query: who plays drums on do they know its christmas

pos: Do They Know It's Christmas? it so he could be part of the moment. Sting also recorded his words again, this time to provide harmony vocals. Despite being lead singers themselves, both Geldof and Ure had already decided that they would not sing any solo lines, although both took part in the 'feed the world' finale. Ure later stated in his autobiography that he was constantly battling with Geldof, and telling him to leave when he would come into the production booth and wrongly tell the artist behind the microphone what to sing. Phil Collins arrived with his entire drum kit to record a live

pos: The No Jacket Required World Tour the title changed to "Phil Collins: No Ticket Required". It won an ACE AWARD for best TV Music special in 1986. Another television special was recorded at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England for Cinemax show called "Album Flash". The Live Aid concerts were notable for Collins performing at both the Philadelphia and London shows. Bob Geldof, the organiser of Live Aid, originally asked Collins to be part of Geldof's first charity effort, Band Aid. Collins provided drums and sang backing vocals for Band Aid's 1984 No. 1 UK hit, "Do They Know It's Christmas?". For Live Aid Collins

neg: Earwig (band) Big Takeover Issue No. 61, 2007 In 1996 drummer Chuck Palmer left the band and was briefly replaced by Brad Swinarski, who played only two shows with Earwig before leaving the band. Swinarski participated in two recording sessions with the band resulting in three released songs: A cover of "Do They Know It’s Christmas?" released on the LFM Chris-single cassette, "Anatomical Gift" and "Two Dragons." In 1996, Justin Crooks, formerly the drummer for LFM band Parsnip, joined Earwig on drums. This trio of Rich Cefalo on bass, Justin Crooks on drums, Lizard McGee on guitar and vocals recorded "Perfect Past

neg: Do They Know It's Christmas? Goulding, Seal, Sam Smith, Sinéad O'Connor, Rita Ora, Emeli Sandé, Bastille and Olly Murs. Returning guest musicians from previous versions of the song included Chris Martin (who recorded the opening lines of the 2004 version) and Bono (who sang the tenth line in both the 1984 and 2004 versions). The line "Well, there won't be snow in Africa this Christmas time" was changed to "Bring peace and joy this Christmas to West Africa". Vocalists: Musicians: Additional personnel: A German-language version of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" was released on 21 November 2014. It was produced by Vincent Sorg and Tobias

neg: Phil Collins to the production on "Chinese Wall", the third solo album from Earth, Wind & Fire vocalist Philip Bailey, which included a duet from the two musicians, "Easy Lover". The song went to No. 1 in the UK. Collins produced and played drums on several tracks on "Behind the Sun" by Eric Clapton. In November 1984 Collins joined Band Aid, a charity supergroup primarily made up of the biggest British and Irish musicians of the era, and played drums on "Do They Know It's Christmas?" which was recorded at Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill, London. Collins released his most successful

neg: Extraordinary Merry Christmas by Michele, "Let It Snow" sung by Criss and Colfer, "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" performed by Monteith and Salling—but not by Samuel Larsen, who sings the song with them on the album—in the Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band version, The Waitresses' "Christmas Wrapping" sung by Morris, and the Band Aid fundraiser "Do They Know It's Christmas?" performed by New Directions. The filming of this last piece, shot on Thanksgiving eve, involved "lots of children". All proceeds from the cast's version of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" will go to the Band Aid Trust Charity. In an

neg: No Jacket Required going to attend both Live Aid shows as well, but "they all chickened out." "By default, I was the only one who did it," he later claimed. Bob Geldof, the organiser of Live Aid, originally asked Collins to be part of Geldof's first charity effort, Band Aid. Collins played the drums and performed backing vocals for Band Aid's UK number one hit in 1984, "Do They Know It's Christmas?". Collins first performed with Sting at Wembley, and together they performed "In the Air Tonight", "Against All Odds", "Long Long Way to Go" and "Every Breath You Take", accompanied by saxophonist

neg: Extraordinary Merry Christmas with more food and some presents. The glee club sings "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for the people there. Back at McKinley, Rachel has a change of heart and names Finn's gift sow "Barbra". Finn does give her the earrings she wanted, but she ultimately returns them and he returns the iPod she gave him: they donate the money to the Salvation Army kettle manned by Sam and Rory, and stay to help. The episode is the directorial debut of "Glee" star Matthew Morrison, who plays Will Schuester. He announced that he would be directing an episode "during an acoustic

neg: I Don't Know How But They Found Me Seaman were long-time friends who have worked together in the past. Seaman joined Weekes' former band the Brobecks in 2008 and performed drums for Weekes' solo projects, including the songs "Sickly Sweet Holidays" and "Please Don't Jump (It's Christmas)". Initially a solo effort, Weekes had been writing and recording songs while on the road with Panic! at the Disco for several years. Seaman performed drums on the record, which led to Weekes proposing the idea to present it as a duo. As evidenced by old tweets and also Weekes confirming it in interviews, the "I Don't Know How But They

neg: Do They Know It's Christmas? 200,000 copies in the first two days of release. In the United States, the video was played on MTV frequently throughout the Christmas season. Released in the US on 10 December 1984 on Columbia Records, "Do They Know It's Christmas?" sold 1.9 million copies in its first eleven days on release but did not reach number 1 there, due to the more complex nature of the chart system, which counted airplay as well as sales. Despite outselling the official number 1 by four to one, it did not make the top ten due to a lack of airplay, ultimately peaking

neg: Do They Know It's Hallowe'en? Do They Know It's Hallowe'en? "Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?" is a charity record inspired by "Do They Know It's Christmas?". It was released on October 11, 2005, in Canada on Vice Records by a cast of rock artists and other performers under the name "North American Halloween Prevention Initiative" (NAHPI). It reached number four on the Canada pop chart. Like its inspiration, it is a charity song, with all proceeds being donated to UNICEF. According to the official press release, the song "stems from a frustration with other benefit songs' misguided, somewhat patronizing attitude, and Western-centric worldview." Additional vocal

neg: Do They Know It's Christmas? in the music video). Released on 11 December 1989, the Band Aid II version spent three weeks at number one in the UK, becoming the Christmas number one single and the last number one single of the 1980s, and ended the year as the ninth biggest selling single of 1989. Musicians The sleeve also credits "A Linn" with playing drums on the record, a joking reference to the programmed Linn drum machine. Band Aid 20 recorded a third version of the song in November 2004 for the twentieth anniversary of the original recording, and again got to number one. The

