Do They Know It's Halloween ?

[ajsapi]

The song is called "Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?"

[Amnesiac085]

I...I need an adult.

[StevenDelRizzo]

I don't trust UN organizations with money, the donations raise funds in the accounts of the hierarchy running these charities and for that reason there's a need to increase the advertising campaigns, does anyone remember live aid '85 and what become of those funds ?

[anophthalmiaLXIX]

WHOA Wolf Parade, Beck, Rilo Kiley, Les Savy Fav, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sonic Youth, damn

[coreymitchelhoulden]

@anophthalmiaLXIX Sonic Youth aren't part of this song. But Thurston Moore is, at 3:00.

[robotrowan]

I love this song.

[TheLiberater13]

2:27 Not the George Foreman Grill! NOOOOOOO D':

[runtismaximus]

damn



[jrob18mvp]

I LOVE KAREN O SO MUCH

[lelfepsilocybee]

Strange... very strange... but I love it!!!

thank Devendra!

[TheeBigJC]

Mostly Canadian singers. All US images. What gives?

[isilder]

@TheeBigJC

NAHPI =

North American Halloween Prevention Initiative.

So they didnt exclude canadians. They show the Canada in the graphic of Latvia , Laos, Chad and Peru coming to the rescue.

[hez987654321]

@TheeBigJC cuz the United States of America is better than canada; thats why Eh.

[Xarler]

O.o...... this is...... like weird lol....

[davemwoodward]

feist is at 1:03 to 1:20 

[dustycool66]

Definitely Karen O right at the start.

that was awesome.

[Android18uk]

Is it? I thought karen o mostly jsut screamed.

[dustycool66]

no way, she has an awesome voice.

[jrob18mvp]

@dustycool66

Hell yes!!!

[helloxtomorrow]

@dustycool66 I think she's at the very end too :)

[psychopomp88]

noooo not the grill..oh god, i can't see the grill.

[plasticfelinerodent]

When does fiest or the arcade fire members perform?

[caseyrunn]

I think Win and Regine from The Arcade Fire are singing at about 0:40, 2:30, and 3:05

[Balzzac]

i cant believe so many great artists could get together!

[dalemark45]

That...was........amazing.

[r6132]

Awsome song. You can still get it at Barnes and Noble. I used this for our first ever computerized light show. Not bad for surge suppresors, two prong extension cords and duct tape!

[magsss519]

last night, i spent halloween scopin' out some russian blues at "the kitten poster megastore"....

[dmburrows]

the video and graphics are great but man, this song sucks

[lesswordsmorelove]

It's been my tradition for the past 4 halloweens to watch this video before I go out and party.

[peterofantioch]

when does spencer krug sing??

or doesn't he?

i heard dan but i couldn't hear spencer

[tsarrynight]

He sings the part from, like, 0:46 - 0:52, with Dan. I watched it for him too, ha

[peterofantioch]

nice

he sounds so silly haha

[bakongzoop]

the trippiest spookiest sweeeeeeetest song

I love the black zippermouthed foursome playing pacman

BUT

the very end

, I thought, was kind of lame.

[oliversupreme]

halloween is lame, but this song is rad!

happy halloween everyone haha

[truexromancex]

yeeeess I knooow its halloween tonight

[jabuhrer1]

I love David Cross's "wheew wew weeeew"s at the end. Or is that Pootie T from Three Times One Minus One?

[NomadGallery]

i love it...woop woop!

[W4LNUT420]

This should replace thriller by 2013

[sourxtimes]

"Don't they knooooow/It's Halloween!"

[subhuman78]

Happy Halooween!!!

[subhuman78]

Or...Halloween

[heyitsayesha]

when do win and regine come in?

[brettmurf]

I can't believe it has already been three years since this amazing song/video came out. Somehow many people still have no idea it exists.

[psychadelephant]

Dopest song ever.

Fact.

[Wulfiebaby]

Goddamnit! Meant to thumbs up, but thumbs downed instead. So very sorry.

[nikorble2]

lol @ david cross

[IamJacksSanity]

I don't remember hearing Win and Regine.... Oh well, this made my day.

[heoko]

Utter shit. Shit, this is shit, Putrid shit on my shoe, people who like it is the scum on the outer layer of that shit.

[dyad44]

When did Peaches come in?

