Band Aid, Do They Know Its Christmas, Extended Version

Band Aid "Do They Know Its Christmas
"Do They Know It's Christmas?" is a charity song written in 1984 by Bob Geldoff of the BoomTown Rats and Midge Ure of Ultravox, to raise money for the 1983 - 1985 Ethiopian Famine.
It was first recorded by Band Aid, a supergroup were assembled by Geldof and Ure consisting of popular British and Irish musical acts at the time. 
It was recorded in a single day at Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill, London, in November 1984 and the whole recording was completed in 24 hours.
It was released in the United Kingdom on 3 December 1984. It entered the UK Singles Chart at number one and stayed there for five weeks, becoming the Christmas Number 1.
It sold a million copies in the first week, becoming the fastest-selling single in UK chart history; it held this title until 1997.
UK sales passed three million on the last day of 1984.
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