neg: Do They Know It's Christmas? Do They Know It's Christmas? "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 by Band Aid, a supergroup put together by Geldof and Ure and consisting mainly of the biggest British and Irish musical acts at the time. The single was released in the United Kingdom on 3 December 1984 and aided by considerable publicity it entered the UK Singles Chart at number one and stayed there for

neg: Do They Know It's Christmas? this Christmas"; saying he goes to Ghana yearly for the sole purpose of peace and joy, so singing such lyrics would be a blatant lie. A parody version entitled "Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?" was created to poke fun at the lyrics in the original version. In the 2014 version, several lyrics that were previously criticised were rewritten, and the song was changed to focus on Ebola rather than the original version's famine. The new lyrics have also been criticised for stereotypes and condescension. Geldof and Ure themselves later recognised the musical limitations of "Do They Know It's Christmas?": in

neg: Do They Know It's Christmas? the single for its 1985 re-release. In Horn's absence Ure was assigned the job of producer and he spent several days in his home studio with his engineer Rik Walton to create the song's backing track, programming the keyboards and drum machines and using a sample of the drums from the title track of Tears for Fears album "The Hurting" for the song's intro. John Taylor of Duran Duran and Paul Weller visited Ure's studio the day before the recording at Sarm West in order to add bass guitar and lead guitar respectively, although Ure and Weller later agreed that

neg: Last Christmas unrequited love". Wham! already had two number one songs in the UK Singles Chart in 1984 and news that they were planning a Christmas single meant that a battle for the coveted Christmas number one spot in the UK seemed set to be between Wham! and the year's other big act, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, who had achieved a third number one in early December with "The Power of Love". However, the Band Aid Single helmed by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, produced the number one single "Do They Know Its Christmas" Wham!'s offering peaked at number two for much

neg: George Michael calling the move "way overdue". In November 1984, Michael joined other British and Irish pop stars of the era to form Band Aid, singing on the charity song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for famine relief in Ethiopia. This single became the UK Christmas number one in December 1984, holding Michael's own song, "Last Christmas" by Wham!, at No. 2; Michael also donated the royalties for "Last Christmas" to Ethiopia. "Do They Know It's Christmas?" sold 3.75 million copies in the UK and became the biggest selling single in UK chart history, a title it held until 1997 when it

neg: Do They Know It's Christmas? on the single. Radio 1 began to play the song every hour – normally an A-list single got seven or eight plays per day. The number one single at the time of its release was "I Should Have Known Better" by Jim Diamond, and Diamond was quoted as saying, "I'm delighted to be at number one, but next week I don't want people to buy my record; I want them to buy Band Aid instead". The song had advance orders of 250,000 within a week of its recording, and orders from record dealers had topped one million by 8 December.

neg: Damsels in Distress (plays) there were nonetheless a number of common themes that arose from the plays' settings: flats owned by well-to-do Londoners who know little of who their neighbours are or what they do; and seedy vices left behind from London's old East End coming back to haunt them. The plays also shared themes common to most Ayckbourn plays. Each of the three plays has its own cast of seven characters. In the original production, the twenty-one characters were cast as follows: All three plays are single-scene plays, written to use the same set of a flat in the London Docklands, although each

neg: Do They Know It's Christmas? his typically blunt manner, Geldof told Australia's "Daily Telegraph" in 2010, "I am responsible for two of the worst songs in history. The other one is 'We Are the World'." Ure's assessment in his autobiography was that "it is a song that has nothing to do with music. It was all about generating money... The song didn't matter: the song was secondary, almost irrelevant." "Do They Know It's Christmas?" was reissued the following year on 29 November 1985, reaching number 3 in the UK Singles Chart the week following Christmas. The 1985 single was remixed by Trevor Horn, the intended

neg: Band Aid (band) United Kingdom. To do so, the artists recorded a hit single titled "Do They Know It's Christmas?" depicting the poverty stricken African scenery of the time. Lyrics of the song included description of the country saying, "where nothing ever grows, no rain or rivers flow, do they know it's Christmas time at all?" Ethiopia follows the Orthodox calendar where Christmas is celebrated on the seventh of January, however, when the song was recorded (during the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia), the country had a Communist government and as such religious festivals were not celebrated. Geldof was so moved by the plight

neg: Live Aid no free space on the bill for them. British rock band Marillion, riding high in the UK charts that summer with their "Misplaced Childhood" album and "Kayleigh" single, missed out on an invitation to perform at Wembley because their manager had deemed it not worthwhile for singer Fish to participate in the "Do They Know It's Christmas?" single. Fish was quoted: "When it came to the bill for the concert we were passed over, I think because I'd turned down being on the Christmas song" Participating in the "Do They Know It's Christmas?" finale at Wembley were Justin Hayward and

neg: Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) playing drums alongside current British and Irish pop acts on the latest version of the track "Do They Know It's Christmas?" at Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill, London, to raise money for the 2014 Ebola crisis in Western Africa. On 5 and 6 September 2015, Taylor, along with Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones, joined Foo Fighters on stage in Milton Keynes to perform a cover of the Queen and David Bowie song "Under Pressure". Taylor has stated that his early role model as a drummer was Mitch Mitchell of The Jimi Hendrix Experience. He said: "I still think listening

neg: Do They Know It's Christmas? "Last Christmas"/"Everything She Wants" also ended up selling over a million copies and became the biggest-selling single never to reach number 1 in the UK. A 30-minute video titled "<nowiki>'</nowiki>Do They Know It's Christmas?' – The Story of the Official Band Aid Video" was released in the UK on 15 December 1984 and in the US on 18 December 1984 on VHS and Betamax formats. The video featured documentary footage shot at the recording session and interviews with Geldof and Ure, as well as the completed promotional video. At the 1986 Grammy Awards the song's video was nominated for the

neg: Do They Know It's Christmas? five weeks, becoming the Christmas number one of 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, on the way to displacing Wings's "Mull of Kintyre" as the biggest-selling single of all time in the UK. It held this title until 1997 when it was overtaken by Elton John's "Candle in the Wind 1997", released in tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales following her death. The original version of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" has sold 3.8 million

neg: Trevor Horn In 1984, Horn was approached by Bob Geldof to produce the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?", but he was unavailable. Instead, he gave use of SARM West Studio free of charge to the project for 24 hours, which Geldof accepted, assigning Midge Ure as the producer instead. The song was recorded and mixed on 25 November. Horn produced the B-side featuring messages from artists who had and had not made the recording, including David Bowie, Annie Lennox, Paul McCartney, Big Country, and Holly Johnson. They were also recorded over the same backing track as the "Do They Know It's

