Band Aid - Do they know it's christmas /Feed the world/ 1984

[kitten9974]

Although it's way past x-mas! ... MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM GERMANY! We may have fought once, (England) but lets get past that, Merry Christmas to the world !! For 2013! I am a bit late for the 2012 one now!

[pasy2006]

ONE OF MY THREE FAVOURITE CHRISTMAS SONGS:)

[sharpwolfbabe]

gavalar!! lool XD

[Guardian208]

It's so darn hard to believe this video was made almost 30 years ago !!!

[Trimplin1]

i had to sing this song in school

[mollysangelique]

you,people,have,every,day,chri­stmass,you,feed,yourself,i,eat­,nothing,i,eat,no,fat,no,sugar­,i,m,like,patrick,swayze,pancr­eas,oh,i,eat,only,one,cracker,­eating,your,fat,asking,why,you­,eat,to,much,fat,in,all,feed,i­,live,from,love,thanks,peety,m­aterial,world,madonna,sang,in,­85,a,futuresong,who,is,materia­l,i,m,no,i,live,sober,fed,the,­world,is,was,listening,and,do,­

[FrancescoSassetti]

Legend of 80's

[MysticTempest666]

2:46 Dubstep Dance!

[Parley454]

Whoever wrote the lyrics really had no idea about African Geography, Africa has lots of snow with the big mountains and some serious flowing rivers.

[75TransAm8]

@Parley454 You have lost the true meaning of the song!!!

[peppers515]

@Parley454 these are in very specific areas. Most of the poverty is in the vast desert area of the continent.

[gixxerboy555]

1 by 1....LEGENDS...

[gixxerboy555]

@U2souls.. yeah right..

[gixxerboy555]

@ U2souls  yeah right man...

[gixxerboy555]

OMG...Legendary... -Paul Young -Boy George -Phil Collins (Drums) -George Michael -Simon LeBon( Duran Duran) -Sting -Bono (U2) -Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet) -Bob Geldhof -Rick Parfitt (Status Quo)and others... It's just unreal but fantastic to see that Legendary Musicians all together @ that young age...back in 1984....where is the time...I was 17years young... :((

[zobielamouche1]

the most handsomes were bananarama and the best voice was bono

[jasper1999ify]

just 440378 views ?!? this is just n incredible song!

[U2souls]

Bono always had and always will have the best line...

[manchy300]

it makes me feel happy and younger again

[takao4188]

中学生時代に聞いてました＾＾

今聴いてもとってもいい曲です♪＾＾ｖ

[migdi19751956]

Inspiring...

[goblinonacloud]

I still recall how excited and hyped we all were back then and here, 27 years later, hunger worse than ever all over the world. sighs..

[edbyronmonares]

@goblinonacloud :(

[edbyronmonares]

@goblinonacloud =(

[apk1215]

@goblinonacloud Yeah,the roots of the issue were never addressed. Very few understand them and the few that do,don't do much about it. :-(

[gamerjacky]

merry x-mas and much blessing to the rest of the world

[cgrbutterflyfish]

@edbyronmonares Paul Young.

[edbyronmonares]

@cgrbutterflyfish: Thanks ^^ Merry Christmas ..

So it's Paul Young, Marilyn/Boy George, Phil Collins on drums, George Michael, Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran, Sting, Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet, Bono and so on. ^^

All Stars in 1984 .. Legends today. Good voices.. good heart. So inspiring...

[cgrbutterflyfish]

@edbyronmonares Welcome. Merry Christmas to you, too. :-)

[TheSilverguy79]

Nice song makes the world feel younger the cold war is over but unfortunately 1984 is here again in a new sinister way as was written, everything is going to hell in a hand basket, don't believe it try traveling by air today verses back then or even 10 years ago.

[cottageinmons]

sad to see tiny Bono trying to look one of the boys!!!

[edtracker47]

Never ceases to move me after all these years! "Let Them know It's Christmas time! Feed The World!"

[dlajeunesse66]

Merry Christmas from America to rest of the world.

[marika2371]

0:32 is boy george

[emmen1995]

0:32 is this a man of a woman??

[jasper1999ify]

@emmen1995 I think a men because she don't have boobs

[crazyman9711]

Merry christmas from North Carolina! :)

[11Onlylove]

Bono gave me chills when he sang 'tonight thank got its them - instead of you..'

[SuperElizabeth4ever]

this song is outrageously stereotyped- but hey, it's for a good cause!

