Killing In The Name Of! UK Christmas Number One!

[Zjuggernaut]

Killing In The Name Of! UK Christmas Number One!

It’s not exactly “Winter Wonderland,” but Rage Against the Machine’s “Killing in the Name” has been crowned Britain’s Christmas Number One single. The annual contest, which honors the top song on the charts the week before Christmas, is usually dominated by poppier music. The Spice Girls won three years in a row in the ’90s; last year’s chart-topper was Alexandra Burke, a winner of the Simon Cowell talent show “The X Factor.” But this year a Rage fan named Jon Morter and his wife, Tracy, began a Facebook campaign to elevate the band’s politically-charged song — first released 17 years ago — into the lead chart position and unseat Cowell’s previous dominance.

“Killing” sold more than 500,000 copies for the week, edging out a cover of Miley Cyrus’ “The Climb” by latest “X Factor” winner Joe McElderry and breaking a British chart record for the most one-week download sales. Cowell originally criticized the campaign as “stupid” and “cynical,” but Morter told NME he received a good-luck call from the music mogul shortly before the winner was announced.

Rage Against the Machine issued a statement calling the victory the “Anarchy Christmas Miracle of 2009.” The members of Rage have long been politically active, and guitarist Tom Morello spoke to the Wall Street Journal earlier this year about his solo album, inspired in part by post-Katrina New Orleans. The band said it will make good on its promise to play a free UK concert if “Killing” was crowned the winner.

One hell of a Christmas number one. :lol:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles/ - Number One, Christmas Week.

 

[Firis]

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Woot woot!

 

[Noctus]

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Best British trolling ever. F**kwin.

 

[Zjuggernaut]

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^ I bet Simon Cowell is absolutely p*ssed. :lol:

 

[Noctus]

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All he sees is Moneybags, so yeah I bet he is. Joe McFairy still sold well though, so maybe he won't be that ****ed.

 

[Dark Drakan]

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Laughed for ages when this was announced, Awesome Christmas number 1.

 

[Tsuyu]

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wtf...

People seriously make covers of Miley Cyrus?!

Music, what happened to you? You used to be cool....

 

[cheezMcNASTY]

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^ I bet Simon Cowell is absolutely p*ssed. :lol:

thank god. he has to be the biggest douche on the planet. i hope he loses to cannibal corpse next year.

 

[Noctus]

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thank god. he has to be the biggest douche on the planet. i hope he loses to cannibal corpse next year.

WE WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN.

 

[Shirosaki]

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Simon Cowell doesn't care, he and RATM are under Sony so it doesn't make a difference to him.

 

[warischoy]

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what is with the rock bands calling themselves machines
florence + the machines
rock machine
rage against the machine
... and many more

 

[Noctus]

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what is with the rock bands calling themselves machines
florence + the machines
rock machine
rage against the machine
... and many more

What? Your post confused me immensely.

 

[Firis]

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Cause.... Machines are....... Cool?

 

[warischoy]

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What? Your post confused me immensely.

i mean rock band names always have the word machine in them.
why is that.

do i have to say it really slowly?

 

[Noctus]

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i mean rock band names always have the word machine in them.
why is that.

do i have to say it really slowly?

No, you have to say something truthful and without exagguration next time. Cheers.

I can tell you a good few that don't have the word machine in them. Shocking, I know.

 

[Firis]

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Not true: Bring Me The Horizon, Nirvana, Trocadero, Dimmu Borgir, Arch Enemy, Marilyn Manson, Korn, Slipknot, Dream Theater, Coheed and Cambria, Metallica, Death Cab for Cutie, Silversu nPickups, Suicide Silence, Behemoth, Shinedown, Cradle of Filth, VADER, Lacriams Profundere, Deathstars, The Birthday Massacre, Mindless Self Indulgence and MANY more.

 

[Tsuyu]

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do i have to say it really slowly?

Yeah, please do. And think before you say each word. You don't seem to have thought it through.

 

[Noctus]

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Not true: Bring Me The Horizon, Nirvana, Trocadero, Dimmu Borgir, Arch Enemy, Marilyn Manson, Korn, Slipknot, Dream Theater, Coheed and Cambria, Metallica, Death Cab for Cutie, Silversu nPickups, Suicide Silence, Behemoth, Shinedown, Cradle of Filth, VADER, Lacriams Profundere, Deathstars, The Birthday Massacre, Mindless Self Indulgence and MANY more.

Err, he said rock bands.

BTW I didn't know you listened to Vader. Nice.

+ According to Spirit of Rock, there isn't any rock bands with the name Machine in them.

 

[Firis]

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Ty, ty, as for the boldened bands, true:
Panic at the Disco, The Beatles, Elvis, The Doors, Pink Floyd (Maybe?) Maroon 5, U2, Coldplay, Nickelback... I forget alot of mainstream band names
Eeerm... Mudvayne, Bush, Green Day, Foo Fighters!!1!11!1! Daughtry, Staind, NIN, H.I.M (?)

 

[Tsuyu]

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Yeah, well, that site doesn't list The Rolling Stones as rock either. Which means it isn't really reliable.

http://www.spirit-of-rock.com/find.php?search=all&nom=stones&all=1&Submit=Rechercher