neg: Do They Know It's Christmas? Kuhn and features vocals from artists including 2raumwohnung, Andreas Bourani, Die Toten Hosen, Jan Delay, Joy Denalane, Max Raabe, Milky Chance, Peter Maffay, Silbermond, Thees Uhlmann, and Wolfgang Niedecken. Slade released a version of the song on their 1985 Christmas album "", with vocals by Noddy Holder and Jim Lea and proceeds from the track, along with a further Slade release "Do You Believe in Miracles" (which told the story of Geldof's rise and demise in the pop scene and then his determination to raise money for the famine victims), were donated to the Band Aid Trust. Do They Know

neg: Do They Know It's Christmas? which threatens to turn righteous pleading into pompous indignation. On the other hand, I'm sure it's impossible to write flippantly about something as fundamentally dreadful as the Ethiopia famine." The song has received criticism for what has been described as a colonial western-centric viewpoint and condescending stereotypical descriptions of Africa. Musician Fuse ODG turned down a request to sing "Do They Know It's Christmas" with the group during the 2014 Ebola outbreak, stating that the lyrics of the song do not reflect what Africa truly is. He cited lyrics such as "There is no peace and joy in west Africa

neg: Phil Collins discography performed a duet with Philip Bailey, "Easy Lover", which reached number two in the US and spent four weeks at number one in the UK. In 1984 Collins participated in Bob Geldof's Band Aid charity project, and played drums in the Band Aid single "Do They Know It's Christmas?". In early 1985, Collins released his third album, "No Jacket Required", which contained the hits "Sussudio" and "One More Night". He also recorded the song "Separate Lives", a duet with Marilyn Martin that reached number one in the US. "No Jacket Required" debuted at number one in the US and UK;

neg: Live Aid came from Boy George, the lead singer of Culture Club. George and Culture Club drummer Jon Moss had taken part in the recording of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and in December 1984 Culture Club were undertaking a tour of the UK, which culminated in six nights at Wembley Arena. On the final night at Wembley, Saturday 22 December 1984, an impromptu gathering of some of the other artists from Band Aid joined Culture Club on stage at the end of the concert for an encore of "Do They Know It's Christmas?". George was so overcome by the occasion he

neg: Régine Chassagne Shine", and contributed to the UNICEF benefit project as part of the North American Hallowe'en Prevention Initiative, performing the song "Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?" along with Win Butler. She plays many instruments on stage, including accordion, drums, xylophone, hurdy-gurdy, keyboards and organ. In Arcade Fire, Chassagne performs lead vocals on some songs, including "Haiti", "In the Backseat", "Empty Room", "Abraham's Daughter", "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)", "Creature Comfort", and "Electric Blue". In March 2015, Chassagne, along with husband and Arcade Fire bandmate Win Butler, attended the launch of music streaming service Tidal, and revealed themselves, along with other notable

neg: Bob Geldof sell over 3 million copies, making it the biggest-selling single in UK history up to that point, a title it held for almost 13 years. The single was also a major US hit, peaking at number 13 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. "Do They Know It's Christmas?" returned to the UK chart a year later, reaching number three, and eventually it raised over £8 million. Following this massive success, preparations were started for the biggest rock concerts the world had ever seen, the following summer. New versions of "Do They Know It's Christmas" were recorded in 1989 and 2004. In

neg: Do They Know It's Christmas? producer of the original version, and it included an updated B-side entitled "One Year On (Feed the World)", beginning and ending with a recording of a telephone message from Geldof and in between featuring Ure reciting a list of what had been bought with the money raised during the previous 12 months. Vocalists Additional spoken messages on B-side Musicians Notes A second version of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" was recorded under the name of Band Aid II in 1989, overseen by the most successful British production team of the late 1980s, Stock Aitken Waterman. Geldof had telephoned Pete Waterman

neg: Do They Know It's Christmas? In order to meet demand, Phonogram had all five of their European factories put to work pressing the single. "Do They Know It's Christmas?" was released on Monday 3 December 1984. It received further publicity from a launch party on 7 December at the Royal Albert Hall during the charity event "Dinner at Albert's", an evening of music to raise money for Save the Children and the Ethiopia Famine Relief Fund. The single entered the UK Singles Chart the following week at number one, outselling all the other records in the chart put together, with the 7" single alone selling

neg: WJBR-FM by Capstar Broadcasting. In March 2000, Capstar sold WJBR-FM to the NextMedia Group for $32.4 million. (Capstar retained WJBR AM 1290. Capstar later merged into Clear Channel Communications, which was renamed iHeartMedia.) In February 2007, Beasley Broadcast Group acquired WJBR-FM from NextMedia for a reported $42 million. For many years WJBR-FM has been known as "Delaware's Christmas Station." The station switches to an all-Christmas format just before Thanksgiving. On November 19, 2012 at 10am, WJBR-FM switched over to its all Christmas format. The radio station started the Christmas season with "Do They Know It's Christmas" by Band Aid. Often WJBR-FM

neg: Ben Haenow 18 December, "Something I Need" entered the Irish Singles Chart at number two, finishing behind Mark Ronson's "Uptown Funk", making Haenow the first "X Factor" winner not to get Ireland's Christmas number one in nine years. On 21 December, the song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart ahead of "Uptown Funk", after selling 214,000 copies in its first week, and became the Christmas number one. The release also became the second-fastest selling single of the year, behind Band Aid 30's "Do They Know It's Christmas?", which sold nearly 313,000 copies in its first week back in November

neg: Commander Venus Wind-up Records, that ultimately licensed the CD to Thick Records. Shortly after his two solo recordings, Conor Oberst (guitar, vocals) began playing with Tim Kasher (bass) and Matt Bowen (drums) to form Commander Venus the summer before Oberst's freshman year at Creighton Prep. "I didn't know how to play with a band at all," he says. "I couldn't keep in time with the drums." Robb Nansel, who runs Saddle Creek Records, also joined the band on guitar. In 1995, they released "Do You Feel at Home?" on their own label, Saddle Creek. They were later signed to Grass Records for

neg: The Mermen guitar, electric bass, and drums. They were featured in the soundtrack of the popular Sony PlayStation video game "Road Rash 3D" and have contributed music for films as well. The 2010 album, "In God We Trust", was their first release in a decade. It was followed in December 2012 by their first full-length Christmas release, "Do You Hear What I Hear - A Very MERMEN Christmas". Thomas also fronts The Shitones, an associated band that features some of the same personnel (Jennifer Burns on bass, and Shigemi Komiyama on drums prior to his 2014 death.) While Mermen feature Thomas's original

