I'm in Love with Margaret Thatcher

"I'm in Love with Margaret Thatcher"
Single by The Notsensibles
A-side
  • I'm In Love With Margaret Thatcher
  • Concerto No. 2
B-side
  • Little Boxes
  • Gary Bushell's Band Of The Week[1]
ReleasedOctober 1979
Recorded12 September 1979[1]
GenrePunk rock
Length3:38
LabelRedball
Snotty Snail
Songwriter(s)Notsensibles
The Notsensibles singles chronology
"Death To Disco"
(1979) 		"I'm in Love with Margaret Thatcher"
(1979) 		"I Thought You Were Dead"
(1980)

"I'm in Love with Margaret Thatcher" is a 1979 single by the English punk band Notsensibles. It was originally written as a tongue-in-cheek comment on Margaret Thatcher, and following her death in 2013 was part of a social media campaign to get it to number one on the UK Singles Chart.[2] The song charted at number 35 on the chart on 12 April 2013.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Notsensibles – I'm In Love With Margaret Thatcher". www.discogs.com/. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  2. ^ "R1 Chart show will not play full Margaret Thatcher song". BBC News. BBC. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead misses number one spot". BBC News. 14 April 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.