THE STARS RELEASE SONG FOR BARACK OBAMA

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MUSIC FOR OBAMA

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Ne-Yo

FORWARD, a new song performed by Grammy Award winning R&B singer-songwriter NE YO, THE GOO GOO DOLLS’ JOHNNY RZEZNIK , music legend HERBIE HANCOCK, DELTA RAE and NATASHA BEDINGFIELD was released today as a grassroots effort to motivate and inspire nationwide voter participation in the upcoming 2012 Presidential election.

The song was written and created by hit songwriters Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois of the The New Radicals, and Fred Goldring, who was behind the 2008 multiple award-winning grassroots music video YES WE CAN with will.i.am. Grammy Award winning producer John Shanks produced the record, and the powerful music video for the song was produced and directed by Graham Henman and his team at Hello and Company.

The song is available for free download at www.forwardsong.com and sold on iTunes with net proceeds being donated to NE YO’s Compound Foundation and to Arts Education programs focused on turning around arts and music based programs in public schools.



Photo BY: RD/Kabik/Retna