Like It Or Not, RATM's Killing In The Name Is The Favorite Christmas Song Of All Time

JAKARTA - Whether you're a fan of Christmas music or not, we think it's fair to say that after years of listening to Wham's Last Christmas or Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Is You, it's a bit boring.

That's why 2009 was a refreshing and hilarious moment when rock group Rage Against The Machine (RATM) stole the Christmas carol number one spot. Their old song, Killing In The Name beat out the song by winner X-Factor produced by Simon Cowell.

In previous years, the number one song in the UK was always occupied by the winner of this talent search event like Indonesian Idol.

And in 2009, it was originally predicted to be the fifth year the winner of the talent search event would become the most searched song. However, the X Factor-winning song, Joe McElderry, had to settle for number two.

A 17-year-old song by RATM's Killing in the Name overtook the road. And it was started by a movement on Facebook "Rage Against the X Factor".

Even better news, in a recent poll in celebration of the 70th Christmas chart battle and The Official Christmas No.1 Singles Book, British music fans have voted for the top of their all-time favorite holiday chart.

Initiated by Nine Eight Books, the results reveal that this RATM classic stole the crown as the best No.1 Christmas ever.

After three weeks of voting, the final vote saw the 1996 Spice Girls hit 2 Become 1 go up against the song RATM.

When 41,000 votes were counted, RATM slipped to first place with 51 percent of the vote.