Popularity of Famous Anti-Witch Song Skyrockets with Thatcher's Death
Classy!
The Wizard of Oz song at the centre of an anti-Margaret Thatcher campaign will not be played in full on the Official Chart Show.
Instead a five-second clip of the 51-second song will be aired as part of a Newsbeat report, Radio 1 controller Ben Cooper said.
Sales of Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead have soared since the former Prime Minister's death on Monday, aged 87.
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And if she hadn't done what she did, the twits buying the tune wouldn't have the money to do so.
The poor babies resent her for making them change their own diapers. They would rather sit around with their asses in shit.
Just makes me like her more. Villains are way cooler than the good guys. Everyone knows this.
Lilliputians dancing on the grave of a giant...