The results are in, and "Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead" has failed to climb to the number one slot on British charts. It was just 5,700 copies behind Duke Dumont's "Need Me (100 Percent)" when the ...

Rising popularity of Wizard of Oz song after the former PM's death worries BBC. LONDON April 12, 2013 — -- The third most popular song in Britain is 74 years old and was originally sung by ...

THE BBC has argued it is obliged to play Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead because the pop charts are a "historical and factual" account of what the public is buying. That sounds like a decent enough ...

Update at 11:50 a.m. ET. Radio 1 Will Play A Snippet: There's word from NPR's Philip Reeves in London that BBC's Radio 1 now says its weekend Official Chart show will play "a clip in a journalistic ...

The BBC has confirmed that it will not play the full version of 'Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead' during the Official Chart Show on Sunday evening (April 14). The track has shot up the UK charts after a ...

LONDON, April 10 (Reuters) - The death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has sent a 74-year-old song, "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead", flying into the UK charts, figures showed on ...

Five years ago Euro-pop singer Gunther enjoyed a moment in the sun when his "Ding Dong Song (Touch My Tralala)" briefly became an international music meme. His debut album, Pleasureman, hit U.S.

The BBC should not exclude 'Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead' from this Sunday's Official Chart Show rundown, Digital Spy readers have said. The broadcaster today (April 12) announced that it would not ...