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Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead misses number one spot
Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead has failed to reach the number one spot in the music charts.
The Wizard of Oz song, which has been at the centre of an online campaign by opponents of Baroness Thatcher, reached number two after selling 52,605 copies.
However it was still more than 5,700 copies behind Duke Dumont and A*M*E with Need U (100%) which remained at the top for a second week.
Rival campaign (кампания) song I'm In Love With Margaret Thatcher entered at 35.
The 1979 song by punk band Notsensibles sold 8,768 copies after a late push from Lady Thatcher fans.
The Official Charts Company said Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead was "one of the most controversial chartit contenders (претенденты) of all time" following the death of Lady Thatcher last week.
On Friday Radio 1 controller Ben Cooper said in his BBC blog he had decided Sunday's Official Chart Show would not play the 51-second song in full and would instead play a five-second clip as part of a Newsbeat report (доклад) on the track entering the chart.
He said the decision had been a "difficult compromise", saying he had to balance respect for someone who had just died with issues around freedom of speech.
The issue on whether the song should be played or not divided (разделенный) opinion, with some like MP John Whittingdale saying "it would be better" not to play it, while DJ Paul Gambaccini said: "It's not something to editorialise about - it's just fact. You can't change reality." The Nonsensibles track was played in full on the programme, although host Jameela Jamil did not introduce the song. The band was later mentioned as a new entry in the chart recap (резюмировать) for songs 40 to 31, however the title was not named.
Aside from the controversy (спор), Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead has become the first sub-60 second single to ever make the top 10.
The song charted at number nine on the Big Top 40 chart, broadcast on commercial radio stations.
Like Radio 1, the programme featured (показывать) a short clip of the song as part of a news report explaining why the song was in the chart.
Elsewhere in the official singles chart, Pink's Just Give Me A Reason featuring Fun's Nate Ruess went down a place to number three, with Pompeii by Bastille at four and Feel This Moment by Pitbull featuring Christina Aguilera climbing three places to five.
In the album chart Paramore's self-titled (одноименный) fourth album ended Justin Timberlake's three-week stint at number one, outselling it by two copies to one.
Pink's The Truth About Love was at three, while Emeli Sande's Our Version Of Events climbed three places to number four. The album has now spent 61 weeks in the top 10.
Are you interested in politics ? Do you know Margaret Thatcher ? Who was she ? Why many people are glad of her death ? Do you think it is true in relation to her ? Do you know why people were unhappy of her activities?
I think the whole world knows this woman. She was a former Prime Minister of Great Britain. On the day of the death of the Iron Lady many people went to Trafalgar Square and sang the song "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead". This behavior is not typical for the British, but it is so.
