Rage Against the Machine - Killing In The Name for Christmas No. 1

[Black_Apalachi]

... i agree that some people that they keep in is stupid. But they do it for entertainment.. like when lucie went, she was never going to win and yes it angered people but as many said, if you didnt vote, you cant moan.

thats not the point im making. Its not a popular song. well it is a popular song between RATM fans i suppose, but its not mass market popularity. all the artists youve mentioned were just given a boost to sales figures because no matter what happened, they wouldve charted

and she said she liked 'fan of the song by joe', by being the key word

If it takes up practically a whole channel every weekend and floods my Facebook with statuses relating to it for about six months, then yes, I can moan.

It's a popular song between any rock fans and even people who are not necessarily rock fans.

Yeah, she said 'fan of the song by Joe' so it is perfectly acceptable for someone to understand that as she is a fan OF THE SONG. It's not like it has much difference to the original anyway? :S Really don't see the point covering a song that isn't even a year old yet.

[FlyingJesus]

OK then, it wouldn't be in charts if it wasn't for the X-Factor. But then neither would Bon Jovi a couple of weeks ago, nor would Robbie Williams or even Cheryl Cole! After all, they all did well after appearing on the show didn't they?

Yeah Bon Jovi and Robbie Williams have never had successful chart hits without help from talent shows

How do you know? i remember reading some where that if large bulk copies are bought the song is banned from the charts

here it is
http://www.theofficialcharts.com/doc...ust%202009.pdf

Oh I have no doubt that it's illegal but it does happen - it was never proved but the Kanye/50 Cent album battle was always considered massively bought out by the labels and I'm sure this isn't the only case

[Black_Apalachi]

Yeah Bon Jovi and Robbie Williams have never had successful chart hits without help from talent shows ...

OK well that's the worst post I've seen for a long time.
My two responses to that are:
a) obviously I mean this time around as they were suddenly in the charts immediately after X-Factor appearances.
b) RATM have been in the charts without the help of talent shows as well :S (like now in fact lmao).

[kk.]

OK well that's the worst post I've seen for a long time.
My two responses to that are:
a) obviously I mean this time around as they were suddenly in the charts immediately after X-Factor appearances.
b) RATM have been in the charts without the help of talent shows as well :S (like now in fact lmao).

They released things straight after didn't they? Like they went on to promote, like any good artist. Also, the 'like now in fact', as I said and you agreed, they're only in the charts because of the x factor

[hah]

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/ne...n-ireland.html

He got the top place in ireland

[samsaBEAR]

OK well that's the worst post I've seen for a long time.
My two responses to that are:
a) obviously I mean this time around as they were suddenly in the charts immediately after X-Factor appearances.
b) RATM have been in the charts without the help of talent shows as well :S (like now in fact lmao).

rage are in the charts now as a direct result of x factor, if it diem't exist, no one would care about trying to get rage to number 1

[Fifteen]

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oh right

[untrustus]

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oh right

just saw this myself, would be awesome to see them again. if only he'd have announced it a bit earlier in the week - would have given them a better chance i'd say.

[Wig44.]

RATM are a great band, I already have killing in the name in my library but might just buy another copy. It would be such a ***** to lose now.

[PaulMacC]

Last day for RATM vs X-Factor thing. Remember you can buy Killing In The Name for free: http://bit.ly/RATM4FREE
Just use those codes