Do Something Now! [7-inch single]

Description

Do Something Now is a – both 7 and 12-inch – vinyl single by the multi-artist project The CAUSE (Christian Artists United to Save the Earth), released on Sparrow Records in 1985. The single was produced and arranged by Steve Camp. The song was co-written by Steve Camp and Phil Madeira.

All proceeds from the sale and performance of this product will be donated to Compassion International which has pledged to use all funds to aid hurting people in Africa as well as other needy areas of the world..

Featuring a multi-artist choir with lead vocals provided by (in order of appearance): Amy Grant, Larry Norman, Kathy Troccoli, Russ Taff, Evie Karlsson, Phil Keaggy, Scott Wesley Brown, Michele Pillar, Steve Camp, Sandi Patti, Dana Key (of DeGarmo & Key Band), Mylon LeFevre, Jessy Dixon, Steve Taylor, 2nd Chapter of Acts (the siblings Annie Herring, Nelly Greisen, and Matthew Ward), and Sheila Walsh.

The “Do Something Now” Choir, directed by Cam Floria: Amy Fletcher, Angie Lewis, Billy Crockett, Billy Sprague, Bob Farrell, Bobby Jones and NewLife, Brown Bannister, Cam Floria, Candy Hemphill, Chris Christian, Connie Scott, DMB Band, David Meece, Dennis Agajanian, Doug Oldham, Ed DeGarmo, Flo Price, Found Free, Gary Chapman, Gary McSpadden, Geoff Moore, Glad, Glenn Kaiser, Bill & Gloria Gaither, Jim Murray (of The Imperials), John Fischer, Karen Kelly, Kim Perry, Lanny Wolfe, Larry Bryant, Lisa Whelchel, Michael Card, Morgan Cryar, Owen Brock (of Servant), Pam Mark Hall, Pete Carlson, Rick Cua, Rob Frazier, Robin Crow, Rusty Goodman, Sherman Andrus, Shirley Caesar, Silverwind, Steve Green, Sue Dodge, and Tami Gunden.

The one-time assemblage of Christian artists known as CAUSE (Christian Artists United to Save the Earth) was organized by Steve Camp as a specifically Christian parallel to the Band Aid project launched by Bob Geldof. The latter program brought artists in the United Kingdom together to sing the song «Do They Know It’s Christmas?» as a benefit for victims of the ongoing famine in Ethiopia. A true media event, it inspired numerous such programs, the most famous of which was USA for Africa, a collection of American artists who sang «We Are the World», written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie. The officially Christian version of this trend included ninety artists, and the proceeds from their song «Do Something Now» (written by Camp and Phil Madeira) went to the hunger organization Compassion International. The project was accorded the President’s Merit Award. [Quote from Mark Allan Powell’s “Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music”]

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7-inch Vinyl Single tracklist:

Side A. “Do Something Now!” – 5:15
Side B. “Do Something Now!” – 5:15

12-inch Vinyl Single tracklist:

Side A. “Do Something Now!” – 5:15
Side B. “Do Something Now! Extended Version” (Includes Artist Interviews and Comments) – 13:05

Note: Released both as a 7-inch and 12-inch vinyl single, and also as a cassette single (special LP style packaging – identical with the cover artwork of the 12-inch vinyl single – where the cassette is placed in the upper right corner, featuring the same tracklist as the 12-inch single). Sparrow Records did as well release a 12-inch vinyl LP entitled The Cause Radio Special produced by Bob Frick, of lenght 57:30.

7-inch Vinyl Single, Back and Front Cover Artwork