Things to do with Advent/Christmas Pt 52: Another Look at the Christmas No 1 Single

A long time ago I mentioned what I thought about the Christmas No 1 Single on this blog, so last night (although I would rather it was George Michael's December Song) I was pleased to see Rage Against The Machine knock the X Factor Single away from the No 1 spot.

It's obvious that this was political and nothing to do with whether all buyers concerned were Rage Against the Machine fans, but for many years many of the record buying public have been sick of seeing songs reach the Christmas No 1 which are unworthy of the position, songs which would otherwise be swiftly forgotten and sadly get remembered for years.

Let this be a move towards the Christmas No 1 being exclusively for memorable talent from artists with a degree of longevity ;-)