‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video (1984)

[@CharlotteBagliettoCure74]

14:10 Phil Collins Stunning! Playing the drums making fills and crashes the BEST Time for this extraordinary singer and drummer afterall this was a great contribution to the big starving in Ethiopía they were FIRST .....USA for África was the continúe of this in 1985 with great sucess too. There's no comparison #BobGeldof and #MidgeUre Made an extrordinary work Thanks to every singer who participated in this beautiful job. Ps: #GeorgeMichael was 21 when he participated in this song swallowed some tears when i watched him 😢RIP .

[@CurlyKimmieJean]

My mom bought the 45 when it was first released and told 5yo me, "Remember this. This is going to be a huge sign and will impact the world." 40 years later, this is still my favorite Christmas song and i still remember the impact it continues to have. ❤

[@SticksAandstonesBozo]

And just think in the last 20 years of all the meaningful things the new generations will have to look back on ….. oh wait. There is nothing. 😂 Thank god we grew up when we did huh !

[@OtherMike5000]

Boy George CRUSHED IT!! SO MUCH SOUL!! 20:12

[@PaPaWizdom]

I was a teen metal head at this time. About 30 years later I watched him on The Apprentice and ended up rooting for him, really liking and appreciating who he was as a person. Then explored Culture Club and his solo stuff more (and Crying Game, etc) and discovered that he was/is way-way more talented than he was ever given credit for. Getting his audiobook for Xmas this year, was waiting for him to do one for years. He's a unique and very talented gem.

[@michaelchesney8680]

Im not a fan but he was the best singer there

[@bloodsling]

14:11-14:46 love that groove,so slick,so smooth,what a pro.

[@seniornibbs1969]

in my humble opinion as amazing all the vocals are with the outstanding talent we had back then my favourite part of that great song is phil collins drums it just makes all the difference

[@heymusiclover1]

Only just dawned on me, what an amazing producer Midge Ure is ;)

[@lucasceccon461]

George looks absolutely adorable

[@allisonlangford9798]

Does anyone besides me think that Midge should have been knighted alongside Sir Bob?

[@Fordprefect1000]

Absolutely 100%

[@emilieplatton2852]

Of course! Midge Ure was just as important, he deserves the credit

[@punkyspray]

Definitely ❤

[@castlelord8995]

Absolutely!!!

[@juliovazquezrivas7248]

No doubt!

[@OtherMike5000]

I had this VHS. Played it 1,000 times!

[@indigohammer5732]

Those drum fills are great.

[@Tjoppy]

Because he's Fill Collins!

[@Koolken44]

@@Tjoppy Rim shot here!

[@PaPaWizdom]

​@@TjoppyTotally stealing that ;)

[@HPBlavatski]

😂😂😂😂​@@Tjoppy

[@h1gh_tr3ason69]

Amazing how they put all this together.

[@louisebourne5779]

I remember when the original Band Aid came out and brought the song. Love this song and all the artists that took part. It’s sad that some of them are no longer with us 😢🥰

[@antster1983]

As of December 2024, four of them are sadly no longer with us - George Michael, Rick Parfitt, Dennis Thomas (Kool & The Gang) and Chris Cross (Ultravox).

[@virtualvalium]

This is the the best Christmas song

[@Sandrasagittarius]

Love this, Boy George and everyone, 🫶 Midge Ure 💕🎄🌟

[@mortaj]

Midge is a legend.

[@FlorentaMarina]

7:40 I still miss you my love #GeorgeMichael... (1963 - 2016) ❤️😍 You will always remain in my heart. 😢😰🕊️

[@BeyDreamer101]

Best Artist there

[@МОТОРВКАЖДЫЙДВОР]

Джордж Майкл реально клёвый певец ❤❤❤​@@BeyDreamer101

[@BeyDreamer101]

@@МОТОРВКАЖДЫЙДВОР ?

[@МОТОРВКАЖДЫЙДВОР]

@@BeyDreamer101 George Michael 👍❤👑🙌🙌🙌🙌🤩🤩🤩

[@BeyDreamer101]

@@МОТОРВКАЖДЫЙДВОР yeah 😅👍

[@willswalkingwest7267]

They all look like kids. Well, most of them anyway. And some of them are gone now. It was a special point in history.

