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1984 vocal performed by Band Assistance

"Do They Know Information technology's Christmas?"
Do They Know It's Christmas single cover - 1984.jpg

Cover artwork by Peter Blake
Single by Band Help
B-side
  • "Feed the World" (1984)
  • "One Year On (Feed the World)" (1985)
Released 3 December 1984
Recorded 24-25 Nov 1984
Studio Sarm West Studios, London
Genre Christmas music
Length
  • three:55 (vii" version)
  • 6:xx (12" version)
Label
  • Phonogram (Great britain)
  • Columbia (US)
Songwriter(s)
  • Bob Geldof
  • Midge Ure
Producer(s)
  • Midge Ure
  • Trevor Horn (12" and 1985 reissue)

"Do They Know It's Christmas?" is a song written in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in reaction to television set reports of the 1983–1985 famine in Federal democratic republic of ethiopia. Information technology was get-go recorded in a single day at Sarm Due west Studios in Notting Colina, London on 25 November 1984 past Ring Help, a supergroup put together by Geldof and Ure and consisting mainly of some of the virtually popular British and Irish gaelic musical acts at the time.[1] The unmarried was released in the United Kingdom on iii December 1984 and aided past considerable publicity it entered the UK Singles Nautical chart at number one and stayed there for five weeks, becoming the Christmas number one of 1984.[2] Information technology became the fastest selling single in Britain chart history, selling a 1000000 copies in the first week and passing three million sales on the final day of 1984,[3] on the mode to displacing Wings's "Mull of Kintyre" every bit the biggest-selling single of all time in the Britain.[4] It held this title until 1997 when it was overtaken by Elton John'due south "Candle in the Wind 1997", released in tribute to Princess Diana following her death.[5] The original version of "Practise They Know It'southward Christmas?" has sold three.8 meg copies in the UK.[vi] In a UK poll in December 2012, it was voted sixth on the ITV television special The Nation'south Favourite Christmas Song.[vii]

The song was also a major success effectually the world, reaching number one in 13 other countries outside the Britain. In the Usa, the single fell short of the summit ten in the Billboard Hot 100 due to a lack of airplay, only information technology had sold an estimated 2.v meg copies in the U.s.a. past January 1985.[8] [9] Worldwide the unmarried had sold 11.7 million copies by 1989.[10] Geldof'due south cautious promise was that the single would raise £lxx,000 for Ethiopia, but "Do They Know It's Christmas?" raised £8 one thousand thousand within twelve months of release.[11] The single's worldwide success in raising awareness and financial relief for the victims of the Ethiopian dearth led the recording of several other charity singles in the UK and in other countries, such as "Nosotros Are the World" by USA for Africa. The song as well led to various spin-off charity events, such every bit Comic Relief, and the Live Assist concert which would accept place seven months later in July 1985.

"Do They Know Information technology'south Christmas?" has been re-recorded three times: in 1989, 2004 and 2014. All the re-recordings were likewise clemency records; the 1989 and 2004 versions besides provided coin for dearth relief, while the 2014 version was used to raise funds for the Ebola crisis in West Africa. All three of these versions also reached number ane in the United kingdom, with the 1989 and 2004 versions also becoming the Christmas number ones for their corresponding years. The 2004 version of the song was also a UK million seller, with ane.8 one thousand thousand copies sold.[6]

Background [edit]

The vocal was inspired past a series of reports that Michael Buerk fabricated for BBC television news programmes in 1984, which highlighted the dearth in Ethiopia that was taking place at the time.[12] The BBC News crew were the first to certificate the famine, with Buerk'southward report on 23 Oct describing it as "a biblical dearth in the 20th century" and "the closest thing to hell on Globe".[13] The study featured nurse Claire Bertschinger who had to choose which child was well enough to gain admission to the express amount of food at the feeding station and who were besides sick to be saved.[xiv] The reports shocked the Great britain, motivating the British people to inundate relief agencies, such as Salvage the Children, with donations, and also to bring the world's attention to the crisis in Ethiopia.[15] [16] The Boomtown Rats vocaliser Bob Geldof and his then partner, television presenter Paula Yates, watched the written report broadcast on 23 Oct and were likewise deeply affected by it.[16] On the nurse Bertschinger, Geldof stated "In her was vested the power of life and death. She had become godlike, and that is unbearable for anyone."[14]

