The Helping Haiti video for “Everybody Hurts” is pretty much standard charity single fare—clips of the stars singing interspersed with (often graphic) footage of victims of the disastrous earthquake that rocked Haiti last month.
Simon Cowell organized the project, and wrangled in the likes of Susan Boyle, Mariah Carey, Miley Cyrus, Kylie Minogue, Take That, Bon Jovi, Leona Lewis, Robbie Williams, JLS, James Blunt, Joe McElderry and Alexandra Burke to sing on the R.E.M. cover. The song was made available on UK iTunes Sunday, and shot to #1 there by the afternoon.
Catch the video after the jump. (Again, some of the images are graphic.)
The video was directed by Joseph Kahn, who previously shot the clips for Britney Spears’ “Stronger,” “Toxic” and “Womanizer,” as well as Destiny’s Child’s “Say My Name” and Lady Gaga’s “LoveGame.”
Here’s the full list of singers on the song:
LEONA LEWIS
When the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone…
ROD STEWART
When you’re sure you’ve had enough of this life, well hang on…
MARIAH CAREY
Don’t let yourself go, ’cause everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes…
CHERYL COLE
Sometimes everything is wrong.
MIKA
Now it’s time to sing along…
MICHAEL BUBLE
When your day is night alone,
JOE McELDERRY
(Hold on, hold on)…
MILEY CYRUS
If you feel like letting go…
JAMES BLUNT
If you think you’ve had too much of this life, well hang on…
GARY BARLOW (TAKE THAT)
‘Cause everybody hurts.
MARK OWEN (TAKE THAT)
Take comfort in your friends
GARY BARLOW (TAKE THAT)
Everybody hurts.
JON BON JOVI
Don’t throw your hand. Oh, no…
JAMES MORRISON
Don’t throw your hand
JAMES MORRISON & ALEXANDRA BURKE
If you feel like you’re alone, no, no, no, you are not alone…
SUSAN BOYLE
If you’re on your own in this life, the days and nights are long…
ASTON MERRYGOLD (JLS)
When you think you’ve had too much of this life to hang on
SHANE FILAN (WESTLIFE)
Well, everybody hurts sometimes
MARK FEEHILY (WESTLIFE)
Everybody cries.
KYLIE MINOGUE
And everybody hurts sometimes
ROBBIE WILLIAMS
And everybody hurts sometimes.
I totally cried
Amazing stuff – SuBo is unstoppable these days. Totally inspiring!
Need to do some cleaning up on my iPod idk half of these songs nd plus their annoying
Je sais bien que c’est pas facile de donner une opinion sur quelque chose d’assez abstrait pour le moment, mais ma question est surtout de savoir si ?a vaut le coup de tenter l’expérience.J’aimerai beaucoup avoir votre opinion quant à l’idée, et savoir si vous pourriez être intéressés par ce type de produits. ( merci si vous le souhaitez de répondre au petit sondage ci-joint )Ce projet n’est pour l’instant qu’au stade embryonnaire de l’idée qui ne demande qu’a se développer dans les meilleures conditions, afin de donner naissance, un jour je l’espère, à une large gamme de produits de qualité accessibles au plus grand nombre.Merci d’avance à vous tous pour vos commentaire ( positifs ET négatifs ) qui me seront j’en suis s?r d’une grande aide