Editing Band Aid (band) (section)

===Production===
On Friday 1 December 1989, Bob Geldof called Pete Waterman to ask if he would consider producing a new version of the song featuring the big stars from that time. Waterman immediately postponed his wedding<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/14-of-the-worst-christmas-songs-188075|title=14 of the worst Christmas songs|work=MusicRadar|access-date=2018-11-22}}</ref> and began calling up the artists. With just two days' notice, on Sunday 3 December, recording took place at PWL Studios in South London.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman: Ep 52: Listen To Your Heart to Do They Know It's Christmas? on Apple Podcasts |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/ep-52-listen-to-your-heart-to-do-they-know-its-christmas/id1565879477?i=1000612968794 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Apple Podcasts |language=en-AU}}</ref> Present in the studio was Bob Geldof, wife [[Paula Yates]] and six-year-old daughter Fifi Trixiebelle, who was eager to meet Jason Donovan.

Production continued through the Monday, and by Tuesday 5 December the song was broadcast for the first time on London's [[Capital Radio]]. Advance sales of the record reached 500,000. The song was released the following week on 11 December and spent three weeks at number one, becoming the ninth biggest-selling song of the year.