[calorieboots]

I'm not sure, but I think she's one of the evil black zipper-mouthed phallic things.

[dyad44]

I wouldn't be surprised, that sounds A LOT like Peaches!

[ZacharyGibson]

Was that Nicky D talking at 2:00 with the eyes?

[ZachandDanPro]

i love halloween and i love this song!!!!!!!!!

[truexromancex]

what's that thing wraped around the building suposed to be.

[Scythemantis]

a monster?

[IFeelHappy]

I love this song who's the artist? I have 2 have it

[subhuman78]

Which part does Malcolm Mclaren do?

[hobbesthecat7]

did i just take some acid?

[GrishAnnug]

FANTASTIC - What a slap to the face of all those ego centric, conceited, repressed, self appointed arbiters of truth, that want to westernize the world. Haha, do they know it's christmas? Yeah, I think they do. Do you know it's Diwali?

[Revzx]

you gay?

[GrishAnnug]

sometimes -1

[xjohnwebsterx]

You don't get a Super Nintendo on Diwali. Fuck it.

[Kindahuge]

@GrishAnnug urgay

[littlemo42]

who did this?

[GrishAnnug]

the NAHPI

[littlemo42]

IT'S rock!! :D

[Adamguy2003]

Pretty cool. Universal should use this song for 'Halloween Horror Nights' in some way.

[fahaduel]

this kinda sucks

[subhuman78]

It's either Beck got the biggest part in this song, or a lot of people sound like Beck. I though I heard him like 5 times.

Great video! I've never seen it 'til now but LOVED the single when it was released 3 years ago.

[gpx44]

NOBODY can stop Halloween!

[iheartsomeone88]

Oh my God! Incredible!!!! Who made this?????

[ellbell1413]

OMG! AMAZINGGASMNESS!

[falsediagnosis]

what a wonderful line-up!

[unfunkit]

ah beck! who sings the part of "no more razors in our apples"

[MagnaderAlpha]

@unfunkit Interestingly enough, it sounds like Elvira's singing that. Everybody knows of her "Horror host" personality, but she CAN sing(was a singer in an Italian, all girl rock band in the early 70s) and has her various Elvira music cds.

[ellabie]

Devendra Banhart collaborated as well.

[BLACKZOSOZEPPELIN]

ya when

[FabMike]

this lineup is like a list of my pesonal favorite artists

[slypest]

kk kk kk kk i luv it plz send it mi

i need it sendin cos i used it for a show

and im noty allowed on youtube only if i sneak because our computer downlodes all the videos i watch (cry cry cry ) i luv it

[ofmontreal88]

haha this was funnt. i thouhgt it was sound like the don't they know its christmas. i love how easy it is to tell when wolf parade coms in

[SethJ3]

... which i just realized is the chorus, duhhh. :p so there's your answer.

[SethJ3]

the vocals at the end (that aren't screaming) sound like they could be jenny lewis'... but that's just a guess.

[LunarEternium]

Maybe Feist? That's my best guess.

[grizzled9]

No its def. not her. I think Feist is in the beginning

[grizzled9]

In the beginning where they say Laos and Peru. I think thats her

[juliannaLOVESx3]

it's peaches, not feist.

[emerica171]

who sings that part about the ouiji board ?

[LunarEternium]

That would be the girls from Smoosh. :-)

[terrebonne7770]

Jenny and Blake (not Black)

[krayziefemale]

Best halloween vid ever. Thanks for sharing. And the guy in Rilo Kiley isn't Black, it's Blake. Just lettin' ya know...

[me1473]

what part does jenny lewis thing

[krayziefemale]

I'm not sure. I wish I knew...

[cobrastarship666]

and at 3:55

[steepo]

Nope, those are the guys from Wolf Parade.

[foxroxy33]

what part does beck sing in this

[cobrastarship666]

2:35

[ruler206]

anyway to just get the song? please

[gabonage]

it's on itunes, but you have to BUY it, BWAHAHAHA!!!

...only $0.99

[MonkeyBoysProduction]

I dub thee freekin' groovy!

[mrcat1990]

love buck 65s southern drawl chatting

[Chloilas]

Wow, im throroughly impressed, its so fun and well put together

mmm :)

[soapmachine]

i found it on soulseek

[pmpknking]

i tried looking for it on itunes, but it's not coming up. it's a shame because i like this song.

