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With Band Aid 30, going to be number one on Sunday, it will be the 36th song to be number one more than once in different versions, and Do They Know Its Christmas wil be only the second song after Unchained Melody to do it 4 times. Heres a full list.

1) Against All Odds –Mariah Carey & Westlife (2000) / Steve Brookstein (2005)
2) Answer Me – David Whitfield (1953) / Frankie Laine (1953)
3) Baby Come Back – Equals (1968) / Pato Banton (1994)
4) Barbados – Typically Tropical (1975) / Vengaboys (1999) [re-titled We’re Going To Ibiza]
5) Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White - Eddie Calvert (1955) / Perez ‘Prez’ Prado (1955)
6) Dizzy – Tommy Roe (1969) / Vic Reeves & The Wonderstuff (1991)
7) Do They Know It’s Christmas – Band Aid (1984) / Band Aid II (1989) / Band Aid 20 (2004) / Band Aid 30 (2014)
8) Eternal Flame – Bangles (1989) / Atomic Kitten (2001)
9) Everything I Own – Ken Boothe (1974) / Boy George (1987)
10) He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother – Hollies (1988) / Justice Collective (2012)
11) I Believe – Frankie Laine (1953) / Robson & Jerome (1995)
12) I Can’t Help Falling In Love – Elvis Presley (1962) / UB40 (1993)
13) I Got You Babe – Sonny & Cher (1965) / UB40 & Chrissie Hynde (1985)
14) Lady Marmalade – All Saints (1998) / Christina Aguilera, Pink, Mya (2001)
15) Livin’Doll – Cliff Richard (1959) / Cliff Richard & The Young Ones (1986)
16) Mambo No.5 – Lou Bega (1999) / Bob The Builder (2001)
17) Mary’s Boy Child – Harry Belefonte (1957) / Boney M (1978)
18) Power Of Love – Frankie Goes To Hollywood (1984) / Gabrielle Aplin (2012)
19) Seasons In The Sun – Terry Jacks (1974) / Westlife (1999)
20) Singin’ The Blues – Guy Mitchell (1957) / Tommy Steele (1957)
21) Something Stupid – Frank & Nancy Sinatra (1967) / Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman (2001)
22) Spirit In The Sky – Norman Greenbaum (1970) / Dr & The Medics (1986) / Gareth Gates & The Kumars (2003)
23) Take A Chance On Me – Abba (1978) / Erasure (1992) [included on the Abba Esque EP]
24) These Are The Days Of Our Lives – Queen (1991) / Queen & Lisa Stansfield (1993) [Included on the Five Live EP]
25) This ‘Ole House – Roosemary Clooney (1954) / Shakin’ Stevens (1981)
26) Tide Is High – Blondie (1980) / Atomic Kitten (2002)
27) Tragedy – Bee Gees (1979) / Steps (1999)
28) Unchained Melody – Jimmy Young (1955) / Righteous Brothers (1990) / Robson & Jerome (1995) / Gareth Gates (2002)
29) Uptown Girl – Billy Joel (1983) / Westlife (2001)
30) Wake Me Up – Avicci (2013) / Gareth Malone’s All Star Choir (2014)
31) What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong (1968) / Katie Melua & Eva Cassidy (2007)
32) With A Little Help From My Friends –Joe Cocker (1968) / Wet Wet Wet (1988) / Sam & Mark (2004)
33) Without You – Nilsson (1972) / Mariah Carey (1994)
34) You Are Not Alone – Michael Jackson (1995) / X Factor Finalists (2009)
35) You’ll Never Walk Alone – Gerry & The Pacemakers (1963) / Crowd (1985) / Robson & Jerome (1996)
36) Young Love – Tab Hunter (1957) / Donny Osmond (1972)