When you click play on the above clip, you’ll notice the guitar riff sounds eerie close to Paper Planes, well your right. The above track is the one that M.I.A. sampled for her ‘Paper Planes’ hit. Now it’s Lily Allen turned. Instead of borrowing their sample Lily Allen has covered The Clash’s, ‘Straight To Hell‘, track. But it doesn’t stop there, Lily Allen, Estelle, Beck, Duffy, TV On the Radio, Franz Ferdinand, etc have covered the like of U2, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, The Ramones and more for the upcoming War Child: Heroes. The tracklisting for this complation is below after the jump. And don’t forget Lily’s, ‘It’s Not Me, It’s You drops February 10th and Heroes is out on the 24th of February!
01 Beck – Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Bob Dylan)
02 Scissor Sisters – Do The Strand (Roxy Music)
03 Lily Allen – Straight To Hell (The Clash)
04 Duffy – Live And Let Die (Paul McCartney)
05 Elbow – Running To Stand Still (U2)
06 TV On The Radio – Heroes (David Bowie)
07 Hot Chip – Transmission (Joy Division)
08 The Kooks – Victoria (The Kinks)
09 Estelle – Superstition (Stevie Wonder)
10 Rufus Wainwright – Wonderful / Song For Children (Brian Wilson)
11 Peaches – Search And Destroy (Iggy Pop)
12 The Hold Steady – Atlanic City (Bruce Springsteen)
13 The Like – You Belong To Me (Elvis Costello)
14 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Sheena Is A Punk Rocker (The Ramones)
15 Franz Ferdinand – Call Me (Blondie)
