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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.)
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Watch Susan Boyle And Leona Lewis In The Helping Haiti “Everybody Hurts” Video
Mon Feb 8 2010 by Robbie Daw
PHOTOS: “We Are The World” Doppelgangers
Thu Feb 4 2010 by Erika Brooks Adickman
As you may have heard, there’s a ton of buzz around celebrity look-alikes the last several days — it’s Doppelganger Week on Facebook, allegedly thanks to this guy. But here, we’ve been thinking about the doppelgangers for music’s biggest humanitarians of the week: the more than 75 artists who came out to support Haitian earthquake victims by re-recording the 1985 charity single “We Are The World.” Participants ranged from Kanye West to Usher to Celine Dion and, um, actor Vince Vaughn. We couldn’t help but notice a few similarities between the members of this all-star lineup and the original performers of the song. See our list of the 2010 artists and their 1985 counterparts, who included Lionel Richie, LaToya Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Paul Simon. And see if you can guess our pick for the 2010 equivalent of Michael Jackson. And for real, folks: let’s start giving. More »
Hear The All Star Helping Haiti Version Of “Everybody Hurts”
Tue Feb 2 2010 by Robbie Daw
BBC 1 Radio premiered the Simon Cowell-organized all star cover version of "Everybody Hurts"—billed as Helping Haiti—this morning. Among the singers who lent vocals to the track are Mariah Carey, Kylie Minogue, Robbie Williams, Miley Cyrus, Susan Boyle, Take That, Rod Stewart, Mika, Bon Jovi, James Blunt and Cheryl Cole, as well as X Factor alums Leona Lewis, Alexandra Burke, Joe McElderry and JLS.
The track itself, produced by Steve Robson, stays pretty faithful to R.E.M.'s original 1992 version. And, of course, the inner Anglophile in us is reveling in the fact that this marks the first time all five original members of Take That have appeared on a song together since Robbie Williams split from the seminal Brit boy band in 1995. (Though only Gary Barlow and Robbie appear to have prominent lines here.)
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The track itself, produced by Steve Robson, stays pretty faithful to R.E.M.'s original 1992 version. And, of course, the inner Anglophile in us is reveling in the fact that this marks the first time all five original members of Take That have appeared on a song together since Robbie Williams split from the seminal Brit boy band in 1995. (Though only Gary Barlow and Robbie appear to have prominent lines here.)
Hop below to hear the new Helping Haiti version of "Everybody Hurts." More »
