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        <title><![CDATA[Cher releasing ABBA cover in Spanish to fight coronavirus]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s further proof that Cher is strong enough to outlive — and out-fabulous — us all.</p><p><strong>In March, the 73-year-old diva</strong> of all divas <strong>was forced to cut short</strong> her &#8220;Here We Go Again&#8221; tour due to the <strong>coronavirus pandemic</strong>. But not only did she survive unscathed — she kept working during her home quarantine by recording her first-ever Spanish single, a cover of ABBA&#8217;s classic &#8220;Chiquitita.&#8221;</p><p>And what exactly have <em>you</em> done in isolation?</p><p>The single — which will be released Friday, in both Spanish and English — benefits UNICEF. And the icon herself made a $1 million donation to the charity through her own foundation, the CherCares Pandemic Resource and Response Initiative.</p><p>Of course, Cher has shown <strong>her love for ABBA</strong> before, <strong>having appeared</strong> in the movie &#8220;Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again&#8221; and <strong>released</strong> an album of ABBA covers, titled &#8220;Dancing Queen,&#8221; in 2018.</p><p>&#8220;I knew I wanted to do something,&#8221; <strong>Cher told Billboard</strong> in an interview published Monday. &#8220;I actually started learning and rehearsing the song when I was in England last year, but didn&#8217;t record it then. It was difficult!&#8221;</p><p>But now the song has even more meaning for the <strong>Kennedy Center honoree</strong>, given that she somehow escaped the COVID-19 crisis.</p><p>&#8220;This disease is like a shark. It&#8217;s an eating machine,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I knew more than most Americans because I had friends in Italy who were doing live shows when it was there, and everybody had to just get out.</p><p>&#8220;We were lucky we didn&#8217;t all come down with it because my dancers and I were literally 2 inches away from each other, breathing right into each other&#8217;s mouths onstage.&#8221;</p><p>You also can catch the &#8220;Chiquitita&#8221; music video premiere during UNICEF&#8217;s COVID-19 &#8220;virtual special&#8221; that will stream at 8 p.m. Saturday on the <strong>organization&#8217;s website</strong> and <strong>YouTube channel</strong>. The hour-long program will include appearances by Pink, Chloe x Halle, Sheryl Crow, Téa Leoni, Matthew Morrison, Millie Bobby Brown, Morgan Freeman, Lucy Liu, Sting, Salma Hayek Pinault, Jordin Sparks, Rod Stewart, Rob Thomas, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart and more.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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