Last Christmas wins Christmas number one, beating Sam Ryder and Mariah Carey

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To play this video, you need JavaScript enabled in your browser. < /figure>By Mark Savage BBC Music Correspondent

Wham!'s Last Christmas has been crowned this year's Christmas number one, 39 years after its first release.< /p>

The festive classic beat Sam Ryder into first place after one of the most open races in years. Mariah Carey was third, while Noah Kahn's Stick Season was fourth.

This is the first time George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley's song has been number one one during Christmas week.

"It's wonderful and humbling to have gotten to this point," Ridgeley told the BBC. “The top of the pile is a great place.”

He added that Michael, who died in 2016, had always wanted the song to be a Christmas number . A.

"He believed that every great songwriter should be able to write a Christmas hit on command. Unfortunately, it took too long for George - but he would have been completely done with it. the moon.

First released in 1984, Last Christmas was originally held at the top of the chart by the single Band Aid Do They Know It's Christmas? most played song of all time during Christmas week.

Top five Christmas chartWham! - Last ChristmasSam Ryder - You're Christmas to meMariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas is YouNoah Kahan - Stick SeasonEd Sheeran and Elton John - Merry Christmas