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THE Proclaimers ’ pro-independence anthem Cap in Hand has shot to the top of the download charts.

A campaign was launched to make it the No1 UK single and the song is now outselling downloads by chart stars such as Taylor Swift and Maroon 5.

Supporters of the Yes campaign have bought the song, driving it to the top of the Amazon singles chart.

The 1988 song from the classic Sunshine on Leith album features a line in the chorus which states: “I can’t understand why we let someone else rule our land – cap in hand.”

SNP justice secretary Kenny MacAskill said: “This a fun initiative from Yes supporters – if we get a Yes on the 18th, it’ll be sunshine on the whole of Scotland, not just Leith.”

A spokesperson for Yes Scotland said: “One of the amazing things about this campaign has been the creative and inventive ways supporters have come up with to support a Yes vote.”

The song's meteoric rise up the charts comes as the Yes campaign enjoy their highest poll rating in the run up to the referendum to date with 47 per cent of those polled by YouGov favour independence, a rise of 8 per cent since the last poll.

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