Fairytale of New York Chartwatch

[cagliostro]

Y'know, at the beginning of the talk about making FONY the #1, as well as reading Bob Geldof's autobiography and the push to make "Do They Know It's Christmas" #1 back in the day, I had felt a little sad that we don't have anything like that in the U.S. Now, after having gone through this and other threads about all of the different campaigns, anti-campaigns and so forth, now I'm relieved we don't.

[philipchevron]

A rival for the original??

http://www.nme.com/news/shaun-ryder/54263

Perhaps we'll never hear this?

[Gink]

Just out of curiosity does anyone know how Shane and the Priests did? I looked at the top 20 but couldnt see him there... (!)

[RICHB]

A rival for the original??

http://www.nme.com/news/shaun-ryder/54263

Perhaps we'll never hear this?

Hasnt Spider been tweeting (or whatever its called) that he wants to play whistle on this? Orrrrr am I completely missing the point (again)

[DownInTheGround]

Just out of curiosity does anyone know how Shane and the Priests did? I looked at the top 20 but couldnt see him there... (!)

Didn't make the Top 100, well not in the UK anyway. I never heard it on the radio nor saw in mentioned in the papers.

[philipchevron]

http://www.irma.ie/aucharts.asp

[DownInTheGround]

Surprised to see Red Cortina by the Saw Doctors at number 21, some sort of internet campaign?

[Fr. McGreer]

Surprised to see Red Cortina by the Saw Doctors at number 21, some sort of internet campaign?

No, it's a re recorded accapella version.

[philipchevron]

#17 this week.

[RoddyRuddy]

Surprised to see Red Cortina by the Saw Doctors at number 21, some sort of internet campaign?

No, it's a re recorded accapella version.

Think money went to S.V.P ., £1 for every download in Eire.

[territa]

Here's another Christmas song list. Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations' crew's favorites.

http://helencho.tumblr.com/post/2490389 ... y-playlist

[RoddyRuddy]

Pogues back in charts [almost].
Uk #47
"The surest sign of the impending holiday season came in the reappearance of the two most durable festive perennials, re-entering the top 75 and certain to chart prominently again in the coming weeks: "Fairytale of New York" (Warner Bros./Warner Music) by the Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl at No. 47 and Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" (Columbia/Sony Music Entertainment) at No. 64...." quote http://www.billboard.com/news/rihanna-t ... 8952.story

Ireland #42
This week 42 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK POGUES FEAT. KIRSTY MACCOLL WARNER BROS [Week ending 24th November 2011]
http://www.irma.ie/aucharts.asp

[philipchevron]

UK #23
IRL #23

[philipchevron]

UK #15

IRL #9

[mctoon]

I havent heard Fairytale on the radio yet, mind you we only got electricity in alnwick last week