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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.
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.
Tessa Margaret Niles (née Webb; born 27 January 1961 in Ilford, Essex) [1] is an English singer, best known as a backing singer for a wide variety of contemporary artists. She began her professional singing career in 1979. [2]
The cover for the original Band Aid single, designed by pop artist Sir Peter Blake, features colourful Christmas scenes contrasted with two gaunt Ethiopian children, in black and white, each ...
A new mix, featuring performances from the “supergroups” involved in the original 1984 track and the 2004 and 2014 versions, is now being released to mark Band Aid’s 40th anniversary, with ...
Billy Vera (born William Patrick McCord; [1] May 28, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, author, and music historian.He has been a singer and songwriter since the 1960s, his most successful record being "At This Moment", a US number 1 hit in 1987.
Appearing on BBC Radio 2 on Monday (25 November) for the premiere of the single, Geldof declared it a “work of art”. Bob Geldof tells Band Aid 40 critics to ‘shut up’ as he declares ...
Paul Antony Young [4] (born 17 January 1956) [5] is an English musician, singer and songwriter. Formerly the frontman of the short-lived bands Kat Kool & the Kool Cats, Streetband and Q-Tips, he became a teen idol with his solo success in the 1980s.