Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Facebook campign wins 'Rage againt the machine' UK No 1 Top Spot
A Facebook book campaign started at the grassroots level and led to the humbling of Simon Cowell by deniying one of his new acts the No 1. Christmas spot.
Killing in the Name, an expletive-heavy rock song first released in 1992 by Californian band Rage Against the Machine, won the battle for top spot on downloads alone. It sold about 500,000 copies last week, about 50,000 more than The Climb, McElderry's earnest ballad.
When Morter learnt on Sunday he had won, he said: "I think it just shows that in this day and age, if you want to say something then you can — with the help of the internet and social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. If enough people are with you, you can beat the status quo."
The Facebook campaign was organized by an English couple Jon and Tracy Morter in a concerted effort to break Cowell's recent stranglehold on the holiday No. 1 song, a traditional source of status and bragging rights inside Britain.
"Rage Against the Machine was built for moments like this," the band's guitarist Tom Morello told The Associated Press. "We are honored to have the song that liberated the U.K. pop chart."
Fed up with Simon and his cookie-cutter approach to stardom the English couple launched their Facebook campaign which has 1 million members. The group has delivered the blow that many were hoping to a bland sort of pop music which Xfactor always managed to push to the top of the charts every Xmas season.
The Sydney Morning Herald had said.
Killing in the Name, an expletive-heavy rock song first released in 1992 by Californian band Rage Against the Machine, won the battle for top spot on downloads alone. It sold about 500,000 copies last week, about 50,000 more than The Climb, McElderry's earnest ballad.
When Morter learnt on Sunday he had won, he said: "I think it just shows that in this day and age, if you want to say something then you can — with the help of the internet and social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. If enough people are with you, you can beat the status quo."
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