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Posted by: DitzyNizzy 18th December 2007, 08:33 PM
Why this chart, I don't here you ask? Simple - it was the last Christmas No1 that wasn't a charity song (2004) or from a talent show (2005 onwards).
1: Mad World - Michael Andrews fetauring Gary Jules
2: Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End) - The Darkness
3: Changes - Ozzy and Kelly Osbourne
4: Proper Chrimbo! - Bo Selecta!
5: Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - The Idols
Just think: this was meant to be 2003's Christmas No1.
6: Leave Right Now - Will Young
7: Shut Up - Black Eyed Peas
8: Ladies Night - Atomic Kitten
It's hard to tell which cover was more ill-advised: this or No11.
9: I'm Your Man - Shane Richie
10: Too Lost In You - Sugababes
11: Signed Sealed Delievered (I'm Yours) - Blue featuring Stevie Wonder and Angie Stone
12: Feelin' Fine - Ultrabeat
13: Santa's List - Cliff Richard
14: Mandy - Westlife
15: Have A Cheeky Christmas - Cheeky Girls
16: Hey Ya! - Outkast
17: The Closest Thing To Crazy - Katie Melua
18: My Immortal - Evanescence
19: Swing Low - UB40
20: Jump - Girls Aloud
Posted by: Dan. 18th December 2007, 08:43 PM
What a fantastic chart!
All those christmas songs 
Posted by: designer_label 18th December 2007, 09:08 PM
Changes - with Kelly and Ozzy - what a good song! Loved it!
Posted by: Robbie 18th December 2007, 10:37 PM
sales information from Music Week...
(-) 1 227,500 Gary Jules - Mad World
(-) 2 222,500 The Darkness - Christmas Time
(1) 3 144,800 Kelly & Ozzy Osbourne - Changes
(-) 4 97,000 Bo Selecta - Proper Crimbo
(-) 5 73,000 The Idols - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
(-) 8 28,000 Atomic Kitten - Ladies Night
(-) 10 27,000 Sugababes - Too Lost In You
(-) 12 20,300 Ultrabeat - Feelin' Fine
(-) 25 10,000 Fast Food Rockers - I Love Christmas
(-) 26 9,600 Billy Mack - Christmas Is All Around
The Darkness were at #1 all week and lost out on Saturday sales - one of the closest battles for Christmas #1 in recent times (the other being in 1998 when the Spice Girls beat Chef by 7,000 copies, 380,000 to 373,000 copies sold).
Posted by: Marcus 19th December 2007, 01:32 AM
and Chef went to #1 the following week .
Posted by: Bouncy Ball 19th December 2007, 02:06 AM
Oh man, I truly hated that song so much. So awful.
I was very thankful The Darkness didn't get #1 this week.
Posted by: Medicatedsoap 19th December 2007, 05:38 AM
Amazing #1.
Posted by: gooddelta 19th December 2007, 07:54 AM
The Idols at No.5 was a massive shocker...but the Pop Idol finalists that year were awful
Posted by: Marcus 19th December 2007, 12:00 PM
I was very thankful The Darkness didn't get #1 this week.
Same here, the way Justin Hawkins was showing off on the ITV news on release week, when their in store was shown has me really in a really angry state, and wanted them not to get #1.
The things he said and got away with it:- "Gary 'Wiener' Jules" and something about covering a Tears for Fears song being wrong, but said it in a really inappropriate way.
Posted by: Mikeyjosh 19th December 2007, 12:17 PM
I thought The Darkness song was way better than mad world - it should have been Xmas number 1 instead!!
Posted by: designer_label 19th December 2007, 02:29 PM
I like Will Youngs leave right now video!
Posted by: DitzyNizzy 19th December 2007, 04:33 PM
.I so would have loved that to have been Christmas No1 in 1998.
Chef: "Suck on my chocolate salty balls. Stick 'em in your mouth and suck 'em."
BBC Announcer: "And now, the Queen's speech."
Posted by: Marcus 19th December 2007, 04:44 PM
Chef: "Suck on my chocolate salty balls. Stick 'em in your mouth and suck 'em."
BBC Announcer: "And now, the Queen's speech."
That Chef is a legend!!!, I couldn't believe Richard and Judy Madley on This Morning at the time compared it to George Michael's "Outside" and slagged it off!!
.It should have been xmas #1 like you say
."They're high in fibre and good for you, so suck on my balls!!!".
Posted by: N-S 19th December 2007, 04:49 PM
Ozzy/Kelly, Jules/Michaels and Darkness sold enough in those few weeks to be in that year's top 20.
And how on earth "Ladies night" was placed higher than "Too lost in you" it's beyond human understanding.
Posted by: Orlando 19th December 2007, 09:52 PM
I remember Simon Cowell saying that not only would it be Christmas #1, it would be the biggest selling single of the year
Not a very good top 10 really. I only like the Will Young and Sugababes songs.
Posted by: Graham 19th December 2007, 09:54 PM
2003 was the last fantastic year for the Christmas chart. 
The Darkness song was VILE but at least we had a big battle for the top spot.
Posted by: Shameless 19th December 2007, 10:04 PM
i so wanted the darkness to get to number 1 that week
Posted by: Rudolf 19th December 2007, 10:06 PM
I good and awful chart.
Mad World is probally the most depressing xmas #1s EVER. :/
Posted by: paulgilb 20th December 2007, 01:55 PM
(-) 2 222,500 The Darkness - Christmas Time
(1) 3 144,800 Kelly & Ozzy Osbourne - Changes
(-) 4 97,000 Bo Selecta - Proper Crimbo
(-) 5 73,000 The Idols - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
(-) 8 28,000 Atomic Kitten - Ladies Night
(-) 10 27,000 Sugababes - Too Lost In You
(-) 12 20,300 Ultrabeat - Feelin' Fine
(-) 25 10,000 Fast Food Rockers - I Love Christmas
(-) 26 9,600 Billy Mack - Christmas Is All Around
The Darkness were at #1 all week and lost out on Saturday sales - one of the closest battles for Christmas #1 in recent times (the other being in 1998 when the Spice Girls beat Chef by 7,000 copies, 380,000 to 373,000 copies sold).
Massive sales (at least by today's standards)! Top 2 both over 200k - the only instance of this in recent years. 73k for #5 - would've been enough for #1 most weeks that year. 27k for #10 - enough for #1 some weeks this year. 10k for #25 - just 5 weeks later this would be enough for top 10! Bear in mind that these were purely physical sales as well.
Posted by: ghostwriter 20th December 2007, 03:09 PM
I really liked Mad World at the time because of Donnie Darko- but, in retrorespect, the Gary Jules version of Mad World wasn't very good really. But it did stop the Darkness getting to number one, which is very good indeed. 
I think the best track on that chart by far is Too Lost In You by Sugababes.
Posted by: superbossanova 20th December 2007, 06:26 PM
That Darkness song makes me want to smash something. What an awful song, thank god it didn't get to No. 1! Even though the song who beat it wasn't much better.
Sugababes were robbed of Xmas #1, the only good song in that top 10.
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