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Posted on 2010-01-27 03:00:12
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Singer performed Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' during telethon.By Jocelyn Vena

Justin Timberlake performs on "Hope For Haiti Now"Photo: Hope For Haiti Now

Justin Timberlake was one of many of the music industry's biggest stars who graced the stage for the "Hope for Haiti" telethon. Timberlake, along with friend Matt Morris, played the Leonard Cohen staple "Hallelujah." Then he sat down with other celebrities to take calls from donors, and though it was all for a very serious cause, the singer seems to have enjoyed himself.

"When George [Clooney] kind of came into the [room] and said, 'OK. you guys, that was amazing,' everybody kind of got up and applauded," Timberlake told "Access Hollywood." "We were hugging and everybody kind of stood there and talked to each other for a while and so it was a feeling of unity. It was really cool."

Timberlake said he had a good time working the phone bank. "I mostly got, probably more calls from New York," he said. "They were patching all the New York calls, I think, to me. It was ... immediately all these 'SNL' references came out, and we had some laughs. I had a good time talking to people."

The star-studded gathering was watched by about 83 million people and has helped raise more than $61 million in funds to date. Timberlake and Morris' "Hallelujah" performance topped the iTunes singles chart, and all of the proceeds from the song's sales also go to earthquake relief.

"Obviously, I was going to help answer phones and help make donations," Timberlake told MTV News on Friday. "But as soon as I got that call, all of a sudden ... it was kind of like a big highlighted neon-green [light], everywhere I looked: 'Hallelujah, hallelujah.' "

Learn more about what you can do to help with earthquake-relief efforts in Haiti, and for more information, see Think MTV. Visit HopeForHaitiNow.org or call (877) 99-HAITI to make a donation now.

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