Lourds Lane - One Billion Hands

One Billion Flowers

Catherine Feeney - One Billion Rising

Morley - Rise (feat. Martha Redbone & Rozz Nash-Coulon)

Kimberley Rose - Eye Shadow

Apollo Poetry - Dear Ladies

Break The Chain

1 Billón De Pie

Sussan Deyhim - RISE UP

When I sat down to write a song for One Billion Rising, I was overwhelmed by images of violence, and at first I struggled to translate those into words. But then those images subsided, and what struck me was the incredible resilience of the spirit. I watched a piece about City of Joy, and was blown away by the women there turning terrible pain into monumental strength. Pain is universal, but so is transformation. And transformation inspires me. Hope inspires me.  
  
One Billion Rising, written by Catherine Feeny
 
Produced and mixed by Sebastian Rogers at the Magic Closet in Portland, OR. Engineered by Ian Watts. Mastered by Tony Lash. Sam Adams -- electric organ. Nate Crockett -- violin, viola. Daniel Dixon -- electric guitar, piano.  Caleb Heinz -- electric bass. Catherine Feeny -- vocals and ukulele. Drums and ambient samples recorded by S. Rogers at Occupy Wall Street, October 2011.  
 
I fall like the water, like the rain
Crash against the dirt to rise again
and like the river I give life
and like the ocean I have a tide
 
One bilion have spoken
One billion unbroken
One billion rising
Rising
 
Great and heavy body laid upon me
Build a tower, there must be one below
One this day we shake the air above us
On this day we move the cornerstone
 
One billion in motion
One billion unbroken
One billion rising
Rising
 
One billion are mothers
One billion, our children
We are one billion rising

One Billion Rising by Catherine Feeny

Written and produced by legendary music dynamo Tena Clark, with music by Tena Clark and Tim Heintz, Break The Chain features an impressive cast of V-Girl activists and New York-based singers: Liz Byrne, Shelea Frazier, Ashley Juedy, Dana Kluczyk, Jenny Mollett, Jenna Brooke Scannelli, Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa, Naomi Walley, and Caitlin Witty.

The song moves us beyond words, and now you can move with it! Dance ICON, and award winning choreographer Debbie Allen has choreographed a dance just for ONE BILLION RISING. The music video features Allen with the over 80 teen V-Girls and singers bringing their radical RISING energy to locations across NYC.

"Dance is dangerous, joyous, sexual, holy, disruptive, contagious, it breaks the rules.
It can happen anywhere, anytime, with anyone and everyone, and it's free. Dancing insists we take up space, we go there together in community. Dance joins us and pushes us to go further and that is why it's at the center of ONE BILLION RISING. With infectious music and lyrics from Tena Clark, amazing vocals by a talented group of V-Girls, and Debbie Allen’s bold choreography, Break The Chain is the anthem that will call up one billion to rise.” - Eve Ensler

Social justice artist Taína Asili has composed and written a liberation song – in collaboration with One Billon Rising anthem, entitled “We are Rising.” We are honored that Taína has created this new anthem for One Billion Rising. It is a call to action, to dance, to RISE. The song celebrates our collective energy, creative resistance, and solidarity as we RISE against the tides of violence against all women, climate crisis, racism and corporate greed.

"Music has always been the heartbeat of our movements for liberation. With "We Are Rising" I offer women around the world a new anthem to help us tap into the energy, strength, courage and wisdom needed to usher in a new era of justice and healing." – Taína Asili

Taína is a New York based Puerto Rican singer, filmmaker, and activist whose work honors the tradition of her ancestors and carries themes of hope and liberation, which surges into one soulful and defiant voice.

Listen, share, and spread the song, RAISE the vibration for freedom for women around the world. Together, We Are RISING.

We Are Rising

We Are Rising (with Taína Asili)

Berlin based hip hop artist sookee wrote this song for #1BillionRising.

Sookee - 1 billion

Rompe Las Cadenas by V-Girls Mexico for One Billion RIsing / 1 Billón de Pie

Romper Las Cadenas (Break the Chains Spanish Version)

Break the Chain (Instrumental)

"Nos Estamos Levantando" is the Spanish version of "We Are Rising" released for International Women's Day!

Social justice artist Taína Asili has composed and written a liberation song – in collaboration with One Billon Rising anthem, entitled “We are Rising.” We are honored that Taína has created this new anthem for One Billion Rising. It is a call to action, to dance, to RISE. The song celebrates our collective energy, creative resistance, and solidarity as we RISE against the tides of violence against all women, climate crisis, racism and corporate greed.

"Music has always been the heartbeat of our movements for liberation. With "We Are Rising" I offer women around the world a new anthem to help us tap into the energy, strength, courage and wisdom needed to usher in a new era of justice and healing." – Taína Asili

Taína is a New York based Puerto Rican singer, filmmaker, and activist whose work honors the tradition of her ancestors and carries themes of hope and liberation, which surges into one soulful and defiant voice.

Listen, share, and spread the song, RAISE the vibration for freedom for women around the world. Together, We Are RISING.

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