Single sales will help the Armed Forces community
A group of military wives from
Devon have won the much-anticipated race to take the
Christmas No.1 single and outsold the combined totals of the
rest of the Top 10.
The wives from RMB Chivenor & Plymouth were the subject
of a surprise campaign to get them to Christmas No.1 after
appearing on Gareth Malone's BBC series "The Choir: Military
Wives".
"Wherever You Are" is a moving love song
written by Royal Wedding composer Paul Mealor, which the choir sang
at The Royal British Legion's Festival of Remembrance. The
music is set to a poem Paul compiled from letters to and from the
servicemen and their wives on a 6-month tour of duty in
Afghanistan.
Revenue from sales of the single goes to support The Royal
British Legion and SSAFA Forces Help (Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and
Families Association).
"Military families are ably supported by both The Royal British
Legion and SSAFA Forces Help so we are delighted to be donating to
them all proceeds from this heartfelt song. These women support our
troops and now it's your chance to support them." Gareth
Malone
'Wherever You Are' was released on 19 December
2011. Proceeds will go to two military charities - The Royal British Legion and
SSAFA
Forces Help. 50p will be donated from every digital
single and 40p from every physical single.
For more information please go to the
Legion's news page, Military wives' Facebook page or
Military wives' Twitter account
The videos below are hosted on our YouTube channel. And a number of
the wives have posted special video messages on YouTube - visit
their Facebook page (link above) or click here.
