<P> The song is associated with the July 1985 Live Aid event, where it was performed by Benjamin Orr during the Philadelphia event; previously, the song was used as the background music to a montage of clips depicting the contemporaneous Ethiopian famine during the London event, which was introduced by English musician David Bowie . Following the concert it was re-released in the UK and peaked at No. 4 in August 1985 . Proceeds from the sales of the re-released song raised nearly £ 160,000 for the Band Aid Trust: Ocasek presented the charity's trustee Midge Ure with a cheque for the amount while he was in London in November 1986 promoting his solo album This Side of Paradise . </P> <P> In a retrospective review of the single, AllMusic journalist Donald A. Guarisco praised the song for being "a gorgeous ballad that matches heartfelt songwriting to an alluring electronic soundscape . The music reflects the lyrical tone with a lovely melody that rises and falls in a soothing yet sad fashion ." </P> <P> The music video was directed by actor Timothy Hutton and features model and actress Paulina Porizkova, who would later become Ric Ocasek's wife . </P> <P> The video alternates between shots of Orr sitting in a disused nightclub, facing mannequins posed at the bar as customers and bartender, and scenes that depict the breakdown of a relationship between the characters played by Ocasek and Porizkova . Ultimately left alone, the woman cries and laughs hysterically for a time before visiting the nightclub . She looks sadly in through a dirty window at the stage, where tuxedo - clad mannequins of the band members are posed with their instruments as if playing a show, and turns to walk away as the video ends . </P>

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