[@erikmichel1981]

懐かし～い😂❤🎉🎵 この時代に戻りたい😂

[@walkbox6596]

Amazing! See how Simon Le Bon looks at Bono after Bono's great vocals!

[@flashflame4952]

This song is one of favorite songs to only listen to once a year...Much better than 'we are the world''

[@JazzFan76]

Agree

[@birutegrafinina968]

✨💫Thank you for impressive memories !!

[@NAIVADA]

These are the brilliant creative people who didn't become normies and brought some amazing meaning to our lives, and managed to save the sad dumb materialistic AF 80's from itself ... Love them!

[@punkyspray]

I miss these days 😢 my sister just passed and this was our favorite song.

[@duckylove3930]

Condolences to you.

[@imeldafernandez6825]

I’m sorry 😢

[@punkyspray]

@@duckylove3930 Thank you so much ❤️

[@punkyspray]

@@imeldafernandez6825 Thank you so much ❤️

[@duckylove3930]

@ ❤️‍🩹

[@poetsdreamsatc]

I love this song and concept WAY better than our US version of We Are The World.

[@tlsings55]

Lyrical irony! Sting, the artist, singing about “the bitter sting of tears” layers an unintentional pun on his name with the emotional weight of the phrase. Whether it was deliberate or not, it adds a clever twist to the line.

[@ShawnLennox]

He starts to smile when he gets to that part, like he just realized what he's singing...

[@marikototsuka908]

おもいでわ　永遠に忘れない　そしてまた　心が　暖かくなる

[@JavaJohnVideo]

thank you Bob

[@g_men2121]

So much music history in '84 and '85. So many great tracks benefiting so many people around the world. Today, we see that but we do not see groups of people makin a song to benefit whatever cause they are passionate about

[@jeshkam]

Boy George - don't be fooled by the image and persona - hell of a voice.

[@Kitcat363]

When he said George Michael sounded camp!

[@OtherMike5000]

@@Kitcat363 Kemp. From Spandau Ballet

[@Kitcat363]

So glad we can see this. Thank you.c

[@maccarobert9227]

Época maravilhosa ❤

[@shapes2000]

As much as I dislike Bono, that line was delivery amazingly, even Simon smiled.

[@PjXu98]

Can I ask why you dislike Bono?

[@shapes2000]

@@PjXu98 Because he is a hypocrite who preaches one thing and is a tax dodger on the other.

[@w.michaelwalker5075]

All those enormous egos coming together for a great cause and then you see Bono, with one of the world’s largest egos, glance at Sting completely blown away that they’re standing next to each other.

[@duckylove3930]

THE most important song of any generation. Bless them all.

[@joannmartinez8295]

And they said 80s music wasn't worth anything and yet look what the musicians of the 80s could do❤❤❤

[@Susan-m6k]

I miss George Michael and his talent so much. ❤

[@walkingtheboogie]

I love the acoustic version of Do They Know It's Christmas.

[@OtherMike5000]

40 YEARS!!?!?!?!

[@joannmartinez8295]

They now have Band-Aid 40 out, this is where it all started 40 years ago❤❤

[@Gio_Vanni6143]

I just learned that George Michael donated the royalties/rights to Last Christmas to this cause.

[@vincenzoenea928]

I really hope in something unseen even for the concert...❤

[@maurockage]

Would be amazing to see the We Are The World Story/Making here too

[@Philoyouknow]

It was made and released last year. It's called "The Greatest Night in Pop".

[@annoleary2116]

Yes - it's on Netflix. Excellent also.

[@OtherMike5000]

Would have been cool if they put the artists names / band names in on the screen 😢

[@annoleary2116]

If you don't know, you don't know.... 😄

[@nataliep501]

Phil Collins ❤

[@GerardHammond]

brilliant

[@senganidubru2904]

This is true! This is one!❤

[@simonettadambra4629]

Bellissimo !!

[@brianmay1983]

Anyone else things Bono's body and face movements are like Zed's from police academy movies? At least Zed wasn't full of himself. If only Freddie was there.

