Minogue, Kylie - Do They Know It's Christmas? Lyrics






[1:]
It's Christmas time
There's no need to be afraid
At Christmas time
We let in light and we banish shade
And in our world of plenty
We can spread a smile of joy
Throw your arms around the world
At Christmas time

[2:]
But say a prayer
Pray for the other ones
At Christmas time it's hard
But when you're having fun
There's a world outside your window
And it's a world of dread and fear
Where the only water flowing
Is the bitter sting of tears
And the Christmas bells that ring
There are the clanging chimes of doom
Well tonight thank God it's them instead of you

Feed the world
Let them know it's Christmas time
Feed the world
Do they know it's Christmas time at all?

[3:]
And there won't be snow in Africa
This Christmas time
The greatest gift they'll get this year is life
Where nothing ever grows
No rain nor rivers flow
Do they know it's Christmas time at all?

Feed the world
Let them know it's Christmas time
Feed the world
Let them know it's Christmas time again

[BRIDGE:]
(Here's to you) raise a glass for everyone
(Here's to them) underneath that burning sun
Do they know it's Christmas time at all?

[END:]
Feed the world
Let them know it's Christmas time

[END:]
[repeat & fade]





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  1. M.... I....

    It's Christma stime, there's no need to be afraid
    At Christmas time, we let in light and we banish shade

    And in our world of plenty we can spread a smile of joy
    Throw your arms around the world at Christmas time

    But say a prayer, pray for the other ones
    At Christmas time it's hard, but when you're having fun

    There's a world outside your window
    And it's a world of dread and fear

    Where the only water flowing
    Is the bitter sting of tears
    And the Christmas bells that ring there are the clanging chimes of doom
    Well tonight thank God it's them instead of you

    And there won't be snow in Africa this Christmas time
    The greatest gift they'll get this year is life
    Where nothing ever grows
    No rain nor rivers flow
    Do they know it's Christmas time at all?
    Here's to you
    Raise a glass for everyone

    Here's to them
    Underneath that burning sun
    Do they know it's Christmastime at all?

    Feed the world

    Let them know it's Christmastime again

  2. t.... m....

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6773336/

  3. C.... P....

    Besr song & video of the 80's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  4. M.... H....

    This is the best version by far, I love it! Shame it's forgotten by so many.

    M.... H....

    How about no

  5. L.... G....

    Both versions 80's.

  6. k.... x....

    THE ORIGINAL 1984 is the first and the BEST!

  7. A.... T....

    A esos niños son a los que deberíamos de alludar pobrecitos me hacen llorar.

  8. M.... B....

    This and Band Aid 20 were both so much better than the original.

    M.... B....

    Ur nuts nothing like the original.......

  9. F.... 2....

    They should get the cool UK bands to do this like DM, New Order, The Cure

    F.... 2....

    And Rick Astley.

  10. S.... B....

    Five hundred million pounds later where have all the money gone geldof

  11. p.... w....

    I'm only here for QUEEN KYLIE.

  12. S.... G....

    this version sucks !!!

  13. M.... D....

    Merry Christmas 🎄
    25th December 2019

  14. H.... S....

    Big Like

  15. V.... ....

    Bananarama are the only ones I recognized.

  16. V.... ....

    Maybe make a song for that country about birth control.

  17. A.... X....

    This edition was with singers Australians , Jason Donovan, Sonia, Kyllie Minogue and others are Australians, not British

    A.... X....

    Jimmy Somerville Scottish as is Marti Pellow

    A.... X....

    In the original version it had Bono who's Irish.

    A.... X....

    Chris Rea, British.

  18. S.... P....

    This is song version of Do They know It’s Christmas time is almost better then the 1985 version

  19. s.... p....

    Ma man 3:13 to 3:16 gettin it!

  20. c.... ....

    Wait a minute. I was 22 when this came out and this is the first time I'm seeing this. I don't know who 75% of these singers. Its not that bad but who the hell are most of these people?

    c.... ....

    Most of them are Stock Aitken Waterman artists. There were a few good names like Chris Rea and Cliff, but most did not have the status of the original band long term.

    c.... ....

    It is bad. Anyway if you were 22 at the time I'm surprised you don't recognise them: Kylie Minogue, Chris Rea, Jimmy Somerville, (???), Cliff Richard, Matt and Luke Goss, Jason Donovan, Wet Wet Wet, Bananarama, (???), Sonya, Lisa Stansfield, The Pasadenas...and maybe a few others at the end I can''t be arsed trying to recognise.

