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was recorded under the name of Band Aid II in 1989, overseen by the most successful British production team of the late 1980s, Stock Aitken Waterman. Geldof had telephoned Pete Waterman to ask him to produce a new version of the song to aid the ongoing situation in Ethiopia, and within 24 hours the recording session had been arranged at Stock ...
Three re-recordings of the song to raise further money for charity also topped the charts, first the Band Aid II version in 1989, the Band Aid 20 version in 2004 and finally the Band Aid 30 version in 2014. [6] Band Aid II and Band Aid 20 were also Christmas number one. The original was produced by Ure. The 12" version was mixed by Trevor Horn.
Sheeran wishes he wasn't on the new Band Aid song It also includes a sample of Michael Buerk's harrowing 1984 BBC News report from Korem in Ethiopia, which inspired Sir Bob Geldof to create the song.
1989 7 — 2 3 5 16 1 3 21 1 ARIA: Gold [26] BPI: Gold [13] SNEP: Silver [25] "Sealed with a Kiss" 8 5 2 2 12 4 1 11 13 1 "Every Day (I Love You More)" 43 — 6 8 37 19 1 47 41 2 "When You Come Back to Me" 40 — 6 1 — 36 1 20 — 2 BPI: Gold [13] Between the Lines "Hang On to Your Love" 1990 — — 12 21 — 51 3 26 — 8 "Another Night ...
In a memoir, Fikre Selassie Wogderess, Ethiopia's prime minister from 1987 to 1989, said only $20 million worth of aid actually reached the country in the mid-'80s.
He formed Band Aid with British and Irish musicians and has since re-recorded the song in 1989, 2004 and 2014. The track raised $10.1 million in relief in the first year of its release, according ...
His debut album Ten Good Reasons was the highest-selling album in the UK in 1989, with sales of over 1.5 million. He has had Four UK No. 1 singles. He has had Four UK No. 1 singles. He has also appeared in several stage musicals, most prominently in the lead role of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in the early 1990s.
Related: 1985 Live Aid Concert to Become a London Stage Musical Geldof also said that in today’s “fractious” world, “people have lost any ability to control events,” but when it comes to ...