Do They Know It's Christmas - Original Demo by Midge Ure

[madrill666]

And also most of my famous musicians from... DD, Spandau Ballet, Heaven 17..., also P.Young etc. And of course Midge`s brilliant brain!

[madrill666]

One of the best ever heard christmas song!



[rnb247]

Midge is PHENOMENAL!

[gailmckennag]

it's so different and i prefer this,i think.we still haven't learnt to give instead of take,take,take,

[Miss80sgirl85]

I love MIdge's original version! He was the driving force of this song!

[educatedanddedicated]

God bless Midge

[survivorproject]

Fantastique!

[juancamex]

You have 2 b a genius to compose a song in one day, like Midge. Now it take them years to write a piece of CRAP.

[eckerry]

Would love to hear the full track!! Cannot find anywhere :(

[ascapvelia]

I love the demo! Wow!

[JohnCronin103]

seriously who is midge?

[wolosackyjlad]

@JohnCronin103

midge ure lead singer of ultravox

[bluepepper100]

I think more people should be a little more humble, like Midge. Hearing this version, I think it would have fit quite good, to have just a piece of his singing in the final version.But maybe we are too must accustomed to the one we know.

[KingIgorros]

Midge Ure jest najlepszy z najlepszych!!! Greetings from Poland  : )

[TheSandsie13]

love that accent (midge's that is.) could listen to it all day. have a few times (missed several trains and a few commitments because of it) in the past 28 weird and wonderful years (depends on which of us you talk to as to which way this goes). love you mister ure you are the best mate this old broad has ever had bar none.

[calanais06]

Thank you so much! Midge is a genius forever and ever! I would have liked to hear his whole version too!

[miquel1966]

it's so good listening to Migde Ure singing this song!! It's ULTRAVOX!!! Never heard it before and it sounds great!! I got the single from 1984!!!

[KittyPurrington]

Midge Ure rules, then and now!

[gerdaglaasker]

Goh.......... nooit geweten. Elke keer als ik het nr. hoor met kerst krijg ik een brok in mijn keel. Deels omdat het na 24 jaar (1985 toch??) nog steeds zo schrijnend actueel is.

Lang leve Midge Ure dus!

[cuarentoneao]

where is the original?

[avengerberetta]

Bob.....go fuck yourself, you talentless worthless fuck-hag. You changed one or two lines of lyrics and you gave yourself credit for writing this?! you can only wish you had half the talent of Midge Ure! go take that medal you won and stick it up your ass.....

[AliceKasali]

@avengerberetta I TOTALLY AGREE!!!

[SaBoTeUr2001]

"It's Z-Cars"

"No, it's Dam Busters!"

Whatever. It's the reason I like this song. :-)

[anna106mg]

Midge ure = god

[Jeebers87]

Band Aid = Midge Ure.

[kingexlax]

This is where my drunken descent into the 80's on youtube ended (tonight)...very cool!

[mknight75]

Das Video ist von Midge Ure?. Hammer..

wusste ich garnicht.

ULTRAVOX IS CALLING..

[coolstufftt]

Good for you Bob Geldof for sticking with the lyrics! "Thank God it's them instead of you" because that made an impression in my mind and was a key lyric done so well by Bono. (See 3:55 of this video)

[CHEWDwivTHEinCrowd]

You're so right, i've just commented on 2 other vids about this and typed ''thank god it's them instead of you'' .. I went to concert, and still think it was one of best days of my life .. we all went to see the bands, but best bit was even before bowie sang out heroes, the cause had become far more important .. so way all these great stars were so genuine made them heros for me that day ... only star that had his own agenda was bob dylan who thought usa mid west farmers had a greater need zzzz

[lofasolo]

Midge has the most wonderful voice, he was the heart of the song. His version is so powerful I would have liked to hear the whole song.

[Moss235]

AS Bob said if Midge had said no,the song would never have happened,Midge has integrity and honour and is just happy being what he is a great musician,and I think most knowledgable people recognise who the brains was behind the song

[Pitumisio]

Of course; (fortunately) the synth / keyboard lines are so Ultravox.

And even though I loathe him as a big time poser, Bono's line made this song engaging. It still gives me the chills; good voice got that mothafucka.

[paulamca]

Yes, thanks a lot for sharing this video. I still can't believe how people can be so selfish.

[tundra219]

Midge is a genius and if anything, is too humble for his own good.

[avengerberetta]

Bob changes a few lines and it's "his" song?! go fuck off Bob!

[avengerberetta]

Bob "the fucking thief" Geldof!

[Kanaris44]

That was very interesting. Thanks a lot for sharing