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Ten years on from "Do They Know It's Christmas?" 1FM celebrates the UK's best-selling single of all time. Michael Buerk (who presented the original TV reports of the Ethiopian famine), Bob Geldof and Midge Ure (who wrote the song) and contributors including Boy George , Phil Collins , Simon le Bon ,
Status Quo, Sting, Trevor Horn , Glenn Gregory , Paul Young , Robert Kool Bell , Gary Kemp and Tony Hadley , recall the recording of the song which sold three-and-a-half million copies and raised over
19 million for famine relief.
Returning to the session's master tape Midge Ure reveals some of its secrets and plays some exclusive material.
A Confederate production

Contributors

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Michael Buerk
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Bob Geldof
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Midge Ure
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Boy George
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Phil Collins
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Simon Le Bon
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Trevor Horn
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Glenn Gregory
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Paul Young
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Robert Kool Bell
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Gary Kemp
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Tony Hadley

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