SAM SMITH (feat. JOHN LEGEND) "Lay Me Down," 2015

By Karen Bliss 4/3/15 | www.samaritanmag.com

Two of the best modern soul singers today, America’s John Legend and Britain’s Sam Smith, join forces on a charity single for Comic Relief. The powerful song is Smith’s “Lay Me Down” from his 2014 debut album, In The Lonely Hour. Released for UK telethon Red Nose Day March 13, Smith and Legend cut the new version of the song earlier this year in Los Angeles. Universal Music will donate 100 percent of the profits to Comic Relief which uses the money “to tackle the root causes of poverty and social injustice in the UK and across the world.” Buy it here. Red Nose Day — on which the pair performed — airs in the U.S. on NBC May 21. — Karen Bliss