This all seems ripe for another version of the 2009 campaign to get Rage
Against the Machine to be Christmas #1. The Loudwire article linked below also
notes that track ("Killing in the Name" topped a 2019 poll of favorite
Christmas #1s.
https://loudwire.com/rage-against-the-machine-uk-favorite-christmas-no-1-all-time/
Are the UK charts as fragmented as they are in the US, with pop and Top 40
dwarfing most of the other genres?
David
On Saturday, December 24, 2022 at 02:06:31 PM PST, Mark Jeffries
<[email protected]> wrote:
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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