Judy Garland’s “Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead” Ascends UK iTunes Charts After Margaret Thatcher’s Death

Tuesday, April 9th, 2013

Margaret Thatcher image courtesy huffingtonpost.co.uk

Judy Garland’s 1939 song “Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead,” recorded for the film The Wizard of Oz, has soared to number 27 in the UK iTunes chart this morning following yesterday’s death of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

Other anti-Thatcher songs have also been appeared on British iTunes, including Elvis Costello’s “Tramp the Dirt Down” at number 93, annd Morrissey’s “Margaret on the Guillotine,” Robert Wyatt’s “Shipbuilding,” and Billy Bragg’s “Between the Wars.” (via news.com.au)

Morrissey wasted no time yesterday in announcing, in no uncertain terms, that he will not remember Thatcher fondly:

“Thatcher will only be fondly remembered by sentimentalists who did not suffer under her leadership, but the majority of British working people have forgotten her already, and the people of Argentina will be celebrating her death. As a matter of recorded fact, Thatcher was a terror without an atom of humanity.” (via Daily Beast)

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