Posted January 19, 201312 yr One Direction are doing this Year's Comic Relief Single. It is a cover of Blondie's One Way Or Another, which was on their 1978 Album 'Parallel Lines'. It was not released as a UK Single, or anywhere else in Europe. But, it was released in the USA, (No.24), & Canada, (No.14), in 1979. One Direction's Single is out in February. Below is a List of all the Comic Relief Singles - so far, with their release dates & Peak Positions. Comic Relief is every 2 Years, but some Years have more than one Comic Relief Single. April 1986 Living Doll Cliff Richard and the cast of The Young Ones No. 1 December 1987 Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree Mel & Kim (Mel Smith and Kim Wilde) No. 3 February 1989 Help! Bananarama & La Na Nee Nee Noo Noo (French and Saunders with Kathy Burke) No. 3 March 1991 The Stonk Hale and Pace (With Brian May & David Gilmour in the backing Band) No. 1 April 1992 (I Want to Be) Elected Smear Campaign (Bruce Dickinson, Rowan Atkinson, Angus Deayton) No. 9 February 1993 Stick It Out Right Said Fred No. 4 May 1994 Absolutely Fabulous Absolutely Fabulous (Pet Shop Boys, Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley) No. 6 March 1995 Love Can Build a Bridge Cher, Chrissie Hynde, Neneh Cherry and Eric Clapton No. 1 March 1997 Mama / Who Do You Think You Are Spice Girls No. 1 March 1999 When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going Boyzone No. 1 March 2001 Uptown Girl Westlife No. 1 March 2003 Spirit in the Sky Gareth Gates and the Kumars No. 1 March 2005 All About You / You've Got a Friend McFly No. 1 March 2005 Is This the Way to Amarillo Tony Christie & Peter Kay No. 1 March 2007 Walk This Way Sugababes vs. Girls Aloud No. 1 March 2007 I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) The Proclaimers & Brian Potter & Andy Pipkin No. 1 March 2009 Just Can't Get Enough The Saturdays No. 2 March 2009 Barry Islands in the Stream Ruth Jones and Rob Brydon, featuring Tom Jones and Robin Gibb No. 1 March 2011 Gold Forever The Wanted No. 3 March 2011 I Know Him So Well Susan Boyle & Geraldine McQueen No.11 Edited January 19, 201312 yr by zeus555
January 19, 201312 yr Hopefully the original of One Way Or Another re-enters the top 40 because of this. I can't imagine the 1D cover being anything but terrible :( It's great that they've been chosen as it will raise lots for the charity, but I wouldn't like to see it at #1 based on song quality.
January 19, 201312 yr Hopefully the original of One Way Or Another re-enters the top 40 because of this. I can't imagine the 1D cover being anything but terrible :( It's great that they've been chosen as it will raise lots for the charity, but I wouldn't like to see it at #1 based on song quality. *enters, I think it has only had one week in the low Top 200 thanks to downloads. Yeah, I agree, it will be total poo, and the fact that they dare to touch a Blondie song...!
January 19, 201312 yr Meanwhile, Peter Kay's recorded a duet with PSY. ...actually I don't know :lol: But I wonder what the inevitable other Comic Relief song will be this time? Surely time for someone other than Kay?
January 19, 201312 yr Meanwhile, Peter Kay's recorded a duet with PSY. ...actually I don't know :lol: But I wonder what the inevitable other Comic Relief song will be this time? Surely time for someone other than Kay? Emeli Sande? :lol:
January 19, 201312 yr Walk This Way, Just Can't Get Enough :wub: I'm Blondie fan, but "One Way Or Another" is not good song.
January 31, 201312 yr Author Apparently, One Direction are not just releasing their cover of the Blondie Track, for Comic Relief. It is to be either a 'mash up', or a Double 'A' Side, with a cover of the 1978 Hit, 'Teenage Kicks' - the Undertones song.
January 31, 201312 yr Was the 1987 comic relief song a christmas song? Yes. Comic Relief wasn't concentrated around "Red Nose Day" until 1988, and then biennally from 1989.
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