Avril, Lenny Rock Olympics CD

Avril Lavigne has covered Bob Dylan's "Knocking on Heaven's Door" for inclusion on Unity, the official album for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. The set, which also features Destiny's Child, Sting, Lenny Kravitz, Macy Gray, Public Enemy, Alice Cooper and Xzibit, will be released August 10th.

The majority of the songs on Unity feature peace and harmony as a theme, and most of the tracks are collaborations. Some groupings, like Xzibit and Alice Cooper's "Stand," and Moby and Public Enemy's "MKLFKWR" are a bit peculiar, while others, like Sting and Mariza's "A Thousand Years," try to create a cross-cultural palette, as the artists on the record represent fifteen different nations.

Unity is one of three albums officially tied to the 2004 Summer Games. Harmony and Phos will represent classical and Greek music, respectively. EMI, which is releasing all three records, has pledged a donation of at least $180,000 to Unicef's HIV/AIDS relief efforts in sub-Saharan Africa.

Track list for Unity:

"Knocking on Heaven's Door," Avril Lavigne
"I Know," Destiny's Child and WillIam
"By Your Side," Timbaland, Utada and Kiley Dean
"Universal Prayer," Tiziano Ferro and Jamelia
"A Thousand Years," Sting and Mariza
"Going All the Way," Beres Hammond and Les Nubians
"Issues," Mr. G
"Love Together," Earth Wind and Fire and Roots Manuva
"Eyes on the Prize," Wayne Wonder and Neneh Cherry
"We Want Peace," Lenny Kravitz and Kadim Al Sahir
"Oh Yeah," Macy Gray and Keziah Jones
"MKLFKWR," Moby and Public Enemy
"Stand," Alice Cooper and Xzibit
"Everlasting," Gronemeyer, Cheb Mami and Dalaras
"Still Standing," Brian Eno, Skin and Rachid Taha
"Pass the Flame," Trevor Horn, Yiannis, Tarkan and Katia