[@JazzFan76]

Lol...I just noticed that 😂

[@BlueBoy1-v7j]

Full of himself or not, he absolutely nails that line. Its also remembered as THE line from that song. I suppose you can't be great without the hate.

[@VintageTVMemories]

I really wish they'd go back and scan the original films of this. This is a piece of history. It needs a proper restoration. Edit: OMG... they DID scan it! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGfCZ4Owh7ZsqbM

[@marikototsuka908]

クリスマス！が　もうすぐ　来るよ　うれしいね

[@joannmartinez8295]

I can't believe they did not knight Midge but Bob Geldof got knighted😮

[@OtherMike5000]

10:06 IDK Bobcat Golthwait was on the cut

[@JazzFan76]

😂😂😂

[@tasterix4]

Super, Genial !

[@edsongiraldeli]

Essa música é épica

[@cjmq1970]

No one saw Adam Clayton in the back until now.

[@OtherMike5000]

12:01 Bruce Dickinson didn’t make the record 😢

[@marcofalzone6469]

Is this the original VHS program?

[@OtherMike5000]

Yup!

[@marcofalzone6469]

@OtherMike5000 cool. I owned it for awhile in the early 2000s.

[@patriciabazan4102]

Ilove biutifull miusic❤❤❤

[@nightlover5194]

And Freddie Mercury???? Se il live Aid è diventato un evento lo si deve solo a lui , il resto è sinceramente SPAZZATURA e non c è molto da dire se non vergognarsi di non averlo coinvolto, per Sun city. La verità è che Freddie ha sempre suonato in paesi discutibilmente aperti, vedi Argentina, Brasile, Ungheria, e Sud Africa, Esclusero il Numero 1 per invidia e la storia dice che se si parla ancora del Live Aid è grazie a Lui , solo a lui, La storia rimette ognuno al suo posto 😊 Mercury non meritava di essere escluso da 4 scolaretti che sgomitano per un po' di popolarità, Bisognava prendere atto che il Numero 1 non avesse bisogno di sgomitare per apparire, Il numero uno ha fatto sembrare i colleghi dei dilettanti. Niente da fare, Mercury fece la differenza nel momento più grande, scrisse la storia, diventare leggenda e arrivare ad un livello inarrivabile... Il live 8 rappresenta il resto, ridicolo, banale, noioso, privo di talento

[@Jd18122]

Queen was on tour at the time, it’s not that deep 😂

[@nightlover5194]

@Jd18122 Queen stole the show, Sorry 😂

[@johnnyguitar6639]

@@nightlover5194 Yeah a the concert.That's no secret. But that's not the same. This is the single, the live/band aid concert came afterwards

[@dean6816]

2:10 your bank account is bursting with $150,000,000 BOB!!

[@JazzFan76]

Exactly

[@DOGOID]

The synth melody is driving me nuts, bec i think I've heard it somewhere else in the 80s, maybe a TV show, it's very familiar , not the exact same , i think Midge Ure stole 5 notes from the Airwolf TV show theme.

[@JazzFan76]

10:49 that noise in the song always reminded me of a pig oinking...lol. 😂

[@ИгорьМиронов-ф7ъ]

Злынка Брянской области Россия 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 1984❤❤❤❤❤

[@indigohammer5732]

Status Quo were coked up and couldn't get themselves together enough to record their part. They were the only participants who's guest vocals were dropped.

[@johnrowley5439]

Geldof couldn't sing to save his life.

[@MarkMDance74]

He wasn't singing to save HIS life, he was singing to try and save OTHER PEOPLE'S lives ✌️

[@johnnyguitar6639]

HE does sound like Bob Dylan when sing a Capella,yeah

[@joannmartinez8295]

Were it not for Bob Geldof there would be no Band-Aid or Live Aid he is the reason it was started at all!!! He could not bear hearing the news reports on the famine in Africa and nothing being done about it. You don't have to be able to sing to get the music world to help others dying of starvation in another part of the world! Much love and respect to Bob Geldof to this day❤❤❤

[@johnnyguitar6639]

@@joannmartinez8295 I know.I have the full documentary on my channel+ I read his biografi. But it doesn't change the fact that he sound like bob dylan when he sings acapella

[@leahajmac]

That's what you get from this?

