A global bunch of musicians and tech giants have come forward for “I’m Gonna Be Your Friend", campaign to help Save the Children fight the famine in East Africa.

Drought and famine killed more than 29,000 children under the age of five and has left 640,000 children acutely malnourished. Out of the population of about 7.5 million, United Nations says, 3.2 million Somalis need immediate life-saving support.

Save the Children, the organization has put together a short video, directed by Kevin MacDonald, depicting the situation, which features the lyrics “I’m Gonna Be Your Friend”, to raise money and awareness for its philanthropic work.

The video is set to Bob Marley’s song “High Tide or Low Tide".

The team estimates a collective of more than 1 billion people. Stars like Lady Gaga, U2, Beyonce, Muhammad Ali, Jennifer Lopez, Muse, Coldplay, Elton John, Britney Spears, Bruno Mars, Robert Plant, Kanye West, Madonna, Justin Bieber, Sting, Rihanna and more have pledged to help promote the video and charity song through their networks.

Tech giants, Facebook, iTunes, Yahoo, YouTube, MSN and AOL UK have also pledged their support.

Facebook will start off with an advertising campaign and Yahoo will feature the campaign on each of its global homepages on August 9.

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