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Za Milion Godina single, front cover

YU Rock Misija (meaning, in the Slovenian, Serbo-Croatian and Macedonian languages, Yugoslav Rock Mission) was the contribution of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to the famous Bob Geldof's Band Aid famine relief campaign which culminated with the historical Live Aid concert on July 13, 1985. Slovene or Slovenian ( slovenski jezik or slovenščina, not to be confused with Slovenčina) is a South Slavic language The Serbo-Croatian language or Croato-Serbian language (cрпскохрватски језик srpskohrvatski jezik) is a South Slavic Diasystem Macedonian () is the official Language of the Republic of Macedonia and is a part of the Eastern group of South Slavic languages. The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian: Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof, KBE, known as Bob Geldof (born 5 October 1951, is an Irish singer Band Aid was a British and Irish charity supergroup, founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in order to raise money Live Aid was a multi-venue rock music concert held on. The event was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar)

Beside the British "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and the corresponding USA for Africa projects, many other countries also joined Geldof's campaign, including: Canada, West Germany, Austria, Norway and many others. " Do They Know It's Christmas? " is a song written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in 1984 specifically to raise money for relief of 1984–1985 famine USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa was the name under which forty-five predominantly U Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page West Germany ( Inf German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany ( Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional

SFR Yugoslavia was not an exception. The elite of the SFR Yugoslav pop and rock scene gathered and formed a Yugoslav Band Aid group called YU Rock Misija. The group recorded a charity song which was released as single and also filmed a corresponding video. The group included following musicians:

Oliver Mandić
Serđo Blažić (of Atomsko Sklonište)
Željko Bebek
Marina Perazić (of Denis & Denis)
Momčilo Bajagić (of Bajaga i Instruktori)
Vesna Vrandečić (of Xenia)
Aki Rahimovski (of Parni Valjak)
Husein Hasanefendić (of Parni Valjak)
Zorica Kondža
Slađana Milošević
Jura Stublić (of Film)
Dado Topić
Massimo Savić (of Dorian Gray)
Zdravko Čolić
Snežana Stamenković (of Aska)
Izolda Barudžija (of Aska)
Snežana Mišković (of Aska)
Alen Islamović (of Divlje Jagode)
Sead Lipovača (of Divlje Jagode)
Dejan Cukić (of Bajaga i Instruktori)
Ljuba Ninković (of Tunel)
Doris Dragović
Anja Rupel (of Videosex)
Srđan Šaper (of Idoli)
Vlada Divljan (of Idoli)
Peđa D' Boy (of D' Boys)
Vlatko Stefanovski (of Leb i Sol)
Zoran Predin (of Lačni Franz)
Igor Popović (of Jakarta)
Dragan Jovanović
Dušan Petrović
Slobodan Đorđević
Dragan Ilić

