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Judy Garland is set for an unlikely No.1 single, after her track 'Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead' hit No.1 on the iTunes chart following the death of Margaret Thatcher.

The former Prime Minister was revealed to have passed away on Monday (8 April, 2013) this week, and 'Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead' has steadily climbed the chart since, and is currently No.2 in the iTunes chart. Following the interest in the track, bookmakers Paddy Power have cut the odds of the song hitting No.1 in the official chart from 10/1 to 6/1 - with odds likely to decrease further still during the week.

Three different versions of the track saw huge sales increases this week, with alternative performances of the track by Ella Fitzgerald and Wizard Of Oz cast also returning to the Top 200. Now, the focus is upon Garland's version as many celebrate the death of the 87-year-old politician.

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.

Margaret Thatcher's death has provoked music buyers to download Garland's hit

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."