U2 - Instant Karma
R.E.M. - #9 Dream
Christina Aguilera - Mother
Aerosmith featuring Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars - Give Peace A Chance
Lenny Kravitz - Cold Turkey
Los Lonely Boys - Whatever Gets You Through The Night
Corinne Bailey Rae - I'm Losing You
Jakob Dylan featuring Dhani Harrison - Gimme Some Truth
Jackson Browne - Oh, My Love
Avril Lavigne - Imagine
Big & Rich - Nobody Told Me
Youssou N'Dour - Jealous Guy
Disc 2:
Green Day - Working Class Hero
Black Eyed Peas - Power to the People
Jack Johnson - Imagine
Ben Harper - Beautiful Boy
Snow Patrol - Isolation
Matisyahu - Watching the Wheels
Postal Service - Grow Old With Me
Jaguares - Gimme Some Truth
The Flaming Lips - (Just Like) Starting Over
Jack's Mannequin featuring Mick Fleetwood - God
Regina Spektor - Real Love
iTunes Exclusives:
Duran Duran - Instant Karma
Gavin Rossdale - Mind Games
Deftones - Jealous Guy
Ben Jelen - Woman
Meshell Ndegeocello - Imagine
Rocky Dawuni - Well Well Well
OAR - Borrowed Time
Widespread Panic - Crippled Inside
Emanuel Jal - Mother
Fab Faux - I Don't Wanna Face It
Yellowcard - Oh My Love
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Artists Unite in Donating Tracks to "Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur," to Be Released by Warner Bros. Records June 12
Historic Double CD Features More Than 20 John Lennon Songs Recorded by U2, Green Day, R.E.M., Avril Lavigne, Big & Rich, Christina Aguilera, Snow Patrol, Corinne Bailey Rae, Regina Spektor and More; Tracks by Additional Artists Such as Duran Duran, Deftones, Ozzy Osbourne and Willie Nelson -- More Than 50 in All -- Available for Digital Download
BURBANK, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- April 30, 2007 -- In an historic effort to mobilize activism around the human rights atrocities occurring in Darfur, Sudan, more than 50 international recording artists and over 30 record labels have united behind "Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur." The collection features iconic songs by legendary musician and peace activist John Lennon recorded by an array of best-selling artists and will be available for purchase both on CD and as digital downloads via online retailers.
In keeping with its long tradition of activism powered by music, Amnesty International, the world's largest grassroots human rights organization, will use Yoko Ono's generous gift of Lennon's solo catalogue as the centerpiece of its campaign to rally activists toward human rights activism for the people of Darfur. The "Instant Karma" mobilization centers on saving the lives of innocent women, children and men who are dying by the thousands and restoring peace in the region.
The two-CD set of "Instant Karma," which will be released by Warner Bros. Records on June 12, boasts a stellar line-up of 23 world-class artists from a variety of genres putting their own unique spin on classic songs from Lennon's solo songbook. The artists -- who come from the worlds of rock, pop, hip-hop and country -- include longtime activists U2 ("Instant Karma"), Green Day ("Working Class Hero"), R.E.M. ("#9 Dream") and Jackson Browne ("Oh My Love"); female pop powerhouses Christina Aguilera ("Mother"), Avril Lavigne ("Imagine"), and Corinne Bailey Rae ("I'm Losing You"); country stars Big & Rich ("Nobody Told Me"); alternative favorites Snow Patrol ("Isolation"), The Flaming Lips ("(Just Like) Starting Over"), Postal Service ("Grow Old With Me") and Regina Spektor ("Real Love"); best-selling rockers Aerosmith ("Give Peace a Chance"), Lenny Kravitz ("Cold Turkey") and Los Lonely Boys ("Whatever Gets You Thru the Night"); and pensive singer-songwriters Jakob Dylan with Dhani Harrison ("Gimme Some Truth") and Ben Harper ("Beautiful Boy").
