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Postal Service Video Climbs to #1 at iTMS

by , 1:20 PM EST, January 24th, 2006

Postal Service may be unhappy with Apple about the shot-for-shot creation of their video made for Apple's Intel Mac commercial, but the resulting attention has led to that video, originally released in 2003, being the #1 download on Apple's iTunes Music Store.

First noted by MTV, "Such Great Heights" is the #1 music video download, and is beating out such industry heavyweights as Eminem, Jessica Simpson, and even the original stars-made-stars-by-Apple Black Eyed Peas.

Apple drew Postal Service's ire by hiring the directorial team that created the video for "Such Great Heights" to make its own commercial advertising the transition to Intel processors (see TMO's full coverage for more information).

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Close Name:Biff Posts: 1479 Joined: 08 Apr 2004
Tue Jan 24, 2006 2:26 pm Subject:

I rest my case.


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Close Name:Tiger Posts: 971 Joined: 17 Jun 2003
Tue Jan 24, 2006 2:39 pm Subject: Postal goes Apple

Had to say it.

I bet their tune changes now.


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Close Name:stuartea Posts: 327 Joined: 08 Aug 2005
Tue Jan 24, 2006 2:53 pm Subject:

It's not even in the top 100 on the UK iTMS


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Close Name:Al Swearengen Posts: 339 Joined: 10 May 2005
Tue Jan 24, 2006 2:56 pm Subject: Well wouldn't that be

Well wouldn't the band localize for the United Kingdom and call themselves Royal Mail?

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It's not even in the top 100 on the UK iTMS


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Tue Jan 24, 2006 3:19 pm Subject: Correction:
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Close Name:fartheststar Posts: 214 Joined: 04 Jan 2004
Tue Jan 24, 2006 5:25 pm Subject: Going Postal

I'm going Postal for Postal Puffs.

<yawn>


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Wed Jan 25, 2006 6:29 pm Subject: News at 11!
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Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:13 am Subject: shot for shot?
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Mon Feb 20, 2006 8:11 am Subject: Such Great Heights
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