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under the name Band Aid Liverpool as a charity record in support of Shelter. Retitled "Do They Know It's Christmas (Feed the World)" with lyrics referring to places on Merseyside, the project was given the go-ahead by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, with Band Aid Liverpool releasing their cover version on 10 December 2020. [212]
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.
We Are the World", along with Live Aid and Farm Aid, demonstrated that rock music had become more than entertainment, but a political and social movement. [102] Journalist Robert Palmer noted that such songs and events had the ability to reach people around the world, send them a message, and then get results.
The lyrics are a pop-song paean to colonialism, reminiscent of Hegel's 19th century thinking when he dismissed Africa as “unhistorical, undeveloped” and “devoid of morality, religions and ...
The release of the Band Aid single, and the Live Aid concert that followed eight months later, became seminal moments in celebrity fundraising and set a template that many others followed.
The new "ultimate mix" of the Band Aid single blends vocals from several versions of the charity single that have been recorded over the years, so that George Michael duets with Harry Styles, and ...
The song was recorded on 14 November 2004, to benefit Sudan's troubled Darfur region, and was released that same month. [1] The single became the UK's biggest seller of 2004 as well as the Christmas number one. [2] Bono and Paul McCartney were the only artists from the original Band Aid to lend their voices to Band Aid 20. [3]
Bono’s vocals are highlighted from both the 1984 and 2014 recordings, while the house band features everyone from Paul McCartney, Phil Collins and Thom Yorke to Damon Albarn, Paul Weller and ...