War Child:Heroes brings together 15 of the hottest contemporary artists in the music industry to record cover versions of classic tracks by 15 musical legends who have collectively sold more than 1.4 billion albums.

This is War Chid's fifth album and since we released Help! back in 1995 we've been lucky enough to count on the support of the finest musicians on the planet.

Find out more about the 15 artists and the classic track and music legend they have covered for the 'Heroes' album:

In devising the concept behind this album - inviting musical legends to place their faith in the next generation – we sought to mirror War Child’s work. We feel the reaction was fittingly awesome.

David Bowie and Sir Paul McCartney were the first legends to lend their support and they selected two of 2008’s most acclaimed artists: Welsh singer Duffy, whose debut album 'Rockferry’ has sold 4m copies and marked her out as one of the year’s freshest talents; and New York art-rock outfit TV On The Radio, the coolest, most critically-lauded act of the year thanks to their outstanding album ‘Dear Science’.

These first selections would set a sharp template and a high bar. The rest of our stellar cast were not far behind in coming on board and their nominations did not disappoint. The pairings would throw up some astonishing, historic moments. 

The album's artwork was painted by former Stone Roses guitarist John Squire.

It was inspired by pictures drawn by the children that War Child works with. John has been a long-time supporter of War Child and he also designed the covers for our 'Help' and 'Help! A Day in the Life' albums.