Chris Rea - 'Driving Home for Christmas'
British iTunes Chart Performance

"Driving Home for Christmas": Chart Statistics

  • Release date: 06 Nov 2009
  • Chart debut: #71 (06 Dec 2009)
  • Highest Position: #11 (24 Dec 2020)
  • Most recent chart position: #57 (27 Dec 2023)
  • Days on UK Songs Chart: 380

'Driving Home for Christmas' has charted in the following countries:
United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Spain and Australia.

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Detailed Chart Progress for "Driving Home for Christmas" (Chris Rea)

UK Songs chart performance history for Driving Home for Christmas

Year Month Day Position Movement Number 1
2009 Dec 6 Sun 71 new Rihanna
Russian Roulette
7 Mon 70 up Lady GaGa
Bad Romance
8 Tue 69 up
9 Wed 70 down
10 Thu 63 up
11 Fri 58 up
12 Sat 57 up
13 Sun 59 down
14 Mon 77 down Joe McElderry
The Climb
15 Tue 70 up Rage Against the Machine
Killing In the Name
16 Wed 65 up
17 Thu 62 up
18 Fri 56 up
19 Sat 54 up
20 Sun 46 up
21 Mon 50 down
22 Tue 48 up
23 Wed 39 up Joe McElderry
The Climb
24 Thu 31 up
25 Fri 87 down
2 Thu 97 re-entry Nicole Scherzinger
Poison
7 Tue 95 re-entry Willow
Whip My Hair
9 Thu 100 re-entry Black Eyed Peas
The Time
11 Sat 96 re-entry
12 Sun 98 down Rihanna & Drake
What's My Name?
16 Thu 85 re-entry Matt Cardle
When We Collide
17 Fri 85 no-move
18 Sat 77 up
19 Sun 76 up
20 Mon 83 down
21 Tue 82 up
22 Wed 66 up
23 Thu 53 up
24 Fri 42 up
25 Sat 44 down
26 Sun 98 down Rihanna & Drake
What's My Name?
1 Thu 73 re-entry Olly Murs
Dance With Me Tonight
2 Fri 70 up
3 Sat 66 up
4 Sun 65 up
5 Mon 73 down
6 Tue 64 up
7 Wed 62 up T-Pain
5 O'Clock
8 Thu 61 up
9 Fri 58 up
10 Sat 57 up Coldplay
Paradise
11 Sun 57 no-move
12 Mon 71 down Little Mix
Cannonball
13 Tue 67 up
14 Wed 61 up
15 Thu 59 up
16 Fri 52 up
17 Sat 51 up
18 Sun 58 down Military Wives, Gareth Malone & London Metropolitan Orchestra
Wherever You Are
19 Mon 61 down
20 Tue 58 up
21 Wed 49 up
22 Thu 43 up
23 Fri 28 up
24 Sat 26 up
25 Sun 97 down Coldplay
Paradise
1 Sat 74 re-entry Bruno Mars
Locked Out of Heaven
2 Sun 72 up Gabrielle Aplin
The Power of Love
3 Mon 78 down
4 Tue 69 up
5 Wed 61 up
6 Thu 64 down Bruno Mars
Locked Out of Heaven
7 Fri 63 up
12 Wed 62 up James Arthur
Impossible
19 Wed 69 down The Justice Collective
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
20 Thu 67 up James Arthur
Impossible
21 Fri 54 up
22 Sat 49 up The Justice Collective
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
1 Sun 79 re-entry One Direction
Story of My Life
2 Mon 79 no-move
3 Tue 73 up
4 Wed 73 no-move
5 Thu 71 up
6 Fri 74 down
7 Sat 73 up
8 Sun 59 up Lily Allen
Somewhere Only We Know
9 Mon 69 down
10 Tue 77 down Avicii
Hey Brother
11 Wed 65 up
12 Thu 62 up
13 Fri 60 up Leona Lewis
One More Sleep
14 Sat 64 down
15 Sun 67 down Pharrell Williams
Happy
16 Mon 72 down Sam Bailey
Skyscraper
17 Tue 63 up
18 Wed 65 down
19 Thu 61 up
20 Fri 58 up Pharrell Williams
Happy
21 Sat 55 up Pharrell Williams
Happy
22 Sun 51 up
23 Mon 54 down
24 Tue 37 up
25 Wed 97 down
1 Mon 85 re-entry Union J
You Got It All
2 Tue 72 up Taylor Swift
Blank Space
3 Wed 65 up
4 Thu 71 down
5 Fri 70 up
6 Sat 60 up
7 Sun 67 up Fleur East
Uptown Funk
8 Mon 78 down
