Songs to Heal the World Trivia Quiz

Answer: Famine in Ethiopia

Although not the first purpose-made charity single (this honour goes to George Harrison's 1971 single "Bangladesh", which was released to raise funds following the 1970 Bhola cyclone and the Bangladesh Liberation War), Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" certainly started the charity single revolution, which has sustained to this day.

Recorded in just one day by a supergroup of mainly British and Irish pop stars gathered together by Bob Geldof of the Boomtown Rats and Midge Ure of Ultravox, "Do They Know It's Christmas?" was the UK number one single for five weeks, and claimed Christmas number one in 1984.

The single raised £8 million for the victims of famine in Ethiopia within twelve months of release.

Answer: Sport Aid (African famine relief)

English pop rock band Tears for Fears originally released "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" in 1985, but re-recorded the song as "Everybody Wants to Run the World" in 1986 as the theme song for that year's Sport Aid campaign.

A sport-themed campaign to raise funds for African famine relief, Sport Aid raised $37 million.

A second Sport Aid event was held in 1988, with Status Quo releasing a re-recording of their 1977 cover of John Fogerty's "Rockin' All Over the World" entitled "Running All Over the World".

Answer: ChildLine

"With a Little Help from My Friends" was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and was originally released in 1967 as the second single from the Beatles' album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band".

Fronted by Marti Pellow, Scottish soft rock band Wet Wet Wet released their cover of the song in 1988, with proceeds from the sale going to support Childline, a counselling service for children and young people set up in 1986 by English journalist and television presenter Dame Esther Rantzen.

Answer: Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund

Also known as "Goodbye England's Rose", "Candle in the Wind 1997" is a re-written and re-recorded version of Elton John's 1974 single "Candle in the Wind".

Whereas the original version honoured American actress, model and singer Marilyn Monroe, the 1997 version was specifically re-written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin as a tribute to their good friend Diana, Princess of Wales who died in a car crash in Paris that year.

Global proceeds from the song went towards the many charities and good causes Diana supported and championed whilst she was alive.

Answer: 9/11 charities

Whitney Houston worked with conductor John Clayton and music coordinator Rickey Minor to create her rendition of the national anthem of the United States of America.

Having performed her version at Super Bowl XXV, which took place ten days into the Persian Gulf War, Houston subsequently released the song as a single following demand from the public to buy it, with all profits going to the American Red Cross Gulf Crisis Fund.

Following the September 11, 2001 attacks, the single was re-released, with profits going towards 9/11 charities to support the firefighters and victims of the terrorist attacks.

Answer: Comic Relief

Originally written as a country and western themed song by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield, "Is This the Way to Amarillo?" was first released in 1971 as a big-band/orchestral pop arrangement by English singer Tony Christie, becoming a major European hit.

Christie teamed up with English comedian Peter Kay to re-release the song in 2005 to raise money for the annual British charity event Comic Relief, which helps people in need in Britain and around the world.

Answer: HIV/AIDS

In support of her SING Campaign, which aims to raise funds and awareness for issues surrounding HIV/AIDS, Scottish singer Annie Lennox enlisted the help of Madonna and numerous other popular singers of the time, including Anastacia, Celine Dion, Pink, and Shakira, to record the 2007 song "Sing".

The following quote from Lennox herself appears on the cover of the single - "Several years ago, I personally witnessed Nelson Mandela standing in front of his former prison cell on Robben Island, addressing the world's press. His message was that the pandemic of HIV/AIDS in Africa was, in fact, a genocide. Since that time I resolved to do as much as I can to bring attention to the HIV/AIDS crisis."

Answer: Stand Up to Cancer

An all-female charity supergroup consisting of, amongst others, Beyonce, Rihanna, Miley Cyrus, Leona Lewis, and Mariah Carey got together to perform the song "Just Stand Up!" during the "Stand Up to Cancer" telethon on September 5th 2008.

The single, which was was co-produced by Antonio "L.A." Reid and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, had been released a few weeks before, and was re-released following the telethon including the audio of the live performance.

Stand Up To Cancer has raised hundreds of millions of dollars since its inception, with the funds being distributed by the American Association for Cancer Research.

Answer: Haiti earthquake relief

"Everybody Hurts" was originally released by the US rock band R.E.M. in 1992 on their eighth studio album "Automatic for the People", and was subsequently released as a single in its own right the following year.

The song was re-released as a charity single in 2010 by Helping Haiti, a collaboration of artists gathered by record executive Simon Cowell which included, amongst many others, Rod Stewart, Kylie Minogue, Mariah Carey, and Jon Bon Jovi.

Proceeds from the sale of the single went to help victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, which affected an estimated three million people.

Answer: Climate change

Better known by his stage name Lil Dicky, American rapper, comedian and actor David Andrew Burd enlisted the support of 30 vocalists, including Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Ed Sheeran and Katy Perry to record and release the 2019 charity single "Earth".

Proceeds from the single have been donated to various organisations that are working to fight the climate crisis.

Leonardo DiCaprio, who is one of the most active celebrities in the climate change movement, also provides vocals on the single, and appears as an animated version of himself in the accompanying music video.