O2 Community Forum 2021 - Christmas Singles Mega Word Grid Part 2

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Welcome back everyone - Christmas Eve and bored of wrapping presents?  Well, here's 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 30 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 around 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.

Over to you, happy hunting: @Cleoriff @Bambino @blissgirl @BobM @Cairdeas1 @gmarkj @J9el @jonsie  @lewys-gp @madasaf1sh @MAKAZAGA @Martin-O2 @Mi-Amigo  @MI5 @Pennywren @Projectionist @RafaC @RunrigForever @sheepdog @TallTrees and anyone else who fancies a go! 

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@RafaC wrote:

24D - 24P: When we Collide - Matt Cardle - 2010

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Spot-on, @RafaC - point for title co-ordinates and artist, and a bonus for the year it was in the Christmas Week Singles Chart as Number 1:

2010

Matt Cardle

WhenWeCollide

P24

D24

[Anonymous]

Z1-Z15 - Seasons in the Sun - Westlife (1999)

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

W15 - W2 WE CAN WORK IT OUT - The Beatles No 1 1965 

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And another one and bonus to @Mi-Amigo :

1965

The Beatles

WeCanWorkItOut

W15

W2

[Mi-Amigo]

U26 - A26 SOUND OF THE UNDERGROUND - Girls Aloud 2002

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@TallTrees wrote:

YEH I found one  @pgn 

I hear you knocking

16K to 16Z

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Good start, @TallTrees - do you know the year it was at the top in Christmas week, or the artist/group for the point?

[RafaC]

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Oh my... We Can Work It Out as Christmas No1... that is amazing 🍏

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@Anonymous wrote:

Z1-Z15 - Seasons in the Sun - Westlife (1999)

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Yes, a point and bonus, @Anonymous:

1999

Westlife

SeasonsintheSun

Z1

Z15

[Mi-Amigo]

X1 - X14 RETURN TO SENDER - Elvis Presley 1962

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

U26 - A26 SOUND OF THE UNDERGROUND - Girls Aloud 2002

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And @Mi-Amigo whacks another one into the net:

2002

Girls Aloud

SoundoftheUnderground

U26

A26

[Mi-Amigo]

I 💓 Sound of the Underground video... Thanks @pgn