37. Chocolate Salty Balls - Chef (1998) 372,000

 

 

Certainly one of the more...interesting #1 titles we've had :lol: Chocolate Salty Balls was originally featured on South Park, in the episode titled "Chef's Salty Chocolate Balls". I'll avoid discussing the lyrical content as I'm sure you can all come to your own conclusions with that :') but it made #1, and was the Christmas #2 behind Goodbye by the Spice Girls.

 

36. Goodbye - Spice Girls (1998) 380,000

 

 

Speak of the devil(s) :magic: The Spice Girls notched up an impressive tally of 9 #1 singles out of 11 in total, and Goodbye was one of the lucky 9. The first Spice single as a four-piece, Goodbye was the Christmas #1 single in 1998, making the Spice Girls the first act to have three consecutive Christmas #1 singles since The Beatles.

 

Chocolate Salty Balls *___*

 

it would be amazing for something like that to chart again, make it happen UK public :lol:

 

related: South Park is still running and it's really good at the moment, the satire is perfect.

 

and let's also not forget that South Park managed to get a singing piece of feces in the top 5 *_*

35. Super Trouper - Abba (1980) 383,000

 

 

From one huge pop group to another, Abba released Super Trouper as the second UK single from their 1980 album of the same name (third single overall, On and On and On received only a limited release in some countries). The song is included on both the Gold - Greatest Hits compilation, and the Mamma Mia musical. The UK was one of five countries where the song hit the top spot!

 

omg the south park chef :lol:

 

monstrous sales at xmas in 1998! *_*

and let's also not forget that South Park managed to get a singing piece of feces in the top 5 *_*

 

Simon Cowell and Pete Waterman managed that loads of times.

 

Nobody going to mention Renee and Renato? Brilliant stuff...with such a dodgy video.

 

Still a truck load of 1997 stuff to come.

34. Never Ever - All Saints (1997) 385,000

 

 

All Saints' debut single, I Know Where It's At, peaked at #4 upon its release, but it's with Never Ever where Shaznay Lewis, Melanie Blatt and Nicole and Natalie Appletonhit the big time, peaking at #1 as well as being certified 2x Platinum, making it a million seller. I personally love the track, it's one of their best for sure, and it's rare you'll get me liking a song that's 5 minutes in length (and that's just the radio edit :lol:) :P

 

33. Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice (1990) 388,000

 

 

This is another song that I'm sure we're all VERY familiar with by now. Ice Ice Baby samples Under Pressure by Queen, and is by far his biggest hit, peaking at #1 and being certified Platinum for 600k+ total sales. Of course, the song was covered by Jedward as part of a mash-up with Under Pressure in 2010, with Vanilla Ice featuring on the track. It peaked at #2.

 

think it's been about 8-10 years since I first heard Ice Ice Baby as it was popular with some people in my primary school, quite the tune really.

ISIS Baby :kink:

So,

Babie Girl, Teletubies and Perfect Day left from 1997

with the second two being close to 1 million sales, I reckon.

What's your obsession with 1997? :P

What's your obsession with 1997? :P

 

Just that November/December 1997 was a phenomenal time for sales. The whole of the Top 10 from 14th Dec ended up in the YTD Top 40. There were 7 million sellers (or future million sellers) in that same Top 10 - and an 8th did 700,000. The Top 5 on Christmas week all sold 100,000+ for the first time ever.

Edited December 16, 20159 yr by Misle-Tony

I'm quite enjoying the 1997-watch element to the thread! :D

 

(ps, as nice as your christmas username is, aren't you missing a 't'?)

(ps, as nice as your christmas username is, aren't you missing a 't'?)

 

 

Thanks :lol:

32. We All Stand Together - Paul McCartney & Frog Chorus (1984) 391,000

 

 

Also known as "The Frog Song", We All Stand Together is from the film "Rupert and the Frog Song", and was released for the Christmas charts in 1984. The song peaked at #3 for three consecutive weeks, originally getting there on its fifth week on the chart.

 

(gonna try and get through a few extra tonight as a busy time has meant I've fallen behind, but I've now finished work for Christmas so it should be business as usual now! apologies all ~)

 

31. Stop The Cavalry - Jona Lewie (1980) 402,000

 

 

Another long-running #3 hit, Stop the Cavalry is just about eligible, being released in December 1980. The song, whilst not lyrically about Christmas (it is in fact a protest song according to Lewie), is widely regarded as a Christmas song due to the brass band instruments throughout and the line "wish I was at home for Christmas".

 

For some reason I always thought the frog song went to no1 in January. It reentered the chart in December 85 and was at no3 for three weeks as was said. Jona Lewie was no3 for 5 weeks!

For some reason I always thought the frog song went to no1 in January.

 

You might be confusing it with Pipes Of Peace, which reached #1 in January 1984.