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:

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

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Mr Blobby was given as the example, @Mi-Amigo - haha good try 🤣

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

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

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We have 17 of 31 at the moment, but I am a bit behind the vanguard, @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

W1 - W15 WE BUILT THIS CITY - LadBaby Xmas No 1 2018

[pgn]

An updated grid as of my records atm - 17 of 31 titles, including the freebie, have been found:

[lewys-gp]

I have a few in my head that I know are definitely in there... but, where 🤣!?

Slowly but surely, we'll get them all.

[Cleoriff]

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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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I've been looking for that one @lewys-gp. A concerted effort by the great British Public to make sure the X Factor release didn't reach number 1 😂

[pgn]

Another strike for @Mi-Amigo:

[Mi-Amigo]

Z1 - Z17 CHRISTMAS ALPHABET - Dickie Valentine - you`ve beaten me @pgn No idea of the year it was No 1

[Cleoriff]

23G -23A Only You... THe Flying Pickets...1983

[Cleoriff]

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

Z1 - Z17 CHRISTMAS ALPHABET - Dickie Valentine - you`ve beaten me @pgn No idea of the year it was No 1

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1955 @Mi-Amigo ?