On two November Yates travelled from the couple's home in London to the Tyne Tees studio in Newcastle upon Tyne where she was presenting the weekly live music show The Tube. Among the acts performing on that week's programme were Ultravox, promoting their greatest hits album The Collection. Ultravox'due south forepart man Midge Ure was chatting to Yates in the dressing room after the show when Geldof called her. On discovering that she was with Ure, an old friend of Geldof's (they had previously worked together for clemency when they appeared at the 1981 do good show The Clandestine Policeman's Ball in London), Geldof asked to speak to Ure and told him that he wanted to do something to alleviate the suffering in Federal democratic republic of ethiopia. Ure immediately agreed to help and the pair bundled to meet and discuss ideas over lunch the following Monday, 5 November, chop-chop coming to the conclusion that the all-time option would be to brand a charity tape.[xvi]

Following their meeting, Geldof immediately set about recruiting other well known musicians to participate on the tape:

I then rang Sting and he said, yeah, count me in, and so [Simon] Le Bon, he just immediately said tell me the date and we'll clear the diary. The aforementioned day I was passing by this antique shop and who is standing in in that location but Gary Kemp, just well-nigh to become off on bout to Japan. He said he was mad for information technology as well and to expect 10 days till they [Spandau Ballet] got back in the country... suddenly information technology hitting me. I idea, 'Christ, nosotros take got the real top boys here', all the large names in pop are of a sudden ready and willing to exercise this... I knew and so that we were off, and I but decided to go for all the rest of the faces and started to ring everyone upwards, request them to do information technology.[17]

Farther telephone calls from Geldof as well secured promises of everybody involved in the record'south making to provide their services costless of charge, including most of the UK music magazines, which donated advertising space in their publications to promote the unmarried, Geldof'southward record label Phonogram who released the single, their parent company PolyGram who distributed it, and the creative person Peter Blake who created the unmarried'due south sleeve.[18]

Composition [edit]

Bob Geldof (left) and Midge Ure (correct) co-wrote the song. Ure would also serve every bit the song's producer.

Geldof and Ure's biggest problem was to be able to come up up with a song that could be recorded and released in time for Christmas. They both realised that they would have to write 1 themselves and not record a embrace version; otherwise, they would have to pay royalties which would accept to be subtracted from the amount raised for charity. On the Monday afternoon Ure came upwards with the outline of what he felt sounded a Christmas-like melody on a portable keyboard, which he recorded onto a record and sent to Geldof, who sarcastically told him that the melody sounded like the theme to Z-Cars.[19] Geldof came to Ure's firm the adjacent twenty-four hour period and together they worked on the tune with Geldof on his audio-visual guitar. Geldof added lyrics based on a song he had originally written for the Boomtown Rats, as he later recalled:

It was lucky in a way, considering I had already written this song, which I had provisionally called 'It's My World', and I knew it would be suitable if I just changed the words a bit and called information technology 'Do They Know It'due south Christmas?' Midge, reliable as always, sent downwards this melody which is the sort of Christmassy bit at the stop and we married the ii together.[17]

Ure recorded Geldof and his guitar and used the recording to develop Geldof's ideas later dorsum in his home studio, adding his own melody onto the terminate every bit a chorus. He later stated that he had been unable to ameliorate on Geldof's lyrics and left most of them as they were, with the exception of the line "And at that place won't exist snow in Africa this Christmas time" – the original lyric substituted "Africa" with "Ethiopia" but Ure decided that this did not scan.[xix]

Geldof'southward original idea had been to ask Trevor Horn to produce the vocal. At the fourth dimension Horn was an in-demand producer, having produced the three number one singles in 1984 for Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Although Horn was receptive to the idea, he told Geldof that he would need at to the lowest degree six weeks to be able to produce the song, which made it impossible for information technology to be set by Christmas. He did, however, offering the apply of Sarm W Studios in Notting Hill in west London (endemic past Horn and his wife Jill Sinclair) free of charge for twenty-4 hours on Dominicus 25 November. Horn would later remix and co-produce the 12" version of the single, as well as remixing the single for its 1985 re-release. In Horn'southward absence Ure was assigned the job of producer and he spent several days in his dwelling studio with his engineer Rik Walton to create the song'south backing track, programming the keyboards and drum machines and using a sample of the drums from the title track of Tears for Fears album The Hurting for the vocal's intro. John Taylor of Duran Duran and Paul Weller visited Ure'due south studio the 24-hour interval before the recording at Sarm West in order to add bass guitar and lead guitar respectively, although Ure and Weller later agreed that the lead guitar did not fit the predominantly synthesizer-based song and subsequently decided not to use Weller's contribution. Ure sang the original guide vocal, although Simon Le Bon and Sting both came to Ure's studio to add the vocals for their lines.[19]

