In an historic effort to mobilize activism around the human rights atrocities occurring in Darfur, Sudan, more than 50 international recording artists (see list below) and over 30 record labels have united behind Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur. The collection features iconic songs by legendary musician and peace activist John Lennon recorded by an array of best-selling artists and will be available for purchase both on CD and as digital downloads via online retailers on June 12, 2007.

Here is Green Day’s contribution — a cover of the song “Working Class Hero”:

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Disc One:
U2 — “Instant Karma”
R.E.M. — “#9 Dream”
Christina Aguilera — “Mother”
Aerosmith — “Give Peace A Chance”
Lenny Kravitz — “Cold Turkey”
Los Lonely Boys — “Whatever Gets You Thru the Night”
Corinne Bailey Rae — “I’m Losing You”
Jakob Dylan featuring Dhani Harrison — “Gimme Some Truth”
Jackson Browne — “Oh My Love”
Big & Rich — “Nobody Told Me”

Disc Two:
Green Day — “Working Class Hero”
Black Eyed Peas — “Power to the People”
Jack Johnson — “Imagine”
Snow Patrol — “Isolation”
Matisyahu — “Watching the Wheels”
Ben Harper — “Beautiful Boy”
Postal Service — “Grow Old With Me”
Jaguares — “Gimme Some Truth”
Avril Lavigne — “Imagine”
The Flaming Lips — “(Just Like) Starting Over”
Regina Spektor — “Real Love”

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