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Makes perfect sense per WP:COVERSONG. However, the tables might be overkill, but otherwise, they should remain in the article. Walter Görlitz (talk) 01:56, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Limiting the table of contents is helpful. Walter Görlitz (talk)

[Copied from WT:WikiProject Songs/Archive 24#COVERSONG being challenged as UNDUE]:

MOS:TABLES advises that tables "should be used only when appropriate; sometimes the information in a table may be better presented as prose paragraphs or as an embedded list" and MOS:NO-TABLES includes "If a list is simple, it is generally better to use one of the standard Wikipedia list formats instead of a table. Lists are easier to maintain than tables, and are often easier to read." With these in mind: ... For Silent Night, why are nine separate chart tables with one or two entries a better way to present the info than a simple bulleted list as in the preceding "In film" section? The artists aren't even linked (although one doesn't have a WP article). —Ojorojo (talk) 14:42, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent point. The tables are likely there because there are table-based templates, that have the details and reference embedded, but the details could be represented in prose, but should not be blanked entirely. Walter Görlitz (talk) 02:37, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Propose to implement as follows if there are no objections.

—Ojorojo (talk) 14:46, 22 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

On record charts

Several recordings of "Silent Night" have reached the record charts in various countries. These include:

1969–1979: Percy Sledge No. 10 on the Dutch Charts^[1]
1972–1973: Tom Tomson No. 21 on the Belgium Ultratop Flanders chart^[2] and No. 10 on its Wallonia chart^[3]
1975–1976: The Cats No. 10 on the Dutch Charts^[4]
1991–1992: Sinéad O'Connor No. 71 on the Dutch Charts^[5]
2007–2008: Josh Groban No. 5 on the Norwegian Charts^[6] and No. 19 on the U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart^[7]
2008: Glasvegas No. 42 on the Swedish Charts^[8]
2009: Mariah Carey No. 67 on the U.S. Billboard Digital Song Sales Chart^[9]
2013–2014: Elvis Presley No. 120 on the French Charts^[10]
2013–2014: Nat King Cole No. 125 on the French Charts^[11]

References

^ "Percy Sledge – Silent Night". Dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved August 22, 2021. Piekpositie: 10
^ "Tom Tomson – Silent Night". Ultratop.be (in Dutch). Retrieved August 22, 2021. Piekpositie: 21
^ "Tom Tomson – Silent Night". Ultratop.be (in French). Retrieved August 22, 2021. Top: 10
^ "The Cats – Silent Night". Dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved August 22, 2021. Piekpositie: 21
^ "Sinéad O'Connor – Silent Night". Dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved August 22, 2021. Piekpositie: 71
^ "Josh Groban – Noche de Paz (Silent Night)". Norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved August 22, 2021. Peak: 5
^ "Chart History: Josh Groban – Adult Contemporary". Billboard.com. Retrieved August 22, 2021. Silent Night – Peaked at #19
^ "Glasvegas – Silent Night (Noapte de Vis)". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved August 22, 2021. Peak: 42
^ "Chart History: Mariah Carey – Digital Song Sales". Billboard.com. Retrieved August 22, 2021. Silent Night – Peaked at #67
^ "Elvis Presley – Silent Night (Chanson)". Lescharts.com (in French). Retrieved August 22, 2021. Top: 120
^ "Nat "King" Cole – Silent Night (Chanson)". Lescharts.com (in French). Retrieved August 22, 2021. Top: 125

Transcription of original needed

Quickest (talk) 00:29, 18 December 2021 (UTC)The two lines of music headed "First edition" are in fact identical to the second (with a few minor differences of musical orthography). Could someone undertake to transcribe from the original manuscript as imaged here, showing the penultimate line a third lower, and the repeated last line? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quickest (talk • contribs) 00:21, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "Percy Sledge – Silent Night". Dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved August 22, 2021. Piekpositie: 10

[2] "Tom Tomson – Silent Night". Ultratop.be (in Dutch). Retrieved August 22, 2021. Piekpositie: 21

[3] "Tom Tomson – Silent Night". Ultratop.be (in French). Retrieved August 22, 2021. Top: 10

[4] "The Cats – Silent Night". Dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved August 22, 2021. Piekpositie: 21

[5] "Sinéad O'Connor – Silent Night". Dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved August 22, 2021. Piekpositie: 71

[6] "Josh Groban – Noche de Paz (Silent Night)". Norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved August 22, 2021. Peak: 5

[7] "Chart History: Josh Groban – Adult Contemporary". Billboard.com. Retrieved August 22, 2021. Silent Night – Peaked at #19

[8] "Glasvegas – Silent Night (Noapte de Vis)". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved August 22, 2021. Peak: 42

[9] "Chart History: Mariah Carey – Digital Song Sales". Billboard.com. Retrieved August 22, 2021. Silent Night – Peaked at #67

[10] "Elvis Presley – Silent Night (Chanson)". Lescharts.com (in French). Retrieved August 22, 2021. Top: 120

[11] "Nat "King" Cole – Silent Night (Chanson)". Lescharts.com (in French). Retrieved August 22, 2021. Top: 125

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