Another re-recording of "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
Howard Lake | 21 October 2004 | News
“Do They Know It’s Christmas?”, the fundraising single of 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, is to be re-recorded soon and released for the third time to raise funds for famine relief work in Sudan.
“Do They Know It’s Christmas?” is the best-selling single in the UK, and inspired the 1985 Live Aid fundraising concerts. The single was re-recorded in 1989 by new stars like Kylie Minogue and Wet Wet Wet.
The Sun reports that it will be rerecorded again by today’s stars, including, reportedly , Coldplay, The Darkness, Robbie Williams, Travis and Dido. It will be released before Christmas 2004 and no doubt will stand a good chance of becoming the Christmas number one.
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The re-recording has both Bob Geldof and Midge Ure’s backing. Ure said: “Dominic Mohan (The Sun) approached Bob and I about re-recording the single and we thought it was a great idea. So far we’ve had the backing of Chris Martin (Coldplay) Fran (Travis) , the Darkness and Keane. Nigel Godridge (Coldplay) will produce and I’ll exec produce. So we’re looking forward to a Xmas No. 1!”
Proceeds will again benefit the Band Aid Trust.
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.