YU Rock Misija

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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.

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.

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. 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. 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.

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. 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.