- Music
- 12 Jun 07
An album of John Lennon covers is set to be released to aid Amnesty International's efforts in the Dafur region of Sudan.
The album entitled 'Make Some Noise: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur' features covers from the likes of U2, REM, Green Day, Snow Patrol and The Cure.
The album also includes two versions of Lennon's 1971 classic 'Imagine' – one by Avril Lavigne and the other by Jack Johnson. This marks the first time that the Lennon estate has allowed the song to be covered.
Speaking about the decision, Yoko Ono said that she has turned down hundreds of requests throughout the years to have 'Imagine' covered but this time was different.
"The Amnesty International people brought this proposal to me and I responded very quickly because I had been doing some projects with them before that and had a very good feeling about them," she said. "So in this case it was a big 'Yes'."
The songs will be available to download through iTunes on June 12 with a 2-disc CD release planned for June 25. The full track listing is as follow:
Disc 1
U2 - 'Instant Karma'
R.E.M - '#9 Dream'
Christina Aguilera - 'Mother'
Aerosmith ft. Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars - 'Give Peace A Chance'
Lenny Kravitz - 'Cold Turkey'
The Cure - 'Love'
Corinne Bailey Rae - 'I'm Losing You'
Jakob Dylan ft. Dhani Harrison- TBC
Jackson Browne - 'Oh My Love'
The Raveonettes - 'One Day At A Time'
Avril Lavigne - 'Imagine'
Big & Rich - 'Nobody Told Me'
Eskimo Joe - 'Mind Games'
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'
The Postal Service - 'Grow Old With Me'
Jaguares - 'Gimme Some Truth'
The Flaming Lips - '(Just Like) Starting Over'
Jack Mannequin ft. Mick Fleetwood - 'God'
Duran Duran - 'Instant Karma'
A-ha - '#9 Dream'
Tokio Hotel - 'Instant Karma'
Regina Spektor - 'Real Love'
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Additional tracks available on iTunes:
Gavin Rossdale - 'Mind Games'
The Deftones - 'Jealous Guy'
Ben Jelen - 'Woman'
Meshell Nidegeocello - 'Imagine'
Rocky Dawuni - 'Well Well Well'
OAR - 'Borrowed Time'
Widespread Panic - 'Crippled Inside'
Emmanuel Jal - 'Mother'
Fab Faux - 'I Don't Wanna Face It'
Yellowcard - 'Oh My Love'