Charity Record

Notable charity singles

1980s

Release Date	Title	Artists	Charity/Cause	Highest Chart Position
December 1984	" Do They Know It's Christmas? "	Band Aid	famine in Ethiopia	1 (UK), 1 (Australia)
December 1984	" Last Christmas "/" Everything She Wants "	Wham!	Ethiopia n famine appeal (not originally a charity record, but George Michael acceded to give royalties to Band Aid)	2 (UK)
April 1985	" We Are The World "	USA For Africa	famine in Ethiopia	1 (US), 1 (UK), 1 (Australia)
June 1985	" You'll Never Walk Alone "	The Crowd	Bradford City Disaster	1 (UK)
November 1985	" That's What Friends Are For "	Dionne Warwick , Stevie Wonder , Gladys Knight and Elton John	American Foundation for AIDS Research ( AmFAR )	1 (US), 16 (UK), 1 (Australia)
April 1986	" Living Doll "	Cliff Richard and the cast of '' The Young Ones ''	Comic Relief	1 (UK), 1 (Australia)
May 1986	" Everybody Wants To Run The World "	Tears For Fears	Sport Aid	5 (UK)
March 1987	" Let It Be "	Ferry Aid	Herald Of Free Enterprise disaster at Zeebrugge	1 (UK)
December 1987	" Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree "	Mel & Kim ( Mel Smith and Kim Wilde )	Comic Relief	3 (UK)
May 1988	" With A Little Help From My Friends "	Wet Wet Wet	ChildLine	1 (UK)
August 1988	" Running All Over The World "	Status Quo	Sport Aid	17 (UK)
April 1989	" Ferry 'Cross The Mersey "	The Christians , Holly Johnson , Paul McCartney , Gerry Marsden , Stock Aitken Waterman	Hillsborough Disaster	1 (UK)
February 1989	" Help! "	Bananarama & La Na Nee Nee Noo Noo ( French And Saunders with Kathy Burke )	Comic Relief	4 (UK)
December 1989	" Do They Know It's Christmas? "	Band Aid II	famine in Ethiopia	1 (UK)

1990s

Release Date	Title	Artists	Charity/Cause	Highest Chart Position
April 1990	" Use It Up And Wear It Out "	Pat and Mick	Help A London Child	22 (UK)
June 1990	" You've Got A Friend "	Big Fun , Sonia , featuring Gary Barnacle on saxophone	ChildLine	14 (UK)
March 1991	" The Stonk "	Hale And Pace (backing band includes David Gilmour )	Comic Relief	1 (UK)
April 1992	" (I Want To Be) Elected "	Smear Campaign ( Bruce Dickinson , Rowan Atkinson , Angus Deayton )	Comic Relief	9 (UK)
September 1992	" Suicide Is Painless "	Manic Street Preachers	The Spastics Society (now SCOPE )	7 (UK)
February 1993	" Stick It Out "	Right Said Fred and friends	Comic Relief	4 (UK)
May 1994	" Absolutely Fabulous "	Pet Shop Boys with Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley (of the television series '' Absolutely Fabulous '')	Comic Relief	6 (UK), 2 (Australia)
March 1995	" Love Can Build A Bridge "	Cher , Chrissie Hynde , Neneh Cherry and Eric Clapton	Comic Relief	1 (UK)
March 1997	" Mama "/" Who Do You Think You Are "	The Spice Girls	Comic Relief	1 (UK), 13 (Australia)
September 1997	" Candle In The Wind 1997 "/" Something About The Way You Look Tonight "	Elton John	Diana, Princess Of Wales Memorial Fund	1 (US), 1 (UK), 1 (Australia)
November 1997	" Perfect Day "	'' Various Artists , see specific article for full list''	Children In Need	1 (UK)
March 1999	" When The Going Gets Tough "	Boyzone	Comic Relief	1 (UK)

2000s

Release Date	Title	Artists	Charity/Cause	Highest Chart Position
March 2001	" Uptown Girl "	Westlife	Comic Relief	1 (UK), 6 (Australia)
October 2001	" What's Going On "	All Star Tribute	Artists Against AIDS Worldwide and 9/11 victims	27 (US), 6 (UK), 38 (Australia)
March 2003	" Spirit In The Sky "	Gareth Gates and the Kumars	Comic Relief	1 (UK)
November 2003	" I'm Your Man "	Shane Richie	Children In Need	2 (UK)
July 2004	" Some Girls "	Rachel Stevens	Sport Relief	2 (UK)
November 2004	" I'll Stand By You "	Girls Aloud	Children In Need	1 (UK)
November 2004	" Do They Know It's Christmas? "	Band Aid 20	famine in Ethiopia	1 (UK), 9 (Australia)
December 2004	" Twelve Days Of Christmas "	Dreamtime Christmas All-Stars	Starlight Foundation and Youth Off The Streets	26 (Australia)
December 2004	" Father And Son "	Ronan Keating featuring Yusuf Islam	Band Aid Foundation	2 (UK)
December 2004	" Come On Aussie, Come On "	Shannon Noll	Australian Red Cross' Good Start Breakfast Club	2 (Australia)
February 2005	" Grief Never Grows Old "	One World Project	2004 Asian Tsunami Relief	4 (UK)
February 2005	" Evie Parts 1, 2 And 3 "	The Wrights	Stevie Wright , The Salvation Army and 2004 Asian Tsunami Relief	2 (Australia)
March 2005	" All About You "/" You've Got A Friend "	McFly	Comic Relief	1 (UK)
March 2005	" Is This The Way To Amarillo? "	Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay	Comic Relief	1 (UK)
November 2005	" A Night To Remember "	Liberty X	Children In Need	6 (UK)

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