Charity single. Two words that can strike up both excitement and fear in pop fans. This year's Children in Need single - a cover of Oasis' Stop Crying Your Heart out by an all-star cast including Cher, Kylie Minogue and Robbie Williams - is the charity's most successful release in years, currently competing for Number 1 on this week's Official Singles Chart.
Children in Need launched in 1980, but it wasn't until 1985 that the idea of releasing a single to raise money and awareness ofthe campaign came to be.
It took a few years to catch on: 1985's single Almost Seems (Too Late to Turn) by Irish group Clannad peaked at Number 80, while a cover of David Bowie's Heroes by an all-star lineup called The County Line - featuring Suzi Quatro, Steve
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