Charts
editThe single had no physical release in North America. It peaked at an overall equivalent of 107[A] in US singles charts and charted at number seventy-six on the Canadian Hot 100. In Germany, it debuted at number sixty-four, becoming her lowest peaking single there. The song was never released in the UK, though the video was leaked into music channels.
Chart (2008) | Peak position |
---|---|
Austrian Singles Chart | 51 |
Canadian Hot 100 | 76 |
Czech Republic Airplay | 84 |
German Top 100 | 64 |
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 91 |
- Note
- A ^ The song did not enter the Billboard Hot 100 but charted at number seven on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, a position synonymous to charting at 107 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Break
editBreak
edit28 April
editWhilst Gordon Brown was speaking with a 65-year-old pensioner, Gillian Duffy, from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, she asked him about vulnerable people not receiving benefits and raised her concerns about inequalities she perceived in the benefit system. When Gordon Brown responded she then said "You can't say anything about the immigrants because you're saying that you're...all these Eastern Europeans what[sic] are coming in, where are they flocking from?" A few minutes later Gordon Brown privately expressed disappointment about the event as a whole and specifically with regard to Mrs Duffy he stated "Ugh, [she said] everything - she's just a sort of bigoted woman, said she used to be Labour. It's just ridiculous." The remarks were recorded by a Sky News microphone he was still wearing, and widely broadcast. Soon after the incident, Brown talked to Jeremy Vine live on BBC Radio 2 where he publicly apologised to Duffy. Subsequently Brown visited Duffy in her house for 45 minutes in order to apologise in person. Upon emerging, he described himself as a "penitent sinner",[1] while Duffy refused to speak to the press. A subsequent poll for The Sun, which the paper declined to publish, found a small majority of people agreeing that it was a "storm in a teacup" and that "we should not think the worse of him".[2]
- ^ "Brown apologises to voter for 'bigoted woman' comment". BBC News. 2010-04-16. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
- ^ The Guardian, 29 April 2010, Unpublished YouGov/Sun poll shows support for Gordon Brown over 'bigot' remark