One Pound Fish song makes bid for Christmas No1

This is just bloody brilliant. Every year around this time people try to figure out which song will be Number 1 at Christmas in the UK. This was brilliantly staged in the classic movie Love Actually. Well this year London fish monger Muhammad Shahid Nazir, who is better known as the £1 Fish Man, has released a song in the hopes of securing the coveted Christmas number one slot.

The fish monger, who was born in Pattoki, near Lahore in Pakistan, became a viral sensation after footage of him singing his distinctive trader’s call "come on ladies, come on ladies, one pound fish" was posted on YouTube. The original video has been watched more than four million times and inspired numerous remixes, with celebrities such as Alesha Dixon recording their own cover versions.

He went on to audition for The X Factor earlier in the year and despite beingrejected was approached by a record company to record his ditty. Mr Nazir said he developed his song to attract passing trade. "If youcall the ladies the men automatically come on the stall," he said. The video is well worth a watch.