Facebook Key to UK Christmas Song Battle
A Facebook Page created earlier this month to protest the “monotony” of the United Kingdom’s pop music hold over the country’s Christmas Number One single succeeded this week, beating its top competitor by more than 50,000 downloads, according to the BBC.
Because of the Facebook campaign, Rage Against The Machine’s 17 year-old 1992 hit “Killing in The Name” took the top spot in the annual contest with more than 500,000 downloads, besting the recent winner of “The X-Factor” television show, Joe McElderry, and his single “The Climb.”
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