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==Band Aid 30==
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'''Band Aid 30''' was the 2014 incarnation of the [[charity supergroup]] Band Aid. Announced by [[Bob Geldof]] and [[Midge Ure]], the aim was to aid [[Western African Ebola virus epidemic|2014 Ebola outbreak]] victims in Western Africa and preventing its spread. As in previous incarnations, the group covered the track "[[Do They Know It's Christmas?]]", written in 1984 by Geldof and Ure. The song was recorded by some of the biggest-selling current British and Irish pop acts, including [[One Direction]], [[Sam Smith (singer)|Sam Smith]], [[Ed Sheeran]], [[Emeli Sandé]], [[Ellie Goulding]], [[Rita Ora]], and [[Bastille (band)|Bastille]], along with [[Chris Martin]] ([[Coldplay]]) and [[Bono]] ([[U2]])—the third time he contributed to a Band Aid recording.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Band Aid 30: One Direction among celebrity line-up|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=10 November 2014|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/11220735/Band-Aid-30-line-up-revealed.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/11220735/Band-Aid-30-line-up-revealed.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Their version of the song debuted at the chart's summit during the week of its release, then dropped down a place in each of the following two weeks before dropping out of the Top 10 in its fourth week. It also received a polarised reception from many music critics due to its new lyric directed towards Africa.

Also, for the first time, a German version was produced and reached the top position of the German single charts at the beginning of December 2014. The project is led by Geldof's close friend [[Campino (singer)|Campino]], lead vocalist of the punk rock band [[Die Toten Hosen]]. A French version of the song is led by [[Carla Bruni]].<ref name="frenchgerman">{{Cite news|title=Carla Bruni to do French Band Aid song|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=17 November 2014|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11235431/Carla-Bruni-to-do-French-Band-Aid-song.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11235431/Carla-Bruni-to-do-French-Band-Aid-song.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

===2014 performers===
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'''Vocalists''':
*[[Bono]] ([[U2]])
*[[Clean Bandit]]
*[[Paloma Faith]]
*[[Guy Garvey]] ([[Elbow (band)|Elbow]])
*[[Ellie Goulding]]
*[[Niall Horan]] ([[One Direction]])
*[[Angélique Kidjo]]
*[[Zayn Malik]] (One Direction)
*[[Chris Martin]] ([[Coldplay]])
*[[Olly Murs]]
*[[Sinéad O'Connor]]
*[[Rita Ora]]
*[[Liam Payne]] (One Direction)
*[[Emeli Sandé]]
*[[Seal (musician)|Seal]]
*[[Alfie Deyes]]
*[[Joe Sugg]]
*[[Zoella]]
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*[[Ed Sheeran]]
*[[Dan Smith (Bastille)|Dan Smith]] ([[Bastille (band)|Bastille]])
*[[Sam Smith (singer)|Sam Smith]]
*[[Harry Styles]] (One Direction)
*[[Louis Tomlinson]] (One Direction)
*[[Underworld (band)|Underworld]]
*[[Jessie Ware]]

'''Musicians''':
*Milan Neil Amin-Smith ([[Clean Bandit]])&nbsp;– violin
*Grace Chatto ([[Clean Bandit]])&nbsp;– cello
*[[Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)|Roger Taylor]] ([[Queen (band)|Queen]])&nbsp;– drums, keyboards
*Ed Sheeran&nbsp;– guitar
*Sinéad O'Connor&nbsp;– bass, guitar

'''Remixes''':
*[[Underworld (band)|Underworld]]

'''Additional personnel''':
*[[Paul Epworth]] – producer
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