The song was written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure (ex Ultravox). Original version with (it was first released in December 1984. Band Aid II’s version of “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” was produced by Stock Aitken Waterman. It was released on December 11, 1989 with the instrumental version of the song on the B-side. It topped the singles chart in the UK and Ireland.
Band Aid II members:
Vocalists
Bananarama
Big Fun
Bros
Cathy Dennis
D Mob
Jason Donovan
Kevin Godley
Glen Goldsmith
Kylie Minogue
The Pasadenas
Chris Rea
Cliff Richard
Jimmy Somerville
Sonia
Lisa Stansfield
Technotronic
Wet Wet Wet
Musicians
Matt Aitken – keyboards, guitar
Luke Goss – drums
Chris Rea – guitar
Mike Stock – keyboards