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Paul Doran
Paul Doran is an Irish singer-songwriter. He began performing in 1970s Dublin in The Coffee Kitchen folk club and went on to perform in many of Dublin’s venues as part of The Kitchen Band. In 1983 the band Moving Hearts performed two of his songs but never released them as they transitioned to an instrumental group soon after. After hearing the band perform the songs singer Christy Moore contacted Paul interested in hearing more of his work. He was immediately taken by Natives which he released as a single in 1987 and appeared on his Unfinished Revolution studio album. Many cover versions of the song followed including by Paolo Nutini who sang it as part of the One Campaigns Agit8 concerts in London in 2013. In 1986 Paul was asked by Christy to write a song for the Self Aid concert. Christy had written The Self Aid Song for it but wasn’t sure whether it was suitable for the event. Paul wrote the first verse of Make it Work and they collaborated on the rest finishing it in the Shannon Shamrock Hotel in County Clare. “ The song charted as a “Special #1” on the Irish charts on May 18, 1986, something which had only previously happened with “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”. This was done when sales of a new single were so strong they recognized it would chart the following week.” (Uebelhart,et al., U2 songs.com 1995-2004 https://www.u2songs.com/search/1658842b2fa0ad50b9ab09a0a279132c/ Accessed 21 /01/2024)