RED NOSE SINGLE TRACKS
RED NOSE SINGLE TRACKS
jeanniejeanniejeannie.co.uk BLOG 16th March 2019
As it was Red Nose Day yesterday details of Red Nose Day singles released each year.
The Official Comic Relief singles are, in order of year:
YEAR TRACK ARTIST PEAK POSITION
1986 LIVING DOLL – CLIFF RICHARD AND THE YOUNG ONES 1
1987 ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE – MEL SMITH AND KIM WILDE 3
1989 HELP! – BANANARAMA AND LA NA NEE NEE NOO NOO 3
1991 THE STONK – HALE AND PACE 1
1992 (I WANT TO BE) ELECTED – MR BEAN AND SMEAR CAMPAIGN 9
1993 STICK IT OUT – RIGHT SAID FRED 4
1994 ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS – PET SHOP BOYS AND ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS 6
1995 LOVE CAN BUILD A BRIDGE – CHER, CHRISSIE HYNDE, NENEH CHERRY
AND ERIC CLAPTON 1
1997 MAMA / WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE – SPICE GIRLS 1
1999 WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GET GOING – BOYZONE 1
2001 UPTOWN GIRL – WESTLIFE 1
2003 SPIRIT IN THE SKY – GARETH GATES AND THE KUMARS 1
2005 IS THIS THE WAY TO AMARILLO? – TONY CHRISTIE & PETER KAY 1
2005 ALL ABOUT YOU/YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND – MCFLY 1
2007 I’M GONNA BE (500 MILES) – THE PROCLAIMERS FT BRIAN POTTER
AND ANDY PIPKIN 1
2007 WALK THIS WAY – SUGABABES VS. GIRLS ALOUD 1
2009 JUST CAN’T GET ENOUGH – THE SATURDAYS 2
2009 BARRY ISLANDS IN THE STREAM – VANESSA JENKINS & BRYN WEST
FT TOM JONES 1
2011 GOLD FOREVER – THE WANTED 3
2011 I KNOW HIM SO WELL – SUSAN BOYLE AND GERALDINE MCQUEEN 11
2013 ONE WAY OR ANOTHER (TEENAGE KICKS) -ONE DIRECTION 1
2015 LAY ME DOWN – SAM SMITH FEAT JOHN LEGEND 1
2017 What Do I Know? – Ed Sheeran & Kurupt FM 9
The Official best-selling Comic Relief singles are in order of sales :
TRACK ARTIST PEAK YEAR
POSITION
1 IS THIS THE WAY TO AMARILLO? – TONY CHRISTIE & PETER KA1 2005
2 UPTOWN GIRL – WESTLIFE 1 2001
3 LIVING DOLL – CLIFF RICHARD AND THE YOUNG ONES 1 1986
4 MAMA / WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE – SPICE GIRLS 1 1997
5 WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GET GOING – BOYZONE 1 1999
6 ALL ABOUT YOU/YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND – MCFLY 1 2005
7 SPIRIT IN THE SKY – GARETH GATES AND THE KUMARS 1 2003
8 ONE WAY OR ANOTHER (TEENAGE KICKS) – ONE DIRECTION 1 2013
9 LAY ME DOWN – SAM SMITH FEAT JOHN LEGEND 1 2015
10 I’M GONNA BE (500 MILES) – THE PROCLAIMERS FT BRIAN POTTER
AND ANDY PIPKIN 1 2007
11 JUST CAN’T GET ENOUGH – THE SATURDAYS 2 2009
12 HELP! – BANANARAMA AND LA NA NEE NEE NOO NOO 3 1989
13 GOLD FOREVER – THE WANTED 3 2011
14 THE STONK – HALE AND PACE 1 1991
15 LOVE CAN BUILD A BRIDGE – HER, CHRISSIE HYNDE, NENEH CHERRY
AND ERIC CLAPTON 1 1995
16 ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE – MEL SMITH AND KIM WILDE 3 1987
17 BARRY ISLANDS IN THE STREAM – VANESSA JENKINS & BRYN WEST
FT TOM JONES 1 2009
18 WALK THIS WAY – SUGABABES VS. GIRLS ALOUD 1 2007
19 STICK IT OUT – RIGHT SAID FRED 4 1993
20 ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS PET SHOP BOYS AND
– ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS 6 1994
21 (I WANT TO BE) ELECTED – MR BEAN AND SMEAR CAMPAIGN 9 1992
22 WHAT DO I KNOW? – ED SHEERAN & KURUPT FM 9 2017
23 I KNOW HIM SO WELL – SUSAN BOYLE AND GERALDINE MCQUEEN 11 2011
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE FOR THE DAY
“Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.” –Mark Twain
HAPPINESS IS…
Happiness is…a Red Nose
GRANDAD’S ONE LINER JOKE OF THE DAY
The first time I got a universal remote control I thought to myself, “This changes everything”.
LOVE IS…
Love is… realising morning would not be the same without him/her
TRACK OF THE DAY
Exits – Foals
Highest Chart Position: No.70 15th March 2019
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