According to early sales figures from the Official Charts Company, the band's 1993 hit Killing In The Name has opened up a lead of about 10% over The Climb, the debut single from X Factor winner Joe McElderry.

The Rage Against The Machine track, which was the band's first UK hit single and originally reached number 25 in 1993, has been propelled into the Christmas chart battle by a Facebook group campaign to try to stop X Factor landing the ...