Everybody Hurts (official video) Helping Haiti
10:57 February 07, 2010
Music
HopeForHaitiNow2010
Behind the scenes on Haiti single - See Leona Lewis, Cheryl Cole and co in action as they record Everybody Hurts.
Helping Haiti - Hear Sun single as stars join forces to help devastated country.
Various Artists sing a cover of REM's Everybody Hurts for charity. http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/13525228/Everybody-Hurts-Charity-Single-For-The-Haiti-Earthquake-Appeal/Product.html
Singers on the track include: Miley Cyrus, Leona Lewis, Mariah Carey, Robbie Williams, Jon Bon Jovi, Rod Stewart, Kylie Minogue, Take That, Joe McElderry, JLS, Mika, Cheryl Cole, Michael Buble, James Blunt, Susan Boyle, Westlife, James Morrison. http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=313053&WT.ac=tcg_home_290110_haitireliefsingle
LYRICS:
Leona Lewis:
When the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone,
Rod Stewart:
When youre sure youve had enough of this life, well hang on
Mariah Carey:
Dont let yourself go, cause everybody cries and everybody hurts
Cheryl Cole:
Sometimes.... sometimes everything is wrong.
Mika:
Now its 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 youve had too much of this life, well hang on..
Gary Barlow:
Cause everybody hurts..
Mark Owen:
Take Comfort in your friends
Jon Bon Jovi:
Dont throw your hand, oh no
James Morrison:
Dont throw your hand.
If you feel like youre alone, no, no, no, you are not alone
Susan Boyle:
If youre on your own in this life, the days and nights are long,
Aston Merrygold:
When you think youve had too much of this life to...
Marvin Humes:
...hang on
Shane Filan:
Everybody hurts, sometimes,
Mark Feehily:
Everybody cries
Kylie Minogue:
And everybody hurts... sometimes
Robbie Williams:
And everybody hurts... sometimes, so hold on, hold on
Everyone:
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, repeat to fade...
THE Sun's Helping Haiti single will get a global release after demand from music fans around the world. The single will be released for download on 7th February and the CD will be released on 8th February.
The haunting version of REM's Everybody Hurts, featuring 21 stars including Leona Lewis and
Take That, will be available as a download worldwide from Sunday.
The track - also boasting Susan Boyle, Robbie Williams, Cheryl Cole and Rod Stewart - got its first
airing on UK radio yesterday.
And it won wide acclaim - with more celebrities urging people to buy the single.
Fans included REM frontman Michael Stipe, who co-wrote the classic.
He said: "We are thrilled the song can help. Thanks from us to everyone involved and everyone who
donates."
Chris Evans was one of the first to broadcast the single, on his Radio 2 Breakfast Show.
He said: "I was moved and impressed by the quality of such a speedily put together piece of work."
Radio 5 rival Nicky Campbell said: "It's lovely", while Radio 1's Greg James commented: "It's a
classic song and nice to hear so many great artists."
TV's Myleene Klass said: "Please buy the Helping Haiti single." Vinnie Jones said: "I hope people
make the track a massive hit."
Mariah Carey, who appears early in the song, said: "I hope Everybody Hurts helps to raise a very
large amount of funds."
Richard and Judy called it "a triumph of organisation and rapid response".
Mika, another of the song's contributors, said: "It sounds fantastic, and I hope the public will
support it." The Sugababes added: "We love the single."
Everybody Hurts - masterminded by Simon Cowell - can be pre-ordered from http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/13525228/Everybody-Hurts-Charity-Single-For-The-Haiti-Earthquake-Appeal/Product.html and http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=313053&WT.ac=tcg_home_290110_haitireliefsingle A major earthquake struck southern Haiti on Tuesday (12 January 2010), knocking down buildings and power lines and inflicting new misery on the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation. THOUSANDS of people were feared dead today after a major earthquake hit Caribbean island Haiti.
The massive quake - 7.3 on the Richter scale - has destroyed thousands of buildings in the impoverished country.
Dead and injured people lay in the streets after the quake - the strongest to hit the island in 200 years - and thousands of survivors gathered in public places.
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