neg: Culture of the United Kingdom music of Christmas has always been a combination of sacred and secular, and every year in the UK there is highly publicised competition to be the Christmas number one single, which has led to the production of music which provides the mainstay of festive playlists. Responding to a BBC report on the 1984 famine in Ethiopia, Bob Geldof created the charity supergroup Band Aid who recorded "Do They Know It's Christmas?". It has been Christmas number one three times. Written by Sarah Flower Adams in 1841, the Christian hymn "Nearer, My God, to Thee" is associated with the sinking of

neg: Tom Chaplin With Scott in the line-up as the lead guitarist, Chaplin had to play the acoustic guitar. Since Scott left in 2001, he primarily takes lead vocals, but also plays the organ on "Hamburg Song" during some live gigs, as well as a distorted piano for newer songs on their second album. He also took part in Band Aid 20's re-recording of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in November 2004 doing a solo on the line "feed the world", something that had not been done on previous versions where all artists sang. Having said that he intended to make a solo

neg: Christmas music do tend to develop an association with Christmas or the holiday season, such an association tends to be much shorter lived than the more traditionally themed Christmas songs such as "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday", "Mistletoe and Wine" and "Merry Christmas Everyone", and the songs may have nothing to do with Christmas or even winter. Some notable and longer-lasting examples include Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (No. 1, 1984, the second biggest selling single in UK Chart history; two re-recordings also hit No. 1 in 1989 and 2004), Slade's "Merry Xmas Everybody" (No. 1, 1973) and

neg: Do They Know It's Christmas? to provide their services free of charge, including most of the UK music magazines which donated advertising space in their publications to promote the single, Geldof's record label Phonogram who released the single, their parent company PolyGram who distributed it, and the artist Peter Blake who created the single's sleeve. Geldof and Ure's biggest problem was to be able to come up with a song that could be recorded and released in time for Christmas. They both realised that they would have to write one themselves and not record a cover version, otherwise they would have to pay royalties which

neg: Shakin' Stevens Stevens re-united with former producer Dave Edmunds to record an album "Lipstick, Powder and Paint", and the Christmas smash "Merry Christmas Everyone", which was a number 1 hit in 1985. Its original planned release was put back by a year to avoid clashing with the runaway success of Band Aid's charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?", to which he did not contribute, having been out of the country touring at the time of recording. Despite Stevens's chart domination over the previous few years, he was not invited to perform at Live Aid on 13 July 1985. However, Stevens was

neg: Do They Know It's Christmas? would have to be subtracted from the amount raised for charity. On the Monday afternoon Ure came up with the outline of what he felt sounded a Christmas-like melody on a portable keyboard, which he recorded onto a tape and sent to Geldof, who sarcastically told him that the tune sounded like the theme to "Z-Cars". Geldof came to Ure's house the next day and together they worked on the tune with Geldof on his acoustic guitar. Geldof added lyrics based on a song he had originally written for the Boomtown Rats, as he later recalled: Ure recorded Geldof and

neg: Do They Know It's Christmas? single's worldwide success in raising awareness and financial relief for the victims of the Ethiopian famine led the recording of several other charity singles in the UK and in other countries, such as "We Are the World" by USA for Africa. The song also led to various spin-off charity events, such as Comic Relief, and the Live Aid concert which would take place seven months later in July 1985. "Do They Know It's Christmas?" was re-recorded three times: in 1989, 2004, and 2014. All the re-recordings were also charity records; the 1989 and 2004 versions also provide money for famine

neg: Do They Know It's Christmas? copies in the UK to date. The song was also a major success around the world, reaching number one in thirteen other countries outside the UK. In the US, the single fell short of the top ten in the "Billboard" Hot 100 due to a lack of airplay, but it had sold an estimated 2.5 million copies in the US by January 1985. Worldwide the single had sold 11.7 million copies by 1989. Geldof's cautious hope was that the single would raise £70,000 for Ethiopia, but "Do They Know It's Christmas?" raised £8 million within twelve months of release. The

neg: That's My Goal made Ward the first "X Factor" winner to achieve the Christmas number one spot, as Band Aid 20's version of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" took the title in 2004. "That's My Goal" sold a further 132,000 the following week and stayed at number one. The song made it three weeks at the top on 8 January 2006, selling 54,192 copies that week. In its fourth week of release, the song was again top of the UK charts, selling 31,724 copies to bring its total to 960,360. On 22 January, "That's My Goal" was finally knocked off the top spot

neg: Do They Know It's Christmas? its video could not be played until it had actually charted. Undeterred, he contacted BBC1 controller Michael Grade directly and persuaded Grade to order that every programme preceding that week's episode of "Top of the Pops" should start five minutes early to make space to broadcast the song's video (complete with Bowie's introduction) just before the show. Each week of its stay at number one, the video was shown on "Top of the Pops". However, for the Christmas Day special edition of the programme, most of the artists on the record appeared in the studio to mime to the song

neg: Crackers: The Christmas Party Album an LP that had a party atmosphere to it. Since its original release, the album has had numerous re-issues over the years under various titles, including "Slade's Crazee Christmas!" (1999), "The Party Album" (2001) and "Crackers: The Rockin' Party Album!" (2006). Following the release of the band's 1985 studio album "Rogues Gallery", the band were approached by Telstar to create a Christmas-related party album. The album included cover versions of "Let's Dance", "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", "Hi Ho Silver Lining", "Let's Have a Party!", "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and "Auld Lang Syne/You'll Never Walk Alone". The band

neg: Mull of Kintyre (song) best-selling single of all-time (eclipsing the Beatles' own "She Loves You") until overtaken by Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in 1984 (which also featured McCartney on the B-side). The song remains the UK's best-selling completely non-charity single, having sold 2.09 million copies. (Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" has sold more in its two releases, but the profits of the 1991 release were donated to charity.) The millionth copy of the disc sold in the UK included a special certificate. It was sold to David Ackroyd, who was presented with a gold disc of the single by Laine. Despite its international

neg: Band Aid (band) They Know It's Christmas?" received Band Aid a Grammy Award nomination for Best Music Video, Short Form. After Live Aid, "Do They Know It's Christmas?" was re-released in late 1985 in a set that included a special-edition 'picture disc' version, modelled after the Live Aid logo with 'Band' in place of 'Live'. An added bonus, "One Year On" (a statement from Geldof and Ure on the telephone) was available as a b-side. "One Year On" can also be found in transcript form in a booklet which was included in the DVD set of Live Aid, the first disc of which

