Rage Against The Machine for christmas number one!

1945Issy BonnI'm In Love With Two Sweethearts1946Frank SinatraFive Minutes More1947Lou Preager • Jimmy LeachAn Apple Blossom Wedding1948Dinah Shore • Evelyn KnightButtons And Bows1949Anton KarasThe Harry Lime Theme1950Gene Autry • Bing CrosbyRudoph The Red-Nosed Reindeer1951Teddy Johnson • Teresa BrewerLonging For You11952Al MartinoHere In My Heart21953Frankie LaineAnswer Me 31954Winifred AtwellLet's Have Another Party41955Dickie ValentineChristmas Alphabet51956Johnnie RayJust Walkin' In The Rain61957Harry BelafonteMary's Boy Child71958Conway TwittyIt's Only Make Believe81959Emile Ford & The CheckmatesWhat Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For 91960Cliff Richard & The ShadowsI Love You101961Danny WilliamsMoon River111962Elvis PresleyReturn To Sender121963The BeatlesI Want To Hold Your Hand131964The BeatlesI Feel Fine14*1965The BeatlesDay Tripper / We Can Work It Out151966Tom JonesThe Green Grass Of Home161967The BeatlesHello Goodbye171968ScaffoldLily The Pink181969Rolf HarrisTwo Little Boys191970Dave EdmundsI Hear You Knockin'201971Benny HillErnie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)211972Little Jimmy OsmondLong Haired Lover From Liverpool221973SladeMerry Xmas Everybody231974MudLonely This Christmas241975QueenBohemian Rhapsody251976Johnny MathisWhen A Child Is Born (Soleado)261977WingsMull Of Kintyre / Girls' School271978Boney MMary's Boy Child-Oh My Lord281979Pink FloydAnother Brick In The Wall291980St Winifred's School ChoirThere's No One Quite Like Grandma301981The Human LeagueDon't You Want Me311982Renee & RenatoSave Your Love321983The Flying PicketsOnly You331984Band AidDo They Know It's Christmas?341985Shakin' StevensMerry Christmas Everyone351986Jackie WilsonReet Petite361987The Pet Shop BoysAlways On My Mind371988Cliff RichardMistletoe & Wine381989Band Aid IIDo They Know It's Christmas?391990Cliff RichardSaviours' Day401991QueenBohemian Rhapsody / These Are The Days Of Our Lives411992Whitney HoustonI Will Always Love You421993Mr BlobbyMr Blobby431994East 17Stay Another Day441995Michael JacksonEarth Song451996Spice Girls2 Become 1461997Spice GirlsToo Much471998Spice GirlsGoodbye481999WestlifeI Have A Dream / Seasons In The Sun492000Bob The BuilderCan We Fix It?502001Robbie Williams & Nicole KidmanSomethin' Stupid***512002Girls AloudSound Of The Underground522003Michael Andrews featuring Gary JulesMad World532004Band Aid 20Do They Know It's Christmas?542005Shayne WardThat's My Goal552006Leona LewisA Moment Like This562007Leon JacksonWhen You Believe572008Alexandra BurkeHallelujah

Some of them are actually pretty good, and i'd rather see any one of those mentioned above as xmas no.1 rather than RATM, trying to be non-conformist by conforming to another idea, yeah, fucking really smart. Bunch of daft bastards. I hope Cliff Richard gets it this year personally.

RATM is currently number 1 on amazon, play, and itunes!

It's the song Martha off Closing Time. Up for this ride BTW.

Nice to see you tonight mate! That was suprisingly nice food, I wasn't expecting much. We'll have to go for a nice long ride in the new year.

Snowy, I'll agree with you on his earlier stuff being by far the best, but just because his thematic concerns are worn on his sleeve doesn't mean he is a 4 trick pony, you could probably do that with most of the greats of this century. I got no beef man, I don't want to fight yah :)

I agree on the RATM thing too, there is no point to it apart from anti-X-Factorism, but hell, it's mildly diverting at least. I see no real harm in it, even if it is a little pointless teen-rebellion.

