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The Sunderland band that nearly topped the Christmas charts

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Sunderland band Toy Dolls took a quirky children's song, Nellie the Elephant , into a punk rock anthem.

The track became a sensation when it was released on a small Newcastle -based label, Volume Records .

It sold 530,000 copies and reached number four in the UK pop charts in Christmas 1984 .

It was pitted against one of the best-selling songs of all time, Do They Know It's Christmas ? by Band Aid .

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47

Informative language

33

Neutral language

64

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

26

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not offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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