He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother as the Hollies' version in 1988. In 2012, a version of the song was recorded, and was released on 17 December 2012, by musicians and celebrities going under the name The Justice Collective, for various charities associated with the Hillsborough disaster. The song went on to take the coveted Christmas number one position for 2012 on the UK Singles Chart, beating "The X Factor" winner James Arthur, who was number one the previous week. After the News International phone hacking scandal, members of The Farm along with Pete Wylie and Mick Jones of The Clash performed at an anti-"The Sun"
S. S. Balan group for 50 years before he retired in 2006 to become chairman emeritus of the group. Balan entered "Ananda Vikatan" as joint managing director and joint chief editor on 26 August 1956 and became managing director of the organisation on 26 August 1969 on the death of his father S. S. Vasan. Due to his powerful position as managing director of both "Ananda Vikatan" and Gemini Studios, he earned the moniker "M.D." amongst Chennai media circles in the 1970s. It was under his leadership that some of the finest achievements of the group happened including the birth of "Junior Vikatan",