We were on our way to our Christmas party when Bob Geldof called us and said Its your turn: The story of Band Aid II, the Do They Know Its Christmas? they tried to forget [Video]

It’s Christmas time… and the 2024 ‘Ultimate Mix’ of charity classic Do They Know It’s Christmas? is out now.

The song’s latest iteration – released to mark its 40th anniversary – is a compilation of previous versions, bringing together many of its star performances in a new comp, lashed together by producer Trevor Horn.

But eagle-eared pop pundits of a certain age will soon spot that something is missing. For while the track’s press release states that “Do They Know It’s Christmas? was recorded on three separate occasions, over three separate generations, Band Aid (1984), Band Aid 20 (2004) and Band Aid 30 (2014)” any Smash Hits reader worth their button badges knows that the song was in fact recorded four times.

Yes, Band Aid has officially nuked Band Aid II from history and seems to be pretending that Stock Aitken Waterman’s 1989 take on the song simply didn’t happen.

At Christmas time, it’s hard

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