neg: BBC News reports. The BBC News crew were the first to document the famine, with Buerk's report on 23 October describing it as "a biblical famine in the 20th century" and "the closest thing to hell on Earth". The BBC News report shocked Britain, motivating its citizens to inundate relief agencies, such as Save the Children, with donations, and to bring world attention to the crisis in Ethiopia. The news report was also watched by Bob Geldof, who would organise the charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" to raise money for famine relief followed by the Live Aid concert in July

neg: Baby It's Christmas of the "Super Dance Christmas Party Vol.3" compilation. Baby It's Christmas "Baby It's Christmas" is a song recorded by British girl group Bananarama, released on 13 December 2010 as a digital EP in the UK and most European territories. It debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number#19. The song reached #19 in the UK Indie Chart. The song is Bananarama's first Christmas record, excluding their contribution to "Do They Know It's Christmas?". It is an original Christmas song written by group member Sara Dallin and producer Ian Masterson. The song was originally only planned to be included on a

neg: Baby It's Christmas Baby It's Christmas "Baby It's Christmas" is a song recorded by British girl group Bananarama, released on 13 December 2010 as a digital EP in the UK and most European territories. It debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number#19. The song reached #19 in the UK Indie Chart. The song is Bananarama's first Christmas record, excluding their contribution to "Do They Know It's Christmas?". It is an original Christmas song written by group member Sara Dallin and producer Ian Masterson. The song was originally only planned to be included on a USA digital compilation album "Super Dance Christmas Party

neg: Joss Stone on 14 November 2004 in benefit of Sudan's troubled Darfur region. The group, consisting of such luminaries as Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin and U2 lead singer Bono, re-recorded the 1984 song "Do They Know It's Christmas?", written by Band Aid organisers Bob Geldof and Midge Ure. Stone, who was born two years after the release of the original single, was not initially aware of who Bob Geldof was. The media gleefully reported that she repeatedly referred to him as Bob Gandalf. Despite some criticism, the single became the UK's biggest-selling single of 2004 as well as the 2004 Christmas

neg: Native American drama Native American culture through contemporary plays. “They needed to know it, understand it, deal with it, struggle with it, hopefully integrate it, and lastly, build upon it.” In order to produce a play to convey a Native American themed message, you need dance, verse, drums, masks, facial painting. Even when the play consisted of non-Native Americans, Native American drama is all about the story and presentation, not about those who play the roles. “Nevertheless, there could be absolutely no question whose theatre we were witnessing. The spare setting, the drumming, the chanting and singing, the dancing, its episodic nature, and

neg: Do They Know It's Christmas? him down, although he refused to disclose who they were. Those he asked but who were unable to appear instead sent recorded messages of support that appeared on the single's B-side, including David Bowie and Paul McCartney. Another UK act who had been successful in 1984, The Thompson Twins, were unable to appear on the Band Aid record as they were out of the country and were made aware of the recording too late to return and be involved in it, but they donated part of the proceeds of their then current single "Lay Your Hands on Me" to the

neg: Peter Bjorn and John has filled in for the band on drums and played bongos during some live shows. After releasing the "Forbidden Chords" EP and a pair of singles ("Failing and Passing" and "I Don't Know What I Want Us to Do"), the band released its self-titled first album in 2002 on the tiny Beat That! label. After more shows, more EPs (People They Know, 100m of Hurdles), and another single ("See Through"), the group jumped to the Planekonomi label in 2004 and released the Beats, Traps and Backgrounds EP. It was soon followed by the 2004 album "Falling Out", which was picked

neg: Turin Brakes A Dream" and "Over And Over". Later that year, they found themselves part of the Band Aid 20 cast for the revamped Noughties take on "Do They Know It’s Christmas", alongside Paul McCartney, Radiohead and Robbie Williams. Their third album, "Jackinabox", was released to critical acclaim in early June 2005. Preceded by the single "Fishing for a Dream," which did not do as well as the band hoped (charting at 32). Despite the lack of airplay or a hit single "JackInABox" still sold quite well, entering the Top 10 of the UK Albums Chart in its first week and certified

neg: Ho99o9 of the World Tour. Ho99o9 Ho99o9 (pronounced Horror and also known as TRIPLE 9 DEATH KULT) is an American hip hop group founded by theOGM and Eaddy in 2012 in Newark, New Jersey. They relocated to Los Angeles in 2014, where they attracted a strong cult following on account of their live performance, according to the LA Weekly, and attracted collaborators such as Ian Longwell who plays drums and produces for Santigold. Their style combines dark hip hop with the aggression of hardcore punk. Ho99o9 was one of "Rolling Stone"s "10 New Artists You Need to Know" in 2014 and

neg: Ho99o9 Ho99o9 Ho99o9 (pronounced Horror and also known as TRIPLE 9 DEATH KULT) is an American hip hop group founded by theOGM and Eaddy in 2012 in Newark, New Jersey. They relocated to Los Angeles in 2014, where they attracted a strong cult following on account of their live performance, according to the LA Weekly, and attracted collaborators such as Ian Longwell who plays drums and produces for Santigold. Their style combines dark hip hop with the aggression of hardcore punk. Ho99o9 was one of "Rolling Stone"s "10 New Artists You Need to Know" in 2014 and "The Guardian"s "New Band

neg: Danny Goffey solo project in 2006 using the pseudonym "Van Goffey", a name based on the artist Vincent van Gogh. He released tracks via MySpace in August 2006, the first three being "Crack House Blues", "I Feel so Gaye" and "Natalie Loves the F". He was also a drummer for the collective of musicians called Twisted X who released a charity football song called "Born In England" which charted at number 8 in the UK Singles Charts in 2004. In 2004 he joined other musicians including Paul McCartney to record a Christmas charity single called "Do They Know It's Christmas?" which reached

neg: A Madea Christmas (film) to her class, but is interrupted by Oliver, who gives her a kiss. While she tries to tell Oliver that she is married and is not interested in getting back together with him, her and the principal discover that Madea has tied the girl that stole her purse to the cross decoration in the classroom. Connor's parents, Buddy (Larry the Cable Guy), and Kim (Kathy Najimy), arrive at Connor and Lacey's house, as they have come to visit him for Christmas and are told that they must not mention that he and Lacey are married, as they do not know

neg: Something I Need song sold 214,239 copies in its first week, becoming the second-fastest selling single of 2014 (behind Band Aid 30's "Do They Know It's Christmas?"). It was also the year's 58th best-selling song. ("Uptown Funk" would finish at number two on Christmas 2014, and at the same time would become the final number one song of 2014 and first of 2015 in Australia, Canada and the United States in addition to Ireland). Credits adapted from CD single. Something I Need "Something I Need" is a song recorded by American pop rock band OneRepublic. It was released on August 25, 2013 through

