Artists United for Nature

Artists United for Nature
General information
origin	Munich , Germany
Genre (s)	Pop rock
founding	1989
Founding members
Curtis Briggs
Keyboard	Harold Faltermeyer
singing	Chris Thompson
Singing , flute	Ian Anderson
singing	Carol Decker
singing	Herbie Hancock
singing	Stevie Lange
singing	Maggie Reilly
singing	Stefan Zauner
singing	Sandra
singing	Richard Page
singing	Chaka Khan
singing	Joe Cocker († 2014)
singing	Tommy Johnson not to be confused with Tommy Johnson
Lead guitar , vocals	Brian May
singing	Jennifer Rush
singing	Michael McDonald

Artists United for Nature was a benefit project initiated by the music producer Curtis Briggs. With the single Yes We Can released in November 1989 , money was raised for the preservation of the rainforest . The song was written by Harold Faltermeyer and Chris Thompson ( Manfred Mann's Earth Band ), who together with Curtis Briggs also acted as producers.

The cast consisted of Ian Anderson ( Jethro Tull ), Carol Decker ( T'Pau ), Herbie Hancock , Stevie Lange , Maggie Reilly , Chris Thompson , Stefan Zauner ( Münchner Freiheit ), Sandra , Richard Page ( Mr. Mister ), Chaka Khan , Harold Faltermeyer, Joe Cocker , Tommy Johnson , Brian May ( Queen ), Jennifer Rush and Michael McDonald .

The single was released on Virgin Records as a 7``, 12 '' and maxi CD. In total there were four different versions, which differed only in the singing and the use of natural sounds. A video was also shot.

Yes We Can remained the project's only single. It was re-released in 1992 under the title Earthrise - The Rainforest Single .

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1989	Yes we can	DE15 (14 weeks) DE	AT27 (1 week) AT	CH4 (14 weeks) CH	-	-

Web links

• Artists United for Nature at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Artists united for Nature - Yes we can - Music itself. Retrieved December 15, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Chart sources:
   • Officialcharts.de (DE)
   • Austriancharts.at (AT)
   • hitparade.ch (CH)