"We hope they will change their minds and offer their TV shows to the tens of millions of iTunes customers," added Apple VP Eddie Cue.

The song also received a five star average ratings from iTunes customers and has received airplay from stations including Newcastle Student Radio, who described Reeves as 'a modern day David Bowie'.

"iTunes customers have shown they overwhelmingly prefer buying TV shows," an Apple spokesman said Friday, confirming the take-down.

The book describes the arguments between Jobs and publishers as he refused to give them access to the email addresses and credit card information of iTunes customers who subscribed to their apps.

So does this represent a win for iTunes customers?

The EP received largely positive reviews from listeners, being rated at 4.5 out of 5 stars by iTunes customers within the UK, based on 423 reviews.

Chappelle's Show has proven to be pretty popular among iTunes customers so it seems a little extreme to remove it.

In March 2009, Apple announced that iTunes customers could purchase and rent selected movie titles in HD from their computers.

"With over 200 million episodes sold, iTunes customers have proven they love watching television on their computer, iPod, iPhone and TV with Apple TV," he said in a statement.

In addition to the listed tracks, versions of "The Phantom of the Opera" remixed by Junior Vasquez were made available to iTunes customers who purchased the expanded edition.