Risque 80s hit voted Britons' favourite Christmas song
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Rather than traditional classics such as Bing Crosby's "White Christmas", Britain's favourite Christmas song is a 1980s festive hit in which a pair of singers exchange mutual insults and tales of drunkenness.
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The video for Band Aid 20's Do They Know It's Christmas? will air on Thursday, with an introduction by Madonna.
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It was No. 1 in 1984, and it's No. 1 again in 2004. The star-studded re-recording of the hit charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" hit the top of the British music charts Sunday after a strong first week of sales.
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The all-star remake of "Do They Know It's Christmas" easily debuted at No. 1 on the U.K. singles chart Sunday.
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Band Aid charity single "Do They Know  It's Christmas?," a re-recording by top British artists of the  1984 hit that raised millions for African famine relief, soared  straight to number one on the UK pop charts Sunday.
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X Factor winner Leon Jackson is the Christmas number one, and 2006 champion Leona Lewis tops the album chart.
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Millions of Britons are heading off on Christmas trips on Thursday, some to enjoy festive delights in the UK while others escape to warmer climes.
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Bookies take bets on an unconfirmed new version of Band Aid being Christmas number one.
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Teenage soul singer Joss Stone teams up with rock legend Mick Jagger to perform a Christmas duet.
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Band Aid 20's Do They Know It's Christmas? video will air in the UK on Thursday, with an introduction by Madonna.
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Arts & entertainment: Radio 1 controller Andy Parfitt reverses decision to censor Pogues' Christmas hit Fairytale of New York
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Online shopping has become hugely popular among Britons in the run-up to Christmas, research suggests.
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The vast majority of Britons oppose moves to secularise Christmas, according to a new poll.The survey found that 80% believe celebrating the birth of Christ remains an important part of the festival.The study ...Comment
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James Blunt's "Goodbye My Lover" is the  song most requested at British funerals and remembrance  services, closely followed by Robbie Williams's "Angels,"  according to a survey released on Monday.
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British public broadcaster BBC's Radio 1 program has cut out the word "faggot" from an old Christmas hit in a move the mother of the song's late performer branded "ridiculous".
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Fairytale of New York, by The Pogues and the late Kirsty MacColl,  is voted favourite Christmas song in a poll.
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Coldplay, Travis, The Darkness and Keane get behind a new version of charity single Do They Know It's Christmas?