CHARTJACKERS

Hi everyone!

I'm sure we all know what YouTube is. Well, there are four fairly well-known YouTuber's Alex, Charlie, Jimmy and Johnny who have made a band called ChartJackers. The idea was to make a #1 hit song in 10 weeks to kick off some sort of charity week in the UK. Each week they've asked their Internet followers to help them in some way with the song.

We commented on the first video with our cheesy love song lyrics. Writers of YouTube then chose a handful of comments and wrote a song from it. Musicians of YouTube then put song to lyric. A band was formed from audition tapes sent in to ChartJackers or YouTube. We've e-mailed the boys our artwork for the single's "album" cover. We've sent in clips of us clapping and singing to the chorus to be used in the actual song and music video. We've sent in literal interpretations of the lyrics for the music video. Soon we're going to be styling the band and doing whatever else the guys need help with.

In two weeks they will be releasing the song and the music video. PLEASE go buy the song, released only on iTunes. And send the video to your friends (at the end of the music video, there will be a short clip saying to buy the song). If you don't live in the UK, it won't help them get a #1, but you still need to buy the song because the money made still goes to charity. It's a really brilliant idea and it's been so much fun to be a part of.

I've actually just heard the song, the guys just played it on BlogTV. It's very catchy and adorable. I'm so proud of everyone who's helping with this project. It's going well so far!

PLEASE buy the song in TWO WEEKS. And for any additional information check out Nerimon, Charlieissocoollike, JohnnyDurham19, Jimmy0010 or BBCSwitch at YouTube.

PS- I can't believe no one's mentioned this on here yet.

Tags: alex, bbcswitch, charity, charlie, chartjackers, children, in, itunes, jimmy, johnny

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Permalink Reply by Jade on October 24, 2009 at 7:50am: I've been waiting for the song for ages.I had the radio on when they were supposed to play it, but I left for 5 minutes to finish a project and missed it, then I was in school when they did the live blog show. So basically, I'm really excited to actually hear it properly.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Chloeneolea on October 24, 2009 at 12:39pm: OMG Chartjackers is amazing! I love the song I've Got Nothing!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by heloise on October 25, 2009 at 4:05pm: the song was MUCH better than i thought it would be; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Unl8n Swallow on October 26, 2009 at 10:41am: So Migdala exactly what date are we supposed to buy the song on?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Migdala Vered on October 26, 2009 at 11:00am: I'm assuming 9 November. I'll let you know for sure if that's correct soon.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Migdala Vered on October 26, 2009 at 4:42pm: Oh. My. Word.
I'm in the music video. Is anyone else in it? I'll look for you!

I'm the girl with the candle and the piece of paper at the end of "If you were fire, I'd burn it's true".

Also, I sent an e-mail to Ellen Degeneres' talk show because we all know how much she loves music and charities. I told her about Chartjackers and asked her to promote it on her show. I hope they do. Even if Americans won't help jack the charts, they can still hear an adorable song and donate money! :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Olivia Elaine on October 28, 2009 at 10:52pm: I love this song [:

And for anyone who hasn't already seen it...
The music video was on the BBC Switch a couple days ago. They have it up on there youtube page. The show is about 30 minutes long but the song itself starts around 28 minutes [=; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Nephtys80 on October 31, 2009 at 3:23am: The song is so catchy!!!

The charity is BBC's annual Children in Need appeal:

"Our mission is to make a positive change to the lives of disadvantaged children and young people across the UK. Our vision is a society where each and every child and young person is supported to realise their potential."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Rachel Mottershead on November 11, 2009 at 10:05am: ive bought so many times already, i dont know why i need 7 copies of the same song i just do. i just realllly want them to do this!!!; ▶ Reply to This