Sort of. Cliff Richard loved the song but changed the lyrics as he wanted it to reflect a more religious theme. Always on My Mind is a love song, and it was written in and first preleased in by Gwen McRae. Multiple covers of this song have been released by various artists, and in various genres. Brenda Lee also released her version in , as did Elvis Presley. By this point, the track was already crossing over, charting in Country and Western categories as well as Pop music categories, and in the Pet Shop Boys released their synth-pop version, making it a Christmas number one.
Various other versions have been released both prior and since. It was originally released in , where the success of the track funded the launch of Motown Records.
This reissue was so popular that it became number one for Christmas , almost three years after Jackie Wilson had died, almost thirty years after its initial chart debut. In it re-entered the charts and reached position 22 on the Christmas charts as this was when digital downloads became included in the numbers, rather than it relying on a re-release.
Since then it has racked up more than 60 weeks in the UK charts, despite the original release only remaining for eight. In December , it reached position nine — the highest since this Christmas of Arguably the most popular version of this song is this one, the original. The track was written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure as a reaction to the famine in Ethiopia and this version was recorded in just one day, exactly a month before Christmas on 25th November This song became the fastest-selling single in UK chart history when it sold a million copies in the first week alone.
A song originally written by Vince Clarke while he was with Depeche Mode, yet not recorded until after he had formed Yazoo with Alison Moyet, this a capella cover by The Flying Pickets was more successful than the original.
This track is an actual piece of musical history. It was released in November and hit the chart at number 38, however, sales picked up during the Christmas period and it steadily climbed to the top of the charts, reaching prime position for the Christmas number one spot, six whole weeks after release.
Selling almost a million copies, the song was written by Johnny Edward and his wife Sue; Johnny was known as the creator and voice of the TV character Metal Micky, and he produced the song himself and released it on his own label. The Christmas number one has sold over one and a half million copies which seats it in the top 25 most successful singles in UK chart history.
This single was released by a primary school choir from Stockport. Despite only managing to reach the third position in the charts, it has since become a UK Christmas Favourite. It features a choir of children.
It sold over four million copies worldwide, was nominated for a Grammy Award and is widely considered one of the greatest songs of all time. This cover of a Christmas song is often performed as a carol and has a very interesting history. However, no recordings of this version exist. When writer Jester Hairston was asked to write a Christmas song for his choir, he remembered this song. He took the rhythm and wrote new, Christmassy lyrics to accompany it.
Harry Belafonte heard and loved the song, seeking permission to record it. That version was edited and released as a single in November It then became the first single to sell over a million copies based on UK sales alone. This Boney M cover is one of the best-known versions of the song. With over 1. When paired with the 1. This song was the biggest UK hit for Wings and is one of the best selling singles in Britain.
Singles by X Factor winners have had a stranglehold on the Christmas charts in recent years - a run which was ended last year when an online anti-X Factor campaign helped get Rage Against the Machine to number one.
Similar campaigns were organised this year to get other songs to the top spot including Surfin' Bird by s US rock band The Trashmen and a 4'33" track of silence from Cage Against the Machine. A Facebook group was also set up to encourage fans to buy the original version of Cardle's song - called Many Of Horror, by Biffy Clyro - instead of the X Factor winner's. That sold about 40, copies to finish eighth in the chart. However according to the OCC, Cardle's track sold almost , copies in its first two days on sale, more than three times the sales of its nearest rival, Rihanna Ft Drake, which ended up the week selling , His eventual total of , copies sold in six days was a record weekly total for a non-charity release this year, it added.
Only Helping Haiti - with , sales in February - has sold more in a week this year. Cardle said he hadn't believed he would even make it as far as the live shows in the X Factor, much less win the competition and then take his single to number one. Last year's X Factor winner Joe McElderry, famously beaten to the number one spot by Rage Against The Machine, sold around , copies of his single The Climb in the runup to Christmas , and another , the following week.
If Cardle has a similar post-festive run this year, he will remain in a top five currently headed by Love The Way You Lie, by Eminem featuring Rihanna. Though Cowell will be feeling smug as he suns himself in Barbados, the real winners of this year's festive chart race are arguably a middle-ranking Scottish indie band who found themselves taking up two positions in the top When their fans discovered Cardle was releasing the track under a different name, they started a campaign to get the original to no 1.
Though they were no match for X Factor's pulling power, they managed to get the original to no 8 today after buying 40, copies.
Cardle, who has apologised to Biffy Clyro fans if they felt he had "ruined" the song, said last night he planned to celebrate with "one or two beers". He said: "I can't believe it.
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