Background
Many muscians the Popular music in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia gathered and formed a Yugoslav Band Aid group called YU Rock Misija. The group recorded a charity song "Za milion godina" ("For a Million Years"), which was released as single and also filmed a corresponding video. The song was written by Dragan Ilić (the former Generacija 5 leader) and Mladen Popović. The guitar solo in the song was played by Vlatko Stefanovski. The group included following musicians:
- Solos and duets (in order of appearance)
- Oliver Mandić
- Serđo Blažić (of Atomsko Sklonište)
- Željko Bebek
- Marina Perazić (of Denis & Denis)
- First duet
- Momčilo Bajagić (of Bajaga i Instruktori)
- Vesna Vrandečić (of Xenia)
- Second duet
- Aki Rahimovski (of Parni Valjak)
- Zorica Kondža
- Slađana Milošević
- Dado Topić
- Massimo Savić (of Dorian Gray)
- Zdravko Čolić
- Others
- Jura Stublić (of Film)
- Husein Hasanefendić (of Parni Valjak)
- Snežana Stamenković (of Aska)
- Izolda Barudžija (of Aska)
- Snežana Mišković (of Aska)
- Mladen Vojičić Tifa (of Bijelo Dugme)
- 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
Prominent artists who openly refused to take part in the Yugoslav Band Aid were Bora Đorđević, the leader of the Riblja Čorba and Goran Bregović, the leader of Bijelo Dugme.
At the end of the campaign, the Yugoslav musicians played a big 8 hour concert on 15 June 1985 at Marakana stadium in Belgrade. The video for "Za milion godina" was played on many TV stations worldwide and also, on 13 July 1985 at the Wembley Stadium on the large video screens during a video interlude. 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.
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