what is the poptimist position on this site?

[maura.livejournal.com]

http://www.itshouldhavebeennumber1.co.uk/

As of Sunday 7th January, changes to the chart rules mean that singles can make it into the charts from download sales alone - a CD release is no longer required. This puts the charts back in your hands and lets you decide what should be number 1 and when!

So, we decided to start this website so that together we can put right some wrongs. With your help, we plan to identify the songs we think were a number one hit, or should have been number one, but were kept from the top spot by some naf song, or possibly something just as good that happened to come out at precisely the same time.

We start Monday 12th February with Oasis "Roll With It". Released 14th August 1995, it made number two, pipped to the post in the famous Britpop battle by Blur with their single "Country House".

Register now to receive a reminder to come back on the 12th February and download "Roll With It". Downloads from the 12th will appear in the following weeks chart. Together we can generate enough sales to make it happen. Together we can re-write history by making "Roll With It" number 1 …as it should have been 12 years ago!

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

there is no "should have been no 1" with oasis - there is only "should have been throttled to death"

[maura.livejournal.com]

hahaha

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

Why did I get the feeling, reading about that website, that it has been set up by someone connected with Oasis who is still holding a grudge against Blur?!! I think it would be great to start a rival campaign to make sure that Country House pips it to the post again!

[cis.livejournal.com]

I doubt they're directly connected with Oasis at all: I think they'll just be fans, who felt it bitterly when Blur beat Oasis. Gut feeling that surely fans care more about this kind of thing than Oasis' mates and promo dudes.