Why Musical Facebook Campaigns Need To End

The top 40 is a strange British institution. On the one hand, it's widely derided by people who claim that all the songs in it are rubbish and that it no longer means anything because you don't have to sell hundreds of thousands of units to reach the higher echelons of the list. On the other hand you get the feeling that all bands, no matter how credible, secretly want their single to hit the number one spot. It's a validation and a great status symbol. These two warring factions reached a head ...

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