Editing Comic Relief (section)

==Charity singles==
In April 1986, the first Comic Relief [[charity record]] was released. It featured [[Cliff Richard]] and the cast of ''[[The Young Ones (TV series)|The Young Ones]]'' in a rendition of Richard's late 50s hit "[[Living Doll (song)|Living Doll]]".

Some of the money raised from the sale of each single is donated to Comic Relief. Normally, a song is released just before the official Red Nose Day. There have been exceptions, such as "(I Want To Be) Elected", which was released to coincide with the [[1992 UK general election]]. Before the single released in 1995, Comic Relief records were all more-or-less comedy releases, mostly involving an actual band or singer teamed up with a comedy group. From 1995 on, they have been generally more serious, although the promo videos still feature comical moments.

2003 saw a return to the format of old. From 2005 to 2011, two Comic Relief singles were released each Red Nose Day, a song by a mainstream artist and also a comedy song.

In 1991, a music video was created called "Helping Hands", which included numerous children's television puppet personalities, including characters from ''[[The House of Gristle]]'', ''[[Fraggle Rock]]'', ''[[Rainbow (TV series)|Rainbow]]'', ''[[Roland Rat]]'', ''[[Thunderbirds (TV series)|Thunderbirds]]'', ''[[Round the Bend!]]'', ''[[Flower Pot Men|Bill & Ben]]'', ''The Gophers'', ''[[Spitting Image]]'', ''[[The Tale of the Bunny Picnic|Jim Henson's Tale of the Bunny Picnic]]'' and more. In 1993 a follow-up single happened, this time featuring the biggest stars of children's television at the time called "You Can Be a Hero". Neither song was ever released.