[@luisrobertoespinoza3806]

12:55 Rick? Who is he?

[@johnnyguitar6639]

You talking bout the long haired dude? He is a famous British comedian. OR at least I think he was famous back than. I never found him particularly funny.

[@khj8716]

He was the rhythm guitarist for Status Quo.

[@johnnyguitar6639]

@@khj8716 Aah.My bad.

[@luisrobertoespinoza3806]

@johnnyguitar6639 I am a peruvian who always followed british rock, and it looked like nobody liked the guy

[@luisrobertoespinoza3806]

@@khj8716 Thanks!!

[@annoleary2116]

The Bananarama ladies could've shown a little more enthusiasm....

[@karencrookshank4971]

There had massive hangovers. They’d been out clubbing all night.

[@annoleary2116]

@@karencrookshank4971 😆

[@OfficialCraigK]

Great song, shame about the lack of female voices as there were so many great female artists in the 80s

[@asherasher5504]

Chistmas is JESUS THE LORD , SAVIOR ❤

[@jeshkam]

And Buddha?

[@asherasher5504]

​@@jeshkam Vesak for Siddhartha Gautama 🎉

[@jeshkam]

@@asherasher5504 But how about Buddha? Is he Christmas too?

[@metalmadtom]

15:54 You edited out "All the homeowners" 😛😆

[@luisrios1140]

🇨🇱📻🎙️🎧🎶👂👋🏻🦖🦕💡

[@brandon1351]

40 years on there are still the same issues in Africa :) glad to see the money everyone donated made a difference 🙄 Make a difference in lining the pockets of Bob Geldof and the corrupt governments in some African countries.

[@Jtsh706]

This song has no female artist singing the important lines. 😮

[@marikototsuka908]

ありがとうございましたあ　うれしいね

[@willswalkingwest7267]

Holly Johnson couldn't be bothered

[@asherasher5504]

Not feminine solo voice ? 😮

[@liebstmohnbroetchen]

I never thought about that until your comment.

[@Sandrasagittarius]

Doesn`t need to be a problem, maybe just didn`t worked right then, that day. Don`t need to drop the women-card all the time , it`s 40 year ago ....and I`m women,

[@JeffTaggart-p6o]

George Michael & Boy George

[@BlueBoy1-v7j]

​@@JeffTaggart-p6o- took the words outta my mouth 😂

[@JeffTaggart-p6o]

@@BlueBoy1-v7j I read once that when Boy George arrived and heard the recoding of George Michael he thought it was Alison Moyet aka Alf

[@marcpjoyner]

This is why I never cared for Geldof. Saying things like the grain silos are overflowing and it’s a “crime” that “they” don’t immediate release it for famine relief. Meanwhile he’s a rich dude himself and wearing expensive clothing. I’m sure his fridge and pantry are full. He wants other people to give up their’s but not he won’t give up his. Just another elitist.

[@JazzFan76]

Yep, I totally agree and I heard the money from this record went to weapons bought from Russia according to a Spin magazine article.

[@JeffTaggart-p6o]

A good number of the bands involved ended up breaking up in the next 2-3 years. Duran Duran lost 2 members as well…

[@johnobrien7860]

Why wasn't Jody Watley given a half a line? Weird.

[@thenightporter]

I've always had a hard time with the line, "well, tonight, thank God it's them, instead of you." I find this disrespectful and lacking empathy for those in need. When I go to bed at night, I thank God for the blessings that I have that others do not. I pray for those less fortunate than me and volunteer.

[@LaciousC]

Boy George really reminds me of Jennifer Lawrence here.

[@georgia_irene_vlahou]

Both versions of 1984 and 1989 would have been a golden 1980s duet (if someone is interested to mix them). #justiceforbandaid2

[@lexkanyima2195]

How ?

[@chadley25]

I cannot be the only one who despises this insipid, patronizing song.

[@debonaire_nerd]

This was uploaded on a Monday. I don't like it.

[@BuffOrpington5]

It’s Sunday for me, so…

[@pamelaharrington3838]

Why do you keep reuploading this??? Sorry many other Christmas songs out there