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Roll Over Bono

The fastest-selling online song ever is the Live8 version of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" that Paul McCartney sang with U2, the Guardian reports.

But that doesn't hold a candle to the boy from Bonn.

The BBC gave away digital versions of Ludwig van Beethoven's works in June, and the complete nine symphonies alone were downloaded 1.4 million times, the Beeb reported.

The Beatle-Bono sung version of Sgt. Pepper's started off strong, but has sold just 20,000 times online in the two weeks that it's been available.

The classical music industry is trying to figure out why listeners went loony over Ludwig.