(ANS - Chertsey)- Inspired by the life of Don Bosco and in order to celebrate the bicentenary of his birth, Cathra Plant, an eleven year-old pupil of the Salesian School in Chertsey wrote a song about the Saint of Youth, entitled "It's Not Enough." Recorded along with other students of the same school, the song is now in the Top Ten singles downloaded from Amazon beating the likes of Ed Sheeran.

When the student wrote the song, Fr ​​Andrew Ebrahim, SDB, contacted the musician Callum Mazella-Hart, who arranged it. Cathra then formed a band called "The Boscos" with other students Jarret Millen (guitar), Darragh Chaplin (drums) and Miranda Lopez (guitar).

The students recorded the song in June and when they started to play it in different local radios they realized that people liked it and decided to offer it on the Internet.

The single was officially released on 18 September and can be downloaded fromiTunese Amazon.  At the same time a videowas released on YouTube, to give maximum publicity to the song.

Interest in the song spread globally and the single has been downloaded by fans around the world: in one week it entered the list of the ten most sold by Amazon in the UK climbing to eighth place and it reached third on the "Movers and Shakers" chart which follows daily the entries that are climbing fastest on the bestseller list.

The author Cathra Plant says: "I was asked to do a project about Don Bosco and I wanted to do something different than just a PowerPoint. I’ve written songs before so I thought I should write a song about him instead.

He was born in Italy and when he was young he had a dream about helping young people. When he grew up he saw young boys on the street and thought he could help them, and that really inspired me. I sang the song for my class and my teacher told Father Andrew about it.

When it was first released I thought ‘this is amazing’ and then I was really proud."

The band members believe that the best thing of all is that the song has made Don Bosco better known in their country. They have decided to donate a portion of the profits from the sale of the single to Don Bosco Ashalayam, a Salesian work which helps vulnerable children and young people in Calcutta, India.

Published 13/10/2015