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Three re-recordings of the song to raise further money for charity also topped the charts, first the Band Aid II version in 1989, the Band Aid 20 version in 2004 and finally the Band Aid 30 version in 2014. [6] Band Aid II and Band Aid 20 were also Christmas number one. The original was produced by Ure. The 12" version was mixed by Trevor Horn.
Artist(s) Ref. January 5 "Careless Whisper" George Michael [1] January 12 January 19 January 26 "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Band Aid: February 2 February 9 February 16 "The Wild Boys" Duran Duran: February 23 "Noi, ragazzi di oggi" Luis Miguel: March 2 March 9 March 16 "Una Storia Importante" Eros Ramazzotti: March 23 March 30 April 6 April 13
Artist 1983 "I Think I'll Get My Haircut" Jona Lewie: 1984 "Mothers Talk" Tears for Fears "Shout" "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Band Aid: 1985 "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" Tears for Fears "Head over Heels" "I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording)" "Living on the Borderline" Smash Palace: 1987 "Welcome to the Jungle" Guns N' Roses: 1988
This was the first charity record to make the UK charts and reached Number 2. [ citation needed ] Due to its success, it was followed by a second compilation in 1957. George Harrison 's " Bangla Desh " single in 1971 is commonly regarded as the first successful international charity single; [ 1 ] it was recorded to help fund relief efforts ...
Excluding the musical acts composing Band Aid, Northern Lights, and USA for Africa, 19 different artists reached the top spot for the first time in 1985. This year, three artists earned more than one chart-topping single: Phil Collins, Madonna, and Tears for Fears. The three Canadian acts that peaked atop the chart in 1985 were supergroup ...
Band Aid (band) Cantaré, cantarás; Chiquitita an ABBA song, sales of which benefit humanitarian relief for children; Hear 'n Aid; Music for UNICEF Concert; Tears Are Not Enough, a 1985 charity single recorded by a supergroup of Canadian artists, under the name Northern Lights, to raise funds for relief of the 1983–85 famine in Ethiopia
At the end of 1984, the band performed on the Band Aid charity single alongside chart rivals Duran Duran, Culture Club and Wham!, and in 1985 performed at Wembley Stadium as part of Live Aid [49] to a global audience estimated at 1.9 billion. The "Spandau Ballet World Parade 84–85" was the group's biggest tour to date, spanning Europe ...
Madonna (pictured) had five songs on the Year-End Hot 100, the most of any artist in 1985. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 singles of 1985 . [ 1 ]