The world's fastest-ever online download album.

In 2005, War Child talked to children in Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq about the problems growing up in a war zone. We discussed the limitations of safety, security, comfort and happiness: all the day-to-day things most young people in the UK take for granted. In fact we talked to children in the UK about this too. We asked them to tell us what we should do.
They simply said, 'You should do something amazing for these children, something they would never forget.'
That something is 'Help: A Day In The Life.'

'Help: A Day In The Life' has gathered together the best bands of this generation to take just one day of their time to record a new piece of music on 9 September 2005.
On that one single day, 20 of the UK's finest bands and artists went into studios across Europe to each produce a track for 'Help', the fastest-ever number one album recorded in British music history. That album, recorded for the War Child charity, raised more than £1.25 million to help children caught in the violence of the Bosnian war.

John Squire, who designed the album cover for the original Help album was also on board to lend his expertise once again.

The money raised from that single day helped enable War Child to carry out its work and support of children living with the effects of the war in Iraq, taking them away from the violence that dominates their day-to-day lives and help them onto a path to a brighter, more hopeful future.

The album was recorded and made available for purchase in just thirty hours. Recording began at 12pm BST on Thursday September 8, and was made available for purchase at around 18:10 on Friday September 9. NME made Help; A day in the life their compilation of the year.

Click here to see the track listing.

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