Arctic Monkeys will release their new single, ‘Crying Lightning’, through Oxfam’s network of 700 charity shops, with proceeds going towards the charity’s work.

The limited-edition 7”, the first single to be taken from forthcoming LP Humbug, is backed with a cover of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds’ ‘Red Right Hand’ as a B-side. It goes on sale in every one of Oxfam’s 700 high street shops on Monday 17 August.

The ‘Crying Lightning’ 7” will cost £2.99, and each single will come with a download code allowing fans to get an MP3 version of the songs for free.

More than 600 Oxfam shops across the country sell second-hand music – double the total number of independent record shops in the UK. The charity sells around £6 million of music every year, enough to fund its entire programme in Indonesia for a year, buy 187,000 emergency shelters, or provide safe water for 8 million people.

Domino and Arctic Monkeys are calling on music fans to bring in any unwanted albums or singles to their local Oxfam shop when they pick up their copy of the single, to help Oxfam keep turning yesterday’s hits into vital funds for years to come.

Laurence Bell, founder of Domino, said: "Oxfam is a Great British institution and it’s a delight to be working together on this project. There are about seven hundred Oxfam shops in the UK, many of them in high streets that once housed a record shop, so as well as raising some money for a great cause we are able to get vinyl back onto more of the nation’s high streets, which feels good.

“We encourage all customers to bring something of value to donate to the store when they come down to buy the new Arctic Monkeys single."

You can find more information at  oxfam.org.uk/arcticmonkeys