Wikipedia / Music / Nostalgia

I'm addicted to Wikipedia. I can't help it. Stumbled upon it a few months ago and now I can't get away from the bleedin thing. It's one of the best things about the web. You key in a word or phrase, read up on the thing you are interested in, and here's the best thing...there are peripheral links to tonnes of other stuff.

So it's 9pm on a school night. You see something or someone on TV that catches your eye. Type it into wikipedia, read up on your subject then read about something else that's related, then onto something else again and before you realise it's 1am and you're reading about the agriculture industry in Outer Mongolia when all you really wanted to do was perve at Chris Meloni.

Anyway, somehow I ended up on a page that listed Christmas No 1 singles in the UK. God knows why. And I got hit by a massive wave of nostalgia. It's funny how you can associate feelings and senses of time from songs. I'm a big muso anyway so it might mean more to me. But have a scan, especially if you're British and see if it can't stir up some memoires.

1980: St Winifred's School Choir - "There's No One Quite Like Grandma"
1981: The Human League - "Don't You Want Me"
1982: Renée and Renato - "Save Your Love"
1983: The Flying Pickets - "Only You"
1984: Band Aid - "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
1985: Shakin' Stevens - "Merry Christmas Everyone"
1986: Jackie Wilson - "Reet Petite"
1987: Pet Shop Boys - "Always on My Mind"
1988: Cliff Richard - "Mistletoe & Wine"
1989: Band Aid II -" Do They Know It's Christmas?"
1990: Cliff Richard - "Saviours' Day"
1991: Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody" / "These Are the Days of Our Lives"
1992: Whitney Houston - "I Will Always Love You"
1993: Mr Blobby - "Mr Blobby"
1994: East 17 - "Stay Another Day"
1995: Michael Jackson - "Earth Song"
1996: Spice Girls - "2 Become 1"
1997: Spice Girls - "Too Much"
1998: Spice Girls - "Goodbye"
1999: Westlife - "I Have A Dream" / "Seasons In The Sun"
2000: Bob The Builder - "Can We Fix It?"
2001: Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman - "Somethin' Stupid"
2002: Girls Aloud - "Sound Of The Underground"
2003: Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules - "Mad World"
2004: Band Aid 20 - "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
2005: Shayne Ward - "That's My Goal"
2006: Leona Lewis - "A Moment Like This"