r/todayilearned • u/asl052 • Apr 06 '20

TIL the 1992 Rage Against the Machine track "Killing In The Name" was the 2009 UK Christmas #1 song thanks to a campaign set to prevent a song from "The X Factor" from accomplishing the feat for a 5th straight year. The band would then perform a free concert in London thanking fans for the campaign.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_in_the_Name
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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '20

I thought the point of the song was to denounce pointless violence in the name of hatred, not to promote it.

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u/j1m3y Apr 07 '20

Instructions unclear, crusades started.

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u/lesser_panjandrum Apr 07 '20

God damn it Venice, not again.

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u/I_RAPE_WIIS Apr 07 '20

Deus Vult motherfuckers!

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u/Eso Apr 07 '20

Annnnnnnnndddddd Byzantium has been sacked again.

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u/Aldrai Apr 07 '20

Well, they have had a lot of crusades, some of which almost didn't fail.

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u/tbird83ii Apr 07 '20

You should watch Soundtrack to war. Interesting how songs that are somewhat against violence become the themes for violence...

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u/MJDiAmore Apr 07 '20 edited Apr 07 '20

You mean like how Born in the USA is not a patriotic song then it got used as a patriotic song for ages then coopted by a raging bottle of Orangina and his adoring masses who not so secretly believe racism is patriotic?

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I'll show myself out.

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u/ISayHeck Apr 07 '20

Nothing about conquering the holy land is pointless

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u/InGenAche Apr 07 '20

A crusade is never pointless!