Christmas Number One Singles (UK) – The Eighties
Welcome as we roll back the years further as we reach the Eighties in our UK Christmas Number One Singles review. Band Aid make two appearances, the original (and best in my opinion) version in 1984 and then the re-hash in 89. That makes three number one spots for Do They Know It’s Christmas in total: 1984, 1989 and 2004. Will there be fourth cover-version?
1980 John Lennon “(Just Like) Starting Over”
1981 The Human League “Don’t You Want Me”
1982 Renée and Renato “Save Your Love”
1983 The Flying Pickets “Only You”
1984 Band Aid “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”
1985 Whitney Houston “Saving All My Love for You”
1986 Jackie Wilson “Reet Petite”
1987 Pet Shop Boys “Always on My Mind”
1988 Cliff Richard “Mistletoe and Wine”
1989 Band Aid II “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” (I think in this case the original was not bettered…)
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