Recording [edit]

While Ure was occupied creating the song'south backing track in the studio, Geldof was decorated contacting diverse British and Irish artists to inquire them to appear for the recording session. His programme was to accept the biggest names in British and Irish music at the time announced on the record, and few declined: Geldof afterward revealed only three people had turned him downwardly, simply refused to disclose who.[17] Those he asked just who were unable to appear instead sent recorded letters of support that appeared on the unmarried's B-side, including David Bowie and Paul McCartney.[20] Another Uk act who had been successful in 1984, the Thompson Twins, were unable to appear on the Band Aid record every bit they were out of the country and were made aware of the recording as well tardily to render and be involved in information technology, but they donated part of the proceeds of their so electric current single "Lay Your Hands on Me" to the Action for Ethiopia clemency.[xviii] [21]

Geldof and Ure arrived at Sarm West Studios at around viiiam on Sunday 25 November with the media in omnipresence outside. With recording scheduled to begin at 10:xxxam the artists began arriving. Geldof had arranged for the UK paper The Daily Mirror to have exclusive access inside the studio, and ensured that a 'team photo' was taken by the paper'southward photographer Brian Aris earlier any recording got nether way, knowing that it would be set up in time to appear in the post-obit day's edition of the newspaper and help publicise the record.[11] The photo also appeared on the back cover of the unmarried.

Ure played the backing rail and guide vocals to the artists and then decided, as a fashion of getting all involved straightaway, to record the climax first. The artists were put in a huge group and sang the 'Feed the world, let them know it's Christmas fourth dimension' refrain over and over again until it was complete. Having recorded the group, Ure chose Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet to be the first vocalist into the studio to record his solo office. Hadley admitted that this had been nerve-wracking, knowing that all his contemporaries were watching him.[11] One by ane the other assigned singers then did likewise, with Ure taping their efforts and then making notes on which segments would be cutting into the terminal recording. Le Bon, despite having already recorded his part at Ure'south house, re-recorded it so he could exist part of the moment. Sting too recorded his words once more, this time to provide harmony vocals. Despite being lead singers themselves, both Geldof and Ure had already decided that they would not sing whatsoever solo lines, although both took part in the 'feed the globe' finale. Ure later stated in his autobiography that he was constantly battling with Geldof, and telling him to leave when he would come into the production booth and wrongly tell the creative person behind the microphone what to sing.[19]

During the recording session, Geldof (correct) persuaded a reluctant Bono (left) to sing the line "Well, tonight thank God it's them, instead of you".[22]

Phil Collins arrived with his entire drum kit to record a live drum track on top of the already programmed drum auto. He ready the kit and and so waited patiently until early evening until after all the vocals had been recorded. Ure was content with the starting time take that Collins performed, but the perfectionist Collins was unhappy with it and asked for a second have to be recorded, which he was satisfied with.[19]

Although the majority of the artists who took role were the UK or Ireland'south biggest musical stars at the time, at that place were a few unusual participants. Members of the US group Kool & the Gang appeared on the record because they were signed to the same tape label as the Boomtown Rats, and merely happened to be visiting Phonogram's London offices on the day that Geldof walked in to pitch his idea for the clemency unmarried to the characterization.[19] Singer Marilyn, who had scored a couple of chart hits a yr earlier but whose star had faded throughout 1984, saw the opportunity to repossess the spotlight and turned upwardly to the recording despite not existence invited to take part, a fact overlooked by Geldof and Ure who felt any publicity was good publicity and the more than stars they could get to appear on the tape, the ameliorate. Actor Nigel Planer, who had reached number two earlier in the twelvemonth with a encompass version of "Pigsty in My Shoe" in the guise of his character Neil from the television one-act serial The Young Ones, also showed up uninvited and in character as Neil to play up to the cameras, and after being tolerated for a while was sent abroad by Ure.[11]

