<P> Due to the time constraints of releasing the single as quickly as possible, the promotional video for the song simply featured footage from the recording session . David Bowie, who had been Geldof's original choice to sing the song's opening line but who had been unable to attend the recording, flew into England from Switzerland to record a short introduction for the video to be played on the BBC's flagship television music show Top of the Pops . However, Geldof was unhappy when he discovered that the show's regulations meant that the song and its video could not be played until it had actually charted . Undeterred, he contacted BBC1 controller Michael Grade directly and successfully persuaded Grade to order that every programme preceding that week's episode of Top of the Pops should start five minutes early to make space to broadcast the song's video (complete with Bowie's introduction) just before the show . </P> <P> Each week of its stay at number one, the video was shown on Top of the Pops . However, for the Christmas Day special edition of the programme, most of the artists on the record appeared in the studio to mime to the song as it was relayed through the speaker system . The two most notable absentees were George Michael and Bono: during Michael's line the cameras focussed on the studio audience, while Paul Weller mimed Bono's line to the camera . </P> <P> The charity received a further boost during Band Aid's five week tenure at the top of the UK charts with Wham! at number 2 with their double A-side "Last Christmas" / "Everything She Wants". Wham! singer George Michael had appeared on the Band Aid single and he and fellow band member Andrew Ridgeley donated all the royalties from their single to the Band Aid Trust . "Last Christmas" / "Everything She Wants" also ended up selling over a million copies and became the biggest - selling single never to reach number 1 in the UK . </P> <P> A 30 - minute video titled' Do They Know It's Christmas?'--The Story of the Official Band Aid Video was released in the UK on 15 December 1984 and in the US on 18 December 1984 on VHS and Betamax formats . The video featured documentary footage shot at the recording session and interviews with Geldof and Ure, as well as the completed promotional video . At the 1986 Grammy Awards the song's video was nominated for the Best Music Video, Short Form award, eventually losing out to its US counterpart song "We Are the World". </P>

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