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. This release includes a 50-minute behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of the album, which highlights the remarkable speed with which these artists came together to support such a worthy cause.

Track listing

1. "Wake Up Everybody
   Wake Up Everybody (song)
   "Wake Up Everybody" was covered in 1995 by British singer Sonia. It was produced by Steve Levine for fourth studio album Love Train - The Philly Album . The song was released as the album's first and final single. This single has two B-sides - "Show You the Way to Go" and "Nowhere Left to Hide"....
   
   " - Various Artists
2. "Give Peace a Chance 2004" - Yoko Ono
   Yoko Ono
   is a Japanese artist, musician, author and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon...
   
   
3. "Why the Fighting" - Ellie Lawson
4. "Talking About a Revolution
   Talkin' 'bout a Revolution
   "Talkin' 'Bout a Revolution" is the second single from African American contemporary folk artist Tracy Chapman. The politically aware song failed to replicate the success of its predecessor, "Fast Car", and peaked at #75 in the United States...
   
   " - Ben Jelen
   Ben Jelen
   Ben Jelen is a Scottish-born American singer-songwriter who plays the piano, violin, and guitar. He has lived in Scotland, England, Texas, New Jersey and New York. His career has been characterized by near-stardom, with his debut album, Give It All Away peaking at #113 on the Billboard 200 list...
   
   
5. "Hell to Pay" - Bonnie Raitt
   Bonnie Raitt
   Bonnie Lynn Raitt is an American blues singer-songwriter and a renowned slide guitar player. During the 1970s, Raitt released a series of acclaimed roots-influenced albums which incorporated elements of blues, rock, folk and country, but she is perhaps best known for her more commercially...
   
   
6. "Freedom" - Jurassic 5
   Jurassic 5
   Jurassic 5 was an American alternative hip hop group formed in 1993 from members of two previous groups, Rebels of Rhythm and Unity Committee by rappers Charles Stewart , Dante Givens , Courtenay Henderson , Marc Stuart , and disc jockeys Mark Potsic and Lucas Macfadden...
   
   
7. "Fear" - Lenny Kravitz
   Lenny Kravitz
   Leonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitz is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and arranger, whose "retro" style incorporates elements of rock, soul, R&B, funk, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, folk and ballads...
   
   
8. "Raise This Land" - Freckles featuring Res and Mystic
   Mystic (singer)
   Mystic is a hip hop artist hailing from the San Francisco Bay Area. Raised by her mother , she lived in rural California, Hawaii, and Oregon before settling in her eventual home base, Oakland, California.Early on in her musical career, she collaborated with fellow female producer The Angel and...
   
   
9. "Get It Together" - Seal
   Seal (musician)
   Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel , known simply as Seal, is a British soul and R&B singer-songwriter, of Nigerian and Brazilian background. Seal has won numerous music awards throughout his career, including three Brit Awards—winning Best British Male in 1992, four Grammy Awards, and an...
   
   
10. "Time in Babylon" - Emmylou Harris
    Emmylou Harris
    Emmylou Harris is an American singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other artists including...
    
    
11. "This Land Is Your Land" - Everclear
    Everclear (band)
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12. "Right on Time" - O.A.R.
    O.A.R.
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13. "Speak No Evil" - Mr. North
14. "The Wind" - Matt Nathanson
    Matt Nathanson
    Matt Nathanson is an American singer-songwriter whose work is a blend of folk and rock music. In addition to singing, he plays acoustic and electric guitar, and has played both solo and with a full band. His work includes the platinum-selling song "Come On Get Higher".-Early life and college...
    
    
15. "One Sound" - TLK, Lady Saw, Wayne Wonder, Don Yute and Farena
16. "Change the World
    Change the World
    "Change the World" is a song written by Tommy Sims, Gordon Kennedy and Wayne Kirkpatrick which was recorded by Eric Clapton with backing by Babyface for the soundtrack of the 1996 film Phenomenon. The song won Grammy Awards for Record of the Year, Song of the Year , as well as Best Male Pop Vocal...
    
    " - Eric Clapton
    Eric Clapton
    Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...
    
     & Babyface
17. Making of Wake Up Everybody