One Direction have teamed up with Comic Relief to record the official 2013 Red Nose Day charity single, creating their own unique take on the Blondie classic ‘One Way Or Another.’
The single is produced by Julian Bunetta, and will be released as a download on 17th February and a physical CD on 18th February.
2013 marks the 25th anniversary of Red Nose Day, originally launching on BBC1 on Christmas Day 1985, the idea for Comic Relief was to make the public laugh with specially commissioned sketches and routines while simultaneously highlighting and raising money for the then crippling famine situation in Ethiopia.
Before long Red Nose Day was created, a charity telethon that brings together the cream of UK comedy and entertainment for one night of fundraising – the first Red Nose Day in 1988 raised an incredible £15million.
This year’s event takes place on Friday 15th March 2013.
In January, One Direction visited Africa to witness first-hand the amazing work Comic Relief do.
One Direction will forgo any royalties due to them and therefore will not receive any payment in connection with this charity single.
Find out more about Red Nose Day via their Official website.