DO YOU KNOW WHY 'DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS?' WAS CREATED?
With Christmas right around the
corner, streets all over the world are filled with holiday spirit. For instance
shops are now streaming welcoming christmas music. A very well known song is
“Do They Know It’s Christmas?”, which was written in 1984 by Bob Geldof and
Midge Ure. It was recorded by Band Aid, a group brought together by Bob and
Ure, that consisted of famous British and Irish singers at the time (U2, Paul
McCartney, George Michael, Sting…). But why was this song so revolutionary and
most importantly why did it make such a big impact on the world?
This song was none other than a
charity song to raise money for the 1983-1985 famine in Ethiopia and in just
one week in managed to sell over 1 million copies. In one year it was able to
raise £8 million for the cause and it also won the Brit award. This success
quickly caught the attention of American artists resulting in “We Are The
World” by the USA for Africa created just a year later. However Band Aid
realised that their fame could benefit other causes so their song was
rerecorded and rereleased in 1989 and 2004 to raise funds for famine relief,
and in 2014 to raise funds for the Ebola crisis in West Africa.
This song by Band Aid is a great example
of what humanity can achieve by just getting together and helping those in
need. The result wasn’t only successful because of the artists but also because
of every single person that bought the record, played it at home or even showed
sympathy towards the cause.
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