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, the third single released by the father-and-son DJ team Andy and John Pickles. Released on 4 December 1989, it reached the top of the

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for a single week the same month. They became only the third act to reach 1 with their first three singles, following on from

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in 1964 and

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in 1984, and took the shortest time to achieve the feat.

Production and composition

The record follows on from the formula which took their earlier singles " Swing the Mood" and " That's What I Like" to number one on the charts. Although it did not appear on '' Jive Bunny: The Album'', the track took its melodic hook from

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's "March of the Mods" - the same as the album's closing track "Hopping Mad". Unlike Jive Bunny's previous two hits, it was not a major international hit, although it reached No. 2 in

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, and charted in several other European nations. The difference was it sampled classic Christmas songs instead. These included the 1973 Christmas No. 1

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" and Gary Glitter's " Another Rock and Roll Christmas". It also included

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" but, as they did not have permission to use the song, they got the group's lead singer

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to re-record the song. Following Gary Glitter's convictions, later editions on download and streaming sites replaced his track with Mariah Carey's " All I Want For Christmas Is You".

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

References

1989 songs 1989 singles Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers songs British Christmas songs UK Singles Chart number-one singles Telstar Records singles Songs about parties {{1980s-pop-song-stub