Amazing Grace Is All Set To Grace The Charts Again

Amazingly it is now 50 years since Judy Collins graced the charts worldwide with the timeless song Amazing Grace.

Now in 2020 Amazing Grace is back with us. Over 1000 singers from across the globe — professional and amateur — have answered Judy Collins’ call to sing Amazing Grace with her as a sign of solidarity at this very difficult time, with the song being re-released with The Global Virtual Choir in aid of the World Health Organisation Solidarity Response Fund.

Steve Earle, Tift Merritt, Mandolin Orange, Judith Owen and Madeleine Peyroux are just some of the 1000 singers who participated — plus internationally known choirs including The Sixteen, New York Choral Society, Voices International and GOA University Choir.

Messages from around the world have been flowing in from people who want to share their experience with the song and their appreciation of the WHO.

It all started in London. First there was the Facebook video filmed from a house in Coronavirus lockdown near London's Charing Cross Hospital.

Judy Collins' Amazing Grace is heard — as if by magic — a thank you to hospital workers.

The video was seen by over 5 million people, the news reaches Judy which inspired her to put together this new version of the song with all proceeds going to the WHO Solidarity Fund.

The official video for the newly recorded version is here: