How Pink Floyd (members) reunited to record a song for Ukraine

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The title refers to the last line in the protest song, “Hey Hey, Rise Up and Rejoice.”

The story of how the song was created

“We, as so many others, have felt the fury, the frustration of this terrible act of an independent peaceful democratic country being invaded by one of the major powers,” Gilmour, a father of a Ukrainian daughter and grandchildren, stated in a statement posted on the band’s site.