 The race for Christmas number one was a battle between Cliff Richard, with a career stretching back to the 1950s and his seasonal song "Mistletoe and Wine", and new star Kylie Minogue with "Especially for You", a duet with her "Neighbours" co-star Jason Donovan released to coincide with their characters' on-screen wedding.Cliff won the battle with the biggest-selling song of the year, but "Especially for You" climbed to number 1 in the new year of 1989, eventually selling just short of 1 million copies.New classical works by British composers included oboe and trumpet concertos from Peter Maxwell Davies and Michael Finnissy's "Red Earth" for orchestra.