Festive 50 1988 Number 10

We're into the top ten, people. From here on in, it's all as you would expect, but at number ten we have an anomaly in the form of Nick Cave. I thought this was going to be a cover of Ultra Vivid Scene's Mercy Seat, but no, it's Cave in Full Goth mode, banging on about death. It becomes quite catchy when the chorus is repeated over and over and the reference to Christ in the manger makes it almost a Christmas song. Almost.