Watching the documentary on the making of the first Band Aid single last night, my years just fell away and I felt twenty years younger. Spandau, Duran, Bananarama, Paul Young, Culture Club...These guys were at the top of their game, purveyors of white soul, funk, reggae and pop at its best.

The single marked a breakaway from the early eighties' 'greed is good' morality to a new inclusive caring, sharing way of thinking as epitomised by Sting offering Phil Collins half of his biscuit, Phil biting off half and Sting popping the remainder in his own mouth. A beautiful unselfconscious gesture of love and compassion which said 'there is more than enough food to go round the world if only we would think about others a bit more'.

Now today, Phil's 'Against All Odds' is released by X Factor winner Steve Brookstein, a karaoke version of a bonafide pop soul classic with none of the original's sheer star quality. None at all.

You may sing his song, Steve. But you'll never share a garibaldi with him.