    Anyway, they were all reasonable famous at the time, but compared to Band Aid 1, these people were the cheesy dregs of UK pop. With the exception of the legends Kylie, Chris Rea and Jimmy Somerville of course!

    c.... ....

    @tropicalscot Bananaramma was around a long time, but no one was listening to them at this time. The rest? Nope, they really weren't being played much on the radio and MTV had gone to reality TV by that time. I've heard of Kylie Minogue, but that's about it.

    c.... ....

    @christschool Ah you're American!...sorry I didn't realise. These were people famous in the UK but probably not in the US. For example 'Bros' were the biggest UK act around 1988. They sucked, but they were very famous, more so than Kylie at the time.

  21. R.... V....

    Why isnt this on Spotify? Problems with Stock, Aitken and Waterman?

    R.... V....

    It is on Spotify: 'Band Aid II'

    R.... V....

    @plukenplok aha, ik meende dat ik daar ook op had gezocht. Dan zijn er dus 4 versies? 1984, 1989 (II), 2004 (20) en 2014 (30).

    R.... V....

    @Rogier Van Katwijk Yep

  22. S.... S....

    The worst version

  23. S.... S....

    Saw ruined this great song

  24. S.... R....

    Love it that Sir Cliff sang on this one! Perfect for him! They all sounded great! Wish Freddie Mercury could have added his voice!

    S.... R....

    Surprised he wasn't on the original! Think the 'Here's to you' bit would have suited his style!

  25. R.... ....

    Merry Christmas 2019 from Manchester United kingdom

  26. h.... h....

    0:45 who are they??

    h.... h....

    Big Fun

    h.... h....

    MsBananasmel thanks

  27. K.... ....

    ❤️ Kylie ❤️

  28. c.... ....

    this wipes the floor with Band Aid 20 & 30

  29. L.... L....

    Cliff ♡+♡+♡+ super video ...

  30. B.... W....

    Absolute fucking banger mate... Can't beat the Bros Boys 🎅🎅🎁🎁

  31. i.... ....

    Eventually in the UK they'll end up singing "Do they know it's Ramadan?"

    i.... ....

    @MsBananasmel triggered much?

  32. c.... ....

    Michael Buerk aka white saviour rayciss!

  33. T.... I....

    Merry Christmas to all starving africans. I'm gonna have a nice roast Turkey!

    T.... I....

    Maybe you should donate some money and do something useful instead of showing of what you eat.

    T.... I....

    @Suse Fink It was a joke...

  34. C.... H....

    This version is the better of all the other remakes.

  35. U.... F....

    I'm just here for Keren and Sonia :)

  36. P.... D....

    Jimmy Kylie Lisa Bananarama Cliff Marty Jason Sonia and Luke and Matt Make this version the best!

    P.... D....

    Plym Dude-S Fag Bananarama only act to appear on both versions

  37. P.... D....

    2:21-2:30 Rochdale’s finest

  38. T.... P....

    BANANARAMA FOREVER

  39. S.... s....

    Cliff Richard

  40. a.... k....

    There won’t be snow in Africa this Christmas ( worst lyric of all time )

    a.... k....

    adam knopp there will be on Kilimanjaro

    a.... k....

    Atlas mountains have at least one ski resort...

  41. M.... S....

    Terrible

  42. D.... F....

    this is hands down the best version never played hardly

  43. D.... G....

    This is definitely the best version of them all,Merry Christmas 2019 🎄🎄

  44. G.... H....

    Definatly the best band aid

  45. C.... C....

    Actually I always preferred this version :)

    C.... C....

    Merry Christmas Cassy! 🎅🌲

    C.... C....

    @Martyn To you too :)

  46. J.... L....

    Chris Rea is so out of place alongside the other "talent"!

  47. r.... s....

    Ciao a te LIVE AID io ti ringrazio con tutto il mio grande cuore che tu mi hai mandato a me dal mio canale su YOUTUBE questo video che si titola BAND AID II ( DO THEY KNOW LT'S CHRISTMAS? ) ( OFFICIAL VIDEO ) e con questo video che tu mi hai mandato a me mi piace tantissimo da RENZO STELLINI

  48. l.... m....

    Matt goss looks like pat butcher with them earings

  49. l.... m....

    Original will never be bettered.. Would have been nice to see the original line up re do it..better than the shit versions since.. Xfactor winners etc. Truly fucking awful..even this shits better

  50. T.... ....

    This version is a banger. Better than the original! Even the poverty-stricken Africans in the video would've had a little dance and their spirits lifted had they had the means to hear it. The original would only make them more depressed.

