June 12, 2007 12:10

U2 and Green Day appear on John Lennon charity album

The record will benefit Darfur

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U2 and Green Day are among the artists who have recorded covers of John Lennon tracks which will appear on a charity compilation to benefit Darfur.

The album will also feature contributions from the likes of REM, The Cure and Avril Lavigne.

’Make Some Noise: The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur’ will be released on June 12 exclusively through iTunes, with 98 per cent of the profits going to Amnesty International. A physical release of the album will follow on June 25.

Speaking about the album Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono said: “We’re thrilled to be using John Lennon’s songs in our human rights work.”

The tracklisting is:

Disc 1[B]
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'

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'