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4 unusual facts about Festive Fifty


A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules from the Centre of the Ultraworld

The 'Peel Session' version was also voted into #10 place in John Peel's 1990 Festive Fifty.

Can't Be Sure

The single was voted number one in John Peel's Festive Fifty for 1989 and reached #45 in the UK charts in February of that year.

Mother's Daughter and Other Songs

The track "Tale From Black" featured at number 37 in the 2004 Festive Fifty.

Murray Torkildsen

Their second single "Why?" earned a regular spot on John Peel's radio show in early 1996, and was voted into number nine on that year's Festive Fifty.


Rastaman Vibration

This cover version, though not released as a single, entered John Peel's Festive Fifty at number 15 in 1979 and continued to feature through to 1982.

The Last Record Album

The track "Long Distance Love" was placed at number 26 in John Peel's 1976 "Festive Fifty".


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