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Article: Podcasters aim to push song to top of iTunes chart.
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- San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA)
- Article date:
- March 21, 2007
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Byline: Shay Quillen
Mar. 21--If a band of renegade podcasters has its way, the No. 1 song Thursday at Apple's iTunes site won't be by a major-label star such as Fergie or Fall Out Boy.
Instead it will be "Mine Again" by Black Lab, an independent rock band formed a decade ago in San Francisco that was cast aside by two major labels.
That's the goal of Bum Rush the Charts, a movement that seeks to demonstrate the power of new media by making the Black Lab song No. 1 at iTunes for one day. Organizers are hoping for 50,000 purchases of the song Thursday at 99 cents each, a figure they believe will secure Black Lab the top spot.
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