They recorded the Yugoslav Band Aid song "Za milion godina" (For a Million Years), which is still considered as an evergreen in the former Yugoslav countries. Oliver Mandić ( Serbian Cyrillic: Оливер Мандић born July 13, 1953 in Titovo Užice, Serbia, Yugoslavia Atomsko sklonište is a Croatian and former Yugoslav rock band formed in Pula in 1977 Želimir "Željko" Bebek (born December 16, 1945) is a popular Bosnian singer Momčilo Bajagić - Bajaga ( Serbian Cyrillic: Момчило Бајагић - Бајага is a highly popular Serbian rock Musician. Bajaga i Instruktori ( Serbian Cyrillic: Бајага и Инструктори trans Parni Valjak (" Steamroller " was a Croatian and former Yugoslav rock band Parni Valjak (" Steamroller " was a Croatian and former Yugoslav rock band Parni Valjak (" Steamroller " was a Croatian and former Yugoslav rock band Jurislav "Jura" Stublić was born in 1954 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Film was a Croatian rock group founded in 1978 in Zagreb. Film was one of the most popular rock groups of Adolf "Dado" Topić (born September 4, 1949 in a village near Nova Gradiška, Croatia, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia Zdravko Čolić ( Serbian Cyrillic: Здравко Чолић (born May 30, 1951 in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia Aska came to prominence when they were chosen to represent Yugoslavia at the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest, where their song "Halo halo" only managed to Izolda Barudžija is a Yugoslav singer She represented Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 with her band Aska, and won 14th place Aska came to prominence when they were chosen to represent Yugoslavia at the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest, where their song "Halo halo" only managed to Viktorija (real name Snežana Mišković, born December 19, 1958) is a Serbian female rock Singer known for her husky Aska came to prominence when they were chosen to represent Yugoslavia at the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest, where their song "Halo halo" only managed to Alija "Alen" Islamović (born August 17 1957, in Sokolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then Yugoslavia) is a well-known and popular Divlje Jagode (trans "Wild Strawberries" is a Bosnian / Croatian and former Yugoslav Hard rock and Heavy metal band Sead Lipovača - Zele Bihać 13 March 1955 is the leading member of the popular Bosnian Hard rock group Divlje jagode. Divlje Jagode (trans "Wild Strawberries" is a Bosnian / Croatian and former Yugoslav Hard rock and Heavy metal band Dejan Cukić ( Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Цукић born November 4, 1953) is a Serbian Rock musician, Journalist Bajaga i Instruktori ( Serbian Cyrillic: Бајага и Инструктори trans Dorotea "Doris" Dragović (born April 16 1961, Split, SR Croatia, then Yugoslavia) is a Croatian pop singer Anja Rupel (born March 19, 1966) is a Slovene pop Singer, Songwriter, Radio announcer and journalist Idoli ( Serbian Cyrillic: Идоли trans The Idols were a new wave band from Belgrade, SR Serbia. Vladimir "Vlada" Divljan ( Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Дивљан is a Serbian Singer and Songwriter. Idoli ( Serbian Cyrillic: Идоли trans The Idols were a new wave band from Belgrade, SR Serbia. Predrag Jovanović ( Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг Јовановић (born April 14, 1950 in Kruševac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia D' Boys (pronounced as The Boys) were a 1980s Music group from Belgrade, which became popular all over the then existing SFR Yugoslavia for its Vlatko Stefanovski (Влатко Стефановски is an ethno-rock Jazz fusion Guitar player from the Republic of Macedonia. Leb i sol (Леб и сол is a Macedonian Rock group founded in the 1970s by Vlatko Stefanovski ( Guitar) Bodan Arsovski ( Zoran Predin (born June 16 1958) is a musician from Maribor, Slovenia. Lačni Franz was a rock band from Slovenia. The band was formed in Maribor in June 1979. Jakarta were a former Yugoslav rock band Band history The band was formed in 1981 in Belgrade. The song was written by former Generacija 5 leader Dragan Ilić and Mladen Popović The guitar solo in the song is played by Vlatko Stefanovski. Generacija 5 ( Serbian Cyrillic: Генерација 5 trans Vlatko Stefanovski (Влатко Стефановски is an ethno-rock Jazz fusion Guitar player from the Republic of Macedonia. Prominent artists who openly refused to take part in the Yugoslav Band Aid were Bora Đorđević, the leader of the cult band Riblja Čorba and Goran Bregović, the leader of Bijelo Dugme. Borisav "Bora" Đorđević ( Serbian Cyrillic: Борисав-Бора Ђорђевић also known as Bora Čorba (Serbian Cyrillic Бора Чорба A cult following is a group of fans devoted to a specific area of Pop culture. Riblja Čorba ( Serbian Cyrillic: Рибља Чорба translation Fish Stew, although the name of a 1989 compilation album titled in English is Goran Bregović ( Serbian Cyrillic: Горан Бреговић (born March 22, 1950) is a Yugoslav Musician from Bosnia and Bijelo dugme ("White Button" were a highly influential Rock band stationed in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, originally when in Yugoslavia

At the end of the campaign, the Yugoslav musicians played a big 8 hour stadium concert on June 15, 1985 in Belgrade. The video for Za Milion godina was played on many TV stations worldwide and also, on July 13 1985 at the Wembley Stadium on the large video screens during a video interlude. Wembley Stadium is a Stadium in Wembley, located in the London Borough of Brent in London, England. A video interlude is an Interlude during a performance that shows a Video. It is included, though not completely, in the Overseas contributors section in the official Live Aid DVD which was released in 2004 by Warner Music Group. Warner Music Group (WMG is the third-largest of the "big four" major record labels, the others being Sony BMG, EMI, and Universal

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