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Bob Geldof, initiator of the Band Aid and Live Aid movements for famine relief in the 1980s, was a student at the college (however, he was bitterly critical of it and in fact left without any qualifications).
After playing it, he commented that the song would be ideal for use as a multiple-artist benefit project (similar to Band Aid's Feed the World, or USA for Africa's We Are the World tracks).
The song re-entered the UK Singles Chart one year later in 1985, one of three hits to do so that originally charted in December 1984 ("Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid and "Last Christmas" by Wham! were the other two).
In addition to improving facilities and treatment options (he legendarily found on his first day that the team's first aid kit was out of Band-Aids), he encouraged the team to start training in gyms.
They continue to be a commercial success today, with such themes as Superman, Spider-Man, Hello Kitty, Rocket Power, Rugrats, smiley faces, Barbie, Dora the Explorer and Batman.
Ned makes a reference to the Led Zeppelin song "Dazed and Confused" when he says, "Call me Ned Zeppelin, but is one of my boys abrased and contused?" after he discovers a Band-Aid wrapper in Rod and Todd's bedroom.
He produced the American side of Live Aid and was responsible for the international distribution of the 16 hour broadcast to 155 countries and raised $127 million for the Band Aid Trust.