January 2Jan 2 Author 40th: 64 pointsSugar Sugar - The ArchiesVoters: gasman449 (12), Chez Wombat (11) Dobbo (8), Roba (8), DaTilt (7), musicfan97 (6), Scene (5), Jaz13music (4), Paddington James (2), Sausage Rollo (1)Chart run: 11/10/1969 43-11-{1}-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-6-6-9-14-19-26-25-29-37-38-35-41-45->26 Christmas number one: Two Little Boys - Rolf HarrisChristmas number two: Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition The Archies were a fictional band who featured in Archie Comics. Written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim (the latter provides the vocals alongside Ron Dante and Toni Wine), "Sugar Sugar" was the first song by a fictional act to reach number one both in the US and in the UK. It spent 8 weeks at number one in the UK, making it the biggest-seller of 1969 and the joint longest-running number one of the decade. It had been knocked down to number 3 for Christmas 1969. One of the catchiest pop songs ever, shame it or Kenny Rogers (also a great song) couldn't quite get Christmas number one...
January 2Jan 2 Author 39th: 67 pointsChanges - Ozzy & Kelly OsbourneVoters: ...ready for it (11), WhoOdyssey (11), chartjack2 (10), 777666jason (10), December Dong (9), Dobbo (7), Last Dreamer (7), gasman449 (1), musicfan97 (1)Chart run: 20/12/2003 {1}-3-2-2-4-6-8-14-11-14-20-27-37-53-61-57->16 Christmas number one: Mad World - Michael Andrews & Gary JulesChristmas number two: Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End) - The DarknessThe piano ballad "Changes" was first included on Black Sabbath's album Vol 4 and marked a change from their usual metal style. 30 years later their lead singer Ozzy and his family had become reality TV stars thanks to the success of The Osbournes. Ozzy's daughter Kelly was seeking a career in music like her father so Ozzy offered to duet with her on a rewritten version of "Changes" in the hopes of giving her career a boost. Following a quad bike accident in which Ozzy almost lost his life, support for the single surged and it became his first and only number one single. It was knocked down to number 3 for Christmas 2003 but sold well across the 2003-04 festive period, ending 2003 as its 7th biggest-selling single as well as being the 35th biggest-seller of 2004. I always thought this was a bit rubbish (I cannot take Kelly singing "I love you daddy" seriously) but seeing the family man side of Ozzy shine on this single is very sweet following his death in July.
January 2Jan 2 I do enjoy changes but the 2 songs that charted above it that week really we're superior
January 2Jan 2 Author 38th: 67 pointsThe Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum) - The Cheeky GirlsVoters: JackJones (15), Last Dreamer (11), Scene (9), ElectroBoy (8), Jason (8) detonate (5), December Dong (4), Dobbo (4), 777666jason (3)Chart run: 14/12/2002 {2}-2-3-2-2-6-11-12-20-23-39-46-65-71->14 Christmas number one: Sound Of The Underground - Girls AloudChristmas number two: Sacred Trust / After You're Gone - One True VoiceThe stars of ITV's Popstars: The Rivals made up 2002's Christmas top 3. Of course the highly publicised battle for the top was between the two rival groups formed throughout the competition, but holding its ground at number 3 was the first single related to the series to hit the charts. Romanian twin sisters Gabriela and Monica auditioned together for the show but did not make it past the audition stage. They were received well by viewers however and were quickly signed as the Cheeky Girls. "The Cheeky Song" was their debut release, entering the charts 2 weeks before Girls Aloud and One True Voice's rival singles. It spent 4 non-consecutive weeks at number 2 and was the first of 4 top 10 hits for the girls. Think this speaks for itself
January 2Jan 2 Underrated bob should of been a number 1 at some point too it was obviously never gonna happen christmas week though
January 2Jan 2 Changes above Sugar Sugar, come on now xx(The Cheeky Song is acceptable of course as that is high art x)
January 2Jan 2 Don't think I've lost a vote yet! Had totally forgotten the Cheeky Girls had several more top 10s after this 🤯
January 2Jan 2 Lost two more of my votes since my previous post (but still nothing more than 4 points from me gone) - 'Dominick The Donkey (The Italian Christmas Donkey)' is an essential addition to the Christmas lore courtesy of Moyles! I'd forgotten about 'Comes A-Long A-Love' but it's a very jovial song, must be one of the better 50s #1s for me. Winifred Atwell nearly got my token instrumental point over The Shadows, I also considered voting for The Archies + the T. Rex, Capaldi and McFly songs are pretty decent.I'm glad Louis Tomlinson moved onto music that fits him more and has seen greater success (at least in the albums chart) with it because oof 'Just Hold On' was bad
January 2Jan 2 Author 37th: 71 pointsVictims - Culture ClubVoters: DarrenJ77 (20), Julian_ (17), Steve201 (17), Sausage Rollo (15), detonate (1), ...ready for it (1)Chart run: 10/12/1983 11-4-{3}-3-4-7-22-38-61-75->10Christmas number one: Only You - The Flying PicketsChristmas number two: My Oh My - Slade Featuring on the number one album Colour By Numbers and acting as the follow-up to 1983's biggest-selling single "Karma Chameleon", "Victims" was the 5th of Culture Club's 9 top 10 hits. It is a piano ballad written about Boy George's relationship with Jon Moss which was unknown to the public at the time.
Friday at 20:135 days Author 36th: 73 pointsFather And Son - BoyzoneVoters: DarrenJ77 (15), Jason (13), gooddelta (8), rio309 (8), RabbitFurCoat (7), DaTilt (6), Last Dreamer (6), GreyAsh (5), Paddington James (5)Chart run: 25/11/1995 8-4-5-3-{2}-3-2-2-3-6-16-23-28-37-39-56->16 Christmas number one: Earth Song - Michael JacksonChristmas number two: Wonderwall - The Mike Flowers PopsWritten by Yusuf / Cat Stevens and included on his 1970 album Tea For The Tillerman, the original version of Father And Son was not a chart hit in the UK. 25 years later Irish boyband Boyzone covered it and took it to number 2 across winter 1995/96, spending a week at number 3 on the Christmas chart. It was the 13th biggest seller of 1995 in the UK and one of the group's most recognisable hits. After Boyzone broke up in 2000, Ronan Keating released a duet version with Yusuf in 2004 which ended up as that year's Christmas number two.
Friday at 20:365 days Victims is the best song that Culture Club came out with, very well paced over its five minutes.
Friday at 20:395 days Author 1 minute ago, dandy* said:OMG people actually voted for Changes. Like more than one of them too.Mine was an Ozzy sympathy vote, if he wasn't dead I wouldn't be giving it any points 😅
Friday at 20:425 days Surprised that version of “Father And Son” got so much love - it’s devoid of the original’s charm for me. But I guess a lot of us were children when it was out at Christmas so maybe there’s some nostalgia there.
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