  51. L.... R....

    Sorry but this is my favorite version, love the beat

  52. c.... ....

    So many versions, so many years gone by and still in Africa there are people dying cause there's not enough food.
    Maybe we're doing something wrong? Why don't we really want to change? Me included? Maybe it's the way it has to go?

    c.... ....

    They have an average IQ of 70. Make sense now?

    c.... ....

    @Andrew Devine Ha, ha, ha. Not everyone I hope.

    c.... ....

    no education, living in hostility, and keep reproducing so they are impossible to help tbh

  53. c.... ....

    everyone is so off beat but my love for marti pellow is too high to care

  54. F.... Q....

    Several years later and still no Midge Ure 🙄

    F.... Q....

    He did help on the 2004 version

    F.... Q....

    @JTMVision yeah but would have loved to hear him sing it with everyone else.

    F.... Q....

    He’s writer and producer.

    F.... Q....

    @THESHININGMILE I know that but he sings as well

    F.... Q....

    Fire Queen 80s Synth Girl I know. But I’d say he’s more than done his bit by organising the original Band Aid - alongside Bob Geldof - alongside arranging the follow-up versions.

  55. c.... ....

    This song reminds me when I was a kid and life was just a playground. Loving parents, brother, sister, family and friends. I had it all and still have it all.
    Even though I have lost lots of friends and family along the way, I love my life.

  56. R.... S....

    Yet another example of what Teja Cole calls the "White Industrial Savior Complex". Impoverished people are impoverished, they are not stupid. If they are Christian they know it is Christmas but they are a little busy trying to find clean water and food to feed their families. The aid narrative hides the true nature of the global economy in which 2 trillion dollars went into developing countries as foreign aid in 2012 and 5 trillion was sucked back out of those countries and deposited into the bank accounts of the wealthy in the US and EU. 93% of aid from USAID is tied aid- it either comes back to the US or never leaves the US. 7% of the USAID money earmarked for Haiti after the earthquake actually went to Haiti, mostly to the elite and middle class. The 1984 famine in Ethiopia had nothing to do with a lack of food. There was plenty of food but the government withheld it due to political reasons. This is the case with most famines. If you are interested in a different narrative around aid I suggest watching the "Africa for Norway" video by Rusty Radiator.

  57. B.... B....

    In 26 years I've never heard this version... weird! I like it :)

  58. A.... C....

    This is my favourite version xx

  59. k.... ....

    I just love Marti Pellows/Wet Wet Wets part of this version 🥰.

  60. A.... D....

    Remember how shit late 80s Stock/Aitken/Waterman music was? Observe!

  61. E.... D....

    The only way that this could be made worse is if Jimmy Saville made an appearance

    E.... D....

    Haha, good one!

    E.... D....

    They couldn't get Jimmy Saville so they settled for Jimmy Somerville instead ;)

  62. I.... P....

    Sublime vocals from Big Fun

  63. M.... C....

    Marquei Bublé

  64. p.... ....

    Marti pellow was class, the rest were wank.

  65. B.... L....

    Have to say that the original one is the best one

  66. P.... E....

    Stop having children when you are living in a desert!

  67. C.... M....

    Matt Goss and Kylie are the only good thing about this. The instrumental is too upbeat and sounds cheap, that's coz it was made by Saw. Loads of parts are sang in the wrong key as well.

    C.... M....

    Ironic since she's Australian.

  68. N.... ....

    Who are these people? Is that Bananarama???

  69. D.... P....

    Kylie minogue should never have got a singing career. A horrible useless little poisoned dwarf. Cant sing, cant act but nice arse.

    D.... P....

    I Agree, nice rack.

  70. D.... B....

    This is by FAR the best version but it is the only version on YOutube?

    D.... B....

    Yes it is

  71. #.... ....

    SMILE HAS THE POWER OF HEAL

  72. e.... r....

    It's the worst version of this great song.

  73. e.... r....

    Es la peor versión de esta gran cancion!!!!!!.....

  74. S.... J....

    Goodness Gracious atleast Sir Cliff Richard is righteously in this version!

    S.... J....

    Actually Midge Ure deserves that honour since he wrote it along with what's his name.

  75. a.... ....

    Only Sommerville and Bananarama are the big stars, then Kylie Minogue, Chris Rea, Cliff Richard and Lisa Stanfiled, but they are not at the nivel of BONO VOX, GEORGE MICHAEL SIMON LE BON, PAUL YOUNG, PHIL COLLINS, STING, MIDGE URE, BOY GEORGE.
    Thrre is only one Band Aid, the rest is an imitation.

    a.... ....

