"Éthiopie" is a charity song recorded in 1985 by the collective band known under the name 'Chanteurs sans Frontières'. The song achieved a huge success in France, topping the chart for two months and becoming one of the best-selling singles in that country.

Chanteurs sans Frontières was a French association founded in 1985 following the Anglo-Saxon model of the band Band Aid with the same purpose : providing assistance to victims of the famine then raging in Ethiopia. The association was presided by Antoine di Zazzo, the general director of EMI Pathé Marconi, and was led by Dominique Quiliquini (Renaud's wife), Francis Cabrel (treasurer), Franck Langolff (composer of music) and Rony Brauman (president of Médecins sans Frontières. The idea of a single was found by Valérie Lagrange and under the direction of Renaud.

The song was written by Renaud and the music composed by Franck Langolff. It was produced by Franck Langolff and Thomas Noton.

The total donations reached 23,000,000 francs distributed to various associations : Médecins sans Frontières (90%), AICF, Médecins du monde, and Restos du Cœur.

Daniel Balavoine (5 February 1952 – 14 January 1986) was a French singer and songwriter. He was hugely popular in the French-speaking world, and inspired many singers in the 1980s, such as Jean-Jacques Goldman, and Michel Berger, his closest friend. He took part in French political life and is known for a 1980 televised verbal confrontation with François Mitterrand.

In the French music-business, Balavoine earned his own place with both his powerful voice, his wide range and his lyrics, which were full of sadness and revolt. He was emphatic, and his songs for the most part talked about despair, pain, and death. Hope was present as a theme, as well. He sold more than 20 million records during his career.

Daniel Balavoine was the youngest in a family of six children. He had 2 sisters and 3 brothers. His father, Emile, is an urban engineer and worked for the Reconstruction Ministry. His mother was an antics wholesaler. In 1959, his father relocated to Algeria and Balavoine moved to southern city of Pau and attended a boarding school, an experience which Balavoine clearly didn't appreciate. When he was 11, he heard She Loves You by The Beatles which sparked his taste in music.