[DeathOrRock]

i learned that song in school

[DeathOrRock]

lol



[MrDibah]

Esse video é muito bonito!

[nederlander1979]

prettige kerstdagen iedereen en een gezond 2012

[ravasboy77]

Grtn Den Bosch



[maladyoscar]

Joyeux Noël à toutes et tous, quelle merveilleuse chanson, écrite en une nuit , elle est si belle ....

[xkociex]

Merry Christmas from Poland! :)

[MrsGoth4ever]

28 Accounts made by Scrouge to dislike this and still counting

[DrNSoos]

i love that opening with the bells

[princesskmp]

I gotta listen to and watch this over and over again at Christmas every year. Do They Know It's Christmastime At All??

[jennyloveg]

Christmas Love from London - to all the world xxx

[myzone98]

Merry Christmas form England to the rest of the world :'D

[TataoAP]

Merry Christmas from Italy to the world

[LoveYourDNA]

Hatin on Bono, eh? What have YOU done for the world besides take up space?

[TheBNPmuscle]

god i hate this song, fuck you bono you self righteous, tax dodging prick

[mollysangelique]

wat,doe,jy,met,kerst,jy,wachte­,ik,begryp,het,ben,nu,net,alon­e,voor,eerst,moe,eens,begryp,j­y,niet,ik,gaf,your,my,best,fri­end,queen,je,doet,dan,nog,moei­lyk,paniek,lykt

[aosolorio]

Don't they celebrate Kwanza?



[myzone98]

Classic :)

[HJvKProductions]

Is that bono @ 1:28? voice seems to familiar, tho I wasnt near liquid in 1984

[nazbuk]

great voices solos of Boy George,George Michael and of course BONO, but in these generations there is a voice is lacking here - Freddie Mercury

[2010andrew]

( The feeling of one generation....)

[2010andrew]

(My 1st comment, again):

With greetings to Bob Geldof, the lead vocal of the Bottom Rats, to help to the most needed people in the word, from the night of Dec. the 24 to 25, He called to all the best musicians of that time. After this, in america was recorded some similar as: USA for Africa, n´after there were a concert in the middles 80´s, as Woodstock, but with more people on this time.

[2010andrew]

Giving thanks to all the artists n´musicians who gave their time (and their dinner) to record this song.(Including Paul Mcartney).

PEOPLE OF ROCK&ROLL, STAY ALIVE!

[smartchai]

I listen to this every single holiday season and I never get tired of it ! It really gets me in the X-MAS mood and all ! I REALLY LOVE X-MAS TIME !!!!

[TehExXxodus]

If 1/3 of the people on Earth were like this, we'd all have happiness

[cheeks33]

holy mullets

[Sukkii25]

I was 22 at the time and I did not have much money but Bob really made me change my views. I donated then to Band Aid and I still do.

[EmogotaMousebag4000]

27 watched this video before christmass

[SuperPatricia88]

bono u2 you are the best...in this time you are a baby boy...now you are simply the best singer all time...we love you bono and u2...merry christmas to all u2 fans and all people in world,,,listenning u2 4 ever the best band all time

[xJLSandTaylorSwiftx]

(that was about the people who dislike it)



[xJLSandTaylorSwiftx]

if you dont like a vidio why do you watch it and to all you haters this was for charity so if you dont like it keep it to yourself

[TheBNPmuscle]

@xJLSandTaylorSwiftx because its youtube, people have a right to criticise all they want

[wahoodal0896]

It's interesting that Kool and The Gang were a part of this. I wonder if they were on tour in Europe at the time. All the other bands are European.

[twotinstony]

this is the best Christmas song ever

[MattWhatsGoinOn]

Bono's voice/vocals - unmistakable. Phil Collins' drum work - amazing. An unbelievable collaboration unlikely to be repeated for quite some time. Most beautious!

[Crazeemom1978]

They all need to get together and do this song again!! Love this song! Favorite christmas song.

[jettiekrokkettie]

@Crazeemom1978 i totally agree!

[crazysparkygirl]

I love this song but its so sad :(

[westieiloveyou]

memories from primary

[westieiloveyou]

i had to sing this in my christmas play

[passion8leader]

What a COOL group of guys! Man, I miss them ALL very much! xo

[beegeesfanatic]

always loved it, I love the follow up song they did too to tell everyone how much food had been delivered to the hungry since the inception of Band Aid. Just awesome

[cristianmartini74]

Really love this song. It embodies what Xmas should be all about: Giving to those in need.

