This song and video clip were made to help the military wives raise money for two charities who work to support the armed forces and their families. The single has made it to No 1 this Christmas in Britain.
'Wherever You Are' is a moving love song written by Paul Mealor for the choir to sing at The Royal British Legion's Festival of Remembrance.
The music is set to a poem compiled from letters to and from the servicemen and their wives on a 6-month tour of duty in Afghanistan. It is the emotion of the song that has touched so many of the British public.
The YouTube video clip is subtitled.
This video from Reuters explains how big their success is.
Transcript:
When 100 military wives formed a choir and wrote a song based on correspondences with their husbands in Afghanistan, they never dreamed it would become a UK top music chart contender. The group's single "Wherever You Are" sold over 240,000 copies in two-days - a rate poised to make it the fastest-selling single in six years. Abbey Staff says the attention is a far cry from her duties as a mother.
(SOUNDBITE) Abbey Staff, military wife, saying (English): "The weirdest thing is when you sort of sat at home, we are just so ordinary and you'll be dealing with homework or packed lunches and suddenly you're singing on Radio 2 in your own kitchen and you just think 'That's me'."
But these wives will have to battle it out with X Factor winners Little Mix. Official Charts Managing Director Martin Talbot says the other top five contenders will include Alex Day, Lou Monte and a Nirvana re-issue.
(SOUNDBITE) Martin Talbot, Managing Director, Official Charts Company, saying (English): "The reality is though, although there's a lot of competition in the top five and there'll be some very big sales amongst those top five, in fact I think you know you might even get to number five by selling a hundred thousand units which will be very high indeed. The winner is almost certainly going to be Military Wives at this stage."
For number one album, Michael Buble is caroling his way to the top with his holiday album "Christmas."
(SOUNDBITE) Martin Talbot, Managing Director, Official Charts Company, saying (English): "There are the usual contenders but this year it's looking like Amy Winehouse is gonna do very well, I think we're gonna see Olly Murs doing very well but the winner of Christmas it seems it's probably gonna be Michael Buble." The coveted Christmas number one spot will no doubt be an honor for this year's winner, dubbing them a commercial success for the 2011 holiday season. Kilmeny Duchardt, Reuters
