presence | Red Flag |
| Mary's Boy Child | Rename |
| I Was Born On Christmas Day | Saint Etienne |
| My Christmas Prayer | Saint Etienne |
| Santa Baby | Somegirl |
| Little Drummer Boy | The Echoing Green |
| Christmas Reindeer | The Knife |
| Division Of Beat / Mistletoe | Various Artists |
| This Time Of Year | Various Artists |
| Vertigo Blue / Christmas Day | Various Artists |
| Wonder | Various Artists |
| I Saw Three Ships | Voice Industrie |
| Etage Neun - Electric X-Mas | |
| FIRST CUT-CHRISTMAS TIME(1986) | |
| Hurts - All I Want For Christmas Is New Year's Day (Lyrics on screen) | |
| Last Christmas - PLAS-TICK | |
| Little Town of Bethlehem (Cosmic Small Town Mix) by Cosmic Armchair (synthpop remix) | |
| Northern Kind - Tears & Tinsel (Christmas Song) | |
| O Holy Night | |
| Synthpop Christmas - Oh! Holy Night, as rendered by The Idiot | |
| The Saturnettes - Commodore Xmas | |
| Tony Reed - A Prayer of Hope (For Christmas) | |
| Yello - Jingle Bells |
POP CHRISTMAS RACE 2015
| 4 Carats | Kelly Clarkson |
| Beautiful Christmas | Big Time Rush |
| Christmas Is Coming | Ross Lynch and R5 |
| Christmas Lights | Coldplay |
| Christmas Soul (from "Austin & Ally") | Ross Lynch |
| Donna & Blitzen | Badly Drawn Boy |
| Happy Universal Holidays (featuring Ryan Newman)(from "Zeke and Luther") | Adam Hicks |
| It's Finally Christmas | Sabrina Carpenter |
| Lights All Over The World | Coco Jones |
| Mistletoe | Justin Bieber |
| Mittens | Carly Rae Jepsen |
| My Song For You (from "Good Luck Charlie") | Bridgit Mendler |
| Oh Santa! | Mariah Carey |
| Shake Santa Shake (from "Shake It Up") | Zendaya |
| Thank You Santa | Mitchel Musso |
| That Christmas Feeling | Olivia Olson |
| This Time Of Year | Various Artists |
| Underneath the Tree | Kelly Clarkson |
| Wonderful Christmastime | Demi Lovato |
2018 Xmas Running Playlist
On Christmas Day - Father Tiger
Electric X-Mas - Etage Neun
We Three Kings (2016 Remastered Version) - Book of Love
You Trashed My Christmas - The Primitives
Winter Wonderland - Cocteau Twins
Frosty the Snowman - Cocteau Twins
She Won't Be Home (Redux) - Erasure
Gaudete - Erasure
There'll Be No Tomorrow - Erasure
Gaudete (Dave Audé Extended Club Mix) - Erasure
Gaudete (IKON Remix) - Erasure
Kiss Me Babe, It's Christmas Time - Owl City
Holiday in L.A. - Band of Merrymakers
Merry Xmas (Says Your Text Message) - Dragonette
Head Hung Low - Father Tiger
All I Want For Christmas Is You - Libra
Still With Me - Father Tiger
Tears and Tinsel - Northern Kind
I Don't Intend To Spend Christmas Without You - Saint Etienne
Christmas On My Own - Eurotix
I Was Born on Christmas Day - Saint Etienne
She Won't Be Home - Erasure
On Christmas Day - Father Tiger
Electric X-Mas - Etage Neun
We Three Kings (2016 Remastered Version) - Book of Love
You Trashed My Christmas - The Primitives
Winter Wonderland - Cocteau Twins
Frosty the Snowman - Cocteau Twins
She Won't Be Home (Redux) - Erasure
Gaudete - Erasure
There'll Be No Tomorrow - Erasure
Gaudete (Dave Audé Extended Club Mix) - Erasure
Gaudete (IKON Remix) - Erasure
Kiss Me Babe, It's Christmas Time - Owl City
Holiday in L.A. - Band of Merrymakers
Merry Xmas (Says Your Text Message) - Dragonette
Head Hung Low - Father Tiger
All I Want For Christmas Is You - Libra
Still With Me - Father Tiger
Tears and Tinsel - Northern Kind
I Don't Intend To Spend Christmas Without You - Saint Etienne
Christmas On My Own - Eurotix
I Was Born on Christmas Day - Saint Etienne
She Won't Be Home - Erasure
