Addendum: Sir Cliff had three consecutive Christmas No. 1s ("Mistletoe and
Wine" in 1988, the Band Aid remake in 1989 and "Saviour's Day" in
1990--don't forget that avowed atheist John Lennon hated him for being a
Bible-thumper), as did the Spice Girls ("2 Become 1" in 1996, "Too Much" in
1997 and the aptly-named last hit "Goodbye" in 1998). All of which left in
the dust now by Sausage Rolls Boy.
On Sat, Dec 24, 2022 at 3:34 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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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