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 About Love (The Desert Rose Band song) released in stores and aimed at the Country radio stations. The single featured just the one single track and no B-Side. The CD single featured artwork, displaying a photograph of the band in a field. In a July 1993 press release for the "Life Goes On" album by McMullen & Company (Public Relations), the article stated ""The first single off the album "What About Love" is due in stores and ships to radio on July 26."" The single had a special campaign for its release, aimed at gaining radio play. In the Billboard Magazine issue of August 14, 1993, the