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Now, the latest update from the Official Charts Company confirms the track is at Number Six in the race for the festive top spot and is the UK’s second most downloaded song of the week. In the midweek chart published on Monday (December 21), it was at Number 19.
LadBaby (YouTubers Mark and Roxanne Hoyle) are currently in position to take the Number One with ‘Don’t Stop Me Eatin”, which would mark their third consecutive Christmas Number One. Mariah Carey‘s ‘All I Want For Christmas’ is at Number Two in the latest update, while Wham!‘s ‘Last Christmas’ is at Number Three.
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The road sign also now features an exclamation mark after Wham’s name, in reference to the band. As
ChronicleLive reports, it is currently unknown who is behind the alteration, but it was first spotted by passers-by on Friday (December 18) morning.
You can’t say the North East don’t have a sense of humour. A road sign near the hamlet of Wham has been given a Christmassy feel. @ajridgeley#wham#lastchristmas#butterknowle#northeast#countydurham#andrewridgeley@BBCNEandCumbria@itvtynetees@RealBobMortimerpic.twitter.com/3DWlTpqUtA
‘Last Christmas’ was recently in a chart battle to reach the Number One spot in the Official UK Singles Chart, challenging Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ for the top spot. Both songs had previously only peaked at Number Two.
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NME wrote: “Though you might expect the Oasis man to pen a rowdy ode to the booze-fuelled chaos of Christmas, ‘All You’re Dreaming Of’ is the polar opposite – a delicate, charming, perfectly composed ballad about love triumphing in times of crisis.
““What are you dreaming of?” he sings in its chorus over soaring strings and piano. “
Is it the kind of love that will be there when the world is at its worst?” At the end of a year ravaged by rarely-seen trauma, it’s a gorgeous (gin and) tonic delivered with a straight face and an open heart.
Liam Gallagher, Robbie Williams, LadBaby: Who will win Christmas number one 2020. (JPI Media) The Christmas number one race is heating up as the festive season fast approaches with a plethora of acts still in with a chance of claiming top spot on the big day. Back in November, the Official Charts Company revealed that sales and streams of Christmas classics were up 51% compared to this time last year. With the year we’ve had, it seems more people have been searching for some festive cheer in their music much earlier than usual. But who could take the top prize this year? Will it go to somebody new? Or could we see a familiar face at the top of the charts?