Who had the Christmas number one in 1990 with 'Saviour's Day'?
"Cliff Richard to be included in a list of the top Christmas songs by music channel VH1. In 2009, it placed ninth in a list of the most annoying Christmas songs compiled by the company Lactofree. In 2017, ShortList's Dave Fawbert listed the song as containing ""one of the greatest key changes in music history"". Saviour's Day (song) ""Saviour's Day"" is a song by Cliff Richard. It was the United Kingdom Christmas number one single in 1990, the second occasion Richard had a solo Christmas number one. The video for the song was filmed in Dorset. It has subsequently been"
"went to number one on 29 December 1990, becoming that year's Christmas number one and replacing the previous week's UK number one, ""Ice Ice Baby"" by Vanilla Ice. A week later ""Saviour's Day"" dropped back down to number three, and spent only one more week in the top 40 at number twenty. The final charted spot in the top 100 was on 19 January 1991, when ""Saviour's Day"" was at number 53. The song was Richard's second solo Christmas number one in the UK, after ""Mistletoe and Wine"" in 1988. In 2005, ""Saviour's Day"" was one of two songs by"
"winter clothes for the Christmas song, but the day's filming took place on a warm September day with blue sky and sunshine. The video featured Richard and the extras singing together on top of the limestone arch of Durdle Door. Six years earlier, Tears for Fears had shot part of the video for their 1984 single ""Shout"" at the famous Durdle Door landmark. In the UK, ""Saviour's Day"" entered the UK Singles Chart on 8 December 1990 at number six. It went to number three the following week, and up a further spot in the week before Christmas. The song"
"Maiden version,"" explaining that ""the arrangement is identical, but mine's kind of... slinky. Maiden's just really goes for it."" Dickinson's original version was included on disc 2 of ""The Best of Bruce Dickinson"" in 2001. Bruce Dickinson said ""We're going to release this as a single on Christmas Eve to scare the living daylights out of Cliff Richard"". This led to the song competing with Cliff Richard's ""Saviour's Day"" for the 1990 Christmas number-one, but due to not being officially released until the week after Christmas, went straight to number one on the UK Singles Chart on 30 December 1990."
"straight in at No. 1 in the Autumn. It would stay there for three weeks, paving the way for a re-release of ""Hangin' Tough"" in January 1990, and the multi-platinum success of their debut album of the same name. The year's Christmas number 1 single, and, indeed, the final number 1 of the 1980s, went to a new version of 1984's Christmas number 1 ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"". Unsurprisingly, it was produced by Stock Aitken Waterman, Band Aid II, like the original Band Aid, featured numerous famous music stars of the day, including both Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan"
"They Know It's Christmas?"". Being the top producers in 1989, with seven number one singles, SAW started the 1990s with high hopes. February 1990 brought their last UK No. 1 single, Kylie Minogue's cover of ""Tears on My Pillow"", and a top 10 hit with new recruit Lonnie Gordon. However, by mid-1990 SAW artists were having problems placing singles in the top 10 (with the notable exception of Kylie Minogue), and the week of 13 October 1990 became the first with no SAW-produced singles in the UK top 75 in over two years. In mid-1991, Matt Aitken left the team"
"an all-star concert line-up that also included Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, Elton John and Tears for Fears. The concert in aid of charity was televised around the world and helped to raise $10.5 million for disabled children and young musicians. Later in 1990, a live album titled """" was released. It compiled highlights of the previous year's ""The Event"" show, and provided two live tracks as singles, ""Silhouettes"" (UK No. 10) and ""From a Distance"" (No. 11). However, it was with the Christmas single ""Saviour's Day"" that Richard scored his 13th UK No. 1 single and his 100th top 40"
"group Exposé taking the Andrews Sisters' part. ""Because It's Christmas"" was the best-selling Christmas album of 1990 in the U.S. The album peaked at number 40 on the ""Billboard"" 200 album sales chart, and spent five weeks at number 1 on ""Billboard"" magazine's special, year-end, weekly Christmas Albums sales chart in December 1990 and January 1991. On July 19, 2002, ""Because It's Christmas"" was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of one million copies in the U.S. Because It's Christmas Because It's Christmas is the first of three Christmas albums released by singer-songwriter Barry Manilow."
