The people you didn't identify singing - Paul Weller (Style Council), Midge Ure (who along with Bob Geldof arranged the recording - from Ultravox), Martyn Ware (heaven 17) singing harmony with Marilyn. In the mass chorus are Kool & The Gang, Jody Whatley, Status Quo plus the other members of the bands Ultravox + Duran Duran + Spandau Ballet & Boomtown Rats. Boy George wasn't actually there and his stuff was inserted later (the next day I believe) which is why he seems somewhat isolated in his bits.
Wrong. He was there but he got there late. He was in a hotel when they called him, he had to fly in from Paris. They were already recording the song by the time he got there and he had to do his part separately.
Written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure. Supergroup of British 🇬🇧, Irish 🇮🇪 and American 🇺🇸 musicians. Not listed in Wikipedia. Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet) acoustic guitar 🎸. 50 musicians verify this! 😃 Strongly 💪 suggested next video 📹: Northern Lights. Tears Are Not Enough 😢 Bryan Adams is a member of Northern Lights. Canadian effort 🇨🇦 for African relief 🌍
The performers in this song are: Adam Clayton (U2), Phil Collins (Genesis, Solo), Bob Geldof (Boomtown Rats), Steve Norman (Spandau Ballet), Chris Cross (Ultravox), John Taylor (Duran Duran), Paul Young, Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet), Glenn Gregory (Heaven 17), Simon Le Bon (Duran Duran), Simon Crowe (Boomtown Rats), Marilyn, Keren Woodward (Bananarama), Martin Kemp (Spandau Ballet), Jody Watley (Shalamar), Bono (U2), Paul Weller (The Style Council), James 'J.T.' Taylor (Kool & The Gang), George Michael (Wham!), Midge Ure (Ultravox), Martyn Ware (Heaven 17), John Keeble (Spandau Ballet), Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet), Roger Taylor (Duran Duran), Sarah Dallin (Bananarama), Siobhan Fahey (Bananarama), Pete Briquette (Boomtown Rats), Francis Rossi (Status Quo), Robert 'Kool' Bell (Kool & The Gang), Dennis J. T. Thomas (Kool & The Gang), Andy Taylor (Duran Duran), Jon Moss (Culture Club), Sting (The Police), Rick Parfitt (Status Quo), Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran), Johnny Fingers (Boomtown Rats), David Bowie, Boy George (Culture Club), Holly Johnson (Frankie Goes To Hollywood), Paul Mccartney, Stuart Adamson (Big Country), Bruce Watson (Big Country), Tony Butler (Big Country), Mark Brzezicki (Big Country) 1.1K Reply
Hi Lovely Sassy, Hi Hank, this is the song that stopped Queen releasing Thank God It's Christmas back in 1984!! You can find Thank God It's Christmas on Queen's Greatest Hits 3 CD!! 😀 😀 Stay safe Lovely Lady, You too Hank!! 😀 😀 Band Aid are a group famous British singers who came together to release Do They Know It's Christmas!! 😀 😀 It's the Wine O Pause again Sassy!! 😂😂
Hi Lovely Sassy, Hi Hank, The guy Hank didn't know is Paul Weller who was the lead singer with a group called The Jam, other artists that were there were Bananarama, Duran Duran, George Michael, Phil Collins, Spandau Ballet, Status Quo members Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt, Sting, Midge Ure, and much more, Big Country are a Scottish rock band, singer Stuart Adamson was also the guitarist with Scottish Punk band The Skids in the 70s, how about Slade, Merry Christmas Everybody and Wizzard, I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day, 2 classic Christmas tunes for you Sassy!! 😀 😀 🎄🎄🎅🎅
Hi Terry, Thanks for the info. I remember The Jam, here in the States their big hit was a Town Called Malice. I have that on my 80s playlist. Wasn't Paul also in Style Council ? My ever changing mood, was their hit.
@@humbertofarias5980 my favourite song by The Jam was Going Underground, he certainly was, when The Jam split up in 1982 Paul Weller formed The Style Council, another hit of theirs was Shout To The Top!! 😀 😀,I'm from Scotland!! 😀 😀
This a very historic song, but i'm more impressed by your knowledge of the Artists and why the song took place. People from all around the world assume that the UK got the idea from the US version We Are The World. When it's the other way round. I bet you already know this, but Phil Collins was the only artist to play live in London then live in Philaladelphia a few hours later, back when you could fly from the UK to the US in 3 hours.
The guy you didnt know at 7:16 in the video is Paul Weller of The Jam/Style Council and solo career. Mainly a UK star as sadly those acts didnt make a splash in the US
Nooo The Jam we’re massive in the UK , Most of the songs they released went straight to number 1 without any airplay on the radio…. Hits include ….A Town called Malice , Elton Rifles, Going Underground, Down in a tube station at Midnight, The Bitterest pill. Paul Weller then formed another group called The Style Council had loads of chart hits with them too, Shout to the top, Your the best thing, The lodgers, Long hot summer. His music maybe unknown in the States but ask anyone growing up in the 80’s 90’s who Paul Weller is and they would tell you.
Bono didn’t want to sing the line “well tonight thank god it’s them instead of you” but Bob Geldof knew it would have the biggest punch to the listeners. And it did. I still get chills when he sings it. A lot of people need to watch the BBC doco that inspired Bob Geldof to do something. I still remember when l was 7 when this came out and the footage of the starving children with a thousand flies around them.
When boy George turned up to sing his part his voice wasn’t good so he asked for a sip of brandy and then he belted our this amazing verse. I’ve heard brandy helps loosen the vocal cords.
