[adamb]

I'm not sure how many people have been following or are aware of this, but there has been quite a battle for the Christmas number 1 music single in the UK which was decided this evening. The two singles battling it out were the usual one from the XFactor winner (Joe McSomething) and... erm... Killing in the name by Rage Against The Machine...

It has become somewhat of a tradition for the winner of XFactor to get Christmas number 1, so a few people on FaceBook (700,000 or so) thought they should buy something else instead as some sort of protest against Simon Cowell / XFactor. And it worked!

Its all a bit of a shock, and a few records were set along the way including being the first UK number 1 by downloads alone.

Being not the biggest fan of XFactor, I think it's quite brilliant, although quite a dodgy and ironic choice of song, but RATM are donating over £70,000 to charity from it which has to be a good thing.

Who said the internet was bad for music?

[Chinney]

I feel it in my fingers
I feel it in my toes
Christmas is all around me
and so the feeling grows

It's written in the wind
It's everywhere I go
So if you really love Christmas
C'mon and let it snow....

[joveblue]

The best-selling CD at my work (which has like 70% marketshare in Australia) at the moment is Susan Boyle... ergh...

[curiousuburb]

Perspective via some historical UK Xmas #1 races...

Who knew Chocolate Salty Balls was so close to toppling teh Spice Girls.

Also confirms Brits have some wacked taste in Xmas music... and hilariously bad videos.

Wizzard? Glam rock era and all, OK... but Mr. Blobby?

[DMBand0026]

Originally Posted by Chinney I feel it in my fingers I feel it in my toes Christmas is all around me and so the feeling grows It's written in the wind It's everywhere I go So if you really love Christmas C'mon and let it snow....

Hahahaha! That's the first thing I thought of when I saw the thread title. Excellent movie!

[adamb]

I remember the raging Spice Girls v South Park fight for the number 1 spot, and the last proper battle in 2003 with The Darkness who should have won it (what a depressing Christmas No 1 Mad World was)

Anyway, after the farce of last year, with one of the worst, cheesiest versions of Hallelujah by the XFactor winner trouncing Jeff Buckley's version, Im quite happy with how this year worked out.

[!Marc!]

Merry Christmas everyone here,

...and yes I bought RATM for the Christmas No1. Fuck Simon Cowell. Hopefully this campaign will run every year until that twat fucks off or dies.!

Happy New Year everyone, I will be back one day, but I am working every minute of every day, and Christmas too! haha!