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Pop Goes To Pot: Busted Beaten To Record Of The Year By Barry Manilow
Mike_Diver by Mike Diver December 8th, 2003
ITV viewers should be ashamed of themselves. This year's Record Of The Year award, as voted for by viewers of the channel, was won by a Barry Manilow song instead of by those cheeky pop-punkers Busted.

Busted's 'Year 3000', clearly the best record in the history of ever to feature a neighbour with a time machine, was beaten into second spot by Westlife's slaughtering of the Manilow 'classic' 'Mandy'.

Westlife were heard to say something dumb like, "We're really happy... this is great... the fans voted... we're so happy." Charlie out of Busted's eyebrows are apparently distraught and seeking counselling.

And the moral of the story is...? Twits in nice clothes will always beat kids in baggy pants to all the best stuff. That's why your dad always tells you to pull your trousers up, you know.



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