New War Child Compilation Boasts Heavyweight Line-Up

Beck, TVOTR, Hot Chip, Elbow, Franz and YYYs all on board

The War Child’s charity’s latest fundraising album has thrown up an impressive cast of artists and some intriguing cover versions. For the album, entitled Heroes, the charity invited 15 legends of music to nominate one of their classic tracks, along with a new act that they’d like to have cover it. The resultant track list, announced this week, will feature Beck covering Dylan, TV On The Radio doing Bowie and Hot Chip having a go at Joy Division, amongst others. The album is released on February 16 through Parlophone. Full track list after the jump:

01 Beck: Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Bob Dylan)
02 Scissor Sisters: Do The Strand (Roxy Music)
03 Lily Allen ft. Mick Jones: Straight to Hell (The Clash)
04 Duffy: Live and Let Die (Paul McCartney)
05 Elbow: Running to Stand Still (U2)
06 TV on the Radio: ‘Heroes’ (David Bowie)
07 Hot Chip: Transmission (Joy Division)
08 The Kooks: Victoria (Kinks)
09 Estelle: Superstition (Stevie Wonder)
10 Rufus Wainwright: Wonderful / Song for Children (Brian Wilson)
11 Peaches: Search and Destroy (The Stooges)
12 The Hold Steady: Atlantic City (Bruce Springsteen)
13 The Like: You Belong to Me (Elvis Costello)
14 Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Sheena Is a Punk Rocker (Ramones)
15 Franz Ferdinand: Call Me (Blondie)

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