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Rage Against The Machine to take on 'The X Factor' for Christmas Number One

Thousands of fans sign up to Facebook petition to buy 'Killing In The Name'

Rage Against The Machine are to make a bid to beat this year's winner of 'The X Factor' to the UK's Christmas Number One single position.

A Facebook group asking people to buy the band's 'Killing In The Name' has at the time of writing attracted over 45,000 members.

The group states that fans should buy the song from December 13 – the same day that this year's X Factor winner's song becomes available.

Twitter users are also showing their support for the petition by retweeting the following message: "Rage Against The Machine For Xmas No.1 #ratm4xmas See here for details http://bit.ly/inthename please RT".

Although it hasn't been confirmed yet, the winner of 'The X Factor' 2009 is reportedly set to release a cover of Miley Cyrus' 'The Climb' as their Christmas single.

A similar petition for Jeff Buckley's 'Hallelujah' was launched last year in reaction to 'The X Factor' winner Alexandra Burke releasing her version of the song for Christmas.

Although Burke still topped the UK singles charts with the song, Buckley's rendition of the Leonard Cohen classic reached the Number Two position.

This year's Christmas Number One single will be announced on December 20.

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Comments (13)

Audioduck

Dec 4, 2009

Please search for "RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE FOR CHRISTMAS NO.1" in FaceBook to find the group.Rock On...Matt

dirty robot

Dec 7, 2009

Nice idea but lets be honest, the x factor song will probably sell a million, the RATM song at a push will probably do a thousand.

WomblesBleed

Dec 7, 2009

They're major label kids, the winners are still going to be the same people

Tommy Fucking Vercetti

Dec 7, 2009

Fucking love it. make this happen.

musicwithedge

Dec 7, 2009

Nice if they weren't on Sony.

Conor_b

Dec 7, 2009

LINK for facebook group http://bit.ly/inthename

MartynDavenport

Dec 8, 2009

'probably do a thousand' dirty robot? The group now has over 300,000 members, many of whom fully intend to download the song from multiple chart-active sites, it's gonna win, and it's gonna be hilarious!

flatinit

Dec 10, 2009

There's now over 500,000 on the Facebook site, it doesn't matter that it's sony, that's not the point, it's about making music for people not money.

simonwho

Dec 14, 2009

not into music that much but i WILL buy rage single cos i think simon cowell is a complete numpty with no morals at all!last single i bought was prob heart of glass, blondie, so i need to be informed where to buy the single so it counts, PLEASE

simonwho

Dec 14, 2009

where can i buy the single that makes it count?

bobdog

Dec 15, 2009

not important that they're all sony it's exercising our choice over XF's that the battle

rager

Dec 16, 2009

No you're right it's not important, at all. The idea of having a christmas number one that I actually like is simply delightful. I hate being represented by all the shit that usually wins.

Brian Capable

Dec 16, 2009

I am 54 years old and have to comment that this campaign is the best thing that has happened to the music industry since the punk revolution. Never paid for a down load in my life but there is a first time for everything. Wish me luck...anything to bring down ITV's Karaoke machine...