Hello and welcome to another edition of Celebrities That Care, where we get to show you a well-meaning all-star charity song gone horribly awry. This time, What’s Going On by Artists Against AIDS Worldwide.
In Marvin Gaye‘s voice, with the luxury of historical context behind him, What’s Going On was a landmark single – a sombre yet heartfelt plea for common sense in the midst of the Vietnam war. Strangely enough, when Bono cobbled together a gang of singers ranging from Britney Spears to the bloke out of Staind to do an all-star charity cover version, that message got a tiny bit muddled.
