chris martin sang the opening line of do they know it's christmas.
who sang the opening line of do they know it's christmas?
chris martin
tracey emin provided the artwork and paul epworth produced the track. vocal contributions came from artists including ed sheeran, one direction, paloma faith, ellie goulding, seal, sam smith, sinéad o'connor, rita ora, emeli sandé, bastille and olly murs. returning guest musicians from previous versions of the song included chris martin (who recorded the opening lines of the 2004 version) and bono (who sang the tenth line in both the 1984 and 2004 versions). the line "well, there won't be snow in africa this christmas time" was changed to "bring peace and joy this christmas to west africa".





















































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do they know it's christmas?
the first seven cartoons originated the classic opening line which was later adopted by the "superman" radio series and in the live-action television series a decade later: "faster than a speeding bullet! more powerful than a locomotive! able to leap tall buildings in a single bound!" (the radio series also eventually used the cartoon series' theme music.) however, for the final two fleischer-produced cartoons and the first of the eight famous studios-produced cartoons, the opening was changed to "faster than a speeding bullet! more powerful than a locomotive! able to soar higher than any plane!". for the remaining famous studios-produced cartoons, the opening line was changed again to "faster than a streak of lightning! more powerful than the pounding surf! mightier than a roaring hurricane!" for international prints of superman cartoons starting with "eleventh hour" the opening line is "faster than a streak of lightning! more powerful than the pounding surf! mightier than a roaring hurricane!" this series also featured a slight variation of the now-classic exclamation (also from the radio series): "up in the sky, look! it's a bird! it's a plane! it's superman!".
superman (1940s cartoons)