1. Shortly afterwards, I‘m halfway through Kaiser Chiefs‘ blistering romp through I Heard It Through The Grapevine when the computer system crashes.

2. Gorillaz taped their song in Hong Kong and Kaiser Chiefs took a break from touring to record I Heard It Through the Grapevine in Berlin.

3. Damon Albarn cancelled a flight to China so Gorillaz could record their track, Hong Kong, Kaiser Chiefs recorded their cover version of I Heard It Through the Grapevine in three spare hours on tour in Berlin, Damien Rice interrupted work on his second album in Dublin, Belle & Sebastian sent in their track from their native Glasgow and the Manic Street Preachers delivered their song from a studio in Wales. ‘Very crazy‘ As London–based artists gathered to watch the final mixing yesterday, slightly behind schedule, the album went live at www.warchildmusic.com and the first members of the public began downloading tracks for ''p each.