World on Fire (song)
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| Single by Sarah McLachlan | ||
| from the album Afterglow | ||
| Released | 2004 | |
| Format | CD single | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 4:22 | |
| Label | Nettwerk Records, Arista Records | |
| Writer(s) | Sarah McLachlan, Pierre Marchand | |
| Producer(s) | Pierre Marchand | |
| Sarah McLachlan singles chronology | ||
| "Stupid" (2004) |
"World on Fire" | N/A |
World on Fire is a song by Sarah McLachlan, from her Afterglow album (2003). It was released as the 4th single off the album in 2004, with a music video directed by Sophie Muller.
The video for World On Fire opens with the claim of having cost $150,000, despite the ensuing low-quality footage of McLachlan in a plain room playing her guitar. The video continues to reveal it actually cost $15, then tracking (in animated and videotaped segments) how the remainder went to enriching lives all around the globe through charity donations. It is one of McLachlan's most political songs, intended to graphically illustrate the impact that even relatively small individual donations might have on third-world poverty.
[edit] Trivia
The eleven charitable organizations McLachlan chose to donate the production costs of the World On Fire are Carolina for Kibera, Comic Relief, CARE USA, DORCAS, Engineers Without Borders (Canada), Help the Aged, Film Aid, War Child, Heifer International, ITDG, and Action Aid.
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| Sarah McLachlan |
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| Discography |
| Studio Albums: Touch · Solace · Fumbling Towards Ecstasy · Surfacing · Afterglow · Wintersong |
| Live Albums: Live EP · The Freedom Sessions · Mirrorball · Afterglow Live · Mirrorball: The Complete Concert · Live From Etown: 2006 Christmas Special |
| Other Albums: Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff · Remixed · Bloom: Remix Album |
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