It all started by making a commercial or PSA (Public Service Announcement) for cancer awareness. We were struggling to come up with a script that was not to serious and morbid. We thought, we don’t really want to do what others do and start throwing numbers and statistics at people; it’s already been done!
What better way to promote a message than with song and music. That’s where it all started; creating something that we would all be proud of, bringing new and old; tears and smiles and most important of all asking a group of Iranian singers to get together and sing together on one project and appear in a music video side by side, holding hands, one voice ; Stand Up 2 Cancer!
It took a lot of sleepless nights and hour and hours of scheduling and then rescheduling! But it all fell into place in the end and everything worked like clockworks.
Raha Etemadi wrote the lyrics, Babak Amini composed and arranged the music and Gobi Rahimi agreed to direct the music video and it all happened at Rusk Sound Studios.
Erfan wrote his own lyrics for his rap performance which came from the heart and offered comfort to those suffering from Cancer and their loved ones.
With the dedication and selfless cooperation of over 13 singers we shot the music video in 13 hours on Monday September 29, 2008.
It was amazing, so much energy under one roof, everyone arriving early and eager to help in any way they could to make this project reality. Over 15 people in the video production crew worked round the clock and a lot of behind the scenes support from the PACI volunteers and friends. Special thanks to Frank of Pastina Trattoria who fed us two lovely meals during the shoot and we are ever so grateful to him.
The video is currently being edited and will be released for broadcast to all Iranian satellite channels around the world; simultaneously. There will be appearances and interviews on various television shows and we will try to notify everyone via our blog and website.
None of this would have been possible without the support of Mrs Sadler and Dr Sadler who believed in my vision from day one when I presented them with the proposal. I am grateful to them for letting me manage this project and make a dream come true and take a step forward for PACI.
In the hope that we will be able to touch one person, even just one person suffering from consequences of cancer, by this song, and bring awareness as well as hope to our community.
Please click on download music and listen to the song, or download. This is free and send it to as many people as you like. Don’t forget to leave your comments so we know what you think of the song.
Marjan Abbassi
October 5th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Such a nice song…
Khaste nabashid.
We are all so proud of PACI…
October 8th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
thank you for a great song
October 9th, 2008 at 3:05 am
Great song ama ERFAN chize dige bod shere erfan to in hame mani dasht khob darko resond !
October 10th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Thank you for your beautiful aim.
We all wish for a day without people who are suffering from cancer.
October 13th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Kare zibayi bud, vaqean khaste nabashin. Khoshhalie un bacheha qashangtarin etefaqie ke momkene biofte. Mamnun
October 16th, 2008 at 5:31 am
Thank you for this beautiful song! So heart touching and real!!!
October 16th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
what an emazing song love all of our fab. singers thank you so much xoxo
October 19th, 2008 at 1:25 am
EXCELLENT; AALI BOOD
KHEILI ZIBAA VA TASIR GOZAAR BOOD
THANKS
October 19th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
PACI Song - Music Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMkfoR0XVWs
Inam CLIPe ORIGINALe in ahang ba keyfiate bala
October 20th, 2008 at 1:38 am
Behind the Scene - PACI Music Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoRUTXqQZSI
Poshte sahneye in CLIP
October 20th, 2008 at 8:59 am
music besiar ziba o delneshin bood. ama kari ke shoma kardin zibatar, delneshintar,va tasir gozar….
movafagh bashin
October 20th, 2008 at 9:31 am
bede dastato be man, bede ashkato be man…
WE ARE ONE
October 20th, 2008 at 9:36 am
There’s nothing you can do that can’t be done.
Nothing you can sing that can’t be sung.
Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game.
It’s easy.
Nothing you can make that can’t be made.
No one you can save that can’t be saved.
Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be you in time.
It’s easy.
All you need is love.
All you need is love.
All you need is love, love.
Love is all you need.
All you need is love.
All you need is love.
All you need is love, love.
Love is all you need.
Nothing you can know that isn’t known.
Nothing you can see that isn’t shown.
Nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be.
It’s easy.
All you need is love.
