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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.
under the name Band Aid Liverpool as a charity record in support of Shelter. Retitled "Do They Know It's Christmas (Feed the World)" with lyrics referring to places on Merseyside, the project was given the go-ahead by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, with Band Aid Liverpool releasing their cover version on 10 December 2020. [214]
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 ...
He formed Band Aid with British and Irish musicians and has since re-recorded the song in 1989, 2004 and 2014. The track raised $10.1 million in relief in the first year of its release, according ...
The lyrics are a pop-song paean to colonialism, reminiscent of Hegel's 19th century thinking when he dismissed Africa as “unhistorical, undeveloped” and “devoid of morality, religions and ...
Of these, seven artists totals included an appearance on the Band Aid 20 charity single, which reached number-one. Two of Busted's other three singles in 2004 also peaked at the top spot, with "Who's David" [8] and ""Thunderbirds"/"3AM"" [9] both landing the coveted position.
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 ...
Bono's lyrics became more personal, inspired by experiences related to the private lives of the members of the band. [ 4 ] [ 2 ] During the band's 1992–1993 Zoo TV Tour , Bono assumed a number of costumed stage personae in an attempt to be more lighthearted and escape the group's reputation of being overly serious and self-righteous. [ 55 ]