Power to the people!

If a band of renegade podcasters has its way, the No. 1 song Thursday at Apple's iTunes site won't be by a major-label star such as Fergie or Fall Out Boy.

Instead it will be ``Mine Again'' by Black Lab, an independent rock band formed a decade ago in San Francisco that was cast aside by two major labels.

That's the goal of Bum Rush the Charts, a movement that seeks to demonstrate the power of new media by making the Black Lab song No. 1 at iTunes for one day. Organizers are hoping for 50,000 purchases of the song Thursday at 99 cents each, a figure they believe will secure Black Lab the top spot.

A spokesman for Apple declined to detail how the chart is compiled, but said, ``It's a lot more complicated than just taking a snapshot of the previous 24 hours' worth of sales.''

Nonetheless, organizers say response to the movement so far has been positive.

Read: Podcasters aim to push song to top of iTunes chart