<P> Although the song finished 1987 as the 48th best seller of the year despite only a single month 's sales , it was denied the UK Christmas number one by the Pet Shop Boys ' cover of `` Always on My Mind '' . MacGowan is said to have commented on this in his typically forthright manner , `` We were beaten by two queens and a drum machine '' . MacColl later said that she did not feel they were really in competition with the Pet Shop Boys as they were doing a completely different kind of music . </P>
<P> Although the song finished 1987 as the 48th best seller of the year despite only a single month 's sales , it was denied the UK Christmas number one by the Pet Shop Boys ' cover of `` Always on My Mind '' . MacGowan is said to have commented on this in his typically forthright manner , `` We were beaten by two queens and a drum machine '' . MacColl later said that she did not feel they were really in competition with the Pet Shop Boys as they were doing a completely different kind of music . </P>
who kept fairytale of new york from number 1
who kept fairytale of new york from number 1
Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys