Snow Patrol's Ricky Wilde cover out in October

The UK group Belle and Sebastian have compiled a special cd with several bands performing children songs. Entitled 'The Colours Are Brighter', all proceeds of the album will go to the Save The Children charity.

As previously reported on kimwilde.com, Snow Patrol's frontman Gary Lightbody decided to cover a track by Kim Wilde's brother, Ricky, called 'I Am An Astronaut', released as a single in 1972 (see image on the right). He said: "It has the line 'I am a polar bear' in it so I guess it's appropriate - not that I'm actually a polar bear."
Polar Bear was the band's original name before they changed it to Snow Patrol.

The full playlist of the album is as follows:

Go Go Ninja Dinosaur - Four Tet featuring Princess Watermelon
A Skeleton Bang - Rasputina
Jackie Jackson - Franz Ferdinand
I am an Astronaut - Snow Patrol
Three Cheers For Pooh, Cottleston Pie, Piglet Ho - The Divine Comedy
The King & I - The Kooks
David Wainwright's Feet - Half Man Half Biscuit
Tidy Up Tidy Up - The Barcelona Pavilion
Our Dog is Getting Older Now - Jonathan Richman
Mud - Ivor Cutler Trio
The Big Ol' Bug Is The New Baby Now - The Flaming Lips
The Monkeys are Breaking Out the Zoo - Belle and Sebastian
Night Baking - Kathryn Williams