when was do they know it's christmas released
Do They Know It's Christmas? In the United States, the video was played on MTV frequently throughout the Christmas season. Released in the US on 10 December 1984 on Columbia Records,[20] "Do They Know It's Christmas?" sold 1.9 million copies in its first eleven days on release[3] but did not reach number 1 there, due to the more complex nature of the chart system, which counted airplay as well as sales. Despite outselling the official number 1 by four to one, it did not make the top ten due to a lack of airplay, ultimately peaking at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100.