| Kanye
West, Lionel Richie, and Others Join Lineup For Obama CD
By
The Associated Press
NEW
YORK — Barack Obama's presidential campaign,
which has inspired a multitude of songs by stars and amateurs
alike, is now getting an official soundtrack.
Yes
We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement, which takes
its title from an Obama campaign slogan, features Kanye West,
John Legend, Sheryl Crow, Stevie Wonder and others. It will
be available for sale exclusively through Obama's campaign
starting Friday.
Proceeds
from the CD ($24.99 for a digital download, $30 for a physical
product) will help fund Obama's campaign until Nov. 4, Election
Day, according Hidden Beach Recordings, which created the
CD.
While
most of the songs on the disc have been previously released
— such as John Mayer's Waiting On the World to Change
and Stevie Wonder's classic Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours—
a few of the songs are new, including John Legend's Pride in
the Name of Love and Promised Land, a song by Malik Yusef featuring
Kanye West and Adam Levine of Maroon 5.
The Yes
We Can CD is only the latest musical project inspired by Obama.
Earlier this year, an all-star music video featuring Legend,
Scarlet Johansson, Kate Walsh, Common, and others, led by
the Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am and titled Yes We Can, became
a viral sensation, garnering millions of views on the Internet.
Will.i.am followed that up with another celebrity-filled video,
We Are The Ones.
There
also have been songs by amateurs posted regularly on YouTube.com,
while other celebrities — including Jay Jay French of
Twisted Sister — have sung Obama-inspired songs. Recently,
Dave Stewart debuted his own all-star video, American Prayer,
which featured Whoopi Goldberg, Barry Manilow, Forest Whitaker
and Cyndi Lauper.
While
Republican presidential candidate John McCain has had songs
penned for him, such as Lead the Way by a lawyer named Judd
Kessler, he has not inspired the same groundswell of musical
support.
The McCain
camp said it had no plans to release a CD of its own and greeted
news of Obama's with a dig. "It's ironic that on a day
when the economy is in turmoil, Barack Obama fails to release
an economic plan, but instead chooses a celebrity rock album,"
said spokesman Tucker Bounds.
Obama
said Friday he was holding off on detailing his plans for
the nation's credit crisis because he did not want to risk
roiling the markets at such a sensitive time.
After
the election, the CD is due to be released through other outlets.
The track
listing is as follows
1. Eternity
- Lionel Richie
2. Signed
Sealed Delivered - Stevie Wonder
3. Waiting
On The World To Change - John Mayer
4. American
Prayer - Dave Stewart
5. Battle
Cry - Shontelle
6. Make
It Better - Los Lonely Boys
7. Pride
In The Name Of Love - John Legend
8. I Have
A Dream - BeBe Winans
9. Am
I All Alone - Suai
10. One
Is The Magic # - Jill Scott
11. Love
& Hope - Ozomatli
12. Looking
East - Jackson Browne
13. Out
of Our heads - Sheryl Crow
14. Promised
Land - Malik Yusef with Kanye West and Adam Levine of Maroon
5
15. Hold
On - Yolanda Adams
16. America
The Beautiful - Keb’ Mo’
17. America
- Ken Stacey
18. Wide
River - Buddy Miller
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