Firstly, pfft to RATM, just as bad as X Factor malarky if you ask me... so rebellious when you're a child of super rich parents, in fact, I've got deja vu, as we've had this discussion before.

I thought Zack de la Rocha was the child of mexican immigrants? Wasn't his grandfather in Mexican revolution?

Meeeh, this is so stupid. I love(d) Rage but it's so juvenile to pitch them against The X-Factor Christmas. I'd rather not get involved.

The X-Factor. I seriously cannot believe how many people watch it.

The other day a West Indian delivery van driver told me that I look like a young Louis Walsh. Gutted I was.

I thought Zack de la Rocha was the child of mexican immigrants? Wasn't his grandfather in Mexican revolution?

Indeed, it may be easy to write off other bands of a similar ilk as simply packaged teenage angst, but Rage were/are one of the few bands that walked the walk as well as talking the talk (hence my earlier comment in the thread about integrity)

Plus Tom Morello is totally backing the campaign, and Tom Morello is an extremely awesome dude; [ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Morello[/ame] (ignoring his time in audioslave) not just for his musical achievements but political activism as well.

Morello was on 6 Music the morning, gave a good humble opinion of the whole thing. I particularly like that he took time to mention that he will be giving a substantial amount of the proceeds to www.youthmusic.org.uk, so that future generations can aspire to create real music and not just be a celebrity. I've bought my copy, even if i already own it.

Aye, i liked his comment that x-factor let you vote for the acts, but not against the show in general. Imagine that bonus option! "press 5 to cancel the rest of the series".
Still wouldn't phone in though, I don't even watch ITV. Except Harry Hill.
I live in the nineties constantly.
snooch.

Still wouldn't phone in though, I don't even watch ITV. Except Harry Hill.
I live in the nineties constantly.
snooch.

+1

The RATM single is actually released under an umbrella company of Sony entertainment.
Simon Cowell- The clever little fucker that he is is behind the whole thing. Its a win win situation for the smug twat.

Anyhow its pretty much guaranteed now that RATM will be number 1 for Christmas the odds have come down from 6 to 2.6 and they are dropping further. Sales of RATM on our download store are at almost 3000 since Sunday, the X Factor is on <100

Rage have so far sold 175k, X-factor 110k, by eop yesterday.

However that is only on digital copies - X-factor singles are one of the only ones left that sell around 50% in physical format and that isn't in the shops till today.

X-factor will probably triple their sales in the next day.....

Rage have so far sold 175k, X-factor 110k, by eop yesterday.

However that is only on digital copies - X-factor singles are one of the only ones left that sell around 50% in physical format and that isn't in the shops till today.

X-factor will probably triple their sales in the next day.....

Could you define eop for me please.

Could you define eop for me please.

end-of-play....

looking back at last years chart, the winner sold over a million, so guess Rage have to sell a fair few more to nail it down.

Yeah thats true. All the parents will buy the x-factor in physical format for their little ones.

end-of-play....

FFS. Can't stand that phrase and was worried that you were aiming for it.
I'll go and sulk in the corner for a while.

FFS. Can't stand that phrase and was worried that you were aiming for it.
I'll go and sulk in the corner for a while.

just using the terminology that UK charts use, don't shoot the messenger!

just using the terminology that UK charts use, don't shoot the fakenger!

Fixed =P

All the parents will buy the x-factor in physical format for their little ones.

And the little ones will bin it. I worked for the majors.
The main problem is - it doesn't matter how many copies actually sell, it's all about the copies ordered by the retail and which will end up in the bargain basket a month later.

Even though Simon Cowell works for Sony, I very much doubt he will see a penny from any RATM sales.

Besides, it's not really about serious politics or protests is it? It's just a funny idea, and a pretty good one if it comes off.

Plus Killing in the Name is a great song, takes me back to be 16.

Who wouldn't want a Christmas No. 1 that has to be heavily censored to get airplay? :)

Morello confirmed, that the royalties will go to charity, so I'm actually curious how it will all end up.
XFM is playing it as a Christmas number 1 already :-)

i have two copies of killing in the name already

It's time to have the legal one :-)

they are both legal, one bought off itunes, and one off a cd of their epyonymous album.

smoke that!