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25年前，舞韻合唱團(Eurythmics)的蘇格蘭女主唱安妮‧藍妮克絲(Annie Lennox)，以〝甜蜜夢幻(Sweet Dreams,Are Made of This)〞一曲，獲得廣大樂迷的支持。今年53歲的安妮‧藍妮克絲，最近推出她個人的最新單曲〝sing 唱歌〞，希望能像當年一樣造成熱烈回響。這首單曲還邀集了麥當娜(Madonna)、席琳‧迪翁(Celine Dion)與紅粉佳人(Pink)等23位知名女藝人一同獻聲，要為艾滋病防治慈善機構TAC募款並提高其知名度。

其實 “sing”這首單曲早在2006年12月就已經發行過了，不過藍妮克絲希望新版的”sing”，能夠凸顯出南非艾滋病目前的真實情況，也因此在去年夏天時，藍妮克絲到南非小鎮取景拍攝了”sing”這首單曲的音樂錄影帶。

藍妮克絲說：「在八零年代時，我曾經創作過” Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves(姊姊妹妹站起來)”這首歌。這是一首非常有名、強調兩性平權的歌曲。因此，我嘗試以另一種風格，再為女性創作一首讚揚的歌曲。然後我開始寫歌，最後寫成了 ”sing” 這首單曲。單曲中，有部份融入南非當地一個藝人團體，為防治艾滋病而創作的歌曲」【shows 2】

本月份時，“sing”這首單曲在BBC的年度體育慈善活動(Sports Relief campaign)中播出，並且在美體小舖(Body Shop)的通路販售，而這也是美體小舖首次販賣音樂類型的商品。

去年藍妮克絲發行了她個人第四張音樂大碟”全面解構(Songs of Mass Destruction)”，全球熱賣超過75萬張。藍妮克絲個人認為把歌手與社會運動者兩種身份結合在一塊的生活，別具意義。除了支持艾滋病防治慈善機構TAC外，藍妮克絲也為聯合國兒童基金會(UNICEF)效力，而在今年年初時，她更協助聾耳慈善機構”聽見世界(Hear the World)” 的創立。

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※ The original article was taken from Reuters Website.  ( 原文取自路透社網站 )




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INTRO: Campaigning singer Annie Lennox hopes her new single 'Sing' will raise the profile of a pioneering AIDS campaign in Africa.  Eurythmics singer Annie Lennox has released a single to raise money for an HIV treatment charity. 


STORY: Annie Lennox(安妮藍妮克絲) shot to fame 25 years ago with the smash-hit Eurythmics(舞韻合唱團) single 'Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)(甜蜜夢幻)'. The 53-year-old Scottish singer hopes her latest single 'Sing' will make a similar impact. The song features guest vocals from 23 major female artists, including Madonna(麥當娜), Celine Dion(席琳‧迪翁), and Pink(紅粉佳人), and aims to raise money and awareness for Treatment Action Campaign (TAC)(治療行動運動組織), an HIV treatment charity.

'Sing' was originally released in December 2006, but Lennox is hoping the new version, which contains a video of her trip to the South African townships last summer, will highlight the reality of South Africa's HIV AIDS situation.

She said: "Because I'd written a song called 'Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves' in the 80s, which became a fairly well-known, very well-known feminist anthem really, perhaps it would be possible to try to attempt to write another kind of anthemic song for women so I started to write a song and it ended up being called 'Sing' and I sort of melded the song in with an HIV activist song written by a group of activists living in Khayelitsa in South Africa."【shows 2】

The single is being showcased as part of the BBC's annual Sports Relief campaign(體育慈善活動) this month and is being sold in Body Shop outlets, the first time the store has ever sold music.

Last year saw Lennox release her fourth solo album, 'Songs of Mass Destruction', a surprise hit selling more than 750,000 copies world-wide.  The singer says she believes her joint career as solo artist and high-profile campaigner is a healthy mix. In addition to supporting TAC, Lennox also works with UNICEF and earlier this year helped promote the deaf charirty 'Hear the World'.