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young soul rebels

The award winning charity War Child has teamed up with Island Records and the very best urban talent around to produce the epic new single I Got Soul, in support of children ravaged by war around the world.

Young Soul Rebels is the collective of young UK urban artists who came together in July this year to record the charity single I Got Soul, a new and re-written version of the stirring Killers track All These Things That I’ve Done, at Metropolis Studios in London.

Among the featured artists on the new single are, N-Dubz, Tinchy Stryder, Pixie Lott, Frankmusik, Chipmunk, V.V. Brown, Ironik, Bashy, Mpho, McLean, Kid British, Egypt, Domino Go and London Community Gospel Choir.

The track is produced by Frazer T Smith who has already had phenomenal success this year producing hits for Tinchy Stryder and James Morrison.

The track, based around the hook line ‘I Got Soul, But I’m Not A Soldier,’ will undoubtedly become an anthem this autumn, and will throw the spotlight on the vital work War Child does with ex-child soldiers and those who suffer from the tragic effects of war around the world.

The Young Soul Rebels project was ignited just hours after the close of the Brit Awards in February, at the War Child after-party. The biggest pop acts in the world; Coldplay, U2 and Take That joined The Killers on stage for a celebratory chorus, chanting ‘I got soul, but I’m not a solider’ to an audience of just 2,000.The next day, Bono told Radio One: “That chant, ‘I’ve got soul, but I’m not a soldier’, has a whole new meaning when there is a War Child banner behind your head…”

As one of the artists involved in the project Frankmusic says, “War Child is a voice for those who didn’t know they needed one.”

I Got Soul is available as a download or on CD and is released on October 19th on Island Records.

About War Child

War Child is an international children’s charity working in some of the world’s most dangerous war zones including Iraq, Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. It has an already impressive and proud history of brilliant projects in music. The amazing support of artists including U2, Paul McCartney, Oasis, David Bowie and the Killers, has enabled War Child to carry out its vital work in the world’s most brutal war zones. 300,000 children are currently involved in wars around the world as soldiers, cooks, porters, spies and sex slaves. War Child and its music projects work to do something about this.