    @Andrew Devine Jimmi Sommerville, ex Bronski Beat, ex Communards. Hit that perfect bit boy

    a.... ....

    Kylie is Australian though lol

    a.... ....

    @Fire Queen 80s Synth Girl Yes, but it's possibile to have some special guest ! ;-)

    a.... ....

    @acquistagabri they can get away with it since she sounds English Anyway

    a.... ....

    acquistagabri erm Lisa Stansfield is the best!

  76. G.... F....

    In my opinion the 1984 is the best of the 4 versions because the artists, who are these? hahaha

    G.... F....

    @acquistagabri Off course they still alive in us but to another version maybe Sting, Bono, Geldof, elton john, Spandau ballet, Nik Kershaw i don't know who still alive of 1984... i would add Roger Taylor + May (roger also participated in the last version 2014) yeah Paul McCartney too

    G.... F....

    @Girl From Mars Yes, but they are old, the time is passing ... it's good for us, but for the youngs, watch a video with singers of more than 60 years old is not a good business ... Debbie Harrison is almost 75 years old ! Even Kim Wilde, Sanda, Samanta Fox ... they are not the girls in the 80s ... Me I am almos 50 years old, not the boy of the 80's ...

    G.... F....

    Sonia >>>> The entire Band Aid 1984 line-up

    G.... F....

    @acquistagabri i'm 32 and still prefer 70s and 80s bands!

    G.... F....

    @Truman i don't think so...

  77. u.... ....

    Yeah Africa knows it’s Christmas and believes in Santa.....right!

  78. M.... H....

    Jimmy Somerville is the only artist that works in this version.

  79. A.... r....

    Good Video😀🤘🏼

  80. S.... 1....

    Im here for Bros, the ham they put in is pure genius

  81. N.... j....

    Lol nice try

  82. r.... ....

    Maybe do your own thing? That would be awesome. Otherwise it just looks like you’re not really interested in the cause, but to just make a cheap easy video for Internet likes.

    r.... ....

    pardon that was then the internet did not exist then some real snobs on here

  83. D.... G....

    No they dont

  84. M.... R....

    Appreciate the effort. I must be showing my age. I don't know who any of these people are. The original 1984 version was better. Some of the people in the 1984 are gone. Freddie Mercury, David Bowie. That version still gives me goose bumps. Prelude to the best live concert with the most amazing artists. That was a once in a lifetime event.

    M.... R....

    The 1984 version didin't have Freddie or Bowie... they only participated on Live Aid but not in the record

    M.... R....

    I'm sorry you're not aware of legends like Bros and Sonia.

    M.... R....

    You dont know who Cliff Richard, Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan, Bros or Marti Pellow are? 😂

  85. m.... e....

    I dont know most of these people. Are they SAW protégées???

    m.... e....

    Yes, they are all rubbish.

    m.... e....

    @Andrew Devine well, Kylie Minogue is still a massive star and icon....

    m.... e....

    I wouldn't call Bros, Cliff, Wet Wet Wet, The Pasdadenas, The Communards, Lisa Stansfield, Chris Rea, Glen Goldsmith etc a product or protege of S. A. W.

  86. J.... B....

    1989? Stock Aitken Waterman were massive then. Is Ethiopia still with famine or did this work. The Pasadenas were good.

  87. E.... B....

    OMG, that Europop beat is so dreadful...

  88. A.... c....

    Awful Really awful

  89. k.... ....

    There's the good Stock, Aitken & Waterman and there's the bad Stock, Aitken & Waterman...... this is the bad.

    k.... ....

    kz1000ps are these people all SAW protégés??? I dont know most of them

    k.... ....

    There is bad and worse, there is no good.

  90. A.... M....

    Até que enfim o clipe oficial no canal oficial e viva os anos 90

  91. Q.... M....

    Queen❤️👑❤️ Forever i love

  92. s.... ....

    The Anti-Mandela Effect music video I never knew existed.

  93. S.... A....

    Seven save us.

  94. M.... ....

    Terrible. Sounds like really, really bad karaoke.

  95. L.... V....

    ficou legal,mas não conheço os cantores,da primeira versão conheço todos,mas valeu...

  96. B.... C....

    WOW! Very Nice! Superb! Thank You!
    Happy and blessed Holidays! Merry Christmas !Everyone !🌹🌹🌹🏠🌲

  97. B.... ....

    They always say if you don't have anything nice to say to not say anything at all......*bites tongue*

  98. K.... A....

    If only queen was in it...