Half Man Half Biscuit Ahead Of Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber On Amazon Chart

Half Man Half Biscuit's 2005 classic 'Joy Division Oven Gloves' is currently ahead of Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber on the Amazon.co.uk MP3 download chart.

The track, lifted from the cult Wirral band's album 'Achtung Baby', is being bought in protest at the planned closure of BBC6music next year.

A Facebook group - Let's get Half Man Half Biscuit's "Joy Division Oven Gloves" in at no.6! - has been urging its fans to buy the track all this week in a bid to give the John Peel favourites their first ever top 75 single.

On the Amazon chart, 'Joy Division Oven Gloves' is at number two behind Scouting For Girls' 'This Ain't A Love Song', however, it's ahead of Lady Gaga's 'Telephone' (No. 5) and Justin Bieber's 'Baby (No. 12).

However, it's faring less well on the Official Midweek Chart.

With sales of just over 3,000, it's currently sitting at number 51 - a position that would still be a record for Half Man Half Biscuit.

Fans of the band and BBC6 Music have until 11.59pm on Saturday to download the track.