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"Joe McElderry is behind Rage Against The Machine in the battle for the Christmas number one spot, the Official Chart Company has revealed. The US rock band&amp;#039;s 1993 hit &amp;#039;Killing In The Name&amp;#039; has opened up a 10% lead over McElderry&amp;#039;s winner&amp;#039;s single - a cover of Miley Cyrus&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;The Climb&amp;#039; - according to initial sales figures from Sunday and Monday. However, McElderry&amp;#039;s track is expected to receive a significant boost tomorrow when it is released on CD single. &amp;quot;This is shaping up to be a very exciting battle between two different records which have captured the nation&amp;#039;s imagination,&amp;quot; said OCC managing director Martin Talbot. &amp;quot;But although Rage Against The Machine have started off in front, according to our initial sales estimates, there is no doubt that this tussle is far from over.&amp;quot; &amp;#039;Killing In The Name&amp;#039; peaked at number 25 on its original release in February 1993, but has recently become the focus of a Facebook campaign to prevent the X Factor winner&amp;#039;s single from topping the Christmas singles chart for the fifth successive year. Last week, Simon Cowell dubbed the campaign &amp;quot;stupid&amp;quot;, claiming it was &amp;quot;aimed directly&amp;quot; at him, while McElderry admitted yesterday that he would be &amp;quot;gutted&amp;quot; if he failed to make number one on Sunday. Of the five previous X Factor champions, only Steve Brookstein failed to enter the UK charts at pole position with his winner&amp;#039;s single. However, his cover of Phil Collins&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Against All Odds&amp;#039; succeeded in climbing to the number one spot in its second week of release. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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