9 Tue 75 up Mark Ronson
Uptown Funk
10 Wed 75 no-move
11 Thu 76 down
12 Fri 72 up
13 Sat 71 up
14 Sun 78 down
15 Mon 90 down Ben Haenow
Something I Need
17 Wed 89 re-entry
18 Thu 81 up Mark Ronson
Uptown Funk
19 Fri 61 up
20 Sat 58 up
21 Sun 65 down
22 Mon 64 up
23 Tue 58 up
24 Wed 41 up
1 Tue 87 re-entry Justin Bieber
Love Yourself
2 Wed 76 up
3 Thu 70 up
4 Fri 82 down
5 Sat 71 up
6 Sun 73 down
7 Mon 71 up
8 Tue 73 down
9 Wed 73 no-move
10 Thu 75 down
11 Fri 77 down
12 Sat 75 up
13 Sun 65 up
14 Mon 73 down Louisa Johnson
Forever Young
15 Tue 70 up
16 Wed 68 up Justin Bieber
Love Yourself
17 Thu 68 no-move
18 Fri 69 down The Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir
A Bridge Over You
19 Sat 65 up Justin Bieber
Love Yourself
20 Sun 58 up
21 Mon 64 down
22 Tue 60 up The Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir
A Bridge Over You
23 Wed 52 up
24 Thu 41 up
2016 Nov 30 Wed 85 re-entry Clean Bandit
Rockabye
2016 Dec 1 Thu 57 up
2 Fri 57 no-move
3 Sat 64 down
4 Sun 57 up
5 Mon 60 down
6 Tue 54 up
7 Wed 57 down
8 Thu 63 down
9 Fri 65 down ZAYN & Taylor Swift
I Don’t Wanna Live Forever
10 Sat 69 down
11 Sun 69 no-move Louis Tomlinson & Steve Aoki
Just Hold On
12 Mon 68 up Matt Terry
When Christmas Comes Around
13 Tue 62 up
14 Wed 67 down
15 Thu 61 up
16 Fri 64 down
2017 Nov 29 Wed 83 re-entry Rita Ora
Anywhere
30 Thu 62 up
2017 Dec 1 Fri 49 up Ed Sheeran
Perfect Duet
2 Sat 48 up
3 Sun 52 down
4 Mon 61 down Rak-Su
Dimelo
5 Tue 64 down
6 Wed 59 up
7 Thu 49 up
8 Fri 52 down
9 Sat 45 up Ed Sheeran
Perfect Duet
10 Sun 36 up
11 Mon 39 down
12 Tue 41 down
13 Wed 46 down
14 Thu 43 up
15 Fri 57 down Eminem
River
16 Sat 46 up
17 Sun 43 up
18 Mon 47 down
19 Tue 42 up
20 Wed 38 up Wham!
Last Christmas
21 Thu 33 up
22 Fri 24 up Eminem
River
23 Sat 24 no-move
24 Sun 19 up
25 Mon 52 down Big Shaq
Man's Not Hot
2018 Nov 28 Wed 97 re-entry Ava Max
Sweet but Psycho
30 Fri 96 re-entry
2018 Dec 1 Sat 57 up
2 Sun 55 up
3 Mon 64 down Dalton Harris
The Power of Love
4 Tue 61 up
5 Wed 56 up
6 Thu 56 no-move
7 Fri 58 down
8 Sat 52 up Mark Ronson
Nothing Breaks Like a Heart
9 Sun 40 up
10 Mon 45 down
11 Tue 48 down Ava Max
Sweet but Psycho
12 Wed 53 down Mark Ronson
Nothing Breaks Like a Heart
13 Thu 46 up The Fire Tones
Do They Know It's Christmas?
14 Fri 46 no-move LadBaby
We Built This City
15 Sat 48 down
16 Sun 44 up
17 Mon 53 down
18 Tue 46 up
19 Wed 47 down
20 Thu 36 up
21 Fri 32 up
22 Sat 35 down
23 Sun 28 up
24 Mon 21 up
25 Tue 58 down Ava Max
Sweet but Psycho
1 Sun 82 re-entry The X Factor Celebrities 2019
Run
2 Mon 66 up
3 Tue 69 down
4 Wed 71 down Tones and I
Dance Monkey
5 Thu 59 up
6 Fri 66 down
7 Sat 76 down
8 Sun 82 down
9 Mon 96 down
10 Tue 87 up
11 Wed 81 up
12 Thu 58 up
13 Fri 57 up LadBaby
I Love Sausage Rolls
14 Sat 63 down
15 Sun 61 up
16 Mon 61 no-move
17 Tue 55 up
18 Wed 52 up
19 Thu 38 up
20 Fri 37 up
21 Sat 34 up
22 Sun 40 down Tones and I
Dance Monkey
23 Mon 26 up
24 Tue 23 up
25 Wed 49 down
2020 Nov 23 Mon 100 re-entry Harry Styles
Golden
25 Wed 65 re-entry Little Mix
Sweet Melody
26 Thu 93 down
27 Fri 77 up Liam Gallagher
All You're Dreaming Of
28 Sat 57 up
29 Sun 54 up
30 Mon 39 up
2020 Dec 1 Tue 33 up
2 Wed 42 down One Voice Children's Choir
Memories
