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VIDEO: The reaction of the NHS Choir finding out they are Christmas No 1 is priceless

Published 19:11 25 Dec 2015 GMT

Nooruddean Choudry
VIDEO: The reaction of the NHS Choir finding out they are Christmas No 1 is priceless

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This is brilliant.

When Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir decided to record their charity single, A Bridge Over You, they had no idea quite how big it would become. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8qHXlShfUQ Their main intention was to raise as much money as possible for health charities including Carers UK and Mind - and to highlight their healthcare colleagues' sterling work. But at lunchtime on Christmas Day, they were gathered together to discover whether the impossible could come true - a number one festive hit... https://twitter.com/JamesAALongman/status/680370684426629120 They beat their closest rival, Justin Bieber, to top spot by nearly 31,000 sales. Indeed, the choir owe the Canadian a debt of gratitude for imploring the public to help them knock him off the number one slot... https://twitter.com/justinbieber/status/679688057721733120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/justinbieber/status/679688456834924544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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VIDEO: The reaction of the NHS Choir finding out they are Christmas No 1 is priceless