Campaign for 'iconic' song ends in disappointment

The Fleetwood Mac song, 'The Chain', reached number 81 in the UK charts despite a local man's online campaign

A LOCAL man's campaign to get an iconic Formula 1 song to number one in the charts has ended in disappointment after it failed to break the top 40.

Last month, Formula 1 fan, George Caröe, of Marsh Benham, started a campaign on social networking websites Facebook and Twitter to get people to buy Fleetwood Mac's Song, ‘The Chain', to try and get it to number one in time for the first race of the season.

At its peak, the number of people ‘liking' the Facebook page reached almost 5,800 people, but after the first race of the season in Bahrain was cancelled and some ‘technical difficulties' last week, the song only managed to reach number 81 in the charts - albeit its highest ever entry in the UK charts.

Mr Caröe, a 20-year-old marketing management student at Southampton Solent University, said he was a little disappointed with the outcome, although he said it was always going to be difficult to compete with the Comic Relief songs last week.

He said problems with the song not appearing on iTunes last week also did not help the cause, but he said he was happy that he had run the campaign, which he said he enjoyed doing.

Mr Caröe thanked everyone for their support in the campaign, adding that he could be tempted to do something similar in a couple of years time.