"is closely associated with the season having had number ones over the period in 1999 with the aforementioned ""The Millennium Prayer"", in 1988 with ""Mistletoe and Wine"" and in 1990 with ""Saviour's Day"". It was with this album and the single ""Santa's List"" that he was aiming to achieve another Christmas number one record. However bookmakers Ladbrokes placed his chance this happening for the third time at fifty to one. ""Santa's List"" was written by Chris Eaton (the same songwriter who wrote ""Saviour's Day"") and Nick Trevisick. To coincide with a number of other 2004 Christmas releases, including a number"
"George Michael George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, 25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016) was an English singer, songwriter, record producer, and philanthropist who rose to fame as a member of the music duo Wham! and later embarked on a solo career. He was widely known for his work in the 1980s and 1990s, including hit Wham! singles such as ""Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"" and ""Last Christmas"" and solo albums such as ""Faith"" (1987) and ""Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1"" (1990). Michael achieved seven number one singles in the UK and eight number one songs on the"
"until 1991. Many songs this year competed for the Christmas number one single, and the entire top 3 from 1984 re-entered the chart this year; Paul McCartney's ""We All Stand Together"" at number 32, Wham!'s ""Last Christmas"" at number 6, and Band Aid's ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"" at number 3. There were also attempts from Bruce Springsteen with a cover of ""Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"", and ventriloquist Keith Harris released a cover of ""White Christmas"" with his green puppet Orville the Duck. However, the Christmas number one went to Shakin' Stevens with the song ""Merry Christmas Everyone""."
"(including two in the traditionally-black Soul/R&B category), and two Grammy Awards from eight nominations. George Michael George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, 25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016) was an English singer, songwriter, record producer, and philanthropist who rose to fame as a member of the music duo Wham! and later embarked on a solo career. He was widely known for his work in the 1980s and 1990s, including hit Wham! singles such as ""Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"" and ""Last Christmas"" and solo albums such as ""Faith"" (1987) and ""Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1"" (1990). Michael achieved"
"million copies in eight weeks. Popular artists from the 1980s made successful returns, including Duran Duran, The Cure, Depeche Mode and Morrissey, all of whom released top ten singles. After appearing in the reality television show ""I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!"", Peter Andre re-released his 1996 hit single ""Mysterious Girl"", this time getting to the top spot. Twenty years after the original, the Band Aid single ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"" was re-recorded and was the best-selling single of the year, holding the Christmas number 1 spot. The song sold over a million copies in a month."
"three weeks at number one, becoming the ninth biggest-selling song of the year. Vocalists: Musicians: Band Aid 20 was the 2004 incarnation of the charity group Band Aid. The group, which included Daniel Bedingfield, Justin Hawkins of The Darkness, Chris Martin of Coldplay, Bono of U2, and Paul McCartney, re-recorded the 1984 song ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"", written by Band Aid organisers Bob Geldof and Midge Ure. Vocalists: Musicians: Additional personnel: Band Aid 30 is the 2014 incarnation of the charity supergroup Band Aid. Announced by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, the aim was to aid 2014 Ebola outbreak"
"reached the summit. This year is also remembered for the debuts of B*Witched, the rise of the All Saints and the end of the career for girl group phenomenon, the Spice Girls. The Corrs, The Verve and George Michael all experienced great success on the albums chart. The first chart of the year saw the BBC Children In Need single ""Perfect Day"", performed by a collaboration of various stars, return to the top of the charts for a week, displacing ""Too Much"" by the Spice Girls. January saw R'N'B vocalist, Usher Raymond score a No. 1 with his debut single"
"Japan where they scored several number 1 hits. The race for Christmas number one was a battle between Cliff Richard, with a career stretching back to the 1950s and his seasonal song ""Mistletoe and Wine"", and new star Kylie Minogue with ""Especially for You"", a duet with her ""Neighbours"" co-star Jason Donovan released to coincide with their characters' on-screen wedding. Cliff won the battle with the biggest-selling song of the year, but ""Especially for You"" climbed to number 1 in the new year of 1989, eventually selling just short of 1 million copies. New classical works by British composers included"
