Good

Awww, if Joe needs some comfort and a shoulder to cry on them he can pop around here!  I can live with the teeth, afterall he probably won't be smiling much. 

Not very christmassy though is it ! 

Danjay you wouldn't

I might!  He's not bad looking, if you ignore the teeth which are a bit overpowering.  I have a thing for slim dark blokes.

But those teeth *shudders* You'd need to put up a couple of fences and get a saddle and reins in, would make him feel right at home

I used to go to University with a guy who was nicknamed Roger The Horse and it wasn't, sadly, because he was hung like one.

It that's true, I'm delighted

Delighted about RATM, that is, not Roger the Horse

Dan

Growly!

Is it still too late for downloads to count towards the final figures?   If not, I might download RATM a couple more times

ooohhh I hope so

good nothing against lil joe or even simon but its  a bit shit that we are manipulated into whats number 1 these days. im glad if it is RATM

X Factor supremo Simon Cowell has phoned the founders of the Facebook campaign to get RATM to Christmas number one to congratulate them on making the chart battle interesting again.

Over past week, Cowell branded the 'Killing In The Name' campaign “cynical” and “stupid” and even accused it of “bullying” X Factor winner Joe McElderry.

Seemingly in a change of heart, last night Cowell phoned Jon Morter, who started the group with his wife Tracy, to thank him.

Writing on Facebook this morning, Jon said: “Simon Cowell called and thanked us for making this the best chart battle in years.

“We've made his entire company work twice as hard apparently! For the record he was very sweet and we had a good chat about music and things.”


 makes sense since RATM are signed to Sony BMG.

I was hoping the muppets would have been number one but RATM will do nicely

I understand the reasons behind this campaign (I miss the excitement of the christmas number one too), but it feels like a hollow victory to me. We still didn't get a choice....some random bloke, picks a random song to protest against the xfactor monopoly....  the random bloke gets publicity,  the song writers make money and all off the back of the money making scheme they are protesting about. ("some" of it is going to charity.... but how much is "some"?).

Who would truly have chosen this song as the christmas number one if they had a free choice.....

I haven't bought either single..... the xfactor song because it's boring, the RATM song because (although I've always liked it) of the integrity of the  campaign.

That word "some" killed it for me.

Now that I might have bought!

RATM are definetly number 1


Cheryl Cole's new song 3 Words is awful, in top 10 due to downloads but the plan was to get Joe to number 1 so she could knock him off next week but it's not worked

I'm pleased!

Ducks - nothings perfect!   But for me it was like a head count for all the peeps who are bored to the back teeth of all the x factor & similar type dross.   It was a brief show of unity... of public rebellion.

Yeah flawed... but not half as flawed as the farce that is the x-factor!

Agreed. A load of old shite

I'll believe it when I hear it on Radio 1...

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RATM have officially done it!!!!!

Confirmed. Well done facebook

, Cheryl and Simon will be fuming ROFL. Not bad for Joe but about time the XF lost out...

wahoo

PMSL Joe didn't even bother turning up at the studio.

wahoo

Yesssssssssssssssss!!!! Sony need to thank the couple who started the group though, they've earnt the label thousands!

I think she should just accept that she has an awful voice and try and get TV work instead, preferrably in the US.

This could be the start of something big!  Perhaps I ought to start a facebook group encouraging people to march on parliament? 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8423340.stm

I heard it half an hour ago   Joe is a sweet boy and has a good talent, but it's about time Simon Cowell, the money grabbing tosser, was taken down a peg or two.  I am sick sick sick of X factor and pop idol number ones at Christmas, and it's time it came to an end.  Well done to everyone who bought the single (including me!) 

So many bands and artists work tirelessly for many years to build up a fan base and work hard to secure a recording contract, and the Christmas number one is an accolade that will be normally be remembered for years to come, so to have the chance taken away by someone who has been 'famous' for about 12 weeks, is a travesty frankly. 

It's about time it was stopped actually, and I am glad Simon Cowell has had the bloody nose he well deserves!  Arrogant, money grabbing twat that he is.  Maybe this is the time the mighty start falling.  Charvyl Cole is already starting to be disliked by many, owing to the fact that she is a talentless over rated show off, who thinks she is a mega star, and the same is happening with Simon,

It wouldn't be so bad if the X Factor singles were 'Christmassy,'  but they never are, and they are ALWAYS a shitty cover version of someone else;s hit!   I mean, when you hear A moment like this by Leona Lewis, or When you believe by Leon 'talentless' Jackson, do you think 'CHRISTMAS?!' (like when you hear the power of love by Frankie, or Stay another day by E17?)  Me neither!

HOORAY for Rage against the machine and EVERYONE who bought the single.  Does make me wonder why only 450,000 bought Joe's single though, when 5 million supposedly voted for him to win the X factor...

What a load of bollocks

It shouldn't be taken for granted that the X Factor winner gets the Xmas #1, so I'm glad.

You and 10 million other Fabienne.

Oh... I lubs you JJ xx

Don't you think it might have resulted in more copies of the X Factor song being sold, though, with people knowing they were competing against RATM?

70 grand so far for shelter Captain *salutes*
RATM said they would donate some of the royalties to UK charities and they're playing a massive free gig in the UK in the summer to thank their fans

Oh yes definately Fabienne. there was only 200,000 sold a couple of days ago, and it sold 450,000 altogether, but RATM still won! 

yay - bout time Cowell got took down a peg or three