Geldof also asked Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt, the two frontmen of rock band Status Quo, to take part, knowing that although the grouping were from an entirely unlike musical era and background, their consistent chart success and fame would bring a certain amount of brownie to the project from the stone fraternity and ensure that the grouping'due south loyal following of fans (the "Quo Regular army") would purchase the record in large numbers.[19] Ure's original idea was for Rossi and Parfitt to sing the "hither's to you lot" harmonies in the vocal'south bridge, but he had to shelve the idea considering Parfitt could not hit the high notes. This section was eventually taken on by Weller, Sting and Glenn Gregory. Rossi privately told Ure afterwards that in the studio he sang most of Condition Quo'south song parts and that Parfitt only usually sang onstage, and that Ure should have kept Parfitt abroad from the microphone. Parfitt admitted in a 2004 documentary that he and Rossi had been extremely hungover from partying the night before, and were in no fit state to endeavor to tape their vocals.[eleven] However, co-ordinate to the journalist Robin Eggar, who at the time was music correspondent for The Daily Mirror and who was the only journalist present throughout the recording of the vocal, the pair were able to contribute in other means: "One time Condition Quo produced their bag of cocaine and the booze started to flow – I brought 6 bottles of wine from my flat, which disappeared in a minute – it became a party."[23]

Geldof had been keen to include Culture Club's Boy George on the single, at the time one of the biggest music stars in the world, and had called him in New York the day before the recording to insist that George turn up. By midday, with George still absent, an irate Geldof telephoned him again demanding to know where he was. Having simply gone to bed a few hours before, a sleepy George was woken up past Geldof insisting that he get onto a Concorde transatlantic flight later on that morning. However, George went back to sleep post-obit the phone call, and only fabricated it onto the last Concorde flight of the day after that afternoon. George eventually arrived at Sarm West at half-dozenpm and went immediately into the recording berth to deliver his lines, the final solo artist of the day.[11] One time George'due south contribution had been recorded, Ure began working on the mix equally the participants began to political party in the studio. A B-side, titled "Feed the World", was also produced by Trevor Horn in his own studio, using the same instrumental track equally the A-side and featuring messages from artists who had been at the recording, and also from those who had been unable to attend, including David Bowie, Paul McCartney, the members of Big Country and Holly Johnson from Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Before departing the Sarm Studio, Geldof recorded a statement, which featured as the last message on "Feed the World". Geldof's spoken-give-and-take statement said:

This record was recorded on the 25th of November 1984. It's now 8 AM in the morning of the 26th. Nosotros've been here 24 hours and I think it's time we went home. So from me, Bob Geldof, and Midge, nosotros'd say, 'Good forenoon to you lot all, and a million thanks to anybody on the record. Accept a lovely Christmas.'[24]

Style and content [edit]

The song comprises two parts: a verse and span which allow private singers to perform different lines; and a chorus in the form of ii repeated phrases by ensemble. The kickoff line of the recording is sung by Paul Immature on the 1984 version, Kylie Minogue on the 1989 version, Chris Martin of Coldplay on the 2004 version, and I Direction on the 2014 version. The opening line was sung by David Bowie at the Live Aid concert in 1985.[25]

Release and promotion [edit]

The following morning time Geldof appeared on Mike Read'southward BBC Radio i Breakfast Show to promote the record and promised that every penny would become to the cause. Most record retailers agreed to sell the record at its cost price of £ane.35 including VAT:[eighteen] however, some refused, citing cost pressures. Geldof was also incensed that the British Government refused to waive the VAT on the sales of the unmarried.[26] He made the headlines by publicly standing upward to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. In the end the government relented and donated an corporeality to the charity equal to the amount of tax they had nerveless on the unmarried.[27]

Radio 1 began to play the vocal every 60 minutes – normally an A-listing single got 7 or viii plays per solar day. The number i single at the fourth dimension of its release was "I Should Have Known Better" past Jim Diamond, and Diamond was quoted as maxim, "I'grand delighted to be at number one, simply side by side week I don't want people to buy my record; I want them to purchase Band Assistance instead".[28]

