December 15, 2009 10:17
Rage Against The Machine news RSS Feed
Rage Against The Machine beating 'The X Factor''s Joe McElderry in charts
TV show winner behind in Christmas Number One stakes
- More Rage Against The Machine news, reviews, videos and tour dates
- Buy Rage Against The Machine music from Amazon
-
Photo Gallery: Rage Against The Machine
Photo: Pa Photos
The X Factor winner Joe McElderry is losing out to Rage Against The Machine in the race for the UK Christmas Number One single.
Early midweek indications today (December 15) are that McElderry's single 'The Climb' (a cover of a Miley Cyrus song) has sold less than the US band, whose 1992 song 'Killing In The Name' is in contention for the top spot following a Facebook campaign to get them to the top spot.
However the physical format of McElderry's single is not released until tomorrow and this is expected to give the song a huge boost in the chart.
'Killing In The Name' is doing well in the midweeks despite the Facebook campaign group going down periodically earlier this week. The song is Number One on the iTunes and Amazon.co.uk download charts.
The X Factor mogul Simon Cowell has branded the campaign "stupid" and "cynical".
The world's greatest music magazine is now available as a digital edition! For exclusive content you won't find on NME.COM, download here on your iPad/iPhone and here on your Kindle Fire or Nook.
- Previous: Doves, Friendly Fires and James to join The Strokes at Isle Of Wight Festival
- Next: Vampire Weekend announce UK seaside show and ticket details
More News
Please login to add your comment.