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Band Aid: Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984)

| Short, Music | Video December 1984
Band Aid: Do They Know It's Christmas? Poster
The video for the groundbreaking charity single which united many of the biggest British and Irish pop stars of the era for the cause of Ethiopian famine relief.

Director:

Nigel Dick

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Band Aid, Bananarama, Robert Kool Bell | See full cast & crew »
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The video for the groundbreaking charity single which united many of the biggest British and Irish pop stars of the era for the cause of Ethiopian famine relief.

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Feed the world.

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Do They Know It's Christmas?
Written by Bob Geldof (uncredited) and Midge Ure (uncredited)
Performed by Band Aid
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