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Facebook campaign pushes Rage Against the Machine single over X-Factor’s winner for No. 1 British Christmas single.
December 22nd, 2009 at Tue, 22nd, 2009 at 4:08 pm by Shawn SkagerNo matter what you think about Internet social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, there is no denying their power.
This week British D.J. John Morter and his Facebook campaign to push Rage Against the Machine’s 17-year-old single “Killing In the Name” into the United Kingdom’s No. 1 Christmas single slot claimed victory, outselling runner-up Joe McElderry’s single, “The Climb,” a cover of a Hannah Montana (Miley Cyrus) single. “Killing In the Name,” which was released in 1992, outsold McElderry – this year’s winner of “The X-Factor,” a show similiar to “American Idol” and produced by “Idol’s” Simon Cowell – roughly 500,000 to 450,000.
Rage Against the Machine’s victory breaks a four-year streak of “X-Factor” winners capturing the top single spot on Christmas.
Rage Against the Machine announced that proceeds from the single will be donated to the Shelter homelessness charity in the United Kingdom and added that they will play a free show sometime in 2010 in the UK to celebrate.
For more information visit the BBC here.
Here’s an interview with the band and an uncensored performance of “Killing In the Name Of” from the BBC. WARNING: Contains profanity.
Here’s a link to McElderry’s single “The Climb.”
Shawn Skager Welcome to Electric Phase. It ain't no teenage craze! My name is Shawn Skager and for the last decade I've been working in community papers in the Puget Sound area, trying to figure out a way to meld my two passions - writing and music. Now I've found it and it's called Electric Phase, an outlet for information about music throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond. So visit often and partake of the tasty morsels of musical information. And remember - read it, love it, link it, comment it. This whole online community thing is only as good as the people that participate. So let me know what you think and what you're listening to. And thanks to the band UFO for providing the name of the blog, a song from their classic 1977 album "Lights Out." See ya.
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