<P> Geldof had been keen to include Culture Club's Boy George on the single, at the time one of the biggest music stars in the world, and had called him in New York the day before the recording to insist that George turn up . By midday, with George still absent, an irate Geldof telephoned him again demanding to know where he was . Having only gone to bed a few hours before, a sleepy George was woken up by Geldof insisting that he get onto a Concorde transatlantic flight later that morning . However, George went back to sleep following the phone call, and only made it onto the last Concorde flight of the day later that afternoon . George eventually arrived at Sarm West at 6 pm and went immediately into the recording booth to deliver his lines, the last solo artist of the day . Once George's contribution had been recorded, Ure began working on the mix as the participants began to party in the studio . A B - side was also produced by Trevor Horn in his own studio, using the same instrumental track and featuring messages from artists who had been at the recording, and also from those who had been unable to attend, including David Bowie, Paul McCartney, the members of Big Country and Holly Johnson from Frankie Goes to Hollywood . </P> <P> The song comprises two parts: a verse and bridge which allow individual singers to perform different lines; and a chorus in the form of two repeated phrases by ensemble . The first line of the recording is sung by Paul Young on the 1984 version, Kylie Minogue on the 1989 version, Chris Martin of Coldplay on the 2004 version, and One Direction on the 2014 version . The line was originally written for David Bowie who finally sang it at the Live Aid concert in 1985 . </P> <P> The following morning Geldof appeared on Mike Read's BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show to promote the record and promised that every penny would go to the cause . Most record retailers agreed to sell the record at its cost price of £ 1.35 including VAT: however, some refused, citing cost pressures . Geldof was also incensed that the British Government refused to waive the VAT on the sales of the single . Geldof made the headlines by publicly standing up to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher . In the end the UK government relented and donated an amount to the charity equal to the amount of tax they had collected on the single . </P> <P> Radio 1 began to play the song every hour--normally an A-list single got seven or eight plays per day . The number one single at the time of its release was "I Should Have Known Better" by Jim Diamond, and Diamond was quoted as saying, "I'm delighted to be at number one, but next week I don't want people to buy my record; I want them to buy Band Aid instead". </P>

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