All you need is love.
All you need is love, love.
Love is all you need.
All you need is love (All together, now!)
All you need is love. (Everybody!)
All you need is love, love.
Love is all you need.
“Beatles”
October 20th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
faghat mkhastam begam ke in ahang alli bood va inke daste hamegi dard nakone va motmaenam ke dastandarkarane besiari dar in kar sahm dashtan va be hamegi tabrik migam va omidvaram hameye kasani ke be bimarie saratan mobtala hastan ba bozorgvarie khodavande motaal be salamatie kamel beresan.
az tarafe Armen from glendale
October 21st, 2008 at 1:04 am
Dametoon garm bacheha
Truly magnificent.
Great composition, arrangement and lyrics
the harmonies worked like magic!
something that lacks in many of the current works in the Persian Market
A project like this is a hard job to manage
RESPECT !
Chakeram
Amu
October 21st, 2008 at 12:39 pm
binazir bood
ba behtarin arezooha baray hameh azizani ke baray in kare ghashang zahmat keshidan.
October 23rd, 2008 at 2:44 pm
The song is really touching…amazing work done!
I know how hard it is to loose someone because of desease..it’s just not fair
I hope one day everyone will be healthy.
October 24th, 2008 at 10:07 am
i like the music and i really enjoyed it. i am trying to download this music video but i cannot find it.
October 24th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Is there an English lyric translation to this song? My farsi is a little weak
Nevertheless, the song is very heartwarming.
October 24th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
As a health care professional i strongly think This is a new begining for the persian community to start looking at CANCER diffrently .all of us in any profession that we may be can help PACI .remembr you don;t need to be a health care provider to help.
rememebr early protection is the key and you are your own advocate and just a numebr in the medical system
so start getting educated about how to examine and detect diffrent tyep of cancer .
one last thin being an oncology Nurse and having worked in Breast cancer ,,Cancer is very random it can happen to any one from any age at any given time. Good luck to you all
MAHI
October 25th, 2008 at 1:28 am
YES WE CAN…
AMAZING WORK!!!
>:D<
again, we are all so proud of our nationality…thanks to all the crew and singers…i just wanted to say that i’m so so so so thankful….
Satar, Morteza, Firoozeh, Kamyar, Andy, Shani, Shahbal, Sepideh, Babak, Morvarid, Sami, Eddie and Erfan, we all LOVE YOU
KHASTE NABASHID
October 29th, 2008 at 10:31 am
Fantastic,
November 3rd, 2008 at 12:53 pm
morvaride azizam, movafagh bashi khoshgelam, kheili khob bod arosak.
November 15th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
I must say it was very moving to say the least, it makes me proud to be an Iranian. Thank God there are talented people like you, which helps people like me to identify myself, through, an awesome action like this. I thank each and every one of you. The singers, song writers, lyricists, arrangers, etc…the total musicians who had taken part in this. I wish you many success. Keep up the excellent work. You are my pride and joy. Bravo
November 23rd, 2008 at 1:08 pm
i listen to the song in my car, at home, at work…every where!
special thanks to all of you, love it!
January 24th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
this song is great
where can i find the lyrics?
March 10th, 2009 at 4:34 am
Shahkare Babak Amini, nabegheye moosighie Iran…
Ejraye vaghean aali va sarshar az ehsas, be khosoos az Firouzeh ke motmaenam hame (makhsoosan kasani ke tajrobeye cancer ro khodeshun ya azizaneshoon dashtan) be sheddat tahte tasire sedaye zibash gharar migirand…
March 24th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
… what more can a cancer patient, currently undergoing treatments say to be more moving than the song itself? We need people like you to give us hope while crying alone - not necessarily in hiding but discretely! Well done and thank you.
April 4th, 2009 at 2:44 am
Magnificent indeed…
April 14th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
how can i help cancer patient and your site , from iran?
iam waitting for ur reply,
hoda1983n@yahoo.com
July 18th, 2009 at 4:13 am
i was about to cry,
it was fantastic?!?!?!?
khaste nabashid