Christmas Drillings

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"Christmas Drillings"
Sidemen - Christmas Drillings.png
Single by the Sidemen featuring Jme
Released4 December 2022 (2022-12-04)
Genre Drill [1]
Length3:12
Label Self-released
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Nyge
Sidemen singles chronology
"This or That"
(2022)
"Christmas Drillings"
(2022)
Jme singles chronology
"Don't Know About You"
(2021)
"Christmas Drillings"
(2022)
Digital download [7]
No.TitleLength
1."Christmas Drillings"3:12
Digital download – remix [8]
No.TitleLength
1."Christmas Drillings"3:12
2."Christmas Drillings – House Mix" (featuring Jonny Fitch)3:07
3."Christmas Drillings – EDM Mix" (featuring James Bluck)3:18
4."Christmas Drillings – Choir Remix" (featuring Max Fosh)1:13
5."Christmas Drillings – Sing Along Remix"3:12
6."Christmas Drillings – Slowed Remix" (featuring Jonny Fitch)3:43
7."Christmas Drillings – Sped-Up Remix" (featuring Jonny Fitch)2:36

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [9]

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Christmas Drillings"
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Hungary (Single Top 40) [10] 2
Ireland (IRMA) [11] 25
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [12] 7
UK Singles (OCC) [13] 3
UK Indie (OCC) [14] 2

Year-end charts

2022 year-end chart performance for "Christmas Drillings"
Chart (2022)Position
Hungary (Single Top 40) [15] 50

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Christmas Drillings"
RegionDateFormat(s)VersionLabel(s)Ref.
Various4 December 2022Original Self-released [7]
15 December 2022Edm Mix [8]
House Mix
Slowed Remix
Sped-up Remix
19 December 2022Choir Remix [16]
Sing Along Remix [17]

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