Ethiopia
| Ethiopia | |
|---|---|
| Chanteurs Sans Frontières | |
| publication | 1985 |
| Genre (s) | pop |
| text | Renaud |
| music | Franck Langolff |
Ethiopie is a French benefit song for Africa , it was recorded in 1985 by the band Chanteurs Sans Frontières , which consists of numerous well-known French musicians , the initiator of the project was Renaud . After Great Britain with Band Aid ( Do They Know It's Christmas? ), The USA with USA for Africa ( We Are the World ) and Germany with the Band für Afrika ( Nackt im Wind ) had started similar projects, the French wanted to use it of a song to collect money for Africa, in this case especially for the non-governmental organization Doctors Without Borders (in French Médecins sans frontières , hence the band name).
The song was written by Franck Langolff (music) and Renaud (text).
The single sold two million times within the first four months.
Singer
(in alphabetic order)
- Hugues Aufray
- Jean-Louis Aubert
- Josiane Balasko
- Daniel Balavoine
- Didier Barbelivien
- Axel Bauer
- Michel Berger
- Richard Berry
- Gérard Blanchard
- Francis Cabrel
- Louis Chédid
- Hervé Christiani
- Christophe
- Julien Clerc
- Coluche
- Charlélie Couture
- Lily Drop
- Gérard Depardieu
- Michel Delpech
- Diane Dufresne
- France Gall
- Jean-Jacques Goldman
- Richard Gotainer
- Jacques Higelin
- Valérie Lagrange
- Catherine Lara
- Maxime Le Forestier
- Jeane Manson
- Renaud
- Nicolas Peyrac
- Véronique Sanson
- Alain Souchon
- Téléphone
- Diane Tell
- Fabienne Thibault
- Trust
- Laurent Voulzy