Rendering on Music №2

The article published on the website independent.co.uk on April 14, 2013 is headlined “Anti-Thatcher song 'Ding Dong the Witch is Dead' misses top spot in Radio 1 charts”. The article reports at length that Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead - the song propelled into the charts by opponents of Baroness Thatcher - has failed to reach the number one spot.

It’s an open secret that the recording, taken from 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, entered the charts at number two. It was more than 5,000 sales short of this week's chart-topper Need U (100%) by Duke Dumont featuring A*M*E. Moreover, the Official Charts Company described Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead as "one of the most controversial chart contenders of all time".

Analyzing the situation, it is necessary to note that Sales were fuelled by an online campaign organised by opponents of the former prime minister, who wanted to see the 51-second song reach number one. It entered the charts at number 54 on Tuesday, the day after Baroness Thatcher's death, and climbed to number 10 on Wednesday. By Thursday, it had reached number four and was at number three by Friday.

There is a lot of comment on how there was a final rush of 18,000 sales between Friday morning and today, the Official Charts Company said, but its final total was 52,605 copies - 5,700 behind Duke Dumont, which achieved 58,321 sales in the past week. Despite failing to reach the top spot, Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead has broken a new record by becoming the shortest top 10 single of all time and is the only one in history to be under a minute long.

The article draws the conclusion that Ms Garvan then said Lady Thatcher had "strongly divided opinion", before listeners heard a brief instrumental section of the recording. The show also asked members of the public for their thoughts, with mixed opinions being aired.

I believe it would be wrong to ban the song outright as free speech is an important principle and a ban would only give it more publicity.