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Band Aid 20

Do They Know It's Christmas?    

It's almost 20 years to the day since the original Band Aid lineup recorded 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' in aid of famine relief for Africa. On Sunday 14th November 2004, the biggest names in pop gathered together at London's Air Studios to re-create the momentous event for the 00s.

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Before you look at the lyrics, we recommend that you double-click on any of the words that you do not understand in the list below, to see their meanings. All the words are in the song.

aid
banish
bell
bitter
burn
chimes
clang
deprived
doom
dread
everyone
fear
feed
flow
gift
glass
greatest
grow
guilt
helpless
instead
joy
plenty
pray
prayer
rain
raise
rivers
selfless
shade
smile
snow
spare
spread
sting
survive
tears
thought
throw
turn the tables
underneath
yuletide

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Web search: three questions

Check the section called message on the Band Aid 20 official site and also the BBC microsite and find the answers to the following questions:

1. Where was the song recorded?

2. What per cent of Africans are children?

3. What kills more people in Africa each year – hunger or war, aids, malaria, TB and polio combined?

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