"the Christmas number one of 1987, with their cover of Elvis Presley's ""Always on My Mind"". The Pogues peaked at number 2 and has been re-issued several times since, reaching the top 10 in 2005, 2006 and 2007. In the world of classical music, Nicholas Maw's new work ""Odyssey"" made an impact, and veteran composer Malcolm Arnold produced his ""Salute to Thomas Merritt"", Op. 98, whilst Michael Nyman and Judith Weir both brought new operas to the stage. The BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition was won by Italian soprano Valeria Esposito, and the Lieder prize was introduced into"
"Christmas"". It was one of the last Christmas singles to sell one million copies, won an Ivor Novello Award for highest selling record of 1980 – beating Barbra Streisand's ""Woman in Love"" and The Police's ""Don't Stand So Close to Me"". Subsequently employed full-time by EMI, Lorenz became one of the most prolific record producers in the music industry, producing over 800 albums (believed to be a world record), selling 8 million records, earning 17 platinum, gold and silver discs featuring some of the biggest international artists. After being asked by Unicef to help raise funds for children in Africa"
"BBC One show ""Noel's House Party"", with ""Mr. Blobby"" (the first ever eponymously titled number 1 single). In the final week before Christmas, he was knocked off by Take That's ""Babe"", making Mr. Blobby the first one-week #1 since U2's ""The Fly"" in November 1991, and making Take That the first act to have three singles in a row all enter at #1. However, the following week (Christmas week) saw Mr. Blobby climb back up to the top, the first time this had happened since January 1969, and officially become this year's Christmas number 1. Take That's ""Babe"" became the"
"1990 National Society of Film Critics Awards The 25th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 6 January 1991, honored the best filmmaking of 1990. 1. Goodfellas<br> 2. ""The Grifters""<br> 3. ""Reversal of Fortune""<br> 4. ""Sweetie"" 1. Martin Scorsese – ""Goodfellas""<br> 2. Stephen Frears – ""The Grifters""<br> 3. Jane Campion – ""Sweetie"" 1. Jeremy Irons – ""Reversal of Fortune""<br> 2. Danny Glover – ""To Sleep with Anger""<br> 3. Robert De Niro – ""Goodfellas"" and ""Awakenings"" 1. Anjelica Huston – ""The Grifters"" and ""The Witches""<br> 2. Joanne Woodward – ""Mr. & Mrs. Bridge""<br> 3. Jessica Lange – ""Men Don't Leave""<br>"
"by Diana Ross, ""Christmas Island"" (1996) by Jimmy Buffett, and ""These Are Special Times"" (1998) by Celine Dion. This trend has continued with ""Save This Christmas for Me"" (2001) by Johnny Logan, ""Christmas Is Almost Here"" (2002) by Carly Simon, ""December"" (2003) by the Moody Blues, ""It's Christmas, Of Course"" (2007) by Darlene Love, ""A Winter Symphony"" (2008) by Sarah Brightman, ""Not So Silent Night...Christmas with REO Speedwagon"" (2009) by REO Speedwagon, ""Happy X-Mas (War Is Over)"" (2010) by Daniel Powter, ""Happy Christmas"" (2010) by Jessica Simpson, ""Hear the Bells"" (2011) by Vanessa Carlton, ""Ugly Sweater Party"" by the a"
"Cliff Richard and Paul McCartney. The team supplied Donna Summer with her most successful hit single since the 1970s with This Time I Know It's for Real and Cliff Richard's No. 3 I Just Don't Have the Heart. SAW also gave 18-year-old singer Sonia a debut No. 1 with You'll Never Stop Me Loving You. Stock became the first person to receive the Ivor Novello Award for 'Songwriter of the Year' three times in a row between 1988 and 1990. In 1990 SAW picked up three ""Ivors"": for 'Songwriter of the Year', 'Most Performed Work' for Donna Summer's 'This Time"
"Hot 100, as well as spending 19 weeks on the UK singles chart. ""I Get Lonely"" peaked at number three on the Hot 100. ""The Velvet Rope"" sold over ten million albums worldwide and was certified three times platinum by the RIAA. Céline Dion achieving worldwide success with the song My Heart Will Go On from Titanic soundtrack. In the early 1990s, Mariah Carey's hit singles such as ""Vision of Love"" (1990) and ""Love Takes Time"" (1990), and Whitney Houston's ""All the Man That I Need"" (1990) and ""I Will Always Love You"" (1992) topped the radio charts for the"
"been Principal Conductor since 1980. Notes: The 1990 BRIT Awards winners were: 1990 in British music This is a summary of 1990 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year. The first year of the 1990s saw a total of 17 singles top the chart. The first, ""Hangin' Tough"" by the boyband New Kids on the Block, which became the group's second chart-topper, set the record for lowest first-week sales for a number 1, with only 28,000 copies sold. Although January is usually a low sales month due to it being post-Christmas season, the vinyl"
