Do They Know It's Hallowe'en? - NAHPI

"Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?" is a charity song inspired by "Do They Know It's Christmas?". It was released on October 11, 2005 in Canada by Vice Records by a cast of multiple performers under the name "North American Halloween Prevention Initiative".

It was written by Nick Diamonds (The Unicorns) and Adam Gollner. Like its inspiration, it is a charity song, the proceeds of which were donated to UNICEF. According to the official press release, the song "stems from frustration with the misguided and somewhat condescending attitude of other charity songs and their Western-centric worldview".

The song featured multiple alternative artists popular at the time:
Win Butler and Régine Chassagne from Arcade Fire
Beck
Buck 65
David Cross
Liane Balaban from Dessert
Devendra Banhart (with Noah Georgeson, Jona Bechtolt and Luckey Remington)
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
Feist
Gino Washington
Syd Butler from Les Savy Fav
J'aime Tambeur from Islands
Malcolm McLaren
Nardwuar
Peaches
Dntel
Jenny Lewis and Blake Sennett from Rilo Kiley
Roky Erickson
Chris Murphy from Sloan
Asya and Chloe from Chaos Chaos
Stephin Merritt from The Magnetic Fields
Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth
Russell Mael from Sparks
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Steve Jocz from Sum 41
Tanya Tagaq
Anna Waronker from That Dog
Dan Boeckner and Spencer Krug from Wolf Parade
Karen O from Yeah Yeah Yeahs

For a charity song these bitches put a lot of effort into it, lol.




"Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?" es una canción benéfica inspirada en "Do They Know It's Christmas?". Fue publicada el 11 de octubre de 2005 en Canadá por Vice Records por un elenco de múltiples intérpretes bajo el nombre de "North American Halloween Prevention Initiative".

Fue escrita por Nick Diamonds (The Unicorns) y Adam Gollner. Al igual que su inspiración, se trata de una canción benéfica, cuyas ganancias se le fueron donadas a la UNICEF. Según el comunicado de prensa oficial, la canción "surge de la frustración por la actitud equivocada y un tanto condescendiente de otras canciones benéficas y por su visión del mundo centrada en Occidente".

La canción conto con la participación de múltiples artistas alternativos populares en ese momento:
Win Butler y Régine Chassagne de Arcade Fire
Beck
Buck 65
David Cross
Liane Balaban de Dessert
Devendra Banhart (con Noah Georgeson, Jona Bechtolt y Luckey Remington)
Elvira, La dama de la oscuridad
Feist
Gino Washington
Syd Butler de Les Savy Fav
J'aime Tambeur de Islands
Malcolm McLaren
Nardwuar
Peaches
Dntel
Jenny Lewis y Blake Sennett de Rilo Kiley
Roky Erickson
Chris Murphy de Sloan
Asya y Chloe de Chaos Chaos
Stephin Merritt de The Magnetic Fields
Thurston Moore de Sonic Youth
Russell Mael de Sparks
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Steve Jocz de Sum 41
Tanya Tagaq
Anna Waronker de That Dog
Dan Boeckner y Spencer Krug de Wolf Parade
Karen O de Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Para ser una canción benéfica le pusieron muchas ganas los weones, lol.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HzyaF0NuB...