'Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead' reaches number one following Thatcher's death.

Lady Thatchers death could propel The Wizard Of Oz track "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead to the top of the charts.

Those who saw her death as a cause for celebration have prompted a download surge for the track.

Within 24 hours of the former Prime Ministers death, the song had risen to number 9 in the iTunes best-sellers chart. It reached number 2 on the Amazon singles download chart.

Sales figures for Monday, released by the Official Charts Company, showed that the song had already made it to number 54 in the rundown used by Radio 1.

It is expected to climb higher as a result of a Facebook campaign being set up to encourage sales.

Another performance of the song by Ella Fitzgerald stood at 146 in the Official Chart and one by the Munchkins is at 183. If sales of the three versions had been combined it would be selling strongly enough to be at number 40.

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Well, you hvae to be pretty damn famous to be given a theme song for your death.

She performed a collective vasectomy on the labour party over 20 years ago and liberals are still butthurt over it. Stay classy UK.DaBrainz

so this is what our society is now? 

so this is what our society is now? 

Chris_Williams

Geez, I can't think of many other people who got a theme song when they died. Makes me curious just what this lady did to get such a reputation.

Geez, I can't think of many other people who got a theme song when they died. Makes me curious just what this lady did to get such a reputation.

DJ-Lafleur

so this is what our society is now? 

Chris_Williams

Haha!
::dances::

I dunno who Thatcher is though. I thought she was a TV character, a teacher or something.
Well, if she was really despicable then what is wrong with celebrating that she is gone?
Though I have to say, I would prefer people to be happy at my funeral rather than very sad.
Sure maybe I'd be missed but I want people to remain positive, and if me dying would make them depressed that would be an extra bummer.

I don't see why Thatcher is hated so much? Is that exclusively because of her limiting the power of trade unions?

Haha!
::dances::

I dunno who Thatcher is though. I thought she was a TV character, a teacher or something.
Well, if she was really despicable then what is wrong with celebrating that she is gone?
Though I have to say, I would prefer people to be happy at my funeral rather than very sad.
Sure maybe I'd be missed but I want people to remain positive, and if me dying would make them depressed that would be an extra bummer.

Here's a link for people who wanna celebrate.

KungfuKitten

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Haha!
::dances::

I dunno who Thatcher is though. I thought she was a TV character, a teacher or something.
Well, if she was really despicable then what is wrong with celebrating that she is gone?
Though I have to say, I would prefer people to be happy at my funeral rather than very sad.
Sure maybe I'd be missed but I want people to remain positive, and if me dying would make them depressed that would be an extra bummer.

Here's a link for people who wanna celebrate.

PannicAtack

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I'm not sure what the majority of England thought about her but Scotland despised her.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/margaret-thatchers-time-power-destroyed-1819478

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Geez, I can't think of many other people who got a theme song when they died. Makes me curious just what this lady did to get such a reputation.

Ninja-Hippo

yeah, she was terrible.

Kind of makes you wonder just how terrible she could have been in the "proper" environment, i.e. prewar Germany or postwar Russia or some broke Southeast Asian country.

I'm not sure what the majority of England thought about her but Scotland despised her.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/margaret-thatchers-time-power-destroyed-1819478

 

gameofthering

Ireland despised her as well, seeing as she was directly responsible for 10 prisoners dying during a hunger strike.  They'd later attempt to assassinate her at least once.

classic song