neg: Merry Christmas Everyone Chart; in past years this would have been impossible unless there was a physical re-release of the song. From 2007 to 2017, the song charted in the UK at peak positions 22, 36, 49, 47, 42, 46, 54, 38, 26, 17 and 10. Originally only in the chart for eight weeks, it has since amassed over 60. "Merry Christmas Everyone" was recorded in 1984. Its original planned release was put back by a year to avoid clashing with the runaway success of Band Aid's charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?", to which Stevens did not contribute, having been out

neg: I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself for Jackson's whilst the original backing track was retained. Dusty Springfield recorded "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" in a session at Olympic Studios in Westminster with production credited to Philips Records owner Johnny Franz - although Springfield later stated her solo Philips tracks were self-produced - and arranged by Ivor Raymonde who conducted his orchestra; personnel on the session included Big Jim Sullivan on guitar and Bobby Graham on drums. Springfield, whose first solo recordings had included covers of the Bacharach/David compositions "Anyone Who Had a Heart" and "Wishin' and Hopin' " - had brought back

neg: Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album Volume 2 Riley's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" as "charming", Naya Rivera's "Santa Baby" as "mischievous", Heather Morris's "Christmas Wrapping" as "brilliant", and Chris Colfer and Darren Criss for their "brassy, breezy" version of "Let It Snow". She did note that the album "flags" when "unfamiliar" songs are presented and singled out the original song "Extraordinary Merry Christmas" in this regard. She also criticized the final song of the album, "Do They Know It’s Christmas?", and described it as "overwrought". Unless otherwise indicated, Information is based on Liner Notes Source: Allmusic Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album Volume 2 Glee:

neg: Yellow Kitchen Kozelek wrote and sang the lyrics while Yeaton created the music, The album features guest appearances from Jim White, ex-Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley, Holly Throsby and Will Oldham (Bonnie "Prince" Billy). Shelley plays drums on "No Christmas Like This" while White plays drums on "Daffodils", while vocals are contributed by Throsby on "Time to Destination" and Oldham on "The Reasons I Love You". "Yellow Kitchen" is Kozelek's fourth release of 2017, following Sun Kil Moon's "Common as Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood", his solo "Night Talks" EP, and "30 Seconds to the Decline of Planet Earth",

neg: You Are Free onto the album. Marshall revealed that she chose Kasper because "I was looking for somebody who would let me do what I wanted to do, who's a really good engineer," and said that she saw him as an engineer, rather than a producer. Numerous songs on the album are performed solo, with only Marshall on vocals and guitar or piano. Grohl plays drums on the songs "Speak For Me," "He War" and "Shaking Paper," and plays bass on "Shaking Paper." Vedder provides backing vocals on "Good Woman" and "Evolution," while Ellis plays violin on "Werewolf." The songs "Good Woman" and

neg: Christmas Favorites (Sara Niemietz EP) accompanies Niemietz on guitar with Oscar and Grammy nominated, Randy Kerber accompanying on piano. Andrew Shulman, former principal cellist of the Philharmonia Orchestra, plays cello with eight time BMI TV Music Award winner, Bennett Salvay, arranging for cello. Veteran studio musician, George Doering, accompanies on guitar, electric guitar, bass and drums. In addition to "Christmas Favorites", Niemietz is featured on Richard Marx' 2012, Christmas album entitled, "Christmas Spirit". With featured artists Sara Niemietz, Kenny Loggins and Sara Watkins, Marx' "Christmas Spirit" made the end of year "Billboard Magazine" charts for The Billboard 200 at #181, Top Holiday Albums at #21

neg: Who Do You Love? (Bo Diddley song) after recording the eponymous "Bo Diddley", his debut single. Bo Diddley uses his characteristic sound processing effects, including echoey vocal and tremolo-laden rhythm electric guitar. Jody Williams answers the vocal lines with prominent, distinctive overdriven guitar fills and a solo. Biographer George R. White calls his playing "revolutionary". In naming Williams to its list of "35 Blues Guitarists Who Definitely Started It All", "Spin" magazine adds, "His solo on Diddley's 'Who Do You Love?' is a lesson in evil". Clifton James plays the drums and percussionist Jerome Green adds maracas. In 1956, the song was released as a single by

neg: The Gift of Christmas (song) The Gift of Christmas (song) "The Gift of Christmas" is a 1995 charity single by supergroup Childliners, with the proceeds of the single going to Childline. The song was written by Tony Mortimer of East 17. In a similar ilk to "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid, the song features popular chart acts such as MN8, Boyzone, East 17, Backstreet Boys, Dannii Minogue, Peter Andre and more. It peaked at number 9 on the UK Singles Chart, number 10 in Ireland and number 7 in Scotland. A second CD of "The Gift of Christmas" was also released featuring

neg: Rico Beats like I told everyone when they talkin' bout that shit I did redid damn drums and choir that's what they emailed me to do. They been asking me for fucking year to redo ya drums and the choir u had I kept saying no until last week. I don't give fuck bout no production credit on millions G I ain’t chassin' that I ain't ask for no bread or pub. I ain't know niggaz gave me co pub till shit came out so go holla at them niggaz fam I ain't chassin' no mixtape cred". Southside came back and tweeted,

neg: Do They Know It's Christmas? they were signed to the same record label as the Boomtown Rats, and just happened to be visiting Phonogram's London offices on the day that Geldof walked in to pitch his idea for the charity single to the label. Singer Marilyn, who had scored a couple of chart hits a year earlier but whose star had faded throughout 1984, saw the opportunity to reclaim the spotlight and turned up to the recording despite not being invited to take part, a fact overlooked by Geldof and Ure who felt any publicity was good publicity and the more stars they could get

neg: I'll Stand by You This is a sub-karaoke version, limp, tired, and uninspired." However, Stylus Magazine actually commended the song, comparing it to Shakespears Sister and calling it "far, far better than anyone gives it credit for." "I'll Stand by You" debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart on 21 November 2004, becoming Girls Aloud's second single to do so. Despite competition from four new top ten entries, the song also remained at the top for a second week. It slipped to number four in its third week, making way for Band Aid 20's take on "Do They Know It's Christmas?". Girls

neg: Clonmore, County Tipperary erected in his honour. On st Stephens day there is a battle held between both sides of main Street over a young sow and whoever is still holding the sow after eighty minutes gets to spend January in the company of Frankie, it is said to be a life changing experience. . it has been announced the 2018 Christmas FM celebrity DJ for Christmas week is Frankie, he will be playing all his Eurovision songs and singing the 1984 smash hit "do they know it's Christmas" Bob geldof said if it wasn't for frank there'd have been no Christmas at