3 Thu 32 up
4 Fri 34 down Mariah Carey
Oh Santa!
5 Sat 31 up
6 Sun 30 up Mental As Anything
Live It Up
7 Mon 38 down Cassi & The Slosh Puppies, GBX & Sparkos
Slosh'd
8 Tue 39 down
9 Wed 35 up Mental As Anything
Live It Up
10 Thu 34 up
11 Fri 37 down Rock Choir
Keeping the Dream Alive
12 Sat 32 up
13 Sun 30 up Mariah Carey
All I Want For Christmas Is You
14 Mon 18 up
15 Tue 19 down
16 Wed 26 down Little Mix
Always Be Together
17 Thu 22 up Becky Hill
Forever Young
18 Fri 29 down LadBaby
Don't Stop Me Eatin'
19 Sat 32 down
20 Sun 24 up
21 Mon 29 down LadBaby
Don't Stop Me Eatin'
22 Tue 30 down
23 Wed 24 up
24 Thu 11 up
25 Fri 19 down
26 Sat 36 down
27 Sun 67 down Ed Sheeran
Afterglow
2021 Nov 25 Thu 78 re-entry ADELE
Easy On Me
28 Sun 74 re-entry
29 Mon 45 up
30 Tue 59 no-move Elton John & Dua Lipa
Cold Heart
2021 Dec 1 Wed 38 no-move
2 Thu 31 up
3 Fri 51 no-move Ed Sheeran & Elton John
Merry Christmas
4 Sat 57 no-move
5 Sun 37 no-move
6 Mon 33 up
7 Tue 33 no-move
8 Wed 29 up
9 Thu 38 down
10 Fri 45 down
11 Sat 49 no-move
12 Sun 43 up
13 Mon 40 no-move
14 Tue 39 up
15 Wed 35 no-move
16 Thu 33 up
17 Fri 45 no-move LadBaby
Sausage Rolls for Everyone
18 Sat 35 no-move
19 Sun 30 up
20 Mon 43 no-move
21 Tue 42 up
22 Wed 46 no-move
23 Thu 33 no-move
24 Fri 16 no-move
25 Sat 20 no-move
26 Sun 41 down Ed Sheeran & Elton John
Merry Christmas
27 Mon 89 no-move
2022 Nov 24 Thu 84 re-entry Meghan Trainor
Made You Look
26 Sat 89 no-move Jason Manford
Assembly Bangers
27 Sun 80 no-move Joel Corry & Tom Grennan
Lionheart
28 Mon 96 no-move
29 Tue 77 no-move
30 Wed 73 up
2022 Dec 1 Thu 39 up
2 Fri 52 no-move Lewis Capaldi
Pointless
3 Sat 57 no-move
4 Sun 42 no-move
5 Mon 39 up
6 Tue 74 no-move
7 Wed 39 up Sidemen
Christmas Drillings
8 Thu 41 no-move
9 Fri 34 no-move
10 Sat 31 no-move Meghan Trainor
Made You Look
11 Sun 25 up
12 Mon 20 no-move Jason Manford
Assembly Bangers
13 Tue 24 no-move Lewis Capaldi
Pointless
14 Wed 22 no-move
15 Thu 26 down
16 Fri 43 no-move LadBaby
Food Aid
17 Sat 33 no-move
18 Sun 38 down
19 Mon 49 down
20 Tue 50 no-move
21 Wed 51 down Sidemen
Christmas Drillings
22 Thu 54 down
23 Fri 28 up
24 Sat 18 no-move LadBaby
Food Aid
25 Sun 16 up
26 Mon 32 no-move
27 Tue 60 no-move Meghan Trainor
Made You Look
2023 Nov 26 Sun 83 no-move Jack Harlow
Lovin On Me
27 Mon 86 down Team Romford
Maybe This Christmas Time
28 Tue 97 down Jack Harlow
Lovin On Me
29 Wed 51 no-move Taylor Swift
You’re Losing Me
30 Thu 44 up The Pogues
Fairytale of New York
2023 Dec 1 Fri 44 no-move
2 Sat 42 up
3 Sun 37 no-move
4 Mon 36 no-move
5 Tue 44 no-move
6 Wed 36 up Jack Harlow
Lovin On Me
7 Thu 44 no-move
8 Fri 37 up The Pogues
Fairytale of New York
9 Sat 36 up
10 Sun 39 down
11 Mon 38 no-move Murray Gold
Doctor Who - The Goblin Song
12 Tue 37 up Bts
Spring Day
13 Wed 42 down Murray Gold
Doctor Who - The Goblin Song
14 Thu 42 no-move The Pogues
Fairytale of New York
15 Fri 38 no-move Creator Universe
16 Sat 33 no-move
17 Sun 29 no-move
18 Mon 30 no-move
19 Tue 30 no-move
20 Wed 31 down
21 Thu 21 up
22 Fri 16 no-move
23 Sat 15 up
24 Sun 14 no-move Cher
DJ Play A Christmas Song
25 Mon 17 no-move
26 Tue 30 down
27 Wed 57 down Noah Kahan
Stick Season

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