When 2011 rolled around it was only to be expected that X Factor winners, Little Mix, would be up against some stiff competition, and crazed rocker nerds came up with a fool proof plan!! Smells Like Teen Spirit was released in 1991. Cobain himself said "I was trying to write the ultimate pop song." Surely there was no better song to follow up the 2009 Rage success?
Little Mix came in at Number 5. Huzzah! Eat that Simon!!
So where were our legendary grunge rockers in this success??!
Number two? Well, no. That one actually went to Lou Monte's 'Dominick the Donkey'. Not heard of it? That's because it's 51 years old.
So obviously the rocking heroes were number three! Again, not quite. Third spot went to Coldplay's 'Paradise' (even after Chris Martin confessed that his band 'are a sh*t Radiohead.')
Logic prevails, then, that Nirvana purely scrapped a fantastic success in at number 4 just narrowly laughing in the X Factor's pretentious face! Unfortunately, that logic is wrong again. Flo Rida took fourth with his track 'Good Feeling'.
Heart radio announced on Christmas Day that the well deserved top spot was achieved by The Military Wives Choir (all the proceeds go to the Royal British Legion and the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association, so go and download it RIGHT now.)
The sad truth is that Nirvana's legendary 90's grunge track, that has spoken to generations, ranked in at number 32 on Christmas Day 2011.
Just not quite the same is it? Especially when Olly Murs grabbed number 6 AND number 22, One Direction grabbed number 21 and Labrinth picked up number 12 (the only artist signed to Simon Cowell's record label that didn't sprout from a talent competition.)
So do Nirvana fans not care anymore?! Is that blasphemy?! What is the world coming to?! Do we need to just admit defeat to the music monopoly man?
No one can deny the well deserved victory of The Military Wive's. But it's also safe to say that rockers everywhere should probably hang their heads in shame.
