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Band Aid is a British and Irish charity supergroup founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in order to raise money for famine relief in E

Band Aid is a British and Irish charity supergroup founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia by releasing a record Do They Know It's Christmas? for the Christmas market. The single surpassed the hopes of the producers to become the Christmas number one on that release and on two subsequent releases. It was produced by Trevor Horn.

The name "Band Aid" was chosen because it had a double meaning. At one level it means a band of musicians getting together to offer aid but, at another level, it is also an acknowledgment of the fact that such a gesture is like putting a Band Aid (a brand of sticking plaster/adhesive bandage) on a gaping wound and does not address the full extent of the problem of world famine.