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Ahead of Trump's trip on July 13
A campaign has launched to try and get Green Day‘s ‘American Idiot’ to number one in protest against Donald Trump’s upcoming visit to the UK.
It was confirmed this week that the controversial US President will pay a one-day “working visit” to the UK on July 13. Despite plans to meet the Queen, Trump’s trip will not, however, be an official state visit.
A Facebook campaign to get Green Day’s 2004 hit to the top of the UK chart has so far been backed by 8,600 likes and over 11,000 shares.
The track, originally written during the George W Bush era, features the lyrics: “Don’t wanna be an American idiot / Don’t want a nation under the new media / And can you hear the sound of hysteria? / The subliminal mind-f*** America”.
“He’s coming Friday 13th July… so if we ALL buy enough downloads of Green Day’s ‘American Idiot’ between Friday 6th-Thursday 12th it will time PERFECTLY to hit No.1 the very day he arrives on UK soil!”, the organisers wrote in a post.
“Streaming counts too but less effective,” they added. “Let’s do this!”
In a later post, the organisers said: “Yes, we know Green Day are already millionaires. No, you don’t have to get involved. Yes, we’re doing this regardless. No, we don’t want to choose another song. Yes, we’ll post up all links at the time”
A campaign has launched to try and get Green Day‘s ‘American Idiot’ to number one in protest against Donald Trump’s upcoming visit to the UK.
It was confirmed this week that the controversial US President will pay a one-day “working visit” to the UK on July 13. Despite plans to meet the Queen, Trump’s trip will not, however, be an official state visit.
A Facebook campaign to get Green Day’s 2004 hit to the top of the UK chart has so far been backed by 8,600 likes and over 11,000 shares.
The track, originally written during the George W Bush era, features the lyrics: “Don’t wanna be an American idiot / Don’t want a nation under the new media / And can you hear the sound of hysteria? / The subliminal mind-f*** America”.
“He’s coming Friday 13th July… so if we ALL buy enough downloads of Green Day’s ‘American Idiot’ between Friday 6th-Thursday 12th it will time PERFECTLY to hit No.1 the very day he arrives on UK soil!”, the organisers wrote in a post.
“Streaming counts too but less effective,” they added. “Let’s do this!”
In a later post, the organisers said: “Yes, we know Green Day are already millionaires. No, you don’t have to get involved. Yes, we’re doing this regardless. No, we don’t want to choose another song. Yes, we’ll post up all links at the time”