The song had advance orders of 250,000 inside a calendar week of its recording,[29] and orders from record dealers had topped one one thousand thousand by 8 December. In order to run across need, Phonogram had all 5 of their European factories put to work pressing the unmarried.[26]

"Exercise They Know Information technology's Christmas?" was released on Mon three Dec 1984.[two] It received farther publicity from a launch political party on 7 Dec at the Royal Albert Hall during the charity event "Dinner at Albert's", an evening of music to raise money for Save the Children and the Ethiopia Famine Relief Fund.[30] The single entered the U.k. Singles Nautical chart the following week at number i, outselling all the other records in the nautical chart put together, with the seven" single lonely selling 200,000 copies in the outset ii days of release.[26]

Released in the United states on 10 December 1984 on Columbia Records,[31] "Exercise They Know It's Christmas?" sold ane.nine 1000000 copies in its showtime 11 days on release[3] but did not attain number i there, due to the more than circuitous nature of the chart system, which counted airplay every bit well as sales. Despite outselling the official number one by four to one, it did not make the top ten due to a lack of airplay, ultimately peaking at number xiii on the Billboard Hot 100.[8]

Due to the time constraints of releasing the unmarried as quickly as possible, the promotional video for the song simply featured footage from the recording session. David Bowie, who had been Geldof's original choice to sing the vocal's opening line but who had been unable to attend the recording, flew into England from Switzerland to record a short introduction for the video to be played on the BBC'due south flagship television music show Tiptop of the Pops. However, Geldof was unhappy when he discovered that the testify'south regulations meant that the vocal and its video could not be played until it had actually charted. Undeterred, he contacted BBC1 controller Michael Grade directly and persuaded Grade to order that every programme preceding that calendar week'southward episode of Top of the Pops should outset 5 minutes early on to brand space to broadcast the song's video (consummate with Bowie's introduction) just before the show.[28]

Each week of its stay at number i, the video was shown on Summit of the Pops. However, for the Christmas Day special edition of the programme, most of the artists on the record appeared in the studio to mime to the song every bit it was relayed through the speaker system. The two most notable absentees were George Michael and Bono: during Michael's line the cameras focused on the studio audition, while Paul Weller mimed Bono's line to the camera.[32]

The charity received a further boost during Band Aid's five week tenure at the superlative of the Britain charts with Wham! at number two with their double A-side "Last Christmas"/"Everything She Wants". Wham! vocaliser George Michael had appeared on the Ring Assistance single and he and young man ring fellow member Andrew Ridgeley donated all the royalties from their single to the Ring Aid Trust.[33] As of 2021, "Terminal Christmas" has sold almost ii meg copies, and until it reached number i in January 2021 it held the record for the biggest-selling single never to attain number one in the Great britain.[34] [35]

A 30-minute video titled 'Do They Know It'south Christmas?' – The Story of the Official Band Aid Video was released in the UK on 15 December 1984 and in the Usa on 18 December 1984 on VHS and Betamax formats.[31] The video featured documentary footage shot at the recording session and interviews with Geldof and Ure, too every bit the completed promotional video.[26] At the 1986 Grammy Awards the song's video was nominated for the Best Music Video, Short Form award, eventually losing out to its U.s.a. analogue vocal "We Are the Globe".[36]

Reception and criticism [edit]

The reception in December 1984 to the original single from the UK music printing was mixed. Under a explanation of "TURKEY" (a double significant referring both to the traditional Christmas dinner and an artistic failure), the biggest selling music paper NME dismissed the song with the unmarried line, "Millions of Dead Stars write and perform rotten record for the right reasons".[37] The other two major music papers looked upon the tape more favourably, recognising that while musically the song was flawed, its intentions were admirable. Sounds said, "Information technology'south far from brilliant (if not quite the Bland Help some accept predicted) but you lot tin have fun playing Spot the Star on the vocals, and it deserves to sell by the truckload".[38] Melody Maker stated, "Inevitably, after such massive publicity, the tape itself is something of an anti-climax, even though Geldof's sense of universal melodrama is perfectly suited to this kind of ballsy musical manifesto. Midge Ure's large-screen product and the emotional vocal deliveries of the various celebrities matches the demonstrative sweep of Geldof's lyric, which veers occasionally toward an uncomfortably generalised sentimentality which threatens to turn righteous pleading into pompous indignation. On the other hand, I'one thousand sure it'southward impossible to write flippantly about something as fundamentally dreadful as the Ethiopia famine."[39]

