▁Far ida ▁Maj id , ▁would ▁later ▁write : ▁" To ▁the ▁utter ▁const ern ation ▁of ▁[ US ▁President ] ▁N ixon ▁and ▁[ Secret ary ▁of ▁State ] ▁K iss inger , ▁George ▁Harrison ' s ▁' B ang la ▁Des h ' ▁hit ▁the ▁chart . ▁It ▁was ▁a ▁thr illing ▁moment ▁in ▁the ▁midst ▁of ▁all ▁the ▁sad ▁news ▁em an ating ▁from ▁the ▁battle front . ▁Even ▁the ▁Western ▁journal ists ▁covering ▁the ▁civil ▁war ▁in ▁East ▁Pakistan ▁were ▁not ▁yet ▁using ▁the ▁word ▁' B ang l adesh ' ." ▁The ▁studio ▁recording ▁was ▁also ▁played ▁at ▁the ▁Con cert ▁for ▁Bang l adesh ▁shows , ▁following ▁Sh ank ar ' s ▁opening ▁set , ▁over ▁foot age ▁of ▁the ▁refuge es ▁and ▁scenes ▁from ▁the ▁war . ▁ ▁Re issue ▁Despite ▁the ▁song ▁having ▁been ▁a ▁hit ▁– ▁and ▁its ▁status ▁as ▁the ▁first - ever ▁pop ▁char ity ▁single , ▁four teen ▁years ▁before ▁Band ▁A id ▁and ▁USA ▁for ▁Africa ▁– ▁" B ang la ▁Des h " ▁was ▁mostly ▁ignored ▁by ▁record - company ▁rep ack agers ▁following ▁ 1 9 7 1 . ▁Over ▁a ▁period ▁of ▁ 4 3 ▁years , ▁the ▁studio ▁version ▁received ▁an ▁album ▁release ▁only ▁on ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁compilation ▁The ▁Best ▁of ▁George ▁Harrison , ▁which ▁was ▁issued ▁on ▁CD ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 7 . ▁The ▁song ▁has ▁since ▁been ▁included ▁as ▁a ▁bonus ▁track , ▁rem ixed ▁by ▁Paul ▁H