neg: Bro'Sis final single and peaked at a moderate number 19 on the German Singles Chart in June 2004. After a longer hiatus, Bro'Sis participated in the "TV Allstars" Christmas charity project in November 2003. Combining several bands and contestants from the German adaptations of "Popstars" and "Star Search", a re-recording of the Band Aid's hit single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" was released as a single and became a top three hit in Germany. Bro'Sis also recorded a cover version of "White Christmas" for the accompanying "The Ultimate Christmas Album", which was certified gold by the BVMI. Afterwards, the band teamed

neg: Do They Know It's Christmas? sang the 'Feed the world, let them know it's Christmas time' refrain over and over again until it was complete. Having recorded the group, Ure chose Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet to be the first singer into the studio to record his solo part. Hadley admitted that this had been nerve-wracking, knowing that all his contemporaries were watching him. One by one the other assigned singers then did likewise, with Ure taping their efforts and then making notes on which segments would be cut into the final recording. Le Bon, despite having already recorded his part at Ure's house, re-recorded

neg: Bob Geldof had 'planted a seed' and appeared to have affected Geldof in a similar manner. In 1984, Geldof responded to a BBC news report from Michael Buerk about the famine in Ethiopia by mobilising the pop world to do something about the images he had seen. With Midge Ure of Ultravox he wrote "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in order to raise funds. The song was recorded by various artists under the name of Band Aid. In its first week of release, the single became the UK's fastest-seller of all time, entering the chart at number one and going on to

neg: House of Yes (Brooklyn) of “everyone we know who we think is talented and amazing who we want to hang out with for three weeks straight. People can do whatever the fuck they want, and we kind of guide it and arrange it.” Burke says of the Christmas Spectacular"[w]e didn't really know what we were doing, we just did it and it worked. It has continued to be highly collaborative, totally absurd and unapologetically excessive ever since. Every year we add more and more performers and more inventive aerial apparatuses and it just keeps getting weirder and wilder.” She continued adding, "You end up

neg: Operation Phoenix (album) being prepared to record ... his studio know-how was top-notch, his demeanor was top-notch, and we learned a lot, but when we decided we wanted a change, and we went to the Blasting Room, it was like...so different ... they knew what we were trying to do ... Also, the way they recorded...it was completely out of the ordinary...we'd been through the culture where you'd lay down the drums first, then you lay down the bass, then you lay down the guitars, and then you do the vocals...and we get to the Blasting Room and once the drums were done

neg: WMGQ station, WCTC. The station plays core artists like Lady Gaga, Billy Joel, Elton John, John Mayer, Bon Jovi, Kelly Clarkson, Coldplay, Beyoncé, and Journey. Traditionally, WMGQ starts playing Christmas music 24/7 from Thanksgiving Eve until Christmas Day is over. From 2005 to 2009, WMGQ played Christmas music on November 20 to the day after Christmas is over (which most radio stations do). Today, Magic 98.3 goes all Christmas the Friday before Thanksgiving. On July 19, 2016, Beasley Media Group announced it would acquire Greater Media and its 21 stations (including WMGQ) for $240 million. The FCC approved the sale on

neg: We All Stand Together Finchley Frogettes. The song re-entered the UK Singles Chart one year later in 1985, one of three hits to do so that originally charted in December 1984 ("Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid and "Last Christmas" by Wham! were the other two). In August 2017, the song was featured in a Channel 4 stop motion advert for their newly acquired series of "The Great British Bake Off". Two shaped picture discs were issued on the 12 November 1984 and 1985, the only difference being a plain clear sleeve on the later version. The song also appears on the

neg: Father Christmas ... keeps a good House, or else I do not know of One besides." When invited to spend Christmas with the squire, he comments "I will ... else I shall forget Christmas, for aught I see." Similar opinions were expressed in "Round About Our Coal Fire ... with some curious Memories of Old Father Christmas; Shewing what Hospitality was in former Times, and how little there remains of it at present" (1734, reprinted with Father Christmas subtitle 1796). David Garrick's popular 1774 Drury Lane production "A Christmas Tale" included a personified Christmas character who announced "Behold a personage well known

neg: Christmas Wrapping runs to a convenience store and runs into the man, bringing her Christmas "to a very happy ending". In the final refrain, she admits that she "couldn't miss this one this year". The song was an immediate and unexpected success. According to Butler, the Waitresses were in the middle of a difficult tour and the Christmas song commission was "the last thing we wanted". He recalled later that its enthusiastic reception was a rejuvenating gift for the band: "We do the Christmas song, forget about it and go back on the road. The next thing I know when calling back

neg: George Michael and US, and was Michael's first solo effort as a single. In 1985 Michael received the first of his three Ivor Novello Awards for Songwriter of the Year from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. Michael sang on the original Band Aid recording of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (which became the UK Christmas number one) and donated the profits from "Last Christmas" and "Everything She Wants" to charity. Michael sang "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" with Elton John at Live Aid at Wembley Stadium in London on 13 July 1985. He also contributed background

neg: Maybe This Christmas Too? Hamilton. The version was arranged by Matt Slocum, produced by Sam Ashworth and Taylor Harris, and engineered and mixed by Harris. Leigh Nash performs vocals, Slocum features on guitar, pedal steel and Wurlitzer, Rob Mitchell plays drums, and Justin Cary plays bass. Ashworth also contributed on EBow guitar and percussion, and Harris on percussion and programming. Allmusic's MacKenzie Wilson wrote that "Maybe This Christmas Too?" would appeal to "both casual and die-hard music fans of all ages". Wilson called Wainwright's performance "classic chamber pop with a warm spirit" and also noted the "fetching" graphic design work for the album's cover

neg: Nursery Crimes (band) by Kaj Dahlstrom. For the European market, the group provided a compilation album, "What Do You Know (Anyway)?" on Normal Records. In April 1991 they issued their second single, "Eleanor Rigby", a cover version of The Beatles' 1966 song. Knight was replaced on lead guitar by James Masson, who added piano. The group's debut studio album, "Fun Hurts!", appeared in May 1992. It was co-produced by the band and Dahlstrom. McFarlane described it as "amphetamine-charged". By the end of that year Masson was replaced on guitar by James McInnes, and Chris Latham replaced Hopkinson on drums who joined You Am