[onetalentdog]

think of food bank in your areas donated to food bank in your areas 

[sfln12]

Una entre las mejores canciones navideñas, hasta podria decir que la mejor!!!!...claro destacando muchos de mis idolos pop y rock de los 80's todos grandes genios de la musica...gracias por su musica siempre.... desde Mexico.

[stefanborkos]

Its one of the best ever.

Greatings from Holland.

[budsyboo12]

great haircuts in this video :p

[chanpunasalg]

So steht es geschrieben im Bauernkalender

[pauli912]

za każdym razem, gdy tego słucham mam ciarki. ;-)

[warmonkey96]

what charity hating noobs said they disliked it

[buenosdiers]

Funny how most of these people have become complete nobodies, or in the case of Boy George have gained weight and moved to NYC to be arrested for drug charges from time to time.

[genericnysportsfan10]

@buenosdiers So Sting, Bono, Phil Collins, and Simon LeBon are nobodies? Yeah...um no you're retarded.

[buenosdiers]

@genericnysportsfan10

Have you counted how many people there are in the video? These four people you mentioned are just 10% of these now over the hill stars participating. Who knows and cares what the others do these days? And who the hell is Simon LeBon anyway. One year wonder or something..

[ThrivingDownfall]

@buenosdiers Duran Duran singer. C'mon now. Know your 80's.

[buenosdiers]

@ThrivingDownfall

OK, maybe I should have known that. But who are these three girls? The Andrew Sisters? Sister Sledge? Babamarana?

[TheWarlock03]

@buenosdiers It's Bananarama

[tweger100]

@genericnysportsfan10 No kidding.

[LuvCrazeGrl17]

Okay someone is going to have to explain to me why this song is good because it seems to me that it embodies all the ignorance the western world has about Africa. Of course Africans know when it's Christmas. Africa is a vibrant continent filled with people who love their countries and their people. This song is one of many that keep telling the world that we are a place of want and need. If you want make an uplifting song please use uplifting lyrics instead of putting down an entire continent.

[LydiaScambler22]

@LuvCrazeGrl17 This song is all about AWARENESS! Africa may be a "vibrant continent" but it is also a country ridden with famine, disease and death. Thanks to people like those involved in Band Aid, we are aware of this and can work towards helping the country while people like you sit on their arses moaning. The lyrics don't put down an entire continent, I think it's just you. The rest of us are inspired to make a difference. P.S, Africans DO know it's Christmas, it's metaphorical.. Idiot.

[theInspontaneosJack]

cool!

[dbacchus0]

@yellowcrash10 Your post confirms my intuitive feeling that the majority of 'likes' here must be coming from rather sick people. I mean, you better get help, before you get institutionalized :)

[sarahmay]

@yellowcrash10 I'm glad your post made you feel like you were contributing in some way to creating a better world. That's exactly what this song has come to embody (beside complete ignorance..). The only thing you contribute to is increasing global suffering. Wake up. At least when this video was made there was most likely a real call for people to do their share to create some sense of global equality. Now people are relieved of their guilt just by listening. No need to actually act.

[CatFlashBlue]

@yellowcrash10 The fundraisers like this one give endless fish, versus teaching people how to fish. This help is a band aid [pun intended] temporary fix that only makes it worse. When humans get enough food their population prospers, but if it's only temporary, we give them food & their numbers grow, and then what? Still not enough food, but more mouthes to feed.

2. At least their intentions were good, as all our intentions are. But intentions aren't always success.

3. Read the book Ishmael.

[drumm3rjo3]

@CatFlashBlue - you can't learn to fish if you're dying of starvation. There are immediate needs and long term needs. Solutions are needed for both.

[CatFlashBlue]

@drumm3rjo3 Agreed.

[milocat14]

If you are talking about the guy with the make up and red / pink hair, that is Boy George.

[mrsnienkelover]

Who is the 2nd singer?

[meggy437]

@mrsnienkelover the second singer is boy george

[northernlitez1]

This brings back memories-when MTV was music and not reality shows

[marsvoz]

Great song but thats all we humans are capable of, a Band Aid Fix to everything.

[hormanchung]

who is the guy in 3:30

[FlyingHigherForever]

@hormanchung Im pretty sure it's Marilyn (real name Peter Robinson), Boy George's cross-dressing sidekick.

