It's a testament to the fact that people do like honest, simple music. It's an incredible thing for me to be able to enter into the mainstream like this with one of my best friends. "My first reaction was just that it was unbelievable," he said. Gary Jules' and Michael Andrews' delicate and atmospheric retread of Tears For Fears' first major hit, Mad World, taken from cult film Donnie Darko, created an enormous buzz in the music industry and among the record-buying public.Īnd the reward was welcomed last night as Andrews described the chart-topping news as "incredible". In the run-up to Christmas, talk had been fervent about who would nab the top spot in the Christmas chart, with The Darkness, the finalists from Pop Idol and seasonal stalwart Cliff Richard all touted for success.īut a slow-burning outsider, recorded three years ago, crept from the shadows last night to pull the rug from under them all. The dark horse for the Christmas number one, declared first past the post last night, is a re-working of a 21-year-old hit.
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