Radio 1 may explain Ding Dong chart position to 16-24 audience - report

Tom Pakinkis

The BBC Radio 1 chart show is likely to play Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead this Sunday, but it may enlist the help of a Newsbeat reporter to explain to its core audience of 16-24-year-olds why a song from the 1930s is charting.

At present, the song – propelled by an anti-Thatcher social media campaign – is sitting in the Top 5 of the midweek singles chart. The use of a correspondent to explain the track’s placing on ...

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