It's really a Miley Cyrus song? It can't be much more than 6 months old.
Why are you so delighted that such a large proportion of the population have worse taste than a pot noodle?
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rage against the x-factor - Outcome: RATM is the Christmas Number One!
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It's really a Miley Cyrus song? It can't be much more than 6 months old.
Why are you so delighted that such a large proportion of the population have worse taste than a pot noodle?
Check the iTunes charts now.He has sold more in 11 hours than you guys managed in close to 35 hours.
I expect loads of back peddling and seeking glory in a 2nd place (which is no better than last years, much less organised, campaign managed).
Simon Cowell is sitting in his chair laughing at all these teenage rebels on the Internet, around now.
The idiots are the ones sitting in front of their computer buying a song multiple times, whilst refreshing FaceBook groups.
rp2000
Well at least we tried God damn it.
Awesome, got it here for 50p
http://www.7digital.com/artists/rag...against-the-machine-3/02-Killing-In-The-Name/
They are tracked by the charts.
http://www.7digital.com/artists/rag...against-the-machine-3/02-Killing-In-The-Name/
They are tracked by the charts.
It's showing as #2 in the iTunes chart at the moment (10:33).
That's pretty impressive though.
Yeah was knocked off top spot soon after i posted
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Why are you convinced that repeatedly buying a song most people do not like to prove a point is any better? People do not like the RATM song enough to genuinely place it number 2, it is the product of clever marketing, and cashing in on social networking and people sitting on the internet all day with no true cause to follow so they do this.
I know, and to be honest, I am much less against this campaign now that someone pointed out it has raised money for Shelter (the homeless charity).
At the end of the day everyone is entitled to spend their money how they want and buy whatever music they want. I just think you guys telling people what to buy is just as bad as Simon Cowell, allegedly, telling people what to buy. It is just some sort of pointless protest vote against popular culture.
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I'm not repeatedly buying it and, had you read my posts you would know that's not the reason I bought it.
I like the song, I want a song I like to be at #1. Given the large following this already had it had the best chance of doing so.
Sorry, I did not mean to imply you individually were buying it multiple times, but I am sure you appreciate many people involved in the campaign are?
Statistically speaking this song did not have the greatest chance of knocking the X-factor song off number 1. If that was the true aim, it would make sense to focus on any of the songs in last weeks top 10 or 20, as they already had guaranteed sales, plus any that could be garnered via the Internet/FaceBook.
This song was picked as it is seen as an anti pop culture piece, and people on the internet love to pick something different as a lot of them cling on to the hope they are different to the masses, in some bizarre way.
If people really wanted to prove a point about the xmas number 1, maybe they would have picked a Christmas song? I would have been all for pushing a Xmas related song to number 1
rp2000
At the end of the day it was always going to be hard to compete with a 12 week campaign of advertising targeted at very susceptible people...
Plan b: Someone should sneak into radio 1 and replace the x factor track with a copy of Guerilla Radio.
Plan b: Someone should sneak into radio 1 and replace the x factor track with a copy of Guerilla Radio.
That wouldn't work - last week's sales don't count for this week's chart, and people are unlikely to buy the same track two weeks in a row. You'd need something released at the same time.
If people really wanted to prove a point about the xmas number 1, maybe they would have picked a Christmas song? I would have been all for pushing a Xmas related song to number 1
rp2000
I would have preferred that, Fairytale of New York would have been great and has a much wider appeal.
But there aren't any other songs in the chart I like, so had one of those been picked I wouldn't have bought it
Well most singles chart in the top 10 for a good few weeks, not everyone buys them in the 1st week of release, they get sales on week 2, 3 and 4 etc of release, it just means you aren't starting from a near enough zero mark, which the RATM single was (presumably more people would have bought last weeks number 2 this week than the RATM single (without the internet campaign)).
I advise you not to give up so quickly. You still have 5+ days left to stick it to the Man.
Also, for next years campaign you guys should start planning now, so Mr Cowell may get a 12 week lead on you guys this year but next year you can have 40 weeks on him.
Might I suggest "Fight the Power", by Public Enemy, from the film "Do the Right Thing". Maybe the suggestive nature of the titles may help in your cause?
I have said my peace and don't wish to rain on anyone's parade, so I wish you guys luck for this Sunday's singles chart and I am off back to the Consoles section
rp2000
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The idiots are the ones sitting in front of their computer buying a song multiple times, whilst refreshing FaceBook groups.
rp2000
Possibly, I'm not buying either as I don't care what gets to Number 1 and I haven't since I was about 11. But anybody who buys a Miley Cyrus song covered by an X-Factor contestant is automatically annoying in my eyes. Why would anybody on the planet want that? (excusable if you're under 13 and a girl)