[rangersross]

Awesome - Beck comes up a fair bit

[jennyhaze]

Ah. Nevermind. Even half-deaf, there's no mistaking them. :D

[jennyhaze]

ohcrappola - not absolutely sure, but that bit sounded like Peaches to me.

My hearing is a bit off today though...

So on the same note, where's Win and Régine in the mix?

[mrcat1990]

when it goes "its october 31's could it be any worse regines quiete but u can tell its win if you train your ears"

[pmpknking]

i want to buy this song. which album is it on, because i can't seem to find it.

[pulpwriter]

it's a single, you should be able to find it on amazon

[eloisejc]

WOOO! I am going to see Arcade fire on Halloween! can't wait.

[Elanorrose]

have fun at the Nottingham Arena then! I was going to go, but I have an exam :(

[chicodonny]

funny video i wonder who came up with this.

[ambulancevsanjanelle]

KAREN O SINGING IN THE BEGINNING!

=D

[ohcrappola]

who did the screaming part when the guy was asking "guys....? where are you? this isn't funny come on out" part. there was a girl screaming, just curious to know who got that part.

[Marzbuckethead]

I think its David Cross

[40594059]

the unicorns wrote the song....kinda.....I guess.....

[pubbygeorge]

Love it!

[Poolio27]

Is that a problem, or were you just curious?

[Firebert1414]

I think so... it is North American, not just US.

[criminalgavi]

Why are half of the artists in this song Canadian? Was that on purpose?

[18andolder2]

well the guys that wrote the song were canadian....

[SmellyMelly1985]

because canadians just happen to be able to rock better then americans asshole

[criminalgavi]

I am Canadian you idiot, that's why I was asking. Learn to spell.

[SmellyMelly1985]

I spelled everything correctly......what are you talking about?

I may have not put in punctuation marks though.

Can you read without punctuations...asshole.

[criminalgavi]

Do you know the difference between "then" and "than"? Apparently not.

[SmellyMelly1985]

You win this round Batman!

[animalpins]

you used "then" instead of "than"

[dollpapier]

does it matter?

[FreakWhoHatesPigs]

My friend and i shared our Ipods and switch the headphone things so we each had one from each Ipod. Then we listened to Thriller by micheal jackson, the two matched up perfectly and soundedd really good together until the techno started on thriller, it was really funny. Every one should try it!!!

[criminalgavi]

The. Best. Video. Ever.

[etyjon]

Do you think all the names mentioned are people, persons and things which have influenced cassendre

[MajaKanin]

I don't understand this videos. All these name to the right - they aren't in the video?

[jinxiejae]

deliciously bizzare i love it.

[glockma]

I don't understand how Thurston Moore is in this. I don't hear crazy guitar screeches or anything.

[TorpidZombieBunny]

Thurston Moore sings in this song at 3:00 (football player)

[xsquizzlxbizzlx]

it's still pretty rad though

[xsquizzlxbizzlx]

wait what does this have to do w/ jimmy tamborello?

[italorossi]

latvia! laos! chad! peru!

[norfamericana]

david cross rules

[Kungfaux88]

what was jenny and blake of rilo kileys part?

[chuibreg]

dont u men black

[zapatosviejos298]

it's blake...and their part is the chorus...

[lhtorres]

yep -- and check out the Unicorns! Anyone know how much this song raised?

[Thedraftmovieguy]

Awesome job DADDY...

[Balsch]

what was Syd Butler's part in this song? was he playing the bass ?

[LilKid305]

BOO!

[sftbh]

Beck's voice sounds super hot in this song :P

[Brenomatic]

This is a great song, lovelove it.

Thanks for posting.

[islandsareforever]

dooooooooooo theeeey knoooooooooow it's halloweeeeeeeeen tonight??

[ninjaspazz]

I love this video so much. I saw it once before halloween and immediately searched out the song to hear it again. Lovely, lovely stuff. Such a creepy as vid too! LOVE the visuals! This video is a constant inspiration to me.

[zXLIFESILLXz]

awsome vid! thanks for posting!

[gogololichan]

I was going to ask if this was a parody of "Do they know it's Christmas?" by Band Aid, but a quick Google search answered that one. ;) Cheeky!

[dollpapier]

it isn't a parody.

this was for unicef

[pulpwriter]

Thanks for posting this. Great song/video.