Ariana Grande Releases Her “Over The Rainbow” Cover As A Manchester Charity Single
She’s also re-released “One Last Time” as a benefit single
Ariana Grande has released her rendition of “Over the Rainbow” as a single, with all proceeds going to the victims of the terror attack that occurred at her concert in Manchester.
Fans called for the singer to release her moving Wizard of Oz cover after she sang the heartbreaking track to close the One Love Manchester benefit concert, which she hosted to honor the 22 people killed at her show on May 22.
The song is available on various streaming outlets, including iTunes, and all proceeds will benefit the victims of the Manchester terror attack.
Along with her cover of ‘Over the Rainbow’, Grande also re-released her My Everything track ‘One Last Time’ as a charity single, with all profits going to the cause.
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It comes after the 23-year-old singer delivered an emotional speech at the One Love Manchester concert on Sunday (June 4), saying: “The love you’re displaying is the medicine that the world really needs right now.”
After performing a duet of Crowded House’s ‘Don’t Dream It’s Over’ with Miley Cyrus, she spoke directly to the crowd, saying: “Before we go any further I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for being here today.
“I want to thank you so much for coming together and being so loving and strong and unified. I love you guys so much and I think the kind of unity and love you’re displaying is the medicine that the world really needs right now.
“So I want to thank you for being just that—and I want to thank you for coming tonight.”
Ariana went on to say that she’d met the mother of one of the girls who was killed in the concert attack and it had significantly changed her plans for the show.
“And I also want to say I had the pleasure of meeting Olivia’s mum a few days ago,” she said.
“And as soon as I met her I started crying and I gave her a big hug, and she said that I should stop crying because Olivia wouldn’t have wanted me to cry.
“And then she told me that Olivia would have wanted to hear the hits. So that means that we had a totally different show planned and we had a rehearsal yesterday where we needed to change everything!
“And this evening has been so light and so filled with love and bright energy and I want to thank you for that.”