The biggest-selling Comic Relief single is [[Tony Christie]] and [[Peter Kay]]'s "[[Is This the Way to Amarillo#Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay version|Is This the Way to Amarillo]]", with 1.28&nbsp;million copies sold. [[Westlife]]'s 2001 cover of [[Billy Joel]]'s "[[Uptown Girl#Westlife version|Uptown Girl]]" is the second biggest-seller, followed by 1986's "Living Doll" and the [[Spice Girls]]' 1997 double-A side single "[[Mama (Spice Girls song)|Mama]]"/"[[Who Do You Think You Are (Spice Girls song)|Who Do You Think You Are]]?", with [[Boyzone]]'s 1999 cover of "[[When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going (song)#Boyzone version|When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going]]" rounding up the top five.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-biggest-selling-comic-relief-singles-revealed__18581/|title=The Official biggest selling Comic Relief singles revealed|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=24 March 2017|access-date=24 March 2017}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title(s)
! Respective artist(s)
! Respective<br />highest chart<br />position(s) reached
|-
| 1985
|colspan=3 align=center|None Applicable
|-
| 1986
| "[[Living Doll (song)|Living Doll]]"<ref>WEA 1986, catalogue number: YZ 65</ref>
| [[Cliff Richard]] and ''[[The Young Ones (TV series)|The Young Ones]]'' featuring Hank Marvin{{ref|1|1}}
| No. 1
|-
| 1987
| "[[Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree]]"
| Mel & Kim ([[Mel Smith]] and [[Kim Wilde]])
| No. 3
|-
| 1988
|colspan=3 align=center|None Applicable
|-
| 1989
| "[[Help! (song)|Help!]]"
| [[Bananarama]] and [[Lananeeneenoonoo]] ([[French and Saunders]] with [[Kathy Burke]])
| No. 3
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1991
| "The Stonk"
| [[Hale & Pace]] and the Stonkers ([[Brian May]], [[David Gilmour]], [[Tony Iommi]], [[Cozy Powell]], [[Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)|Roger Taylor]] and [[Rowan Atkinson]])
| rowspan="2" | No. 1
|-
| "The Smile Song"{{ref|2|2}}
| [[Victoria Wood]]
|-
| 1992
| "[[Elected (song)|(I Want to Be) Elected]]"
| Mr. Bean and Smear Campaign featuring [[Bruce Dickinson]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/43481/mr-bean-and-the-smear-campaign/|title=MR BEAN AND THE SMEAR CAMPAIGN &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company|website=[[Official Charts]]}}</ref> ([[Rowan Atkinson]], [[Angus Deayton]], [[Skin (British band)|Skin]])
| No. 9
|-
| 1993
| "[[Stick It Out (Right Said Fred song)|Stick It Out]]"
| [[Right Said Fred]] and Friends<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/28602/right-said-fred-and-friends/|title=RIGHT SAID FRED & FRIENDS &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company|website=[[Official Charts]]}}</ref> ([[Hugh Laurie]], [[Peter Cook]], [[Alan Freeman]], [[Jools Holland]], [[Steve Coogan]], [[Clive Anderson]], [[Pauline Quirke]], [[Linda Robson]], [[Basil Brush]] and [[Bernard Cribbins]])
| No. 4
|-
| 1994
| "[[Absolutely Fabulous (song)|Absolutely Fabulous]]"
| Absolutely Fabulous ([[Pet Shop Boys]], [[Jennifer Saunders]], [[Joanna Lumley]])
| No. 6
|-
| 1995
| "[[Love Can Build a Bridge]]"
| [[Cher]], [[Chrissie Hynde]], [[Neneh Cherry]] and [[Eric Clapton]]
| No. 1
|-
| 1997
| "[[Mama (Spice Girls song)|Mama]]" / "[[Who Do You Think You Are (Spice Girls song)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]"{{ref|3|3}}
| [[Spice Girls]]{{ref|4|4}}
| No. 1
|-
| 1999
| "[[When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going (song)#Boyzone version|When the Going Gets Tough]]"
| [[Boyzone]]{{ref|4|4}}
| No. 1
|-
| 2001
| "[[Uptown Girl#Westlife version|Uptown Girl]]"
| [[Westlife]]
| No. 1
|-
| 2003
| "[[Spirit in the Sky#Gareth Gates (with the Kumars) version|Spirit in the Sky]]"
| [[Gareth Gates]] and the [[Kumars]]
| No. 1
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2005
| [[All About You/You've Got a Friend|"All About You" / "You've Got a Friend"]]
| [[McFly]]
| No. 1
|-
| "[[Is This the Way to Amarillo#Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay version|Is This the Way to Amarillo]]" {{ref|5|5}}
| [[Tony Christie]] & [[Peter Kay]]
| No. 1
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2007
| "[[Walk This Way#Sugababes vs. Girls Aloud version|Walk This Way]]"
| [[Sugababes]] vs. [[Girls Aloud]]
| No. 1
|-
| "[[I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)#Comic Relief version|I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)]]" {{ref|6|6}}
| [[The Proclaimers]] & [[Brian Potter (character)|Brian Potter]] & [[Andy Pipkin]] {{ref|6|6}}
| No. 1
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2009
| "[[Just Can't Get Enough (The Saturdays song)|Just Can't Get Enough]]"
| [[The Saturdays]]
| No. 2
|-
