# Arctic Monkeys' new single on sale in Oxfam shops

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/08/04/arctic-monkeys039-new-single-sale-oxfam-shops/
- Published: 2009-08-04T10:06:42+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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On 17 August The Arctic Monkeys will release their new single ‘Crying Lightning’
exclusively through independent record stores and Oxfam shops.

There are more than [600 Oxfam shops selling donated music, compared with only 305 independent record shops](http://www.oxfam.org.uk/applications/blogs/pressoffice/?p=6328&v=newsblog),
according to Stuart Fowkes, online press officer at Oxfam.

The ‘Crying Lightning’ 7″ will cost £2.99, and each single will come with a download
code allowing fans to get an MP3 version of the songs for free.

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The Oxfam deal was put together by Open Fundraising when they introduced their Oxfam
contacts with the Domino Recording Company. In their blog post [Feeling rather proud today](http://whoreallygivesatoss.blogspot.com/2009/08/feeling-rather-proud-today.html),
Open Fundraising acknowledge that the idea came from the recording company, but “
Did we bring the right people together to change the world in a rather spectacular
fashion? We like to think so”.

Open Fundraising’s James Briggs added: “It brings together art, charity, the state
of our high streets, recession, you name it. It’s going to be big”.

www.openfundraising.com

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