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Eagles Of Death Metal charity covers campaign begins

By | Published on Wednesday 2 December 2015

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Eagles Of Death Metal have expanded on their proposal – first made in the band’s interview with Vice last week – that other artists cover their song ‘I Love You All The Time’. The idea is that all publishing royalties they receive from any covers made will be donated to the families of victims of the recent attacks in Paris.

In a letter, published by Rolling Stone, the band say: “Hello talented friend, The senseless and violent terrorist attacks of 13 Nov 2015 in Paris have left us all unsettled and we dare not give another second of precious time to those who have tried to steal our freedoms and take away our power. Instead, we are writing to ask for your help to Play It Forward. We are calling upon our friends to donate their time, talent and good will in a show of solidarity to help the victims of these atrocious acts in Paris and those affected by terrorism worldwide”.

“We are asking for you to cover our song ‘I Love You All The Time'”, they continue. “For every cover sold, we pledge to donate 100% of the publishing income to The Sweet Stuff Foundation. We ask that you also donate the money generated from sales of the song to the charity. In the same spirit, we would encourage you to offer one of your songs up to be covered by another artist, and follow suit – donate the publishing monies to charity – The Play It Forward Initiative”.

The Sweet Stuff Foundation is a charity that offers assistance to career musicians, recording engineers and their families struggling with illness and disability. It has pledged to pass on all donations received before 31 Dec this year to the victims of the Paris attacks and their families.

The band added that they “will call upon iTunes, Tidal, Amazon, Spotify and all others who will sell these covers, to join us and donate their portions to a charity as a symbol of unity”.

First up is a version of the song by The Dean Ween Group, which you can listen to here:



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