1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia out the first airdrops from Hercules C-130s delivering food to the starving people. Other countries including Sweden, East and West Germany, Poland, Canada, United States and the Soviet Union were also involved in the international response. Buerk's news piece on the BBC was seen by Irish singer Bob Geldof, who quickly organised the charity supergroup Band Aid, primarily made up of the biggest British and Irish artists of the era. Their single, "Do They Know It's Christmas?", was released on 3 December 1984 and became Britain's best-selling single within a few weeks, eventually selling 3.69 million copies domestically. It raised
What It Is to Burn (song) What It Is to Burn (song) "What It Is to Burn" is the title track off the album "What It Is to Burn" by the U.S. post-hardcore band Finch. It was released as a single in 2003 and was featured in the pilot episode of "One Tree Hill". A demo version of the song was released on the Drive-Thru Records compilation CD "Welcome to the Family" in 2001. In an interview with AOL, lead singer Nate Barcalow said he wrote this song from the viewpoint of a man in hell sending a letter to his loved one. "What It Is