Jarvis Cocker's Running The World enters Official Christmas Number 1 race
Jarvis Cocker has officially entered the Christmas Number 1 race as his song Running The World climbs into the Official Singles Chart.
The Pulp frontman's 2006 single has been shared widely online and put forward for the festive chart crown by those disappointed with the result of last week's General Election result. Proceeds from the single will go to the charity Shelter.
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According to today's sales flash of sales and streams compiled by the Official Charts Company (Dec. 18), Running The World is at Number 87 and is less than 5,000 chart sales away from entering the Top 40. Listen to the song below (warning - the song includes swearing):
A Facebook group called 'Fancy Getting "C**ts Are Still Running The World" to UK Xmas No.1?' currently has over 24,000 members. Their mission statement says: "In light of so much recent election horror, let's do this, eh? Bit of fun to focus on for the next week. Let's all make 'C**ts Are Still Running The World' the UK Xmas #1!"
Lyrics to the song include: "If you thought things had changed Friend, you'd better think again/ Bluntly put, in the fewest of words: C**ts are still running the world."
Jarvis is up against LadBaby, Stormzy and Wham! in the battle for this year's Official Christmas Number 1. The cut-off for sales and streams counting toward this week's chart is 23.59pm Thursday, the Top 40 will be counted down on BBC Radio 1's The Official Chart with Scott Mills from 4pm Friday 20 December, and the Official Singles Chart Top 100 will be published in full from 5.45pm here at OfficialCharts.com. View the full list of Christmas Number 1 contenders.
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Peter Baum
Prove to me that the title of this song is untrue? Typical Tory Gammons, supporting a PROVEN racist, misogynist.. Good luck Scotland !!! Get out of this Trump union.. Good luck to Jarvis, it may not get to where it should but the message is well and truly out there.
jonathon toss
Should be No1 and this should follow it as its even angrier! :- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO6rvXgUNu0
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Lexi
Probably not, what with it being terrible.
David FJ Haney
Agreed Lexi . Awful song .
Brian Quinn
Boris Johnson's emphatic victory is just what this Country needs. I will not be supporting the Jarvis Cocker single.
Harry_Jamieson
Typical Brian .
Chris Alcroft
Couldn't agree with you more.no respect for democracy; Scottish independence,EU referendums' and now the 2019 UK general election result.
Wont be supporting Jarvis and gang.
It's getting boring now!!
SP
Sam Powell
Ha ha ha oh my aching sides
David FJ Haney
Agreed , this song is pathetic . As pathetic as Jarvis himself .
de Sascha
Hahaha!!
Paul Anthony Searle
Where can i purchase the CLEAN Radio Version of this?
Ron Chandler
Nowhere. That's been banned by the Anti-PC League.
Paul Anthony Searle
So what version are all the Radio Stations playing who are supporting this campaign then? and for the record i have enquired with Rough Trade records and in 2006 a clean version was released on a CD Promo - so there definately was and IS a clean version floating about without all the many expletives.
Ron Chandler
I stand corrected (can't remember if I was being facetious)
thierry henon
It will be a "weird" song to claim the Xmas number 1 single!!