Rage Against the Machine beat out a TV idol’s bid for Christmas # 1 hit thanks to a campaign by teen youths to tell the record industry ‘fuck off yer gits’.
The insipid cover of The Climb by X Factor winner Joe McElderry lost by 50,000 votes.
The power of facebook propelled the LA-based band to the top position wholly on the strength of downloads versus radio play.
It’s a new era for music and the record companies haven’t a clue.
Do they?
Killing In The Name
Even more amazing since the song was released in the 1990s
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