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Old 10-01-2010, 12:11
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Isnt this a bit pointless if we've already had the first new number 1 of the year? that and it'll prbably only get to something like #358
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Old 10-01-2010, 12:30
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Wasn't it originally propelled to no. 1 as a result of a campaign like this? Against Westlife or something...
No, it was propelled to No.1 by Sony claiming there were only 10,000 copies, it was to be deleted after the first day and all other kinds of FILTHY LIES.

There was no public campaign. Nobody cared about Westlife not getting to No.1 that week. They'd already had the first No.1 of the 21st century. Masses' achievement of being the first single to knock Westlife off the top spot in the year 2000 doesn't mean anything in a historical context to non-Manics fans. Joe McElderberry was the first no.1 of 2010.
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Old 10-01-2010, 12:41
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I've downloaded it, but only cos I'd be happy to see it reach any position in the top 100, basically.

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Joe McElderberry was the first no.1 of 2010.
I thought Lady Gaga was?
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Old 10-01-2010, 14:00
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No, it was propelled to No.1 by Sony claiming there were only 10,000 copies, it was to be deleted after the first day and all other kinds of FILTHY LIES.

There was no public campaign. Nobody cared about Westlife not getting to No.1 that week.
Spot on.
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Old 10-01-2010, 16:48
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Although to be fair, those probably were the only two lies.

Actually, NME still has its story on the original release up on its site.

http://www.nme.com/news/manic-street-preachers/2431

"Despite the release being limited edition, it is still expected to chart."

Yeah, Sony expected it to chart all right. Chart at No.1 on the back of their scaremongering amongst Manics fans like me who rushed to HMV to needlessly pre-order a copy on both formats weeks before release.

That being said, I only wish they could successfully work that kind of thing for the Manics today. Poor old Rough Trade can't even shift 300 copies of an exclusive Manics album. (Unless the 300 number was a FILTHY LIE!)
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Old 10-01-2010, 17:07
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Lol, didn't even make the top 40 as far as I can see.
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Old 10-01-2010, 17:12
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probably cause only about 5 people downloaded it
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Old 10-01-2010, 19:51
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I didn't download. Sorry Apple. I fail miserably!
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Old 10-01-2010, 19:52
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number 753....
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Old 10-01-2010, 19:55
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number 753....
Hey! That's not too bad! Top 1'000.................................
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Old 10-01-2010, 19:59
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number 753....
Yeah well charts are silly anyway. Let's just pretend this never happened.
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Old 10-01-2010, 20:00
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Old 10-01-2010, 21:03
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number 753....
753?
FUCK YEAH!

well worth all the lack of effort i put into this!
WWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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Old 10-01-2010, 21:15
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Quick change the campaign name to 'First Number 753 of the year' then it'll have been a success!
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Old 10-01-2010, 21:24
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Sorry, I just couldn't galvanise myself for this campaign. My bad.
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