<P> Band Aid is a charity supergroup featuring mainly British and Irish musicians and recording artists . It was founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for anti-famine efforts in Ethiopia by releasing the song `` Do They Know It 's Christmas ? '' for the Christmas market that year . On 25 November 1984 , the song was recorded at Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill , London , and was released in the UK four days later . The single surpassed the hopes of the producers to become the Christmas number one on that release . Three subsequent re-recordings of the song to raise further money for charity also topped the charts , first the Band Aid II version in 1989 and the Band Aid 20 version in 2004 and finally the Band Aid 30 version in 2014 . The original was produced by Midge Ure . The 12 '' version was mixed by Trevor Horn . </P>
<P> Band Aid is a charity supergroup featuring mainly British and Irish musicians and recording artists . It was founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for anti-famine efforts in Ethiopia by releasing the song `` Do They Know It 's Christmas ? '' for the Christmas market that year . On 25 November 1984 , the song was recorded at Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill , London , and was released in the UK four days later . The single surpassed the hopes of the producers to become the Christmas number one on that release . Three subsequent re-recordings of the song to raise further money for charity also topped the charts , first the Band Aid II version in 1989 and the Band Aid 20 version in 2004 and finally the Band Aid 30 version in 2014 . The original was produced by Midge Ure . The 12 '' version was mixed by Trevor Horn . </P>
when was the first band aid song released
when was the first band aid song released
1984
1984