In gimmicky times, the song has received criticism for what has been described as a colonial western-centric viewpoint and cavalier stereotypical descriptions of Africa, notably the phrase sung by Bono: Well this evening give thanks God it'southward them instead of you.[40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] For the 2014 version, several lyrics that were previously criticised were rewritten, and the song was changed to focus on Ebola rather than the original version'south dearth.[46] [47] The new lyrics have also been criticised every bit promoting stereotypes and condescension.[48] [49] [fifty] [51] [52] Even so, criticism from Africans regarding the song remained: in 2014, African activists and Twitter users complained that the vocal disregarded the variety of the continent of Africa and ultimately did more harm than skillful for the people.[53] Musician Fuse ODG turned downward a request to sing on the 2014 version, stating that the lyrics of the song do non reflect what Africa truly is. He cited lyrics such as "There is no peace and joy in west (sic) Africa this Christmas"; maxim he goes to Ghana yearly for the sole purpose of peace and joy, and so singing such lyrics would be a blatant prevarication.[54] [55] [56] [57]

Geldof and Ure themselves after recognised the musical limitations of "Exercise They Know It's Christmas?": in his typically blunt manner, Geldof told Commonwealth of australia's Daily Telegraph in 2010, "I am responsible for ii of the worst songs in history. The other i is 'Nosotros Are the World'."[58] Ure's assessment in his autobiography was that "it is a vocal that has aught to do with music. It was all about generating money... The song didn't matter: the vocal was secondary, almost irrelevant."[xix]

In 2005, a parody version entitled "Practise They Know Information technology'south Hallowe'en?" was created to poke fun at the lyrics in the original version.[59]

1985 reissue [edit]

"Do They Know It's Christmas?" was reissued the following year on 29 Nov 1985,[threescore] reaching number three in the UK Singles Chart the week post-obit Christmas. The 1985 single was remixed by Trevor Horn, the intended producer of the original version, and it included an updated B-side entitled "One Yr On (Feed the Earth)", beginning and catastrophe with a recording of a telephone message from Geldof and in between featuring Ure reciting a list of what had been bought with the money raised during the previous 12 months.[60]

Personnel [edit]

(adapted from credits on dorsum comprehend of the record sleeve)[61] [a]

Notes

  1. ^ Annie Lennox's name likewise appears on the sleeve credits as a recorded bulletin from her was due to be included on the B-side, but the bulletin did non go far in time before the record was pressed.
  2. ^ Midge Ure stated in his autobiography that about of the bass line was created and played on a synthesizer (later revealed to be the OSCar[62]), just that John Taylor had added some bass guitar to the song in Ure'southward abode studio on 24 November 1984.

Charts [edit]

Certifications and sales [edit]

Band Assist II [edit]

"Do They Know It's Christmas?"
Do They Know It's Christmas single cover - 1989.jpg
Single by Ring Aid 2
B-side "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (Instrumental)
Released 11 Dec 1989
Recorded 2–3 Dec 1989 at The Hit Factory, London
Genre Christmas music
Length 4:25
Label
  • PWL
  • Polydor
Songwriter(s)
  • Bob Geldof
  • Midge Ure
Producer(s) Stock Aitken Waterman

A second version of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" 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 vocal to aid the ongoing state of affairs in Ethiopia, and inside 24 hours the recording session had been arranged at Stock Aitken Waterman'southward studios on London'due south S Banking concern. The recording took identify over the weekend of 2 and 3 December,[106] and featured several artists who had already been produced by SAW, including Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan, Bananarama, Sonia, and Cliff Richard, as well equally other artists who had big hits in 1989, such every bit Lisa Stansfield, Jimmy Somerville, Moisture Moisture Wet and Bros. Bananarama's Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward became the simply artists to appear on both the 1984 and 1989 versions of the record. Siobhan Fahey, who had been part of Bananarama's line-upwardly at the time the first recording of the song was released, had left the group in 1988.

The lyrics were rearranged for a more traditional 'poetry and chorus' construction, with the opening poetry being split in two with a short repeat of the catastrophe chorus being played at the finish of both, followed by the "here's to you" section and a final diffuse version of the closing chorus (with commentary by Michael Buerk played over the outro in the music video).

