The charity song released to highlight the cruelty of taking Winter Fuel Payment from pensioners has passed its fundraising target of £50,000, according to the musicians who created it.
Freezing This Christmas broke into the Official Charts at Number 37 after topping the iTunes, Download and Sales charts, said Sir Starmer (of Sir Starmer and the Granny Harmers, the musicians behind the song).
Here it is, if you haven’t heard it:
He told Vox Political, “I am absolutely blown away.
“It was never my intention to get into the charts, but after I received hundreds if not thousands of messages from people demanding that it become the Christmas Number One I tried to push it as much as I could.”
The song’s chart position was achieved without any airplay by the BBC, we have been told.
“It was just me at home putting out content on social media, but thankfully I’ve had help from the thousands of people who kept sharing and spreading the message.
“It’s really quite incredible to me how the whole thing took off, and seeing it from behind the scenes has been awesome.
“This has all far surpassed anything I ever thought would happen, and I am happy we were able to shine a spotlight back on pensioners for a few weeks after the government tried to sweep the issue under the rug.”
He added that the song’s original goal was to raise £5,000 for Age UK, but has now surpassed £50,000.
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Winter Fuel Payment charity song reaches its fundraising target
The charity song released to highlight the cruelty of taking Winter Fuel Payment from pensioners has passed its fundraising target of £50,000, according to the musicians who created it.
Freezing This Christmas broke into the Official Charts at Number 37 after topping the iTunes, Download and Sales charts, said Sir Starmer (of Sir Starmer and the Granny Harmers, the musicians behind the song).
Here it is, if you haven’t heard it:
He told Vox Political, “I am absolutely blown away.
“It was never my intention to get into the charts, but after I received hundreds if not thousands of messages from people demanding that it become the Christmas Number One I tried to push it as much as I could.”
The song’s chart position was achieved without any airplay by the BBC, we have been told.
“It was just me at home putting out content on social media, but thankfully I’ve had help from the thousands of people who kept sharing and spreading the message.
“It’s really quite incredible to me how the whole thing took off, and seeing it from behind the scenes has been awesome.
“This has all far surpassed anything I ever thought would happen, and I am happy we were able to shine a spotlight back on pensioners for a few weeks after the government tried to sweep the issue under the rug.”
He added that the song’s original goal was to raise £5,000 for Age UK, but has now surpassed £50,000.
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