John Lennon Cover Compilation Out Today

Today, Warner Brothers releasted Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur, a compilation featuring 23 John Lennon covers in genres varying so wildly that each contribution is initially stranger to imagine (ba dum CHA!) than the next. On the two-disc compilation you can find U2, R.E.M., Green Day, Avril Lavigne, Christina Aguilera, Los Lonely Boys, The Flaming Lips and Aerosmith.

Plus, for the rest of the day, 11 bonus tracks are available on iTunes from the likes of Duran Duran, Deftones and Gavin Rossdale. If that’s somehow still not enough, there’s an additional promotional dealie involving “exclusive access” to two more versions of “Imagine” by Josh Groban and Afro Reggae. Jack Johnson does the version on the actual CD (remember the actual CD? way back in the first paragraph?)

Yoko Ono donated the songs’ rights for the album, which will raise money for Amnesty International’s efforts to mobilize activism in Darfur.

"John Lennon was not just a famous Beatle, he was the social conscience of his generation," executive producer Jeff Ayeroff has stated. "By reinterpreting his music and reintroducing itto a new generation, we shine a light on the darkness that is Darfur.”

The full track-listing for Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur is as follows:

Disc One:

U2 - "Instant Karma"
R.E.M. - "#9 Dream"
Christina Aguilera - "Mother"
Aerosmith featuring Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars - "Give Peace A Chance"
Lenny Kravitz - "Cold Turkey"
Los Lonely Boys - "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night"
Corinne Bailey Rae - "I'm Losing You"
Jakob Dylan featuring Dhani Harrison -- "Gimme Some Truth"
Jackson Browne - "Oh My Love"
Avril Lavigne - "Imagine"
Big & Rich - "Nobody Told Me"
Youssou N'Dour - "Jealous Guy"

Disc Two:

Green Day - "Working Class Hero"
Black Eyed Peas - "Power to the People"
Jack Johnson - "Imagine"
Ben Harper - "Beautiful Boy"
Snow Patrol- "Isolation"
Matisyahu - "Watching the Wheels"
The Postal Service - "Grow Old With Me"
Jaguares - "Gimme Some Truth"
The Flaming Lips - "(Just Like) Starting Over"
Jack's Mannequin featuring Mick Fleetwood - "God"
Regina Spektor - "Real Love"

Exclusive Digital Tracks:

Duran Duran - "Instant Karma"
Deftones - "Jealous Guy"
Gavin Rossdale - "Mind Games"
Yellowcard - "Oh, My Love"
Widespread Panic - "Crippled Inside"
O.A.R. - "Borrowed Time"
Ben Jelen - "Woman"
Me'Shell Ndegeocello - "Imagine"
Rocky Dawuni - "Well, Well, Well"
Emmanuel Jal - "Mother"
The Fab Faux - "I Don't Wanna To Face It"