RATM Killing in the Name Christmas No.1??

scudzilla · 13-12-2009 9:59pm #1

The odds for Rage Against The Machine's 'Killing In The Name' to get to Number One spot ahead of this year's X Factor winner, has dropped from 100-1 to 3-1.

The Facebook group which is urging members to download the song on December 13, has got bookmakers worried.

"The X Factor has had a monopoly over the Christmas number one but there is a real buzz about 'Rage Against The Machine'." William Hill's Rupert Adams said. "We might just have the biggest upset in Christmas chart History!" He added.

The campaign, which currently has over 645,00 members, has already seen X Factor judge Simon Cowell brand the campaign as "Stupid" and "Cynical".

http://www.nme.com/news/rage-against-the-machine/48847

scudzilla · 13-12-2009 10:00pm

Well i'm gonna be downloading it, be awesome to watch Top of the Pops on Christmas day and just be hearing "Fuck you i won't do what ya tell me"

Otis Driftwood · 13-12-2009 10:04pm

If Jeff Buckley couldnt do it last year then what hope does this have?

Nada.

Atavan-Halen · 13-12-2009 10:25pm

Why Killing in the name of out of all the songs ever?

tony1kenobi · 13-12-2009 10:36pm

atavan-halen wrote: »

Why Killing in the name of out of all the songs ever?

They had a meeting and decided Wake Up was less Christmassy...Killing In The Name has a cowbell......which is all kinds of Christmassy.

glaston · 13-12-2009 11:37pm

Any way we can but this and make the purchase add to the UK chart?
If I buy it on iTunes it goes towards the Irish Chart right?

ADTR · 13-12-2009 11:50pm

Not gonna happen.

evad_lhorg · 14-12-2009 12:31am

nedtheshed wrote: »

If Jeff Buckley couldnt do it last year then what hope does this have?

Nada.

cause he's rubbish.

Catari Jaguar · 14-12-2009 12:42am

atavan-halen wrote: »

Why Killing in the name of out of all the songs ever?

RATM have an album Evil Empire, which is symbolic of on Simon Cowell's evil empire (Syco recordsand the X Factor franchise)

They want a protest song in protest of the rubbish synthetic pop music crammed down the publics throats by Simon Cowell

The lyrics: "**** you I won't(buy)what you tell me"

And the tag line is "Rage against the X Factor"

"No matter how hard you try, you can't stop us now..."

Take the power back etc.

The hilarity works on loads of levels!

RonMexico · 14-12-2009 2:04am

It would be hilarious if it went to Number 1 in the UK & Ireland.

Otis Driftwood · 14-12-2009 1:09pm

evad_lhorg wrote: »

cause he's rubbish.

IN YOUR OPINION

He has a helluva lot more fans throughout the world then Rage do so its pretty safe to assume this will never happen in a million years.

RayCon · 14-12-2009 1:13pm

scudzilla wrote: »

The Facebook group which is urging members to download the song on December 13,

Irony lost on the group ? Considering the main refrain is "**** You I Won't Do As You Tell Me" ?

moldypeach · 14-12-2009 2:03pm

http://www.facebook.com/groups/edit.php?members&gid=231784611232#/group.php?gid=231784611232&ref=mf

Thats the link for the irish effort

Roar · 14-12-2009 2:05pm

nedtheshed wrote: »

IN YOUR OPINION

He has a helluva lot more fans throughout the world then Rage do so its pretty safe to assume this will never happen in a million years.

do you have a source for that? or are you just basing it on the fact that you like Jeff Buckley?

egan007 · 14-12-2009 2:11pm

Very Achieveable in Ireland where a few K will get you number1

Takk · 14-12-2009 2:50pm

Killing In The Name is #3 in the Irish itunes chart but only purchases from Dec 18th count towards the Christmas #1 sales here.

UK Christmas #1 sales started from yesterday, Dec 13th. Currently, Rage are #2 and the X-F***** song is #1.

Catari Jaguar · 14-12-2009 9:34pm

egan007 wrote: »

Very Achieveable in Ireland where a few K will get you number1

Indeed, and many of the X Factor viewers were in support of John and Edward so who will buy Joe's single? hmmm

waltersobchak · 15-12-2009 1:09pm

looks like its possible!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8413557.stm

MetalDawg · 15-12-2009 1:18pm

I'd love to see this happen. Apparently Cowell isnt happy with this, http://www.nme.com/news/rage-against-the-machine/48854, so result!! Even if this just severely annoys the botoxed polo necked **** it'll be something.

Angron · 15-12-2009 2:09pm

RayCon wrote: »

Irony lost on the group ?

Irony? What's that?

but yeah, that is pretty ironic

blastman · 15-12-2009 2:45pm

Can't bring myself to install iTunes even to support this, but by God I hope Rage wins...

aphex™ · 15-12-2009 3:21pm

Takk wrote: »

Killing In The Name is #3 in the Irish itunes chart but only purchases from Dec 18th count towards the Christmas #1 sales here.
.

Oh dear, bit of a failure in communication, some wasted downloads there

blastman wrote: »

Can't bring myself to install iTunes even to support this, but by God I hope Rage wins...

Then try ie.7digital.com

Takk · 15-12-2009 5:04pm

aphex™ wrote: »

Oh dear, bit of a failure in communication, some wasted downloads there

Then try ie.7digital.com

I don't think 7digital counts towards the Irish charts.

From the Irish RATM Facebook Group creator:

Paul Hannon wrote:

7 DIGITAL DOES NOT COUNT TOWARDS TO IRISH CHARTS

Yesterday at 12:38pm

aphex™ · 15-12-2009 6:27pm

Takk wrote: »

I don't think 7digital counts towards the Irish charts.

From the Irish RATM Facebook Group creator:

They're on the list here, though http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/musicvideo/music/retail/index.jsp

Takk · 15-12-2009 6:34pm

aphex™ wrote: »

They're on the list here, though http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/musicvideo/music/retail/index.jsp

Cheers for that. I wasn't sure myself.

bubonicus · 15-12-2009 6:39pm

RATM are on Epic records which is owned by Sony BMG, The X factor person is also on Sony BMG.

So all this campaign is doing, is putting even more money into the hands of people like Simon Cowell.

Well done.:D

Takk · 15-12-2009 6:52pm

bubonicus wrote: »

RATM are on Epic records which is owned by Sony BMG, The X factor person is also on Sony BMG.

So all this campaign is doing, is putting even more money into the hands of people like Simon Cowell.

Well done.:D

All money goes somewhere.

fits · 15-12-2009 6:53pm

Who cares about the money. Its all about the sentiment.

I couldnt give a flying fcuk where the money goes. It sends out a message that a sizeable amount of people cannot stick the mediocrity of which x factor is an embodiment.

bubonicus · 15-12-2009 6:55pm

fits wrote: »

Who cares about the money. Its all about the sentiment.

I couldnt give a flying fcuk where the money goes. It sends out a message that a sizeable amount of people cannot stick the mediocrity of which x factor is an embodiment.

lol, I don't think Simon Cowell cares about sentiment or where his money is coming from either.

Roomic Cube · 15-12-2009 7:38pm

its number one on the uk amazon which counts towards theirs, you never know!

The Frayed Ends · 15-12-2009 9:08pm

bubonicus wrote: »

RATM are on Epic records which is owned by Sony BMG, The X factor person is also on Sony BMG.

So all this campaign is doing, is putting even more money into the hands of people like Simon Cowell.

Well done.:D

I don't understand why people keep saying this. It's got nothing to do with the aim.

All that people want is to stop the x factor song getting to number one. Its not about what money goes where

RATM Killing in the Name Christmas No.1??

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