N/UDE RE/MIX CONT/EST

As part of Radiohead's Nude Remix contest they're selling "stems" of Nude on iTunes at $1 a piece. "Stems" are the individual instrument tracks like Drums, string FX, guitars, Vocals, etc. This contest has helped propel Nude to position 37 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart! Here's how: First, iTunes is now officially the largest music retailer in the U.S. Second, each "stem" downloaded counts as a download for the single Nude. Third, to quote Rich Bradley, "It's not the quanitity of people buying the song, it's that each person who does is buying it 5 times." Not since Creep has Radiohead had a single in the top 40. Dishonest, Clever, Smartest boys on the block? Leave it to Radiohead to keep paving the way forward for the music industry in the 21st century. I wonder if they'll notice. And the #1 Nude remix right now? It's by Holy Fuck. Wonder if that one will end up on the Hot 100 charts....