Maison Tellier released a country-folk version of Killing in the Name in their first album (2006). [ 66 ] In 2008 Icelandic electronica group FM Belfast released a single called "Lotus", a minimal electro cover version of Killing in the Name . [ 67 ] In 2007, "Killing in the Name" earned a spot on Guitar World ' s list of the "100 Greatest Guitar Solos" at #89. [ 76 ] [ 77 ] In 2002, Rolling Stone magazine listed "Killing in the Name" as the 24th in its 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time. [ 9 ] In 2010, the New Statesman listed it as number 12 on their list of the “Top 20 Political Songs” as voted for by the Political Studies Association. [ 4 ] In 2010, 2011 and 2012, The Rock radio station in New Zealand have held the Rock 1000 countdown which counts down the top 1000 rock songs of all time, as voted by the public; in 2010 and 2011, the song was in the top five, while in 2012, the song featured at number seven. In 2011 and 2012, "Killing in the Name" was played uncensored, with a preceding message from John Key approving the playing of the uncensored version of the song due to the large number of complaints received by MediaWorks New Zealand regarding the 2010 countdown not giving any warning that the song was uncensored. ^ a b c "Rage Against the Machine beat X Factor winner in charts"