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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 ...
Nov 25, 2011 · ︎ SPANDAU BASSIST MARTIN KEMP REMINDS US via Twitter that on this day in 1984, he and about 40 other mainly British superstars went into the studio under the group name of Band Aid to record the fund-raising single, Do They Know It’s Christmas? This collabarative gesture in the name of charity held the record for 13 years as the UK’s biggest selling chart single of all time.
Nov 12, 2014 · Here are 14 fast facts about the making of the song that may surprise you. 1. Band Aid was the UK's biggest ever selling single for 13 years. It was only eventually pushed off the top spot by ...
Nov 10, 2014 · Band Aid sleeve artist Sir Peter Blake, 82 Living legend, he’s most famous for his work on The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover. Wham! singer George Michael, 51 ...
The project lead naturally the next year to Live Aid, the biggest global rock concert ever, viewed by two billion people in 60 countries, who coughed up still more dollars. It is estimated that Live Aid raised £150m (about $283m). The idea for Band Aid was proposed by one man, Bob Geldof, since granted an honorary knighthood but in 1984 a ...
Nov 25, 2014 · Earlier this month, new group of stars came together (at the U.N.’s request) to record a 30th anniversary update, but Geldof himself still has trouble hearing the original. “I associate it ...
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Three subsequent re-recordings of the song to raise further money for charity also topped the charts, first the Band Aid II version in 1989 and the Band Aid 20 version in 2004 and finally the Band Aid 30 version in 2014. The original was produced by Midge Ure. The 12″ version was mixed by Trevor Horn.
