"Grief Never Grows Old" is a song written by

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and recorded by the music supergroup One World Project in 2005 to raise money for relief from the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami in Asia. It was released on 24 January 2005 and reached a peak position of number 4 on the

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Background

The musicians who sang in the song were

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, Jeffrey Foskett,

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, Robin Gibb,

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, Brian Wilson, and Steve Winwood. Other musicians and celebrities on the record were Jon Anderson, Celina Cherry,

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, Hank Linderman, Gary Moore,

, Rick Wakeman, and Bill Wyman. The song was produced by Steve Levine. The musical director was Darren Sell. 2005 singles All-star recordings Charity singles 2005 songs {{2000s-UK-single-stub