If you have money to spare this Xmas...

In the week before Christmas. A time for tying loose ends, getting boozed up at numerous parties and cramming in some last minute shopping before everything shuts up and we all head homeward bound. There's one very important purchase you mustn't forget to make this week though, and that's an MP3 or two of Rage Against The Machine's 'Killing In The Name'. 3/4 million people are promising to head to iTunes this week to buy the song in an attempt to prevent the latest 'X Factor' mush from becoming Christmas Number One. We've been arguing the pros and cons of the campaign on the blogs recently, and all week this week we're following the two tracks' progress to see if this thing can actually happen. Plus, on the galleries, we're looking at both contenders in the festive race. We're also having a good old smirk at the failures from previous X Factor shows. Chico, Journey South, and some guy called...WHO THE FUCK CARES...

@'NME'

PS: the irony of being told to vote for a song with the refrain  “Fuck you I won’t do what you tell me” is not lost on me either...