O2 Community Forum 2021 - Christmas Singles Mega Word Grid Part 1

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Welcome all, another chance for the Forum Festive Frivolities to continue - come join the fun!

Hidden in a straight line across, up, down or diagonally (backwards or forwards too!) in the grid below are 31 singles titles. Each has been a #1 hit in the UK in the week in which Christmas Day fell, from the 1950s to last year, 

The rules are simple:

 - Find a title in the grid, give me the full title as printed in the grid, the start and end co-ordinates of the title and the title's group/singer/band name for a point;

 - For a bonus, give me the year (or years - a bonus point per year) that the title by that artist was at the top in the Christmas Week chart;

 - First person to tell me the year or years gets the bonus.

Then give someone else a chance, and repeat.

I'll be back to update the grid and keep track of the scores at intervals during the day. I will compile the winners towards the end of day.

NB: There are a few tricky ones in there, where a song or variant of a song was released by different artists, or where a release was a double A-side, watch out!

PS. Feel free to use any tool at your disposal to check date(s) and/or artist/s once you have found a title in the grid.

Here's an Example answer:

  R1 - L8 "Mr Blobby", by Mr Blobby, in 1993  - this would score 1 point + 1 bonus point

Over to you, happy hunting: @Cleoriff @Bambino @blissgirl @BobM @Cairdeas1 @gmarkj @J9el @lewys-gp @madasaf1sh @MAKAZAGA @Martin-O2 @Mi-Amigo 

@MI5 @Pennywren @Projectionist @RafaC @RunrigForever @sheepdog @TallTrees and anyone else who fancies a go!  (@jonsie has a buy-ball in this one, by prior arrangement )

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A24 - Y24, "These Are the Days of Our Lives", by Queen, in 1991.

I think my useless Queen knowledge has come in handy here 😂.

[lewys-gp]

@RafaC the mega music fan has come swooping in to gobble up the points 🤣👀.

[Mi-Amigo]

W18 - B18 DO THEY KNOW ITS CHRISTMAS - Band Aid No 1 Xmas 1984 [original version/release]

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And @RafaC lines-up @lewys-gp Bonus Point, and slams another one into the net, with bonus - that one is one of the tricky ones too:

[Cleoriff]

20A -20W

HE AINT HEAVY, HE'S MY BROTHER/ THE HOLLIES 1969

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

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@pgn wrote:

And @Mi-Amigo gets in there first - but an extra letter has crept in somewhere - check it out for your point!

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Should be

V1 - V14 SOMETHIN STUPID [no G] by Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman No 1 Xmas 2001

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Got it, @Mi-Amigo - a point for the song and artist, and a bonus for the year are yours, well done!

• 2001 Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman SomethinStupid

Don't Give Up Now Though 😎

[RafaC]

@lewys-gp 😂
@pgn 🙌

14F to 14P - Saviour's Day by Cliff Richard, 1990

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@Cleoriff wrote:

20A -20W

HE AINT HEAVY, HE'S MY BROTHER/ THE HOLLIES 1969

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Right title and place @Cleoriff , but not the right artist for the Christmas #1 - have another shot!

[Cleoriff]

14F- 14P SAVIOURS DAY CLIFF RICHARD 1990

[lewys-gp]

A16 - R16, "It's Only Make Believe", by Conway Twitty, in... 1955.

Love the song, just don't know the exact year 😂