Released on 11 December 1989,[106] the Ring Aid II version spent three weeks at number one in the UK, condign the Christmas number one single and the last number one single of the 1980s, and ended the year as the 9th biggest selling unmarried of 1989.[107]

Personnel [edit]

(adapted from credits on back cover of the tape sleeve)[108]

  • Bananarama
  • Large Fun
  • Bros
  • Cathy Dennis
  • D Mob
  • Jason Donovan
  • Kevin Godley
  • Glen Goldsmith
  • Kylie Minogue
  • The Pasadenas
  • Chris Rea
  • Cliff Richard
  • Jimmy Somerville
  • Sonia
  • Lisa Stansfield
  • Technotronic (incorrectly listed as "Technotronics" on the record sleeve)
  • Wet Wet Moisture

Musicians

  • Matt Aitken – keyboards, guitar
  • Luke Goss – drums
  • Chris Rea – guitar
  • Mike Stock – keyboards

The sleeve as well credits "A Linn" with playing drums on the record, a joking reference to the programmed Linn drum car.

Charts and certifications [edit]

Band Assistance 20 [edit]

"Practise They Know It's Christmas?"
Do They Know It's Christmas single cover - 2004.jpg
Unmarried by Band Aid xx
B-side
  • "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (original Band Assist version)
  • "Do They Know It'south Christmas?" (performed at Live Assist, 1985)
Released 29 November 2004 (2004-11-29) [118]
Recorded 12–14 Nov
Studio
  • Mayfair (Primrose Hill)
  • AIR (Hampstead, London)
Genre Christmas music
Length v:07
Label Mercury
Songwriter(s)
  • Bob Geldof
  • Midge Ure
Producer(s) Nigel Godrich
Music video
Band Aid 20 "Do They Know It'southward Christmas?" at MTV UK

Band Help twenty recorded a third version of the song in November 2004 for the twentieth anniversary of the original recording, and over again got to number one. The recording and release of the single tied in with the release of the Alive Aid concert on DVD for the first time.[119] The idea was prompted by Coldplay'south Chris Martin, although Geldof and Ure both got chop-chop involved. Geldof did the publicity and educated the younger artists on the issues (some of whom had not been born, or were very young, when the original was recorded) while Ure assisted producer Nigel Godrich and filmed the event for the corresponding documentary.

The gathering of the artists to tape the song's chorus took place at AIR Studios in Hampstead in north London on Sunday 14 Nov 2004, although the backing track and many of the solo lines had been recorded over the previous ii days.[119] [120] Damon Albarn did not have part in the recording but turned up to serve tea to the participants.[120]

This version of the song featured an extra segment—a rap by Dizzee Rascal in the midst of the "hither'due south to you" department. Bono flew in especially from Ireland tardily on Dominicus evening to sing the same line as he had washed two decades before,[121] making him the sixth artist to announced on ii versions, in addition to Geldof, Ure, Paul McCartney, Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward (Bananarama).

Personnel [edit]

Charts and certifications [edit]

Band Aid xxx [edit]

"Exercise They Know It's Christmas? (2014)"
Band Aid 30 - Do They Know It's Christmas? (2014).png
Single past Band Assistance 30
Released 17 November 2014
Recorded 15 November 2014
Studio Sarm Due west Studios, London
Genre Christmas music
Length 3:48
Characterization
  • Virgin EMI
  • Island
Songwriter(s)
  • Bob Geldof
  • Midge Ure
Producer(s) Paul Epworth

At a printing conference on 10 November 2014, Geldof and Ure announced that some other group of artists would come up together to re-record the song, this fourth dimension under the banner of Band Help 30 and in aid of the Ebola crunch. The 2014 version was recorded on Saturday xv November 2014 and released on the following Monday, 17 November.[150]

Background [edit]

Tracey Emin provided the artwork and Paul Epworth produced the rails. Vocal contributions came from artists including Ed Sheeran, One Direction, Paloma Organized religion, Ellie Goulding, Seal, Sam Smith, Sinéad O'Connor, Rita Ora, Emeli Sandé, Guardhouse and Olly Murs. Returning guest musicians from previous versions of the song included Chris Martin (who recorded the opening lines of the 2004 version) and Bono (who sang the 10th line in both the 1984 and 2004 versions).[151] Dissimilar the previous versions, where lyrics were about identical to the original, the lyrics were altered to address the then-ongoing outbreak. The lyric changes include:

