Harvest for the World (song)

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Harvest for the World is a 1976 single released by The Isley Brothers on their T-Neck imprint. One of their socially-conscious singles (about world peace), the song was originally lyrically composed by Ernie Isley and musically by him, Marvin Isley and Chris Jasper, with additional lyrics and musical arrangements added by the three original members O'Kelly, Rudolph and Ronald, who like on many Isley Brothers records, sung lead on the song while his older brothers O'Kelly and Rudolph usually backed him up. The song became a top ten R&B hit peaking at #9 and peaking at #63 on the US pop charts and was a bigger pop hit in England reaching #10 on the UK pop singles chart. English band the Christians released a top ten UK cover of the song in 1988 then English singer Kim Wilde and Australian singer Jason Donovan cover the song it's peaked at #2 in the UK in 1991.