Do They Know It's Christmas?
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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 consis
Cover artwork by Peter Blake
Do They Know It's Christmas single cover 1989
Do They Know It's Christmas single cover 2004
Geldof (right) persuaded a reluctant Bono to sing the line "Well, tonight thank God it's them, instead of you".
Bob Geldof
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Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof is an Irish singer-songwriter, political activist, television producer and entrepreneur. He rose to prominence in the late 1970s as the lead singer of the Irish rock band
Do They Know It's Christmas?
…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 consisting of popular British and…
Geldof in 2009
Geldof in 1985
Geldof performing as a solo artist in 1987
Geldof performing with Die Toten Hosen at Your Voice Against Poverty concert in Rostock, Germany on 7 June 2007