[mkeogh76]

One of the first "cause celebre" by pop musicians and a HUGE hit. This was actually directed towards providing assistance for an ongoing famine in Ethiopia (not Africa as a whole). Of course, it's actual effect was minimal because rampant corruption and civil war were the root causes of the 1983-85 Ethiopian famine and donated money and food won't solve those problems. Still, it's a great pop song that still gets air-play every Christmas unlike the excrable "We are the World."

[Commentary1984]

this song is so condescending! anyone who doesn't see it better checkity check themselves before they wreck themselves. this isn't about 'helping' change their situation, it's about pity, and pity doesn't get anyone anywhere. disgusting.

[CatFlashBlue]

@Commentary1984 I know what you mean but it wasn't intended as pity. It was intended as compassion.

[Commentary1984]

@CatFlashBlue good intentions do not good deeds make.

[CatFlashBlue]

@Commentary1984 They sure raised a lot of money to put a few fellow human beings out of misery. I'm calling to mind 2 books that would disapprove of this fundraiser: Ishmael and The Poisonwood Bible. Both are marvelous books. If they were humans, The Poisonwood Bible would say "this isn't helping them because they like their lives as is, for the most part". And Ishmael would say "this isn't helping them because nature will force them to die off until they reach a sustainable population.

[Commentary1984]

@CatFlashBlue Interesting books to quote. Though I would say your Ishmael quote is more attributable to Quinn's other book "The Story of B." This aside, (and without offense) I wouldn't take advice from novelists first and foremost on these issues. Try watching the RSA animate "First as Tragedy, Then as Farce." This says "Charity is the basic constituent of our economy...charity degrades and demoralizes..." Then to quote Oscar Wilde...

[CatFlashBlue]

@Commentary1984 Who cares if they're writers or firemen? If they have opinions & thoughts I find interesting, I take them into consideration. Especially since both of these authors went so extensively into the background truth behind their books. As for what Oscar Wilde said, that's wonderful! I love it. I will think about it certainly. If it's so terrible perhaps we should start researching and acting upon it.

[Commentary1984]

@CatFlashBlue that's exactly what i'm doing, and have done for years. i'm making a documentary and helping write a book about it.

[CatFlashBlue]

@Commentary1984 Fantastic! Sounds like a lot of talking, but where's the action? [not that I say I've done any better].

[Commentary1984]

@CatFlashBlue If you don't see the action, then it's because you aren't a part of it. It's happening all the time every day. Go find it! We're not going to find the problems sitting at home alone. Go meet folks from countries who experience this kind of poverty! I have been in Tanzania, India, Nepal, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Peru, Colombia, and even in the US and Canada doing this, working on building justice movements and education.You will have a whole new view, trust me.

[CatFlashBlue]

@Commentary1984 Absolutely, I'm in! I'm working on the mental health section now, as well as sorting out a few of my own things in my life. I read about various people wrongly imprisoned at school today. Our Amnesty International club had petitions to sign, and I signed one. I didn't get time to read the others, but needless to say, I will be taking bigger action as soon as I get myself organized. I'm not one to make excuses, but there is much in my life that is problematic right now...

[CatFlashBlue]

@Commentary1984 I have started a new Youtube escapade where I will research issues & upload videos, providing information & ways to help solve these issues. [and also opportunities for people to disagree & for us to find solutions together]. This month's them is mental health, which has little to do directly with world poverty and hunger... so I probably won't get to that problem for a while. Better slow and efficient than fast & half-assed, though...

[CatFlashBlue]

@Commentary1984 What I'm saying, is that I don't think any of us have given it enough thought to really make informed decisions on what to do about world hunger & poverty. Many people assume the obvious- save them! Stop being selfish & help these people.

It's not about pity at all you see. It's about helping out our own species. It is a very cruel thing indeed to just leave them as is. The question is: what's necessary to help them and all of us? I don't know that answer yet.

[Commentary1984]

@CatFlashBlue ...Their remedies R part of the disease... it is an aggravation of the difficulty. The proper aim is to try & reconstruct society on such a basis that poverty will be impossible. And the altruistic virtues have prevented the carrying out of this aim. Just as the worst slave-owners were those who were kind to their slaves, & so prevented the horror of the system being realised by those who suffered from it, & understood by those who contemplated it." -Oscar Wilde on charity

[SuperPatricia88]

bono u2 your voice its like an angel,,,so perfect...we love you 4 ever bono...merry christmas from portugal,,,u2 4 ever bono

[Danielleailna]

the best x-mas song ever... Merry X-mas everyone!!!!!!

