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 Is Life Lune ..." A version by Shawn Mullins was released as a single in 1999 and plays over the closing credits of the Adam Sandler movie "Big Daddy" (1999). Following Harrison's death, Japanese band the Collectors contributed a recording of "What Is Life" to the "Gentle Guitar Dreams" tribute album, released in May 2002. Classical guitarist Joseph Breznikar recorded a version of the song for his 2003 tribute album "George Harrison Remembered: A Touch of Class". In November 2004, Neal Morse released his recording of "What Is Life" on the special-edition version of his album "One". Les Fradkin included a cover