Pink Floyd is releasing its first new music in almost three decades to raise money for the people of Ukraine, the band announced Thursday.

鈥淗ey Hey Rise Up鈥� features Pink Floyd members David Gilmour and Nick Mason, with vocals from Ukrainian singer Andriy Khlyvnyuk of the band BoomBox.

The track features Khlyvnyuk singing a patriotic Ukrainian song from a clip he recorded in front of Kyiv鈥檚 St. Sophia Cathedral and posted on social media.

Gilmour, who performed with BoomBox in London in 2015, said the video was 鈥渁 powerful moment that made me want to put it to music.鈥�

After Russia鈥檚 invasion, Khlyvnyuk cut short a tour of the U.S. to return to Ukraine and join a territorial defense unit.

Gilmour said he spoke to Khlyvnyuk, who was recovering in a hospital from a mortar shrapnel injury, while he was writing the song. He said: 鈥淚 played him a little bit of the song down the phone line and he gave me his blessing. We both hope to do something together in person in the future.鈥�

The song is being released Friday and the band says proceeds will go to the Ukraine Humanitarian Relief Fund.

鈥淲e want to express our support for Ukraine, and in that way show that most of the world thinks that it is totally wrong for a superpower to invade the independent democratic country that Ukraine has become,鈥� Gilmour said.

Pink Floyd was founded in London in the mid-1960s and helped forge the U.K. psychedelic scene before releasing influential 1970s albums including 鈥淭he Dark Side of the Moon,鈥� 鈥淲ish You Were Here鈥� and 鈥淭he Wall.鈥�

Original member Roger Waters quit in 1985, and the remaining members of Pink Floyd last recorded together for the 1994 album 鈥淭he Division Bell.鈥�

鈥擳he Associated Press