As you can see over half of the people thought that Ozzy and Kelly are going to win.
Only 30% of the people that I asked have actually bought any of these singles. How are we going to get a Christmas Number One if nobody has bought any of these singles? So far I believe that, my research shows that Ozzy and Kelly are favourites to win.
What makes a Christmas Number One? Why people buy the songs that make Christmas Number Ones? And why was this years Christmas Number One, Number One?
In past Christmas Number Ones how many of them have actually been songs about Christmas? Below half of the Christmas Number Ones have been about Christmas.
You get two types of Christmas number ones. You get the novelty ones like the Cheeky Girl or the ones that are about the world around us. They make people reflect on their lives. As Christmas is a time of reflecting, people are more inclined to buy singles that make them think.
The reason people buy the novelty ones is because they find them: funny, happy, uplifting and uplifting. Then again they might buy the singles that hit a nerve and make the remember something that happened to them personally. The songs may get them thinking about their life and the world around them.
This years Christmas Number One was Michael Andrews and Gary Jules - Mad World, a very unexpected turn around. Studying the song on a connotative level, the rhythm is a slow steady beat with a slightly depressing over-tone. The strongest instrument is the piano. The mood of the song is gloomy and very depressing. The vocals mix well with the backing instruments.
The lyrics are very surreal; they have a ghostly, eerie sound to them. They leave people thinking about what they mean. I believe that they paint a picture of life, the way that humans interact with each other and the way that everybody is treated unfairly.
Mad World is from the soundtrack of a film called Donnie Darko. Which in its self is a very upsetting and mystifying film. The film and song are very well matched to each. Because at the end of Donnie Darko, Donnie dies the line ‘The dreams in which I'm dying, Are the best I've ever had’ is partially well suited.
I personally feel that, though it is unintentional, that the release of Mad World will promote Donnie Darko, which is very much a cult film and unheard of. Mad World has all of the makings of a Christmas Number One.
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