Mogul SIMON COWELL spearheaded the globe-spanning project which features 21 of the planet's premier pop stars - and he gave me an exclusive listen early on Sunday.

The likes of KYLIE MINOGUE, MARIAH CAREY, JAMES BLUNT and ALEXANDRA BURKE all donated their time for free to record a cover of REM's moving Everybody Hurts.

And the results are impressive.

The effort has got the support of songwriter MICHAEL STIPE who said: "How could we not say yes to this appeal?

"We're honoured to play even a small role in trying to help."

In the slideshow above I exclusively reveal which lines each of the stars sing.

The ballad begins with a tender couplet from LEONA LEWIS before ROBBIE WILLIAMS brings it to a brilliant close five and a half minutes later.

In between there are contributions from a stellar line-up including ROD STEWART, CHERYL COLE, MIKA, GARY BARLOW and two of the JLS lads.

The recording was overseen by super-producer STEVE ROBSON, who has worked with TAKE THAT, and the project was pulled together in little over a week.

It is released next Sunday and I hope to see it at the upper end of the charts the following week.

Recording sessions took place last week in both London and Los Angeles.

Hairy angel SUSAN BOYLE, X Factor winner JOE McELDERRY, JAMES MORRISON and more laid down their vocals in England, while, in LA, Take That, Robbie and MILEY CYRUS recorded their lines.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has waived VAT on the single.

And Brit Awards bosses are discussing the song featuring in the February 16 bash in London.

Pre-order the Haiti single now from HMV by clicking on this link.

The song is available to download next Sunday and in the shops the day after.

The track will get its debut airing on radio breakfast shows nationwide tomorrow from 8am.

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I love it!!

Leona Lewis
When the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone,

Rod Stewart
When you’re sure you’ve had enough of this life, well hang on

Mariah Carey
Don’t let yourself go, ‘cause everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes

Cheryl Cole
Sometimes everything is wrong.

Mika
Now it’s time to sing along

Michael Buble
When your day is night alone,

Joe McElderry
(hold on, hold on)

Miley Cyrus
If you feel like letting go

James Blunt
If you think you’ve had too much of this, well hang on..

Gary Barlow
‘Cause everybody hurts..

Mark Owen
Take Comfort in your friends

Jon Bon Jovi
Don’t throw your hand

James Morrison
Don’t throw your hand

Alexandra Burke and James Morrison
If you feel like you’re alone, no, no, no, you are not alone

Susan Boyle
If you’re on your own in this life, the days and nights are long,

Aston Merrygold
When you think you’ve had too much of this life to

Marvin Humes
hang on

Shayne Filan
Well, everybody hurts sometimes,

Mark Feehily
Everybody cries

Kylie Minogue and Robbie Williams
And everybody hurts sometimes

(Song then shared between Robbie & Kylie)

The track, featuring the likes of Robbie Williams, 35, Kylie Minogue, 41, and Leona Lewis, 24, is expected to sell well over a million copies within days.

Online outlets like HMV, Amazon and Play claimed pre-orders went into “meltdown” after the song was heard for the first time yesterday.

HMV’s Gennaro Castaldo said: “We’re getting record levels of pre-orders for Everybody Hurts. It is well on course to become a million seller, easily the biggest selling single for a decade.”

A remake of REM’s hit, the song launched on radio breakfast shows across the UK and on the internet. It will be available for download on Sunday and in the shops the following day.

All the money raised will go to the Helping Haiti Fund.

Meanwhile, A-listers gathered at a Hollywood studio to record a version of We Are The World 25 years after the original.

Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, 60, penned the charity track which raised £38m for African famine victims.

Producers are toying with the idea of keeping Jacko’s original vocals on the new song.

This time, stars including Pink, 30, Enrique Iglesias, 34, The Jonas Brothers, Nicole Scherzinger, 31, and Wyclef Jean, 37, provided their vocals.

The video will be premiered in the US on February 12 during the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics.
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