| "[[Islands in the Stream (song)|Barry Islands in the Stream]]"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/49035/Tom-Jones-And-Rob-Brydon-Record-Comic-Relief-Charity-Single|title=Tom Jones and Rob Brydon Record Comic Relief Single|publisher=gigwise.com|access-date =29 January 2009}}</ref>
| [[Ruth Jones]] and [[Rob Brydon]], featuring [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]] and [[Robin Gibb]] {{ref|7|7}}
| No. 1
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2011
| "[[Gold Forever]]"{{ref|8|8}}
| [[The Wanted]]
| No. 3
|-
| "[[I Know Him So Well#Geraldine McQueen and Susan Boyle version|I Know Him So Well]]"
| [[Susan Boyle]] & Peter Kay (as [[Geraldine McQueen (character)|Geraldine McQueen]])
| No.11
|-
| 2013
| "[[One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)]]"
| [[One Direction]]
| No. 1
|-
| 2015
| "[[Lay Me Down (Sam Smith song)#Red Nose Day 2015 release|Lay Me Down]]"{{ref|9|9}}
| [[Sam Smith]] featuring [[John Legend]]
| No. 1
|-
| 2017
| "[[What Do I Know?]]"
| [[Ed Sheeran]] & [[People Just Do Nothing|Kurupt FM]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-03-12/ed-sheeran-and-people-just-do-nothing-team-up-for-epic-comic-relief-charity-single|title=Ed Sheeran and People Just Do Nothing team up for "epic" Comic Relief charity single|publisher=}}</ref>
| No. 9
|-
| 2019–2023
|colspan=3 align=center|None Applicable
|-
| 2024
| "Enjoy Yourself"
| [[Paloma Faith]]
| DNC
|-
| 2025
| None Applicable
| 
|
|}
*{{note|1|1}} Even though "[[Living Doll (song)|Living Doll]]" is a song featuring the cast of ''[[The Young Ones (TV series)|The Young Ones]]'', this does not include Alexei Sayle
*{{note|2|2}} This was a double-A side single, even though the Official Charts Company only credit one side with the hit<ref>''1991: Britain's Biggest Hits'' on Channel 5 at 3:10am on 5 March 2022, a Viacom International Studios UK production</ref>
*{{note|3|3}} "Who Do You Think You Are" is the Comic Relief side
*{{note|4|4}} On this release, comedians only appear in the video
*{{note|5|5}} "Is This the Way to Amarillo", though released expressly with the intent of proceeds going to Comic Relief, was not an official Comic Relief single. The song was originally performed by [[Peter Kay]] (lip-synching to the voice [[Tony Christie]]) during the evening, and was later released as a single. It was No. 1 in the UK charts for seven weeks, and in its first week, it outsold the rest of the Top 20 combined.
*{{note|6|6}} In 2007, a version of [[The Proclaimers]]' song "500 Miles", released on 19 March, featured [[Peter Kay]] and [[Matt Lucas]] as their respective wheelchair-using characters [[Brian Potter (character)|Brian Potter]] and [[Andy Pipkin]]. Before its official release, the song reached No. 3 based on [[music download|downloads]] alone. The single itself reached No. 1 on 25 March, knocking official Comic Relief single "Walk This Way" off the top spot.
*{{note|7|7}} In 2009, the comedy release took prominence over the single release by a mainstream recording artist. [[Gavin & Stacey]]'s Ruth Jones and Rob Brydon covered "Islands in The Stream" for the event, with this being released on the week of Comic Relief. [[The Saturdays]] had released their record a week earlier.
*{{note|8|8}} "Gold Forever" is the lead single from The Wanted's second studio album, ''[[Battleground (The Wanted album)|Battleground]]''. It is also a promo single on their 2012 American debut, ''[[The Wanted EP]]''.
*{{note|9|9}} This was listed as a separate hit with the original version of "Lay Me Down" peaking at number 15.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/47305/sam-smith-ft-john-legend/|title=SAM SMITH FT JOHN LEGEND &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/21501/sam-smith/|title=Sam Smith &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com}}</ref>

In addition, the first Red Nose Day schools' song ("Make Someone Happy") was published in 2007. A CD of the song, together with backing tracks and fundraising ideas, was sent free of charge to all primary schools in the UK – during February – by the education music publisher 'Out of the Ark Music'. Schools would be free to use the song in assemblies, singathons, or other fundraising activities. A second Red Nose Day Song has been released for every school in the UK, to use free of charge. It can be downloaded from the Red Nose Day 09 website, or watched on YouTube, and a copy has been sent to every primary school in the UK. It was again published by 'Out of the Ark' music, and contained a more upbeat melody than the version released in 2007. It was recorded at Hook Studios, [[Hook, London|Hook]], Surrey, by the Out of the Ark Choir, which is completely made up of children. The children in the video wear [[Stella McCartney]]'s special edition Comic Relief T-shirts, and was filmed in black and white so that only the red stood out.