[10][11] In 1990, lyricist Barbara Lee George first performed the "Earth Day Anthem" with the Children’s Chorus of Sussex County,[12] sung to the tune of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy".

[12] George's song was first recorded in 2015 in collaboration with guitarist Al Orlo, producer John Lissauer, and singer Vaneese Thomas among others.

[19][20][21][22] Their 2024 single, "Gaia Now", addresses the effects of climate change with lyrics such as "Wake up now, the Earth is flooding, rise up and protect her / Cry about your mama, she's our home, she is our mother".

[24] The recording was first publicly heard at Denver, Colorado's millennium celebration on Dec. 31, 2000, "at the stroke of midnight" in conjunction with New Years' Eve fireworks.

[26][25] In 2006, the United States Air Force Academy Band published its performance of the "World Anthem",[27] conducted by Philip Chevallard and arranged by Joseph T.

[30] The MindShare Institute of Fort Collins hired producer Brian Doubleday to contact more than 200 photographers around the world to contribute "faces of humanity" for the video.

[24] Since at least 2011, Reverend Billy and the Earthalujah Choir has performed in front of the Blue Marble flag, singing joyous songs that celebrate environmentalism and anti-consumerism.

[33] The song was composed in a workshop by Violet Skies, Låpsley, and Robin Howl, who purposely made its arrangement and lyrics public domain and downloadable.

[34] In 2022, NME described the song as a "call for peace, unity, global harmony and action on climate" that celebrates the diversity of human culture.

[37] Project lead Abbey Wright summarized some global performers in 2022:[33] From a girl band in Benin to a drill group in Brazzaville, Congo to the Kuikuro people in the Amazon; a Mongolian nomadic herder, the Georgian State Opera Chorus, panpipers from the Solomon Islands and refugees from Eritrea, Iran and Syria.

The song has been sung on the frontlines of climate change in San Andrés, Mozambique, the Marshall Islands, the Antarctic, Haiti and The Maldives...In Sierra Leone, a group of street kids sing the song, as well as people from slums in Uganda, Kenya and the brilliant Recycled Orchestra from Paraguay, who make instruments from rubbish and teach music to children from Cateura...[33]Celebrity supporters of the project include Emma Thompson, Keira Knightley, Naomie Harris, Bill Bailey, Jodie Whittaker, and Mark Rylance.