| "Team Ball Player Thing" | ||||
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| Single by #KiwisCureBatten | ||||
| Released | 11 September 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 2015; Auckland and Los Angeles | |||
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| Length | 4:08 | |||
| Label | Collusion | |||
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| Producer(s) | Joel Little | |||
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"Team Ball Player Thing" is a 2015 charity single and the official supporters' song of the All Blacks in the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The song is performed by the charity supergroup #KiwisCureBatten and is in aid of research into Batten disease via the New Zealand charity Cure Kids.[1] The day after it was released, the song debuted at number six on the New Zealand Top 40.[2]
The song is officially credited as featuring Lorde, Kimbra, Brooke Fraser, Gin Wigmore, Broods, Daniel Bedingfield, The Naked and Famous, Sam McCarthy, Sahara Adams, Jemaine Clement, Savage, Jon Toogood, Jason Kerrison, Dave Dobbyn, Matiu Walters, Dave Baxter, Hollie Smith, Jupiter Project, Boh Runga, Jamie Curry, K.One, Lizzie Marvelly, Carly Binding, Jesse Griffin, Brooke Howard-Smith, Tom Furniss, Joseph Moore, PNC, Peter Urlich and Julia Deans. The music video features these and other artists, as well as New Zealand actors, comedians and rugby players.[3]
- ^ "All Blacks combine with musicians and celebrities for charity song". Stuff. Fairfax. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
- ^ "14 SEPTEMBER 2015". Official NZ Music Charts. RMNZ. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
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