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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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

Y21 - Y1 GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME - Tom Jones Xmas 1 1966

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@Mi-Amigo storms another one:

[Mi-Amigo]

Q19 - B19 WHEN A CHILD IS BORN - Johnny Mathis Xmas No 1 1976

[lewys-gp]

W17 - H2, "Killing in the Name", by Rage Against the Machine, in 2009.

When they nicked the Christmas number one spot 😂. I thought it had an "Of" in the title too, but obviously not.

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@Cleoriff wrote:

You are missing mine @pgn ?

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Been back down the thread, I think I have seen most - but when I get to the end I must update the grid with the 10 or so got already.

[Mi-Amigo]

How many still to find [out of 31] @pgn ??

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@Cleoriff wrote:

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@pgn wrote:

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@Cleoriff wrote:

25E 25R

WHEN YOU BELIEVE. WHITNEY HOUSTON/MARIAH CAREY 1998

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Right title, but the Christmas Week version was a different artist and almost a decade later, @Cleoriff 

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LEON JACKSON 2007

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Yes, @Cleoriff:

2007 Leon Jackson WhenYouBelieve E25 R25

[Mi-Amigo]

R1 - K8 [another diagonal] MR BLOBBY - Mr Blobby Xmas No 1 1995

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

X1 - X16 MISTLETOE AND WINE - Cliff Richard [can`t stand it] Xmas No 1 1988

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Another one under your belt, @Mi-Amigo - I might spare you the video then

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

Q19 - B19 WHEN A CHILD IS BORN - Johnny Mathis Xmas No 1 1976

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Another one to @Mi-Amigo - video coming up:

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@lewys-gp wrote:

W17 - H2, "Killing in the Name", by Rage Against the Machine, in 2009.

When they nicked the Christmas number one spot 😂. I thought it had an "Of" in the title too, but obviously not.

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Yes, that's it - the lyrics of some do differ a bit in places from the title I noticed - and you gt the date bonus too!