I'm confused by this story a bit. Reportedly sales of P Diddy's 1997 The Police-sampling, Notorious BIG-tributing hit 'I'll Be Missing You' have seen a boost this week after the hip hop star performed the song at last weekend's Concert For Diana. But the bar code on the single is the same as that now being used by a single from London singer Tyler James, meaning chart returning record shops can't tell sales of one from the other, meaning neither can be counted towards this week's singles chart. Which, reports say, means Diddy is less likely to re-chart with the 1997 single this weekend. Though what I am confused about is how Diddy could have ever charted through physical CD sales of 'I'll Be Missing You' anyway, because it hasn't been re-released or anything, and which record shops, exactly, were sitting on 1997 CD singles in their stock room that could be rushed out onto the shop floor post-Diana-fest? It could re-chart based on digital sales, perhaps, but I can't see physical sales would have added many units to the count, just because there can't be all that many units available.
Jul 6, 2007
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Bar code confusion affects Diddy classic sales stats
Sales of P Diddy's 'I'll Be Missing You' may not be counted on the singles chart because it shares a bar code with a Tyler James single.