FoGs Greatest UK Xmas No. 1

[Neowise]

Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman - Somethin' Stupid (2001) Vs The Flying Pickets - Only You (1983)
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are the Days of Our Lives (1975/Double A side 1991) Vs Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) (1979)
Michael Andrews and Gary Jules - Mad World (2003) Vs Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984)
East 17 - Stay Another Day (1994) Vs Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name (2009)

[DejaBoo]

Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman - Somethin' Stupid (2001)
Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) (1979)
Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984)
East 17 - Stay Another Day (1994)

[Declan A Walsh]

If I'm ok to join mid way my votes go to...

The Flying Pickets - Only You (1983)
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are the Days of Our Lives (1975/Double A side 1991)
Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984)
Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name .. can't beat a bit of Christmas Rage

I'll vote the same! Welcome back @Mutleyboo ! Had you difficulty finding us? 

[Mutleyboo]

If I'm ok to join mid way my votes go to...

The Flying Pickets - Only You (1983)
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are the Days of Our Lives (1975/Double A side 1991)
Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984)
Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name .. can't beat a bit of Christmas Rage

I'll vote the same! Welcome back @Mutleyboo ! Had you difficulty finding us? 

Ye once you all moved away from the other place, the clicking of another link was just so much effort   I had to make sure you were all worth it!..

[Kol]

Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman - Somethin' Stupid (2001) 5 Vs 10 The Flying Pickets - Only You (1983)
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are the Days of Our Lives (1975/Double A side 1991) 10 Vs 5 Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) (1979)
Michael Andrews and Gary Jules - Mad World (2003) 6 Vs 8 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984)
East 17 - Stay Another Day (1994) 8 Vs 7 Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name (2009)

We are down to four and we do have English representation in the semi finals !

[Kol]

The Flying Pickets - Only You (1983) Vs East 17 - Stay Another Day (1994)




Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984) Vs Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are the Days of Our Lives (1975/Double A side 1991)





The Flying Pickets - Only You (1983) Vs East 17 - Stay Another Day (1994)
Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984) Vs Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are the Days of Our Lives (1975/Double A side 1991)

[DejaBoo]

The Flying Pickets - Only You (1983)
Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984)

[ShaneU]

East 17 - Stay Another Day (1994)
Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984)

[E.N.]

The Flying Pickets - Only You (1983) Vs East 17 - Stay Another Day (1994)
Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984) Vs Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are the Days of Our Lives (1975/Double A side 1991)

[Necro]

East 17 - Stay Another Day (1994)
Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984)

Christmas themed Numbers 1s making the semi finals? Are we evolving as a group?

[Irish Aris]

I will also vote for
East 17-Stay Another Day and
Band Aid-Do They Know It's Christmas

[E.N.]

East 17 - Stay Another Day (1994)
Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984)

Christmas themed Numbers 1s making the semi finals? Are we evolving as a group?

East 17 has nothing to do with Christmas

[Edser]

The Flying Pickets - Only You (1983)
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are the Days of Our Lives (1975/Double A side 1991)

[ari101]

East 17 - Stay Another Day (1994)
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are the Days of Our Lives (1975/Double A side 1991) (this was a tough choice)

[jp liz v1]

East 17 - Stay Another Day (1994)
Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984)

[Homer J. Fong]

East 17 - Stay Another Day (1994) - quite like both of these but the other is a cover, and not necessarily better than the original.

Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984) - would be a deserving winner, and even if not I'd vote for anything else over Bohemian fucking Shitesody.

[Necro]

East 17 - Stay Another Day (1994)
Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984)

Christmas themed Numbers 1s making the semi finals? Are we evolving as a group?

East 17 has nothing to do with Christmas

Is this like the Die Hard argument only song related 🤣

[E.N.]

East 17 has nothing to do with Christmas

Is this like the Die Hard argument only song related 🤣

Well, it doesn't mention Christmas at all, sounds like it's about a break up but it's actually about his brother committing suicide, it was released in November and the video that everyone thinks of wasn't the original video. At least Die Hard has a Christmas tree in it

[RSOAPS]

The Flying Pickets - Only You (1983)
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are the Days of Our Lives (1975/Double A side 1991)

[nothing]

East 17 - Stay Another Day (1994)

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are the Days of Our Lives (1975/Double A side 1991)

[Jluv]

Stay another day..East 17
Do they know it's Christmas time at all.. Band Aid 1984

[Neowise]

The Flying Pickets - Only You (1983) Vs East 17 - Stay Another Day (1994)
Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984) Vs Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are the Days of Our Lives (1975/Double A side 1991)

[Spears]

Didn't even know this was on

Anywho, if its not too late...

East 17 
Band Aid

Two great songs

[Declan A Walsh]

The Flying Pickets - Only You (1983)
Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984)

Same!

I cannot stand that East 17 song - that's my reasoning for voting for The Flying Pickets' Only You! I don't think it should have got this far but it keeps being matched against bad songs! The second match was a tough call, but Christmas won out in the end!

[Mutleyboo]

The Flying Pickets - Only You (1983)
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are the Days of Our Lives (1975/Double A side 1991)

[DejaBoo]

The Flying Pickets - Only You (1983) 
Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984)

Same!

I cannot stand that East 17 song - that's my reasoning for voting for The Flying Pickets' Only You! I don't think it should have got this far but it keeps being matched against bad songs! The second match was a tough call, but Christmas won out in the end!

