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"Do They Know It's Christmas?" is a charity song written in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia. It was first recorded by Band Aid , a supergroup assembled by Geldof and Ure consisting of popular British and Irish musical acts.
Band Aid 20 was the 2004 incarnation of the charity group Band Aid. The group, which included Daniel Bedingfield, Justin Hawkins of the Darkness, Chris Martin of Coldplay, Bono of U2, and Paul McCartney, re-recorded "Do They Know It's Christmas?". The song reached No. 1 on 6 November 2004, spent four weeks at that position and became the ...
In late-1984, Marilyn took part in the Band Aid charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" along with various other pop stars of the era. [24] In early-1985, facing financial difficulties and being forced to sell his London home, Phonogram Records dispatched him to Detroit, to work with producer Don Was. While in America, he cut his ...
"Do They Know It's Christmas?" through the years, clockwise: new wave stars in 1984, Kylie Minogue of Band Aid II in 1989; Coldplay's Chris Martin and Travis's Fran Healy at the Band Aid 20 ...
The BBC recently announced a new documentary, The Making of Do They Know Its Christmas, which details how the song was recorded over the course of a single day at a studio in London. It will air ...
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Band Aid Ethiopian famine relief single “Do They Know It’s Christmas?,” organizer/producer Trevor Horn has blended elements from the original as ...
Band Aid 20 was the 2004 incarnation of the charity supergroup Band Aid.The group, which included Daniel Bedingfield, Dido, Justin Hawkins of The Darkness, Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead, Chris Martin of Coldplay, Bono of U2, and Paul McCartney, re-recorded the 1984 song "Do They Know It's Christmas?", written by Band Aid organisers Bob Geldof and Midge Ure.
The new version of “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” is set to feature vocals from the 1984 ... a representative from Band Aid told PEOPLE that "Ed did not ask to be removed from the record ...