Question: when was do they know its christmas made
Answer: `` Do They Know It 's Christmas ? '' Single by Band Aid B - side `` Feed the World '' ( 1984 ) `` One Year On ( Feed the World ) '' ( 1985 ) Released 3 December 1984 Format 7 '' 12 '' Recorded 25 November 1984 Studio Sarm West Studios , London Genre Christmas new wave synth - pop Length 3 : 50 6 : 16 ( 12 '' version ) Label Phonogram ( UK ) Columbia ( US ) Songwriter ( s ) Bob Geldof Midge Ure Producer ( s ) Midge Ure Trevor Horn ( 12 '' and 1985 reissue ) Music video `` Do They Know It 's Christmas '' on YouTube