 "The Invasion of the Spacepeckers" was released at the 1984 Midem music festival, and went on to sell 1.1 million copies.In 1985, when the VideoKids refused to release their song "Woodpeckers from Space" in South Africa, due to the political situation in South Africa during that time, Costa Anadiotis decided to release his own unique version of the song under the banner of Café Society.