Do they Know it’s Christmas ~
Band Aid 1984
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Do They Know It’s Christmas
[Paul Young]
It’s Christmas time
There’s no need
to be afraid
At Christmas time
We let in light and
we banish shade
[Boy George]
And in our
world of plenty
We can spread
a smile of joy
Throw your arms
around the world
At Christmas time
[Bono & Sting]
And
the Christmas
bells that ring there
Are the clanging
chimes of
doom
[Bono]
Well tonight
thank God it’s them
Instead of
you
[Boy George & Others]
And
there
won’t be snow
in Africa this
Christmas
time
The greatest gift
they’ll get
this year
is life
(Oooh)
Where nothing
ever grows
No rain or
rivers flow
Do they know
it’s Christmas time
at all?
[Marilyn & Glenn Gregory]
Here’s to you
[Paul Young]
Raise a glass
for everyone
[Marilyn & Glenn Gregory]
Here’s to them
[Paul Young, Marilyn & Glenn Gregory]
Underneath
that burning sun
Do they know
it’s Christmas time
at all?
[George Michael]
But
say
a prayer
Pray for
the other ones
At Christmas time
it’s hard
[Simon LeBon (Duran Duran)]
But
when you’re
having fun
There’s
a world
outside your window
And it’s a world
of dread
and fear
[Sting]
Where
the only water
flowing Is
the bitter
sting of
tears
Song written by Bob Geldof
***
“Do They Know It’s Christmas?”
is a song written in 1984
by Bob Geldof
and Midge Ure
in reaction
to television reports of
the 1983–1985
famine in
Ethiopia.
It was first
recorded in a single day
on 25 November
1984.
The record
became the fastest
selling single
in UK chart
history,
selling
a million copies
in the first week
alone
and
passing 3 million
on the last day of
1984.
The song was
also a major success
around the world,
reaching number one
in thirteen other countries
outside the UK
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