How did 84,000 people buy the Band Aid single in a week a year after it came out? :lol: Did they lose it or hadn't they bought the record yet?

 

Well, there's only a million people in the UK now? :P

Well, there's only a million people in the UK now? :P

 

Everyone who wanted it would have bought it first time round. I really don't see why a large amount of people would have bought it a year after it came out?

Everyone who wanted it would have bought it first time round. I really don't see why a large amount of people would have bought it a year after it came out?

Charity? Probably the same reason why FONY and AIWFC sell year after year :huh:

Charity? Probably the same reason why FONY and AIWFC sell year after year :huh:

 

Do FONY and AIWFC sell for charity though? But I can see your reasoning for Band Aid...

 

No need to patronize me though...

Songs don't just sell the year they're released and then fall into oblivion - maybe a few really crap, flash in the pan songs, but generally a re-release can get the song afloat again easily and especially at Christmas time when the song's very popular. Just think how many people missed it the first time around, want to buy another copy for their sister, find the song grown on them drastically over the years etc...

Edited December 14, 201212 yr by Christmas Wombat

No matter how many people already own a song, there are always people left that haven't got it yet or even heard it. It's perfectly plausible that a lot of those that bought it in 1985 only found out about the song after it left the chart. There are always people who are shockingly unaware of even the biggest songs around.

Edited December 14, 201212 yr by Michael Bubré

Songs don't just sell the year they're released and then fall into oblivion - maybe a few really crap, flash in the pan songs, but generally a re-release can get the song afloat again easily and especially at Christmas time when the song's very popular. Just think how many people missed it the first time around, want to buy another copy for their sister, find the song grown on them drastically over the years etc...

 

Fair enough. I don't see how anyone could have missed it at the time though, its sales suggest that it was everywhere at the time. :lol:

Do FONY and AIWFC sell for charity though? But I can see your reasoning for Band Aid...

 

No need to patronize me though...

I wasn't being patronising :o

 

In the aftermath of "Live Aid" I suppose the whole Band Aid thing would still be relatively fresh in people's minds.

I'd say there were also a huge quantity of people who bought it in '84 and bought it again in '85 to further help the charity cause. It also had a new B-side called 'One Year On' so you were getting something new at least.

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Edited May 14, 20169 yr by Electric Top 10

There was a proper release in 1985, as someone stated, AND also I believe the Xmas songs were not sold anywhere between February-October.

 

So most of re-entries occurred because of new or re-releases back then including store promotion etc. Now people can buy Fairytale of New York anytime during the year, that was impossible in the 80s.

Edited December 15, 201212 yr by SKOB

There was a proper release in 1985, as someone stated, AND also I believe the Xmas songs were not sold anywhere between February-October.

 

So most of re-entries occurred because of new or re-releases back then including store promotion etc. Now people can buy Fairytale of New York anytime during the year, that was impossible in the 80s.

 

Indeed - and as best I can tell, FTONY even averages ~150/wk outside the Xmas period... :blink:

Edited December 15, 201212 yr by vidcapper

I like "Too Much", "Barbie Girl", "Angels", but...

 

My Personal Chart [Christmas week - 1997]

1. Vanilla - No Way, No Way

2. Spice Girls - Too Much

3. Steps - 5,6,7,8

4. Aqua - Barbie Girl

 

Previous # 1 (Steps) was detroned by Vanilla, which had 3 weeks # 1 over Spice Girls.

All 4 songs were my personal # 1s in this order: Aqua, Steps, Vanilla, Spice Girls.

 

Vanilla made no.1 on ANYONE'S personal chart? *mindblown*

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GEZZA’S THIRD CHART OF CHRISTMAS- 1981

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This was all pretty much sown up surely by the Human League? After all who’s heard “Daddy’s Home”? Well for Christmas 1981 all the big guns of the day had singles available, Human League, Adam & The Ants, Abba, Cliff, Madness, practically a who’s who of early 80s chart stars so competition was stiff certainly, and to top it all the chart for that Christmas was covering sales between 14-19th meaning that the majority of sales would actually take place the week after the Christmas chart hence sales were less than stellar for the week (by 1981 standards anyway).

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It was a battle that Cliff ended up losing though it was worth recalling that it wasn’t until “Mistletoe and Wine” in 1988 that Cliff became particularly associated with the Christmas battle so perhaps it isn’t so surprising. It was also a last stand for both ABBA and Adam & The Ants who were all nearing the end of their respective careers whilst for Bucks Fizz they were just weeks from being the main benefactors of the post Christmas slump when “Land Of Make Believe “ topped the charts.

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The Human League’s victory was in part due to the fact that they had an eye catching video within a video concept that was unusual at the time and the visual appeal of the group probably made them seem far more trendy and happening than Cliff covering a 1961 record! Cliff actually made the initial running moving 37-15-6 by the time DYWM had debuted at No 9, perhaps Cliff had “lost” too many sales in those first weeks which resulted in his move 6-2 whilst the Human League vaulted over him 9-1. Indeed in that first week (12.12.81) DYWM’s lead would have been minimal (4k) but the League stretched their lead on the course of the next fortnight.

1- DON’T YOU WANT ME- Human League (188,000)
2- DADDY’S HOME- Cliff Richard (142,000)
3- ONE OF US- Abba (128,000)
4- ANT RAP- Adam & The Ants (124,000)
5- THE LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE- Bucks Fizz (106,000)
6- IT MUST BE LOVE- Madness (93,000)
7- WEDDING BELLS- Godley & Creme (82,000)
8- ROCK N ROLL- Status Quo (69,000)
9- MIRROR MIRROR- Dollar (67,000)
10- I’LL FIND MY WAY HOME- Jon & Vangelis (57,000)

^^ best Xmas #1, after Pet Shop Boys Always On My Mind.

Vanilla made no.1 on ANYONE'S personal chart? *mindblown*

 

I take it that you haven't met AlexRange before then! :lol:

 

-x-

 

Those 1981 sales are massive. :o It's no surprise though, some of those songs are era-defining. Probably the best Xmas #1 of all time as well, I love Don't You Want Me! :wub:

Don't You Want Me :wub:

I take it that you haven't met AlexRange before then! :lol:

 

-x-

 

Those 1981 sales are massive. :o It's no surprise though, some of those songs are era-defining. Probably the best Xmas #1 of all time as well, I love Don't You Want Me! :wub:

 

I am accustomed to the ways of AlexRange and yet he still astounds me with every post!

What a bizarre chart - number 1s from 1984, 1985 *and* 1986 (West End Girls) all in the same top 10!! Has that ever happened again, as in #1s from three different years all in the top 10 at the same time? It's even more feasible now we're in the download years...

 

Late response:

 

W/E 22/01/2005

1 Elvis Presley - One Night (1959 #1)

4 Steve Brookstein - Against All Odds (2005 #1)

10 Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock (1958 #1)

Fair enough. I don't see how anyone could have missed it at the time though, its sales suggest that it was everywhere at the time. :lol:

 

 

 

They may not have missed it the first time.