Facebook campaigners compete to make Iron Maiden/Motörhead/total silence the Christmas No 1

Last year's successful Rage Against The Machine campaign inspires copycats … but can they take the Wombles back to the top?Last year the Facebook campaign to get Rage Against The Machine's Killing In The Name to the Christmas No 1 spot mobilised thousands to take the song's key line "Fuck you/I won't do what you tell me!" as a statement of intent against Simon Cowell Incorporated. Jon and Tracy Morter got 950,000 Facebookers to crash Joe McElderry's pole-position party. The event was seen as a...

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Facebook campaigners compete to make Iron Maiden/Motörhead/total silence the Christmas No 1

Guardian Music — Last year's successful Rage Against The Machine campaign inspires copycats … but can they take the Wombles back to the top?Last year the Facebook campaign to get Rage A... more info