I understand... I have to say, I don't know any of the songs won out. It's been like picking the lesser of two bad songs all the way.

[Kol]

The Flying Pickets - Only You (1983) 6 Vs 10 East 17 - Stay Another Day (1994)
Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984) 10 Vs 6 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are the Days of Our Lives (1975/Double A side 1991)


We have our finalists, please vote on thread or PM me.
We will close voting at 8 PM tonight

[Kol]

East 17 - Stay Another Day (1994)
5 weeks at No. 1
East 17's only UK No. 1 single
Topped the charts in 8 countries

Vs

Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984)
5 weeks at No. 1
Fastest selling single in UK chart history until 1997
Topped the charts in 13 countries






East 17 Route to the final

R1 - 11-1 Al Martino - Here in My Heart (1952)
R2 - 11-1 Matt Cardle - When We Collide (2010)
R3 - 10-3 Michael Jackson - Earth Song (1995)
QF - 8-7 Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name (2009)
SF - 10-6 The Flying Pickets - Only You (1983)


Band Aid Route to the final

R1 - 10-2 Spice Girls - Too Much (1997)
R2 - 10-3 Pet Shop Boys - Always on My Mind (1987)
R3 - 10-3 Elvis Presley - Return to Sender (1962)
QF - 8-6 Michael Andrews and Gary Jules - Mad World (2003)
SF - 10-6 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are the Days of Our Lives (1975/Double A side 1991)

[E.N.]

I don't particularly like either, but I think that's a pretty worthy final really. Both pretty iconic Christmas tunes (even though E17 isn't Christmassy )

Not actually sure who to vote for, will have to mull it over

[Jluv]

Band Aid... Do they know it's Christmas time at all 1984
I don't like any other of the Band Aid ones. They don't have the same "feel" as this one.

[nothing]

East 17 please.

That band aid song is one of the most patronising - thank god its them not you?! No snow in africa? No shit. No water except tears? Let them know it's christmas by feeding them? What about the rest of the year? A load of virtue signalling bollox. Great tune, but absolutely what you'd expect from self righteous tax dodgers.

[Declan A Walsh]

East 17 please.

That band aid song is one of the most patronising - thank god its them not you?! No snow in africa? No shit. No water except tears? Let them know it's christmas by feeding them? What about the rest of the year? A load of virtue signalling bollox. Great tune, but absolutely what you'd expect from self righteous tax dodgers.

Don't sit on the fence - tell us how you really feel! 

Eh, good thing that I PMd my vote!

[Neowise]

Band Aid

[jp liz v1]

I think it is time that East 17 got to go away not stay another day so I vote Feed The World Band Aid Let Them Know It's Christmas, there is no Snow in Africa for Christmas but there is Snow here

[Neowise]

East 17 please.

That band aid song is one of the most patronising - thank god its them not you?! No snow in africa? No shit. No water except tears? Let them know it's christmas by feeding them? What about the rest of the year? A load of virtue signalling bollox. Great tune, but absolutely what you'd expect from self righteous tax dodgers.

Is Midge Ure really that bad?

I'm don't know why Ireland doesn't tax artists, even those earning millions, but is it really tax dodging when you have an exemption?

[Declan A Walsh]

East 17 please.

That band aid song is one of the most patronising - thank god its them not you?! No snow in africa? No shit. No water except tears? Let them know it's christmas by feeding them? What about the rest of the year? A load of virtue signalling bollox. Great tune, but absolutely what you'd expect from self righteous tax dodgers.

Is Midge Ure really that bad?

I'm don't know why Ireland doesn't tax artists, even those earning millions, but is it really tax dodging when you have an exemption?

Just to clarify, Bob Geldof wrote the main part of the song-lyrics and music. Midge Ure was responsible for the "Feed The World" chorus. Bob may have had an input into a bit of those lyrics as well.

[RSOAPS]

Wouldn't be a fan of either, so in a lesser of two evils kind of way, my vote will be for

East 17 - Stay

[Mutleyboo]

Has to be Band Aid..

[E.N.]

East 17 please.

That band aid song is one of the most patronising - thank god its them not you?! No snow in africa? No shit. No water except tears? Let them know it's christmas by feeding them? What about the rest of the year? A load of virtue signalling bollox. Great tune, but absolutely what you'd expect from self righteous tax dodgers.

I do believe the intent was good, but I remember reading an opinion piece by an artist (can't remember her name) who turned down being on the most recent version. She believed it painted an unrealistic picture of Africa and, as a result, harmed tourism which could be more beneficial. I suspect she's probably right

[Declan A Walsh]

As regards the musical merit of the different Band Aids, here is what I think:
Band Aid 1 (1984) was the best, and of course it's the version that gets by far the most airplay.
Band Aid 2 (1989) is often overlooked but I think it was pretty good too. Fun fact: Two members of Banarama (Sara Dallin and Karen Woodward) were the only singers on Band Aid 2 that also sang on Band Aid 1!
Band Aid 20 (2004) was okay. It did get quite a bit of airplay for a while after it came out, but not recently. The percussion section at the end was a bit annoying. Fun fact: Bono was the only singer on this that was also on Band Aid 1!
Band Aid 30 (2014) was awful, and I don't think it has been played on the airwaves since it departed the charts!
Fun Facts: Both Bono and Chris Martin had been involved as singers with Band Aid 20 as well! Bono is the only person to have sung on three versions: 1, 20 and 30!