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Question remains!

Sorry but what on earth is the Mandela sanitary towel about?!

Way off topic, but - it's not like that at all. You can buy as many songs as you want, you can only vote for one political party. And, in fact, Vidcapper is not even arguing that Thatcher shouldn't have won, but only making the point that it doesn't necessarily mean she was popular with most people. As, indeed, a song getting to number 1 doesn't mean that it's popular with most people...

@keefdid - only different versions by the same artist.

I can't see anything in the official chart rules about politics or causing offence. I think it's the tabloid press, as others have said, making things up as usual. http://c0903002.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecl...-april-2013.pdf

'The Daily Mail' - Just released today!

"Some people suggested it might just be on Amazon it's out-selling them by that margin" Interestingly Nirvana are number 2 on Amazon.

Donating *any* amount of money, no matter how small, to a charity is not insulting. Not unless you're waving notes in their face and laughing, then it would be.

Great to see Radiohead in the top 100 now :D That is without any sales from yesterday, too, so could still climb higher - top 40 even?

166. The Daily Mail - Radiohead oh, ignore that, I was looking at livehits, where it just dropped massively, sorry.

They are 2 and 4 on the main Amazon chart - not showing in Movers and Shakers because they already had a chart presence there yesterday.

Don't forget the other retailers make a much bigger impact on the official chart than normal, this time of year, with all the campaigns and very different buying patterns and so on. Top 15 movers and shakers on Amazon right now are: 1. Military Wives - Wherever You Are 2. Stacey Solomon - Driving Home for Christmas 3. Stacey Solomon - Driving Home for Christmas (Alternative Version) 4. Jamie Hartman - Happy New Year 5. Alex Day - Forever Yours (Vocal Remix) 6. The Cast of The Only Way is Essex - Last Christmas 7. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 8. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Boombox Rehearsals) 9. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 10. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Album Version) 11. Alex Day - Forever Yours 12. The Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong (2009 Remastered) 13. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 14. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 15. Kelly Clarkson - Because of You

Cage Against the Machine is going to rocket today.

I understood that you could buy up to three copies - that the OCC allows for fans buying a couple of extra copies in hope of helping a track chart, but that beyond a few is thought unreasonable.

My guess is in that in the time-honoured tradition of indie underachievement it'll land at 41... (I've bought it)