When “Stand By Me” Travels Around the World

in Music, Video - Arts & Culture | January 13th, 2009 8 Comments

What happens when you take Ben King’s 1961 hit, Stand By Me, and then travel around the world, having different international artists offer their own interpretations, and finally you stitch them all together in one seamless tune?  The clip below starts in California, moves to New Orleans, then heads off to Amsterdam, France, Brazil, Moscow, Venezuala, South Africa and beyond. And I’m willing to bet that you’ll like how it turns out.  The clip comes from the documentary, ”Playing For Change: Peace Through Music.” Thanks Jillian for the heads up on this one, and, you guessed it, this one’s added to our YouTube Favorites.


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  1. Tom says . . . | January 18, 2009 / 11:39 am

    WOW!

  2. The Best of Open Culture 2009 | Open Culture says . . . | December 29, 2009 / 10:20 pm

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  4. Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song” Travels Around the World | Open Culture says . . . | February 9, 2011 / 3:16 am

    [...] for Change, a media project launched by music producer Mark Johnson, rolled out a video featuring a global cast of musicians performing Ben King’s Stand by Me. To date, the video has clocked more than 28,000,000 views on YouTube, and the song later appeared [...]

  5. Bob Marely tribute – Redemption song « Lovesome says . . . | February 10, 2011 / 1:30 pm

    [...] for Change, a media project launched by music producer Mark Johnson, rolled out a video featuring a global cast of musicians performing Ben King’s Stand by Me. To date, the video has clocked more than 28,000,000 views on YouTube, and the song later appeared [...]

  6. Emmi Bances says . . . | April 19, 2011 / 9:54 am

    Ohh….kool video….awesome.

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  7. Gimme Shelter: The International Edition | Open Culture says . . . | June 4, 2011 / 12:48 pm

    [...] in this video produced by PlayingforChange, the same folks who brought you wonderful versions of Stand By Me and Bob Marley’s Redemption Song. Musicians from India, Italy, Jamaica, Brazil, Mali, Sierra [...]

  8. Jovan says . . . | June 8, 2011 / 3:56 pm

    Ironic. Youtube tells me the video is not available in my country (Germany).

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