Rage Against the Machine for Christmas No.1 (2009)

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Rage Against the Machine for Christmas No.1 (2009) was a grassroots Facebook-led campaign aiming to get the band’s protest song to the UK Christmas number one spot in opposition to The X Factor’s chart dominance.

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instanceOf grassroots music campaign ⓘ
social media campaign ⓘ
featuredGenre protest song ⓘ
rap metal ⓘ
hasPurpose to get Rage Against the Machine to UK Christmas number one ⓘ
to oppose The X Factor’s dominance of the UK Christmas singles chart ⓘ
isNotableFor challenging the commercial influence of TV talent shows on music charts ⓘ
mobilising Facebook users to influence the UK Christmas chart ⓘ
motivatedBy perceived chart dominance of The X Factor ⓘ
opposedEntity The X Factor winner’s single ⓘ
opposedShow The X Factor (UK) NERFINISHED ⓘ
promotedArtist Rage Against the Machine NERFINISHED ⓘ
promotedSong Killing in the Name NERFINISHED ⓘ
targetedChart UK Singles Chart NERFINISHED ⓘ
targetedPosition Christmas number one ⓘ
tookPlaceIn 2009 ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedMedium online social networking ⓘ
usedPlatform Facebook NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasFanLed true ⓘ
wasGrassroots true ⓘ

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Killing in the Name → campaignAssociatedWith → Rage Against the Machine for Christmas No.1 (2009) ⓘ