  • "Where the only water flowing is the bitter sting of tears" is replaced with "Where a kiss of love can kill you and there's death in every tear"
  • "Well this evening thank God information technology'due south them instead of you" is replaced with "Well tonight we're reaching out and touching yous"
  • "Well, there won't exist snow in Africa this Christmas time" is replaced with "Bring peace and joy this Christmas to W Africa".
  • "The greatest gift they'll go this year is life" is replaced with "A song of promise where there'south no hope tonight".
  • "Where nothing always grows, no rain or rivers flow" is replaced with "Why is comfort to be feared? Why is to touch to be scared?".
  • "Underneath that burning sun" is replaced with "And all at that place is to come".
  • "Practise they know..." is rephrased every bit "How can they know...".
  • During the coda, "Feed the earth" alternates with "Heal the world".

Personnel [edit]

[152]

High german version [edit]

A German-language version of "Practise They Know It'due south Christmas?" was released on 21 November 2014. It was produced past Vincent Sorg and Tobias Kuhn and features vocals from artists including 2raumwohnung, Andreas Bourani, Die Toten Hosen, Jan Delay, Joy Denalane, Max Raabe, Milky Gamble, Peter Maffay, Silbermond, Thees Uhlmann, and Wolfgang Niedecken.[153]

Runway list [edit]

Digital download
No. Title Length
i. "Do They Know It'south Christmas? (2014)" 3:48
High german digital download – German version
No. Title Length
1. "Practice They Know It's Christmas? (2014)" (Deutsche version) iii:55
German CD single
No. Title Length
1. "Exercise They Know It's Christmas? (2014)" (Deutsche version) 3:56
2. "Practice They Know It'south Christmas? (2014)" 3:50
German CD maxi-single
No. Title Length
1. "Do They Know It's Christmas? (2014)" (Deutsche version) 3:56
two. "Do They Know It'southward Christmas? (2014)" iii:l
3. "Exercise They Know It's Christmas? (2004 version)" (Band Aid 20) 5:06
iv. "Practice They Know It's Christmas? (1989 version)" (Band Aid 2) 4:22
5. "Practice They Know Information technology's Christmas? (1984 version)" (Ring Aid) 3:52

Charts and certifications [edit]

Release history [edit]

Glee Cast version [edit]

"Do They Know It'due south Christmas?"
Unmarried by Glee cast
from the album Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album Volume ii
Released 15 Nov 2011
Recorded 2011
Genre Pop, Christmas music
Length iii:25
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s)
  • Bob Geldof
  • Midge Ure

The song was covered by the cast of Glee and was released in 2011 equally a single and alongside the full-length album Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album Book two. The song was featured in the season three Christmas episode, "Boggling Merry Christmas".[186]

Charts [edit]

Band Assistance Liverpool version [edit]

In December 2020, a group of musicians from Liverpool recorded a version of "Exercise They Know It'due south Christmas" under the name Ring Assistance Liverpool as a charity record in back up of Shelter. Retitled "Do They Know It's Christmas (Feed the Globe)" with lyrics referring to places on Merseyside, the projection was given the go-ahead by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, with Band Aid Liverpool releasing their cover version on 10 December 2020.[190]

Keith Lemon and Friends version [edit]

In December 2020, comedian Leigh Francis recorded a version of the song in honour of belatedly Boob tube presenter Caroline Flack, with proceeds raising money for the Trussell Trust, Crisis, UNICEF, Shelter and Samaritans. His version, recorded in character every bit Keith Lemon and the Bear from Bo' Selecta!, featured Emma Bunton, Peter Andre and Ronan Keating (with Keating also turning up on a version of LadBaby's "Don't Stop Me Eatin'", another 2020 Christmas number one contender raising money for the Trussell Trust).[191]

Run across also [edit]

  • "Starvation/Tam Tam Pour L'Ethiopie", a 1985 charity single featuring British and African artists
  • "Tears Are Not Enough", a 1985 clemency single recorded by Northern Lights, a supergroup of Canadian artists

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