The rights to Lennon's songs were generously donated by Yoko Ono, who has donated all music publishing royalties. Amnesty International chose to harness the power of Lennon's music to inspire a new generation of activists to stand up for human rights. Proceeds from CD and digital sales will support Amnesty International and its campaign to focus attention and mobilize activism around the urgent catastrophe in Darfur, and other human rights crises.
"It's wonderful that, through this campaign, music that is so familiar to many people of my era will now be embraced by a whole new generation," Ono says. "John's music set out to inspire change, and in standing up for human rights, we really can make the world a better place."
Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International U.S.A., adds, "We know music's power to unite and inspire people. With hundreds of thousands dead, millions driven from their burned out villages and rape being used as a tactic in the Darfur conflict, the world needs a mass mobilization demanding action and justice. The 'Instant Karma' campaign combines John Lennon's passionate desire for us to imagine a more peaceful world with Amnesty International's expertise in achieving justice. 'Instant Karma' allows ordinary people to lend their hand in saving lives -- a notion we think would make John proud."
"John Lennon was not just a famous Beatle, he was the social conscience of his generation," says Jeff Ayeroff, one of the album's executive producers. "By reinterpreting his music and reintroducing it to a new generation, we shine a light on the darkness that is Darfur. Yoko Ono's gift of John's music to Amnesty International, whose work points out the pain and injustice in the world, is a true beacon of light. Give peace a chance is all we are saying."
Winner of the 1977 Nobel Peace Prize, Amnesty International includes people from all walks of life taking action and is composed of more than 2.2 million human rights activists worldwide. Its members protect people wherever justice, freedom, truth and dignity are denied. Amnesty International investigates and exposes abuses, educates and mobilizes the public and helps transform societies to create a safer, more just world.
Amnesty International has a long history of activism involving musicians including 1988's worldwide Human Rights Now! Tour and 1998's Paris concert, which honored the 40th and 50th anniversaries of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, respectively. Collectively, the concerts featured performances by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Tracy Chapman, Youssou N'Dour, Alanis Morissette, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and Radiohead.
For more information about "Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur" or Amnesty International, please visit InstantKarma.org in the United States or www.amnesty.org/noise outside the United States.
Instant Karma - Save Darfur's Friend Space (Top 24)
Thanx for the add! This is a really wonderful album - my favs being "Nobody Told Me" by Big & Rich and "I'm Losing You" by Corinne Bailey-Rae! Regards from Austria, WolfGang
In 2004 the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum declared a genocide emergency for Darfur, Sudan. To date about 2,500,000 civilians have been driven from their homes, more than 300,000 people killed, and more than 1,600 villages destroyed by Sudanese government soldiers and government-backed militias. The crisis continues as thousands more die each month from the effects of inadequate food, water, health care, and shelter in a harsh desert environment.
Learn more about the genocide in Darfur and what you can do to help.
We criticize thought to establish economy and a race and religion on a person severely. We are powerless. Therefore support of somebody is necessary. When we become natural destruction, revolt development, the survival of the fittest, discrimination, a group level, I am light and cry in stupidity of the human doing murder. It is likely that the human changes in a low dimension still more. The thoughtful nation goes up and will let you spread to powerful power! Does a "white band" still last? Did it want to cause any action? The, do not forget an obedient, pure feeling in nature! You should not look away! The fight of the human is from this.
Peace is the prerequisite for solving the urgent problems of the world, because terror and war are the opposite of social progress.
Peace today – between countries and nations, between religions and between people of all colors – creates the foundation for future peace between neighbors and generations. Only in peace can we solve the problems that plague humankind today and will, in future. Only peace establishes the opportunity for a livable future for all.
Love and Peace
Wolfgang Hildebrandt World Peace Tour 4 Children, Washington DC International World Peace Tour, LLC New York
I think what all of us are doing is incredibly amazing. Especially the ones who dared to start trying to save Darfur. Keep up the good work, you all are doing a great job. truly- Crystal