GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 27 days agoI wonder why this song has so many plays?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up184arrow-down14
arrow-up180arrow-down1imageI wonder why this song has so many plays?lemmy.worldGoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 27 days agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·edit-227 days agoKilling in the Name was Christmas Number 1 in 2009, it was a protest against X Factor domination. That was before streaming counted towards the charts, but it really made the song huge.
minus-squareMelonYellow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·27 days agoIt was a great upset. And then for #1 spot on the UK Christmas charts, BBC invited RATM to play the song live. They were asked to keep it censored, of course they did not. Show was awkwardly cut short. Performance went viral. The rest is history. https://youtu.be/AmPN8MPw2dk
Killing in the Name was Christmas Number 1 in 2009, it was a protest against X Factor domination. That was before streaming counted towards the charts, but it really made the song huge.
It was a great upset. And then for #1 spot on the UK Christmas charts, BBC invited RATM to play the song live. They were asked to keep it censored, of course they did not. Show was awkwardly cut short. Performance went viral. The rest is history.
https://youtu.be/AmPN8MPw2dk