[gigantius2]

Best Christmas song there is - newer versions just don't compare!

[Jiettje]

I think it's a great song.

When we celebrate Christmas, they die of hunger. The phrase "Well thank god it's them, instead of you" helps us realize that.



[BrettHuckfield]

A truly brilliant and well put together cheristmas song

[SuperGreenSmartie]

Remember kids, while you're unwrapping presents, children in Africa are dying of starvation, disease, and dehydration.

Merry Christmas!

[WarpedChyld]

First heard this song at age 4 when it first came out. It wasn't until I was 10 that I fully comprehended it. And each time I hear it, tears come to my eyes, especially now that I hear it as an adult. Beautiful song made for a completely unselfish and generous cause. I wonder if todays celebrities would do such a thing or if the people of today would care as much as they did back then.

[Lemons337]

BOB GELDOF <3 3:07

[CatFlashBlue]

I like this one a lot better than the newer versions. As this was made 11 years before I was born, I didn't know about it until last week. We're learning the translation of it for Sign Language class, and will be signing this to the music for a fundraiser. Except it's for our local food shelf.

Though a bit cheesy, it's still a fairly inspirational song.

[muppeten100]

WHAM!

[amartnotkmart]

There won't be snow in California this Christmas... will I know it's Christmastime at all?!?! D:

*worst Christmas song ever*

[phdubald]

thank you for this greatest music's moment!

[Mauwable]

I'm looking at this video...and all I can think about is how jealous I am of their hair...

[katyslashhannah]

is it just me, or does it seem like Bono and Sting dont like each other?

anyhow, i cant even put into words how much this song means to me...it is amazing, heart warming, utterly fantastic. love it so much,

[BrendonIsMyLife]

im from Denmark and every year there comes a new christmas cd.

this song is always on it.

[rpaige6]

Does anyone really not see how ignorant this song is?

"Thank God it's them instead of you"

No on sees how awful it is to say something like that? This is everyone's FAVORITE Christmas song? Seriously?

[bluebirdlake1]

@rpaige6 "Thank God it's them instead of you" is meant to make you think that while you are at home enjoying a warm, wonderful Christmas there are others around the world who are not so lucky.

[rpaige6]

@bluebirdlake1 Uhh, you can thank God for your fortune, but you should not be thankful for others' misfortune and by "thanking God it's them" does just that. I would never say, "Oh thank God that person died in a car accident and not me." I can hardly think of something worse to be thankful for. I could just be thankful that I didn't die in a car accident--not thankful that someone else was the one to die.

[5uspended4nimation]

@rpaige6 Thank God that's your comment, not mine.

[elmootube]

@rpaige6 You shouldn't take it so literal, it's meant to be saying just appreciate the fact you're not in their position not be thankful they're in that position, but it had to be made for the song to flow well.

[Commentary1984]

@rpaige6 I SEE IT! It's not just ignorant, it's underlyingly racist and imperialist. It pigeon holes an entire continent, paints a picture of all "Africans" as pitiable sad and helpless crying doomed weaklings. This is a despicable song.

[rpaige6]

@Commentary1984 You have literally taken ALL of the words right out of my mouth.

[hormanchung]

Why eould he let everyone coming to his singing film

[timmyboy1970]

When Bono's voice comes in, it still gives me chills

[melaniealyssaemily]

@timmyboy1970 Timmy, I'm with you. Really listening to the lyrics of this for the first time yesterday, I got goose bumps all over and started crying.... how easy it is to forget how difficult life is for so many. This, to me, is one of the best, most moving songs ever.

[wanderer7in7blue]

THIS. Best song ever.

[OhMyGow]

Did they really say "Do they know there will be no snow in Africa"? HAHAHAHAHA

[constancelena]

yes this is INCREDIBLE...a timeless universal message!

[joesterproductions]

i ABSOLUTELY love this

[hormanchung]

@joesterproductions i agree

[JustSingAgain]

Such amazing hair :D

[JustSingAgain]

PHIL COLLINS IS PLAYING THE DRUMS :D 1.38

[Fordgirl]

@JustSingAgain Well yes he is a drummer so it stand to reason he would

[JustSingAgain]

Did anyone notice that near the end they're all standing together and only boy george is a loner+ :P

[TheGreatOne302]

i am 19 years old and puerto rican, and this music right here is genius. this song always puts me in a better mood. the 80's music was great. this and ''We Are The World'' should have a billion views..not wiz khalifa

[pampalstudios]

0:14 Just out of bed? :p