Margaret Thatcher was a controversial political figure in the United Kingdom. When she died in 2013, a song that had been the anthem for a campaign against her reached number two on the United Kingdom music charts. The song? “Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead.” Some radio stations played the song due to its newfound popularity, while others left it out of rotation out of respect for Thatcher and her family. It became the first song under a minute long to ever make it into the top 10. Other songs in the top five that week? “Need U” by Duke Dumont and A*M*E, “Just Give Me a Reason” by Pink, “Pompeii” by Bastille, and “Feel This Moment” by Pitbull featuring Christina Aguilera.
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