It soared to the top of the charts upon its release, staying there for five weeks and bagging the coveted Christmas number ...

It’s Christmas time… and the 2024 ‘Ultimate Mix’ of charity classic Do They Know It’s Christmas? is out now. The song’s latest iteration - released to mark its 40th anniversary - is a compilation of ...

"Do They Know It's Christmas" was recorded on November 25, 1984, at S.A.R.M. Studios in London, reports the website On This ...

"This little pop song has kept millions of people alive," the Irish musician and activist told ‘The Sunday Times’ Jens Kalaene/picture alliance via Getty; Kevin Mazur/Getty Bob Geldof is standing his ...

The song, which was composed by Irish singer-songwriter Bob Geldof of the Boom Town Rats and Scottish singer-songwriter Midge Ure of Ultravox, featured popular British and Irish musical acts to raise ...

Geldof defended the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" saying that it had grown into an important piece of political ...

In 1984, the Boomtown Rats' Bob Geldof and Ultravox's Midge Ure wrote a catchy, well-intentioned, deeply problematic Christmas song about the need to help other people during the holiday season. A ...

As the Irish musician and activist, 73, prepares to release a 40th-anniversary edition of the holiday charity song — and faces criticism from Ed Sheeran — he is not only defending the track's legacy ...