Rage Against The Machine Have The Christmas Number One
At least, that's how it seems. The sales figures for the UK Christmas top twenty have been circulating, and here they are.
1 KILLING IN THE NAME RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE 502672 2 THE CLIMB JOE MCELDERRY 450838 3 BAD ROMANCE LADY GAGA 61677 4 THE OFFICIAL BBC CHILDREN IN NEED MEDLEY PETER KAY'S ANIMATED ALL STAR 52605 5 STARSTRUKK 3OH3 FT KATY PERRY 40742 6 YOU KNOW ME ROBBIE WILLIAMS 38435 7 3 WORDS CHERYL COLE 36232 8 RUSSIAN ROULETTE RIHANNA 34094 9 DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' JOURNEY 33337 10 MEET ME HALFWAY BLACK EYED PEAS 32517 11 TIK TOK KESHA 26571 12 YOU ARE NOT ALONE X FACTOR FINALISTS 2009 24404 13 DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING ALICIA KEYS 23415 14 DECEMBER SONG (I DREAMED OF CHRISTMAS) GEORGE MICHAEL 22243 15 LET THE BASS KICK IN MIAMI GIRL CHUCKIE & LMFAO 21556 16 MORNING AFTER DARK TIMBALAND/NELLY FURTADO/SOSHY 19687 17 FIGHT FOR THIS LOVE CHERYL COLE 18859 18 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK POGUES FT KIRSTY MACCOLL 18457 19 WHATCHA SAY JASON DERULO 18278 20 LOOK FOR ME CHIPMUNK FT TALAY RILEY 17775
If true, as you can see RATM have secured the #1 spot this Christmas, and by a healthy 50,000.
This is still unofficial. At the time of writing, I'm listening to Mariah Carey at #21 in the charts with "All I Want For Christmas Is You". You can monitor the countdown from this point forward and if any of the songs above is not in the correct place then the entire list is likely a little suspect. However, it has been completely right from #40-#21 thus far. Make of that what you will.
UPDATE 17:31 - Accurate up to #'18, Fairytale Of New York, thus far.
UPDATE 17:47 - Correct up to #14, December Song.
UPDATE 17:55 - X Factor finalists at #12!
UPDATE 18:15 - 100% accurate up to #8, Rihanna.
UPDATE 18:05 - Bring on the top ten. 100% accurate so far.
UPDATE 18:29 - We're all good to #5...
UPDATE 18:39 - Okay, 100% accurate up to Lady Gaga at #3. Should be Joe next...
UPDATE 18:45 - Joe is the #2, RATM are number one. The leak was 100% accurate. Thanks to everybody who took part. If you enjoyed this post, I normally write about Twitter at Twittercism.com. Cheers!
Comments 168 Comments
Come on RAGE!
joe mcelderry.<3
fuck that gordie cunt, who fucked cheryl in the ear.
*Drops lower jaw*
joe the chav cunt
I have nothing against Joe, but i don't see why he should be number one automatically, just because there is a proportion of the population willing to be manipulated by a TV Show, into buying into what ever it feeds them.
There's already £66k raised by regular facebookers for Shelter, shut yer hole.
FUCK ALL THE JOE LOVERS. BATTY BOYS
In addition, you could argue this'll prolong Joe's shelf-life, because now the media have a story to latch onto for his second single -- will poor, unlucky X-Factor winner Joe finally have his moment in the sun? Otherwise he'd doubtless have been forgotten about like so many Brooksteins, Wards and Jacksons in the past.
So, well done team. You certainly showed Cowell. He'll be crying into his millions in his beautiful Holland Park mansion tonight.
lovely, just lovely... stupid bint.
[Apologies everyone. He hasn't taken his pills today.]
We're nearly there peeps :)
Morello also said some of the proceeds from the sale of Killing in the Name would go to a UK-based charity called Youth Music, which provides children with access to music education and training. They also said the the homeless charity Shelter would receive some of the profits.'
so they are giving to both charies...you do not have your facts right
WELL DONE RATM
RATM have already said all profits made are going to charity. Another reason to buy that song =]
I'm hoping they do get number 1, they've said they'll do a free gig in the UK if they do :D I'd love to see them again!
I knew it was a bad idea to invent the internet. You just can't control yourself!
the details up there ^^ are correct so far.
RATM has won it
:D
I'll F****n Kill 'em!!!!
One last thing it aint a blinkin Christmas tune.
Look guys, I don't think that many people are understanding the point behind RaTM being number one. No it's not because we have Joe or necessarily love RATM, it's because X-Factor has controlled the Christmas chart for the past four years, and it's also because this type of generic, studio produced "music" made purely for money and not for the love of it has slowly inflitrated the charts and is controlling it. "Killing in the name" by RATM of is by it's very nature anti this sort of control and so is the perfect song to fight back against it.
Point is they aint going anywhere. Dont get me wrong I think that the track from Joe was pants as well.
if its not next week it will be in a few months time RATM music standing will drop down to what it used to be before all this nonsense happened. and for Joe who knows.
Do you think Joe will be around in the industry 18 years from now? Seriously, 18 months from now?
There can not be one person here that has posted that does not think Leona Lewis is not a naturally great singer.
The RATM track is not very good plus is full of swearing and killing.
Now Christmas is a time of joy and happiness celebrating the birth of Christ, so I dont think its the right style of music for the season.
If you stupid morons would have stopped to think about it then you would have realised you should have got behind a worthly cause track such as the Peter Kay one.
Makes you think children in NEED !!!! or for the hard of understanding
Innocent in NEED !!!!
F**k you, i won’t do what you tell me
Person no 2 tells him…………………..
Buy the RATM single
Person no 1 say’s …………………..
Oh, ok then …………………duh
When did you all become rebels? yesterday?….same time as you were born!!!!
Total hypocrites the lot of you.
"A talented group of musicians who write, play and perform their own music."
Open strings, power chords, repetitive swearing "lyrics".
WOW.......I'm talented.