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Hallowe'en Halloween, or Hallowe'en (less commonly known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve), is a celebration observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day. It is at the begi ...
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Do They Know It's Christmas? "Do They Know It's Christmas?" is a charity song written in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia. It was first recorded by Band Aid, a supergroup assembled by Geldof and Ure consisting of pop ...
". It was released on October 11, 2005, in Canada on
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by a cast of rock artists and other performers under the name "North American Halloween Prevention Initiative" (NAHPI). It reached number four on the
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. It was written by Nick Diamonds and Adam Gollner. Like its inspiration, it is a charity song, with all proceeds being donated to
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. According to the official press release, the song "stems from a frustration with other benefit songs' misguided, somewhat patronizing attitude, and Western-centric worldview."


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NAHPI band

* Adam Gollner of We Are Molecules - guitar * Nick Diamonds of
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- drums * music & words by Nick Diamonds and Adam Gollner * produced by Steven "Deadd Kross" McDonald, Adam "Ghoulner" Gollner, & Nick "Diamonds" Thorburn * mixed by Danny Kalb at The Boat,
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* NAHPI band recorded by Steve McDonald at his studio in Los Angeles, California Additional vocal engineers: Jamie Thompson ( Gino's kitchen, Detroit), Cornelius Rapp (Studio Rapp, Berlin), Raf Katigbak (Studio 264, Manila), Greig Nori (bunkrock, Toronto), John Collins (JCDC, Vancouver), Russell Mael (Sparks' studio, Los Angeles), Danny Kalb (The Boat, Los Angeles), Mark Lawson (the White House, Casablanca), Stuart Sullivan (Wire Studios, Austin), Donn Devore (Avast! II, Seattle), Jona Becholt (VW camper, Estonia), Jay Ferguson (Jay's basement, Halifax), Matthew Illachewizch (Cambridge Bay Radio Station, Nunavut) * choral leader: Anna Waronker * additional throat singing: Tagaq * additional sound effects: Régine Chassagne * artwork & design by Nick Diamonds track 3 remixed by Disco D at the Booty Barn, Brasil. track 4 remixed by Th' Corn Gangg at Jamie's, Montreal.


Track listing

# "Do They Know It's Halloween?" - (5:58) # "Do They Know It's Halloween? (Radio Edit)" - (3:35) # "Do They Know It's Halloween? ( Disco D Remix)" - (3:48) # "Do They Know It's Halloween? (Th' Corn Gangg Remix)" - (4:54) isted as "6:66" on the back of the case


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