The Simon Cowell Haiti benefit single will be available for download from Sunday, February 7th but we give you a sneak preview of the song here.
The all-star rendition features the big names in music, Mariah Carey, Robbie Williams, Leona Lewis, Susan Boyle, Rod Stewart, Jon Bon Jovi, Miley Cyrus and others. The single is expected to sell over a million copies within days of release and is likely to be the top download in the UK in 2010.
“We’re getting record levels of pre-orders for "Everybody Hurts". It is well on course to become a million seller, easily the biggest selling single for a decade,” the Daily Star quoted HMV’s Gennaro Castaldo as saying. Cowell’s version sticks pretty close to the 1992 original with all the stars involved each singing a line from the R.E.M. classic.
With Cowell’s involvement, “Everybody Hurts” is aimed more at a British audience than an American one, as several contestants from Cowell’s UK shows like The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent make appearances, including Joe McElderry and X Factor judge Cheryl Cole, Robbie Williams, JLS and Westlife.
Rounding out Cowell’s crew are Mika, Kylie Minogue, James Morrison, Michael Buble and James Blunt.
Curious to hear the song? Listen to it here:







The song, recorded in London and Los Angeles, can already be ordered online at hmv.com, play.com, and amazon.co.uk, and the money raised goes to the Helping Haiti fund.
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