neg: The Gift of Christmas (song) remixes by Motiv 8, Not Loveland, Matt Darey, Beatmasters and Wand. The Gift of Christmas (song) "The Gift of Christmas" is a 1995 charity single by supergroup Childliners, with the proceeds of the single going to Childline. The song was written by Tony Mortimer of East 17. In a similar ilk to "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid, the song features popular chart acts such as MN8, Boyzone, East 17, Backstreet Boys, Dannii Minogue, Peter Andre and more. It peaked at number 9 on the UK Singles Chart, number 10 in Ireland and number 7 in Scotland. A

neg: A Flintstone Christmas old man tells them that there is only one thing to do, and that they must go to his workshop back on the North Pole to get the rest of the presents. When asking how to get there, Santa tells Fred and Barney to tell the reindeer to head back home, because they know the way. Arriving at the North Pole, Fred and Barney quickly fill the sleigh with a new set of presents and fly into the sky. They begin dropping the rest of the gifts down the chimneys, when Fred remembers about the Christmas party. Knowing that they

neg: K235BT to playing Christmas music as "Christmas 94.9." At noon on May 17, 2013, after "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid, K235BT flipped to a AAA format as "Radio 94.9". The first song played on Radio 94.9 was "It's Time" by Imagine Dragons. K235BT K235BT (94.9 FM) is a radio station translator in Fort Collins, Colorado. Owned by iHeartMedia, the station simulcasts an Adult Album Alternative music format branded as "Radio 94.9", as a relay an HD2 subchannel of KSME (moving from KPAW in December 2017 as part of iHeartMedia's larger station realignment in Colorado to form a KBPI

neg: Windsor Airlift for the performance. The band uploaded a piece live footage from the performance on September 2, 2014. On December 3, 2014, the band released a five-song Christmas EP entitled "Music for Christmas". On April 15, 2015, Windsor Airlift released a two-song EP, "From the Archives". On March 14, 2016, Windsor Airlift released "The Moon's House". Current members Former members Touring musicians Windsor Airlift brings a mixture of guitar, bass, piano, electronic keyboard, synthesizers, and drums. Since the band is instrumentally-based, they have no vocals (though some of their songs do have snippets from movies or famous speeches). This has given

neg: Fran Healy (musician) 20's re-recording of Do They Know It's Christmas? – Healy and friend Nigel Godrich also playing roles in its organization. He has so far made two trips to Sudan with the Save the Children Organization, for which he has just launched the biggest ever global campaign to help the ten million children who die unnecessarily each year to survive. Healy has also taken part in and been a speaker at several anti-war demonstrations against the Iraq War. Since 1996, Healy has been in a relationship with German photographer and former make-up artist Nora Kryst. Their first child, a son named

neg: Bloody Christmas (1963) of reinforcing the conflict mentality. Though Greek Cypriots do not commemorate the events of 1963, they do however officially commemorate the events of 1974, as do the Turkish Cypriots, albeit differently; the Greek Cypriots commemorate 1974 as ‘the dark anniversaries of the coup and the invasion’, while in contrast the Turkish Cypriots know it as their liberation by Turkey during the ‘Cyprus Peace Operation’. The Greek Cypriot official discourse follows an approach to the events of Bloody Christmas that "parallels denialist strategies", and is still reflected in history textbooks today; this has the effect of presenting the Greek Cypriots as

neg: 1985 in British music until 1991. Many songs this year competed for the Christmas number one single, and the entire top 3 from 1984 re-entered the chart this year; Paul McCartney's "We All Stand Together" at number 32, Wham!'s "Last Christmas" at number 6, and Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" at number 3. There were also attempts from Bruce Springsteen with a cover of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", and ventriloquist Keith Harris released a cover of "White Christmas" with his green puppet Orville the Duck. However, the Christmas number one went to Shakin' Stevens with the song "Merry Christmas Everyone".

neg: Sugababes its successor, the ballad "Caught in a Moment", it went to number 8 on the UK Singles Chart. In 2004, the trio sang on the Band Aid 20 remake of "Do They Know It's Christmas?", which went to number 1 in the UK in December. Around this time, the group's perceived "moodiness", alleged backstage catfights, and press junket tantrums were tabloid fodder in Britain. They were surrounded by continuous rumours of in-fighting within the group and constant split reports. Rumours suggested that Buchanan and Buena had bullied Range, although Range herself repeatedly denied such allegations; Buena later admitted that she

neg: Live Aid the first to document the famine, with Buerk's report on 23 October describing it as "a biblical famine in the 20th century" and "the closest thing to hell on Earth". The report shocked Britain, motivating its citizens to inundate relief agencies, such as Save the Children, with donations, and to bring the world's attention to the crisis in Ethiopia. Bob Geldof also saw the report, and called Midge Ure from Ultravox, and together they quickly co-wrote the song, "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in the hope of raising money for famine relief. Geldof then contacted colleagues in the music industry

neg: Christmas music relatively popular in the UK and Ireland, it remains largely overshadowed by a collection of chart hits recorded in a bid to be crowned the UK Christmas number one single during the 1970s and 1980s. Band Aid's 1984 song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" is the second best selling single in UK Chart history. The 1987 single "Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues, a rock band from London, is regularly voted the British public's favourite ever Christmas song, and it is also the most-played Christmas song of the 21st century in the UK. British glam rock bands had major

neg: Kylie Minogue "When you get diagnosed, you don't know what to do… you Google. I went online and I read your story, and it gave me the strength to go public as well." Minogue has been involved in humanitarian support in areas including health research and quality of life. Musically, she has helped fundraise on many occasions. In 1989, she participated in recording "Do They Know It's Christmas?" under the name Band Aid II to help raise money. In early 2010, Minogue along with many other artists (under the name Helping Haiti) recorded a cover version of "Everybody Hurts". The single was

neg: Do They Know It's Christmas? Best Music Video, Short Form award, eventually losing out to its US counterpart song "We Are the World". The reception in December 1984 to the original single from the UK music press was mixed. Under a caption of "TURKEY" (a double meaning referring both to the traditional British Christmas meal and an artistic failure), the biggest selling music paper "NME" dismissed the song with the single line, "Millions of Dead Stars write and perform rotten record for the right reasons". The other two major music papers looked upon the record more favourably, recognising that while musically the song was flawed,

neg: The Elf on the Shelf the Shelf" states, "There's only one rule that you have to follow, so I will come back and be here tomorrow: Please do not touch me. My magic might go, and Santa won't hear all I've seen or I know." Although families are told not to touch their scout elf, they can speak to it and tell it all their Christmas wishes so that it can report back to Santa accurately. The story ends on Christmas Day with the elf leaving to stay with Santa for the rest of the year until the following Christmas season. "The Elf on the