A music teacher wanted to make a stand against racism, and his plan has worked out: The doctors song “Cry For Love” from 1993 is officially number one in the German charts – the informed GfK Entertainment, the market research company. Thus, the piece climbed within a few days to twelfth place in the ranking and leads it now uncatchable at -. The first time since its first publication 22 years ago
copyright holder of this surprise success is the music teacher Gerhard Torges, who with his “Action asshole!” the Anti-Nazi Song for considerable popularity helped: fans should buy the song online or want in radio, he called a week ago.
The doctors did not defend itself against the action. On their official website announced the musicians that they find it “good and important” that the radio position will respect. “The event would be cool with any other anti-Nazi Song If it should be our song, we support the But of course, like. ”
A solidarity song in the UK
The band also announced to donate all proceeds to the human rights organization “Pro Asyl”, which together with 20 artists the alliance “Kein Bock auf Nazis” had initiated an appeal against extreme right-wing attacks on refugees. The call was signed among others by the doctors, the Toten Hosen, Sportfreunde Stiller, Tocotronic, Beatsteaks, Deichkind and Jan Delay.
The action of Teachers Torges finds however apparently imitators abroad, such as the British broadcaster ITV reports: The British columnist Caitlin Moran and her husband Pete Paphides other celebrities have drummed up to release the song “Help Is Coming” of the rock band Crowded House again. In the clip actor Benedict Cumberbatch says of the refugee crisis: “While people see this tragedy from the safety of our homes, with our children in safety, we want to tell you that we see you and hear – and that help comes!”
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