As I'm feeling festive you can have two more later!!

King of my castle was huge at the time!

 

Mr Blobby was a typical novelty Xmas no1. Was it released on Xmas week?

King of my castle was huge at the time!

 

Mr Blobby was a typical novelty Xmas no1. Was it released on Xmas week?

No- a month before, it's run for the purposes of this thread was 3-1-2-1

Ah the Christmas battle of 1993, we know the outcome but almost everyone thought that Take That had it in the bag when they entered at No 1 the week before Christmas. Yet sometimes the chart surprise us and the following week saw Mr Blobby overturn the disadvantage and make that Christmas a Blobby one.

 

Bit of a fail for Take That, had they waited another week they would have easily claimed the Christmas #1. The 1993 christmas chart like 2010 was announced on the 19th - the furthest possible for the big day itself and hence the sales period actually covered 13-18th December (no trade on a Sunday back in 1993) and was arguably unrepresentative of the true Christmas sales week of 20th-24th..

A fair point- which makes it all the more bizarre why Take That didn't hold back a week!

Mr Blobby also became the first 'artist' since 1969 to return to the top. ICONIC!

52. CANNONBALL- Little Mix (2011) 326,000

 

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Released three times by Damien Rice it had only made No 19 (2004) though it became a radio favourite over the years, “Cannonball” was then covered during the X Factor selection process and the exposure lead it to finally make the top 10 (No 9) in October 2011. When Little Mix picked the track as their winning song it naturally wasted no time in rushing to the top slot selling more in 7 days than the original had done in 9 years.

 

51. LIKE A VIRGIN- Madonna (1984) 327,000

 

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The song that put the charts on notice that a new star had arrived. Steeped in just the right amount of controversy this Nile Rodgers produced hit became Madonna’s first top 5 single and her first US chart topper. Incredibly the whole top 5 from the Christmas 1984 charts makes it here a symbol of the strength of the market at the time.

 

Here's the recap No's 51-100

 

51. Like A Virgin Madonna 327,000

52. Cannonball Little Mix 326,000

53. King Of My Castle Wamdue Project 324,000

54. Mr Blobby Mr Blobby 314,000

55. Beat Surrender The Jam 308,000

56. One Of Us ABBA 305,000

57. I Believe/ Up On The Roof Robson & Jerome 305,000

58. Uptown Funk Mark Ronson Ft Bruno Mars 299,000

59. It Must Be Love Madness 296,000

60. Gangsta's Paradise Coolio Ft LV 296,000

 

61. Ant Rap Adam & The Ants 294,000

62. Love Me For A Reason Boyzone 293,000

63. Run Leona Lewis 288,000

64. Heartbeat/ Tragedy Steps 286,000

65. Merry Christmas Everyone Shakin Stevens 285,000

66. Let's Party Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers 283,000

67. I Love The Way You Love Me Boyzone 283,000

68. Missing Everything But The Girl 282,000

69. Torn Natalie Imbruglia 282,000

70. Re-Rewind The Crowd Say Bo Selecta Artful Dodger Ft Craig David 281,000

 

71. Caravan Of Love Housemartins 280,000

72. Mirror Man Human League 275,000

73. When You Believe Leon Jackson 275,000

74. Heroes X Factor Finalists 2010 274,000

75. Embarrassment Madness 272,000

76. I'm Your Man Wham! 272,000

77. Together Again Janet Jackson 272,000

78. Free As A Bird Beatles 265,000

79. Everyday I Love You Boyzone 264,000

80. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me George Michael & Elton John 260,000

 

81. Back In My Life Alice Deejay 260,000

82. Wind Beneath My Wings Steve Houghton 259,000

83. Miami Will Smith 259,000

84. Why Do Fools Fall In Love Diana Ross 258,000

85. To You I Belong B*Witched 258,000

86. Uptown Girl Billy Joel 255,000

87. Heal The World Michael Jackson 255,000

88. Saviour's Day Cliff Richard 254,000

89. It's Oh So Quiet Bjork 254,000

90. Breathe The Prodigy 254,000

 

91. Nelly The Elephant Toy Dolls 253,000

92. Young Guns Wham! 253,000

93. Angels Robbie Williams 253,000

94. Too Much Spice Girls 252,000

95. Crocodile Shoes Jimmy Nail 250,000

96. Reet Petite jackie Wilson 249,000

97. Time (Clock Of The Heart) Culture Club 243,000

98. If You're Not The One Daniel Bedingfield 242,000

99. Your Song Ellie Goulding 242,000

100. JCB Song Nizlopi 240,000

 

