am i the only person who thinks that if by miracle RATM does somehow get the christmas no.1, the x factor winner's song could just overtake it to no.1 the following week?

...because this whole campaign is centred around buying the RATM song only next week. i know it would mean x factor had failed to get the christmas no.1 but they could still easily get no.1 the week after

I was very surprised to find out that one of their albums sounds great. Rage Against The Machine [the actual album name] has great catchy tunes on it. They're all roughly the same which makes them sound great. Their tracks have roughly the same beat impact as The Prodigy. I might check out how good their other albums are, but if I also love them, I can then consider myself a fan of them.

Really?!? RATM are 1000x more recognisable than the average x-factor "winner". (ie. Leon, Shane, Steve...)
What makes me laugh is that Simon Cowell calls the RATM campaign cynical. There's nothing more cynical than the x-factor itself.

In worldwide terms, sure. To the British single-buying public though? Not even close.

http://uk.news.launch.yahoo.com/dyna...ml&e=l_news_dm - William Hill thinks Rage Against The Machine could pull off the upset of the decade.

Will be buying the rage against machine song, as hate the Simon Cowell money making X factor crap, that graces our charts every christmas. Just can't believe how people can be taking in by this tripe.

all this publicity has made me remember that song , checked my ipod and its not on there so i might aswell buy it from 13th onwards , doubt it will work but i hope so

I'm not taken in by anything. I happen to think one of the contestants right now is a brilliant singer. Just because someone likes something you don't, this doesn't mean to say they're wrong for liking it/supporting it.

why then is x factor run to coincide with releasing the winners cd in time to get Christmas no1 spot ?
if its about the music then releasing the winners single could happen a month later or would excitement have diminished by then ?

£0.29 on amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001I4NZP4/

Amazon don't contribute to the charts unfortunately. HMV, iTunes, 7Digital Play.com do.

And incase someone comes along saying 'Oh its to make Sony more money blah blah'

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

is florence & the machine the same as rage against the machine

or is the latter the name of her song??

i think you've got yourself a little confused... no relation.

Anything below £0.40 wont be considered for the chats

However with the radio station that are backing this song particularly stations like XFM and Absolute radio people that actually like and know the song are hearing about the campaign and thus likely to buy it - these people are not the single buying market and potentially could make a difference.


Perhaps because the song is shite whether an original or cover.


I don't think that matters much its really only about the Xmas number 1.

The campaign is a good idea and at least it will bring some competition for once. But it should have been to buy a traditional christmas song imo, ive listened to the RATM song, its not so much music but people screaming and shouting.

Saying that it would certainly better than the usual x-factor boring cover song.

opportunities to be part of something like this dont come along often.

History is being made here and the world are watching.

it wont be a miracle if this happens it will be down to the public taking action. People would have said it was a miracle for a facebook group to grow to nearly 700k in a week 7days ago.

Time to start downloading to make it happen so good luck people. And dont forget dont download it if its below 40p as it wont count.

We gotta take the power back

Aren't you a week early?

Nope, there's only one more Sunday before Christmas.

Flipping heck. They've seen you coming.

hope everyone buys RATM this week and stop the rats from following simon the piped piper cowell from destroying the music industry with another cover version sung by a crusie ship entertainer

Only #14 on iTunes, going to need to pick up a bit

So you think because I like a song im a mug for getting it???? ok whatever like I care what you think.

Also if thats so it must make you a mug everytime you download or buy a song/CD.

But hey nice try at the childish put down, shame I dont let posts by bartty snobs who dont have anything constructive to say bother me.