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Charity record - Definition and Overview |
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A charity record (also known as a charity single) is a release of a song for a specific charitable cause. Band Aid's Do They Know it's Christmas? began the revolution of the charity record, which would be popularised throughout the 1980s.
Notable charity singles
| Release Date | Title | Artists | Charity/Cause | Highest Chart Position
| | December 1984
| Do They Know It's Christmas?
| Band Aid
| famine in Ethiopia
| 1
| | April 1985
| We Are the World
| USA for Africa
| famine in Ethiopia
| 1
| | April 1986
| Living Doll
| Cliff Richard and the cast of The Young Ones
| Comic Relief
| 1
| | May 1986
| Everybody Wants to Run the World
| Tears For Fears
| Sport Aid
| 5
| | March 1987
| Let it Be
| Ferry Aid
| Herald of Free Enterprise disaster at Zeebrugge
| 1
| | December 1987
| Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
| Mel & Kim (Mel Smith and Kim Wilde)
| Comic Relief
| 4
| | May 1988
| With a Little Help from My Friends
| Wet Wet Wet
| Childline
| 1
| | August 1988
| Running All Over The World
| Status Quo
| Sport Aid
| 17
| | April 1989
| Ferry 'Cross the Mersey
| The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden, Stock Aitken Waterman
| Hillsborough disaster
| 1
| | February 1989
| Help!
| Bananarama & La Na Nee Nee Noo Noo (French and Saunders with Kathy Burke)
| Comic Relief
| 4
| | December 1989
| Do They Know it's Christmas?
| Band Aid 2
| famine in Ethiopia
| 1
| | April 1990
| Use it Up and Wear it Out
| Pat and Mick
| Help a London Child
| 22
| | June 1990
| You've Got A Friend
| Big Fun, Sonia, featuring Gary Barnacle on saxophone
| Childline
| 14
| | March 1991
| The Stonk
| Hale and Pace (backing band includes David Gilmour)
| Comic Relief
| 1
| | April 1992
| (I want to be) Elected
| Smear Campaign (Bruce Dickinson, Rowan Atkinson, Angus Deayton)
| Comic Relief
| 9
| | February 1993
| Stick It Out
| Right Said Fred and friends
| Comic Relief
| 4
| | May 1994
| Absolutely Fabulous
| Pet Shop Boys, Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley
| Comic Relief
| 6
| | March 1995
| Love Can Build A Bridge
| Cher, Chrissie Hynde, Neneh Cherry and Eric Clapton
| Comic Relief
| 1
| | March 1997
| Mama / Who Do You Think You Are
| The Spice Girls
| Comic Relief
| 1
| | September 1997
| Candle in the Wind
| Elton John
| Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund
| 1
| | March 1999
| When The Going Gets Tough
| Boyzone
| Comic Relief
| 1
| | March 2001
| Uptown Girl
| Westlife
| Comic Relief
| 1
| | March 2003
| Spirit in the Sky
| Gareth Gates and the Kumars
| Comic Relief
| 1
| | November 2003
| I'm Your Man
| Shane Richie
| Children in Need
| (1 - TBC)
| | November 2004
| Do They Know it's Christmas?
| Band Aid 20
| famine in Ethiopia
| 1
| | March 2005
| All About You
| McFly
| Comic Relief
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Example Usage of Charity |
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