"including the number one hit Sealed with a Kiss, Every Day (I Love You More), and the Christmas number two record ""When You Come Back to Me"", kept off the top spot by the Band Aid II record –Do They Know It's Christmas?, also produced by Stock Aitken and Waterman. 1989 became Stock Aitken and Waterman's most successful year having helmed seven UK #1s (a feat equalled only by George Martin in 1963) and 15 top 5s. During 1989 Stock wrote and produced over seven albums' worth of material for artists such as Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan, Bananarama, Donna Summer,"
"the become the Christmas number one on 24 December despite only going on sale four days before on 20 December. It was reported that 1 million copies of the winner's single were pre-ordered by stores and that it was downloaded 50,000 times within 30 minutes of being available online. It ended as the United Kingdom's second best selling single of the year. In January 2007, the single was awarded platinum status by the British Phonographic Industry. According to the Official Charts Company, the song has sold 895,000 copies in the United Kingdom as of December 2012. Lewis emerged as the"
"Christmas number one by the Pet Shop Boys' cover of ""Always on My Mind"". MacGowan was reported to have said ""We were beaten by two queens and a drum machine"". MacColl later said that she did not feel they were really in competition with the Pet Shop Boys as they were doing a completely different kind of music. The song was re-released by the Pogues in the UK in 1991 (reaching #36), and again in the UK and Ireland for Christmas 2005, reaching number three in the UK. All proceeds from the latter release were donated towards a mixture of"
"1 album. It contained the chart topping ""Mandy"" and the No. 3 hit from the following year, ""Obvious"". The following year Bryan McFadden split from the group, but they continued as a foursome releasing ""Allow Us To Be Frank"" with a cover of old big band classics. Topping the charts with his second album was Will Young and ""Friday's Child"". which contained ""Leave Right Now"". However, the Christmas number one album was by one of the most successful female solo artists in the 21st century on the albums chart. Dido returned to the top for a further 3 weeks with"
"to have ever been Christmas number one twice, in both 1975 and 1991. At the turn of the 21st century, songs associated with reality shows became a frequent source of Christmas number ones in the UK. In 2002, ""Popstars The Rivals"" produced the top three singles on the British Christmas charts. The ""rival"" groups produced by the series—the girl group Girls Aloud and the boy band One True Voice—finished first and second respectively on the charts. Failed contestants The Cheeky Girls charted with a novelty hit, ""Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)"", at third. Briton Will Young, winner of the first"
"one #1 Billboard Hot 100 hit with ""Strangers in the Night"" in 1966. Frankie Valli (who was portrayed in the play Jersey Boys) had 7 #1 Hot 100 hits in the 1960s and 1970s, including ""December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)"". Kool & the Gang had a #1 Hot 100 hit with ""Celebration"" in 1981. Bon Jovi had 4 #1 Hot 100 hits, including ""Living on a Prayer"" in 1987. Whitney Houston (d. 2012) had 11 #1 Hot 100 hits in the 1980s and 1990s, including ""I Will Always Love You"" in 1992. P.M. Dawn had one #1 hit with"
"chart-topper ""Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)"". Many popular children's TV characters would try to claim the Christmas number one spot after this. In 1997, the Teletubbies who reached number one the previous week failed to gain it with their single ""Say Eh-oh!"". They came second in the charts to The Spice Girls second of three consecutive Christmas number ones, with ""Too Much"". Later on at the turn of the millennium, Bob the Builder was successful in achieving a Christmas number one in 2000, with ""Can We Fix It?"". However, Bob the Builder did have another number one single"
"calling the move ""way overdue"". In November 1984, Michael joined other British and Irish pop stars of the era to form Band Aid, singing on the charity song ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"" for famine relief in Ethiopia. This single became the UK Christmas number one in December 1984, holding Michael's own song, ""Last Christmas"" by Wham!, at No. 2; Michael also donated the royalties for ""Last Christmas"" to Ethiopia. ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"" sold 3.75 million copies in the UK and became the biggest selling single in UK chart history, a title it held until 1997 when it"
"August 1990. James Hunter of ""Rolling Stone"" magazine described the song as ""a distraught look at the world's astounding woundedness. Michael offers the healing passage of time as the only balm for physical and emotional hunger, poverty, hypocrisy and hatred."" The song was an instant success, reaching No. 1 on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and No. 6 in the UK. A video was released shortly thereafter, consisting of the lyrics on a dark background. Michael did not appear in this video or any subsequent videos for the album. The second single ""Waiting for That Day"" was an acoustic-heavy single,"