We’re guessing that when producers said to legendary REM front man Michael Stipe “Hey, listen, we want to put together a we are the world style cover of ‘Everybody Hurts’ for the victims of Haiti. Oh, yeah, we’re gonna have Miley Cyrus and Susan Boyle sing on it by the way. Whaddya think?”
On the one hand, Stipe was probably happy that his iconic melody would be used to raise money for one of the worst natural tragedies ever. But you know, somewhere deep down inside that fuzzy, giant skull of his, he had to have the least bit of regret for writing the saddest “don’t kill yourself” tune of all time.
Here is the single, available for download next Sunday, which also features Leona Lewis, Mariah Carey, Cheryl Cole, Mika, Michael Buble, James Blunt, Jon Bon Jovi, Kylie Minogue, Robbie Williams, and a bunch of British people you haven’t heard of.
(via ONTD)
