A few years back, the 'battle' for christmas number one involved a genuine indie phenomenon. A band that did house concerts, FFS!
Yup, Nizlopi's JCB Song was 'real' grass-roots. And, perversely, it's success may have ended up killing the band... I don't know.
Anyway, it got to number 2, was completely awesome, and wouldn't have been any less awesome if only 3 people had ever heard it.
here's the gorgeous video for it: