Well, I've always sat on the Blur side of the big Britpop feud of old, as I'm sure you all remember (we didn't play 'Parklife' 21 times back to back on my college radio show for nothing) so I've never had a problem with the fact Oasis' 'Roll With It' failed to top the charts back in 1995, even if it was, if I remember rightly, EMI's Food Records (ie Blur's label) who moved the release of 'Country House' in order to create the big chart battle of the nineties (the Bextor/Beckham chart battle being in 2000, of course). But some people have always secretly resented the fact the Oasis track never topped the chart, and a new charitable venture is attempting to put that fact right.
And, despite my Blur leanings, I do like the idea of this new 7Digital powered website - http://www.itshouldhavebeennumber1.co.uk - which will encourage people to buy digital versions of classic tracks of old that never actually topped the chart, all in the same week, in a bid to get them back into the top ten, and maybe even to number one (utilising, of course, the new chart rules that allow digital only releases to appear in the main singles chart). It's a little like the previously Chris Moyles scam that got Billie Piper back in the music charts, except they'll be selected classic songs, and will be raising money for Nordoff Robbins rather than just boosting the ego of an overpaid BBC employee.
The first track they will be aiming to take back into the top ten is the aforementioned 'Roll With It' - which they will be selling via their site from next Monday, 12 Feb.
Press info on this project is available from Fuse PR.