For the fifth consecutive year, "LadBaby," the nom de YouTube for Mark and
Roxanne Hoyle, have won the coveted Christmas No. 1 single in the UK for
another parody song for charity about sausage rolls. "Food Aid," a parody
of the original charity Christmas record "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by
Band Aid, was only released on Dec. 15 and was able to knock Wham!'s "Last
Christmas" out of the top spot this week (that's for you Americans who are
screaming "Whamageddon!" this year). The previous record-holder was a tie
between the Beatles and original Brit teenage idol Cliff Richard, with both
hitting the holiday top spot four times (technically, one of Sir Cliff's
appearances was as part of the second Band Aid recording of "Do They
Know..." in 1989). Last year the Hoyles beat the Fab Four's record for the
most consecutive No. 1s ("I Want to Hold Your Hand" in 1963, "I Feel Fine"
in 1964 and "Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out" in 1965):
https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/christmas-number-1-2022-ladbaby-make-uk-official-chart-history-as-food-aid-debuts-at-number-1-a-massive-apology-to-the-beatles-the-charity-wins-__38179/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=23-12-2022%20-%20The%20Official%20Word&utm_content=23-12-2022%20-%20The%20Official%20Word+CID_fcdc7d15a86bcd9fd44b655d51fb6601&utm_source=CampaignMo"nitor&utm_term=Find%20out%20now
All of the LadBaby parodies--Starship's "We Built This City" in 2018, "I
Love Sausage Rolls" ("I Love Rock and Roll") in 2019, "Don't Stop Me
Eatin'" ("Don't Stop Believing") in 2020 and "Sausage Rolls for Everyone"
(Elton John and Ed Sheeran's "Merry Christmas"--Sir Elton and Sheeran
appeared on the parody) last year--have had the proceeds go to a food bank,
while this year Band Aid is receiving part of the proceeds (in exchange for
the rights to use "Do They Know..."), so in some ways it's better than all
those years in the oughts and 2010s when the Great British Public
mindlessly followed Simon Cowell's dictates and made the winner of "The X
Factor" the winner of Christmas No. 1. But still--the Beatles beaten out
by some YouTube bloke shouting about sausage rolls?
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