Do They Know It’s Christmas?

I’m a big fan of Do They Know It’s Christmas?, even if I agree that the lyrics get a little boneheaded and would never fly today.

The 1984 charity single featured everyone from Bono to Boy George, and while I obviously must’ve heard it as a kid, I didn’t pay any music much mind until I was in high school. The song was more a part of my older siblings’ generation, and through talking to them I’ve learned that it was even more divisive in its heyday.

Whatever. I’m a sucker for any supergroup charity song, and the fact that this one is all synthy and Christmassy makes it doubly great. Here’s a “Making Of” special that was released on video back in ’84:

Enjoy!