Crazy song makes musical history in the UK

April 3, 2006

heystoopid used our news submit to tell us "Oh well, thanks to HMV and the UK, the standards for number one song has been lifted by a bar, to the next level, in the words of Bob Dylan"s song "the times they are a changing"

Crazy by Gnarls Barkley has made pop history as the UK"s first number one song based on download sales alone. Until this month, download sales could only count towards a chart position if the song could also be bought in shops. But under new rules, downloads can be counted as long as physical copies go on sale the following week.

The song, used in ads for Zane Lowe"s
Radio 1 show, has been downloaded more than 31,000 times on all internet
sites, a spokesman for HMV said. Come of age The song, which is not
available in shops until Monday, knocked last week"s top track So Sick, by
Ne-Yo, off the top spot.

Indeed, this certainly could be a sign of things to come! When was the last time you purchased a software program from a brick and mortar store, or have many of your purchases been downloads? Are we finally breaking the bond with the physical copy, the fancy shrink wrapped box...even for music? Long gone are the huge vinyl LP record jackets, now even the diminutive CD and it's plastic case are seemingly less important in todays portable world.

By the way there Heystoopid...was that a pun you just made in your statement...lifted by a bar? Ouch! 😉

Source: BBC