And with that I'll bid you goodbye for now- A guest co-host will take over from tomorrow! :D

 

51. LIKE A VIRGIN- Madonna (1984) 327,000

 

http://i64.tinypic.com/10wuu5d.jpg

 

The song that put the charts on notice that a new star had arrived. Steeped in just the right amount of controversy this Nile Rodgers produced hit became Madonna’s first top 5 single and her first US chart topper. Incredibly the whole top 5 from the Christmas 1984 charts makes it here a symbol of the strength of the market at the time.

 

 

No surprise that the top 5 from 1984 made it - one of the most iconic Christmas charts in history along with 73, 03, 09 & 85!

No surprise that the top 5 from 1984 made it - one of the most iconic Christmas charts in history along with 73, 03, 09 & 85!

 

 

And yet 1997 will be the year to beat them all - my predix. :dance:

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69. Torn Natalie Imbruglia 282,0000

77. Together Again Janet Jackson 272,000

82. Wind Beneath My Wings Steve Houghton 259,000

93. Angels Robbie Williams 253,000

94. Too Much Spice Girls 252,000

 

 

With

4 or 5

more to come from 1997.

Edited December 7, 20159 yr by Cauldron

Yeh well cd sales were at their height - I was talking about for Xmas chart classics lol.

Yeh well cd sales were at their height - I was talking about for Xmas chart classics lol.

 

 

Oh, I know. 1997 was not classic but it's still phenomenal that the whole Top 5 was selling enough to be number 1. 6 million sellers came out of that period and that doesn't even include Candle in the Wind which was hovering around number 10.

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50. Gotta Get Thru This - Daniel Bedingfield (2001) 328,000

 

 

So I'll be finishing off this countdown, and I've clearly started as I mean to go on, being a whole day late with my first section! http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/uploads/group_images/of_18_icon.gif Don't worry, you'll be getting four songs tonight to make up for it *.* First up is Daniel Bedingfield at #50, with one of his best known hits. Gotta Get Thru This was Daniel's debut single, and soared to the top spot in the UK, ending up 16th in the Y/E list.

 

Also, I imagine my commentary will be less good than Gezza's. He brings the brains, I bring the beauty, we make a fab team x

 

49. Love Of The Common People - Paul Young (1982) 328,000

 

 

I'll be honest, I've not even heard of this song :ph34r: but Paul Young released his own interpretation of Love of the Common People in 1982, and it peaked at #2 here in the UK. Stiff Little Fingers recorded a cover of the song also, and lead singer Jake Burns recalled in an interview that Young had asked them if they were releasing the song as a single, and once they said they were not, he asked if he could instead, thinking it would flop. And here it is, at #49 in the biggest selling December hits of the past 35 years. G'won.

 

48. Leave Right Now - Will Young (2003) 335,000

 

 

From one Young to another! And this is a song that I most definitely am familiar with :heehee: Leave Right Now was constantly on the music channels upon release in 2003 and well into 2004, being quite unavoidable, so it's no surprise that it has quite impressive sales, particularly for a dry sales period, as well as a UK chart peak of #1. I personally quite like the song actually, definitely my top Will Young song.

 

47. Begin The Beguine - Julio Iglesias (1981) 336,000

 

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Another UK #1 now, this time from Spanish singer/songwriter Julio Iglesias. Begin The Beguine is a cover of a song written by Cole Porter, and introduced during the musical Jubilee in 1935. Many other artists have covered the song over the years, including Tom Jones, Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra. Iglesias' version topped the UK chart for a week and spent 14 weeks top 75.

 

My bad- I've replaced it with the proper version! http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s...t&p=5247303

 

Radio 2 played the version with Gary Glitter on Pick Of The Pops last year. Tony got around it by saying that it was Jive Bunny and not Gary Glitter.

I think the reason that he was edited out was the combined scandal and the license expiring. Jive Bunny's other two number ones from 1989 are also completely different on Spotify to the version featured on the single and played on the radio. They are now very poor edits.

 

Also, I imagine my commentary will be less good than Gezza's. He brings the brains, I bring the beauty, we make a fab team x

I'm not sure how I feel about this :lol: