YU Rock Misija ("misija" mening "mission" in Slovenian, Serbo-Croatian and Macedonian) 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 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:
| "Za milion godina" | |
|---|---|
| Single by YU Rock Misija | |
| B-side | "Za milion godina" (instrumental version) |
| Released | 1985 |
| Format | 7" |
| Genre | Pop Rock |
| Label | PGP RTB |
| Writer(s) | Mladen Popović, Dragan Ilić |
| Producer | Saša Habić |
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 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.
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