Posted January 28, 201114 yr Like tactical voting, except with music... Have you ever bought a song partly, or even mostly, to keep another song you dislike down, even if you weren't that keen on the you song you bought?
January 28, 201114 yr Yes. alot of people did when Joe mcelderry and Rage against the Machine Christmas battle
January 28, 201114 yr No, certainly not. I have a keen interest in the charts but I buy music because I want to, not to influence the chart.
January 28, 201114 yr Rage Against The Machine- Killing In The Name :P although its a great song other than that, no- I buy music I like, not to get it in the charts- although obviously I support it if it does
January 28, 201114 yr Not deliberately to keep something else down, but a few times to help an artist/song I love if it's been reported that sales are close. For example, the week Robyn's With Every Heartbeat went to #1, I must have bought about 4 or 5 separate remixes because she was almost neck and neck with Kanye West's Stronger all week and I was desperate for her to get the #1. And if I'd known a few weeks before that that only 16 copies would have kept Kate Nash from having a #1 with Foundations, I may well have gone out and bought 17 copies of it!
January 28, 201114 yr Rage Against The Machine- Killing In The Name :P although its a great song other than that, no- I buy music I like, not to get it in the charts- although obviously I support it if it does Same Rage Against The Machine- Killing In The Name was the only time i done it ^_^
January 28, 201114 yr I do sometimes buy songs I ordinarily wouldn't if they're at #11 on iTunes and I don't like the #10. (I wouldn't do that with a song I don't like though obviously) Also obviously Rage Against The Machine (and 4'33" / Surfin' Bird) Edited January 28, 201114 yr by ★BlindFaithBray★
January 28, 201114 yr Not deliberately to keep something else down, but a few times to help an artist/song I love if it's been reported that sales are close. For example, the week Robyn's With Every Heartbeat went to #1, I must have bought about 4 or 5 separate remixes because she was almost neck and neck with Kanye West's Stronger all week and I was desperate for her to get the #1. And if I'd known a few weeks before that that only 16 copies would have kept Kate Nash from having a #1 with Foundations, I may well have gone out and bought 17 copies of it! Only 16 copies???!! :o Is this the closest ever to number 1?
January 28, 201114 yr Author Only 16 copies???!! :o Is this the closest ever to number 1? No - their were some tied #1's in the 1950's. Edited January 28, 201114 yr by vidcapper
January 28, 201114 yr Author Yes. alot of people did when Joe mcelderry and Rage against the Machine Christmas battle Can't believe I forgot that one! :lol:
January 28, 201114 yr I think it happens more than people care to admit.When Sophie Ellis Bextor/If this aint Love was up against Victoria Beckham and Dane Bowers/Out of Your Mind, I think Sophie got alot of stop Beckham getting to No 1 purchases.Plus with X-factor now more people are willing to buy the anti X-factor song.I know a few people who downloaded Jeff Buckleys Hallelujah even though it was also a cover and they did not realise Jeff Buckley was dead.
January 28, 201114 yr No - their were some tied #1's in the 1950's. *there The sales weren't anywhere near exact back then, it's almost certain the gaps between them were more than 16. But anyway, I think Steve Miller Band - The Joker and Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart were less than 16 copies apart? It was originally thought they were tied but it was later announced Steve Miller Band did actually win by a few copies. Edited January 28, 201114 yr by ★BlindFaithBray★
January 28, 201114 yr No - their were some tied #1's in the 1950's. when they are tied do they both share the #1 spot
January 28, 201114 yr when they are tied do they both share the #1 spot Officially, yes, they were both #1. I think it happened 3 times? The only one I can think of is when 2 different versions of the same song (Answer Me by Frankie Laine / David Whitfield) were a joint #1.
January 28, 201114 yr That week where Foundations missed out on #1 so narrowly (it would've been against The Way I Are or Umbrella, if I remember correctly?), I think one of the adjacent weeks were really close too, like a few hundred copies or something? Does anybody remember, or am I just imagining things?
January 28, 201114 yr Officially, yes, they were both #1. I think it happened 3 times? The only one I can think of is when 2 different versions of the same song (Answer Me by Frankie Laine / David Whitfield) were a joint #1. thats good then, wont happen now unlesss a miracle happens ^_^
January 28, 201114 yr thats good then, wont happen now unlesss a miracle happens ^_^ I think the OCC have ways of breaking ties so no, it wouldn't happen, even if the top 2's sales were equal.
January 28, 201114 yr That week where Foundations missed out on #1 so narrowly (it would've been against The Way I Are or Umbrella, if I remember correctly?), I think one of the adjacent weeks were really close too, like a few hundred copies or something? Does anybody remember, or am I just imagining things? I remember that, it was 200 or 300 copies or so iirc. I was gutted Kate Nash didn't make number 1, Foundations was one of my fave songs of 2007 :(
January 28, 201114 yr No, certainly not. I have a keen interest in the charts but I buy music because I want to, not to influence the chart. +1.
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