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X Factor's Joe McElderry now - ditched by label, hunky transformation and stalker hell - Mirror Online
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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"
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Jessica rockt X Factor mit Rage Against The Machine | Auditions 2 | X Factor Deutschland 2018 - YouTube
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Rage against the Machine took Xmas no.1 in the UK in 2009 with “Killing in the Name”. The 1992 track won the no.1 spot 17 years after release as we were sick
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Rage Against the Machine beats X Factor's Joe to Christmas No 1 | Rage Against the Machine | The Guardian
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