Kirsty MacColl joined Pogues singer Shane MacGowan for the track

The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl classic took the top spot above Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas is You in the music channel's poll of 7,526 viewers.

Wham's Last Christmas came third, followed by Sir Cliff Richard's Mistletoe and Wine.

The top 10 songs from the poll will be shown on VH1 on Friday at 2100GMT.

Top 10 Christmas Songs 1. Fairytale of New York - The Pogues/ Kirsty MacColl 2. All I Want for Christmas is You - Mariah Carey 3. Last Christmas - Wham! 4. Mistletoe and Wine - Sir Cliff Richard 5. Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade 6. I Wish it could be Christmas Everyday - Wizzard 7. Christmas Time - The Darkness 8. Saviour's Day - Sir Cliff Richard 9. Do They Know it's Christmas (1984) - Band Aid 10. Lonely This Christmas - Mud

Viewers also voted Wizzard's I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday in sixth place and Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End) by The Darkness in seventh place.

Last year Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas?, was in second place with Band Aid 20's version of the song in fifth place.