More record breaking attempts for you now. Which is good, I'm trying to break the record for most stories written in a week about people trying to break records.
This time it's an indie band called The Elusive* who are attempting the record breaking. They are hoping to release a single featuring 40,000 backing singers from all over the world. Obviously they're not expecting all 40,000 singers to rock up to a studio in Camden, rather they want people to join in on the chorus to their song 'Arrest The President(s)' by sending in their rendition of it via mobile or the net. Everyone's contributions will then be laid into the mix. About 4000 people have apparently already sent in their vocals, including The Magic Numbers and Sway, and if you want to join in you should go to this here website - http://www.arrestthepresidents.com - before 27 May. Fingers crossed they'll get enough participants to break the record. Whether they'll get enough to lead to the arrest of any presidents, I don't know.
Commenting on the project, the band's Mark Biddiss told CMU: ''The song is not an anarchic statement or a protest song. It's a simple impassioned plea for change and peace in our lifetime! The message is that the world's leaders need to be held legally accountable for their actions. This message seems to have already hit a nerve with the people who have pledged their support by singing on it. Ultimately, this song could have as many as 40,000 people worldwide singing on its chorus. We've already spoken to the Guinness Book of Records and they are really excited by it - they actually encouraged us to release the song as a single".
With that in mind, a single will be released on 8 Jul in aid of SOS Children, the world's largest charity for orphaned or abandoned children who have lost family through war and famine.