“I always said I could play great music from the ‘60s, in the ‘70s, ride in my car and see exactly what's going on in the music is still happening today,” Saadiq says. In singers Bonfyre and Masego’s heartfelt duet of Marvin Gaye’s “Mercy, Mercy Me”, the lyrics inspired by the destruction of the environment in 1971, ring true more than ever as climate change ravages the planet.Īnd women are only now starting to receive credit for their contributions to the world, Saadiq tells Global Citizen in regards to singers Tori Kelly and Jojo’s rendition of Aretha Franklin’s “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman”, which brought to mind his mother’s experience as a Black woman in the South in the ‘30s. Singers Jordin Sparks and MILCK’s soulful spin on the Beatles’ “Come Together”, originally written for presidential candidate Timothy Leary’s 1969 campaign, continues to send a unifying message amid the global COVID-19 pandemic. When Grammy award-winning artist Raphael Saadiq executive produced Global Citizen’s STAND UP album, he wasn’t surprised that the cover songs selected to appear still resonate in 2020. Artists from around the world are joining together to celebrate activists and leaders who are dedicated to creating a more sustainable world. Influential people have an opportunity to use their platforms to support the United Nations Global Goals agenda to end extreme poverty.
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