by Grace Carroll | Photos by WENN

Margaret Thatcher's death to result in 'Ding Dong' song hitting the UK charts

Judy Garland version could make it into the Top 40

 

Margaret Thatcher's death to result in 'Ding Dong' song hitting the UK charts

Photo: WENN

Margaret Thatcher's death has provoked a huge response among music listeners, with Judy Garland's 'Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead' set to hit the Top Ten this week, possibly scoring a No.1 single.

Three different versions of the classic song are currently set to place in the Top 200 - and if the sales from all three were added together, the track would score a Top 40 place.

According to Music Week, the Judy Garland version is currently at No 54 in the official midweeks. Ella Fitzgerald's version is at No 146, while The Munchkins' version of the song is at No 183.

With the Top Ten iTunes placing however, Garland's track is likely to climb much higher in the official charts.

Elvis Costello's anti-Thatcher song, 'Tramp the Dirt Down' from his 1989 album Spike, is also making its way into the charts and is currently at No 128.


Elvis Costello track 'Tramp the Dirt Down' is seeing a resurgence in sales

Noted anti-Thatcherite Morrissey took the opportunity to speak out about Thatcher's death - and unsurprisingly didn't hold back. In a statement released just hours after her death, Morrissey labelled the former Prime Minister 'barbaric'.

He said that "she had no wit and no warmth," and finished by saying, "As a matter of recorded fact, Thatcher was a terror without an atom of humanity."

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