Band Aid (band) musicians. This version, released in 1989 was produced by British songwriting and production team formed of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman known as Stock Aitken Waterman. The only artists from the original Band Aid to be featured again on this version were Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward of Bananarama. This version topped the UK Singles Chart for three weeks, but ultimately achieved far less historical significance and status than its predecessor. On Friday 1 December 1989, Bob Geldof called Pete Waterman to ask if he would consider producing a new version of the song featuring the big stars
The Power Station (band) was named after The Power Station recording studio where their album was conceived and recorded. On July 23, Duran Duran's charity concert at Villa Park 1983 took place in aid of Mencap. Duran Duran had been known to be huge fans of Robert Palmer so he was invited to take part. After Duran Duran's third album "Seven and the Ragged Tiger", the members of the band went on a planned short hiatus, going into two projects. One of these was the band Arcadia, which maintained the melodic and atmospheric aspects of Duran Duran's previous recordings. The other was The Power