Revisiting Band Aid’s Cringe-Inducing 1984 Single, “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”
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Revisiting Band Aid’s Cringe-Inducing 1984 Single, “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”
We all know, don’t we, that the 1984 charity hit “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” qualifies as possibly the worst Christmas song ever recorded? Does that go too far? The song’s writer, Bob Geldof, went even further, once saying, “I am responsible for two of the worst songs in history.
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