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The Best "All Star" Singles Ever!

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The Best “All Star” Singles Ever! 119 members have voted

  1. 1. Which are your favourites?

    • Band Aid ? Do They Know It?s Christmas? (1984)
      68
    • U.S.A. For Africa ? We Are The World (1985)
      23
    • Northern Lights ? Tears Are Not Enough (1985)
      0
    • Artists United Against Apartheid ? Sun City (1985)
      2
    • Hear N? Aid ? Stars (1986)
      1
    • Disco Aid ? Give, Give, Give (1986)
      1
    • Ferry Aid ? Let It Be (1987)
      7
    • The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden & Stock Aitken Waterman ? Ferry 'Cross The Mersey (1989)
      9
    • Rock Aid Armenia ? Smoke On The Water (1989)
      2
    • Band Aid II ? Do They Know It?s Christmas? (1989)
      14
    • Voices That Care ? Voices That Care (1991)
      1
    • Childliners ? The Gift Of Christmas (1995)
      2
    • Various Artists ? Perfect Day (1997)
      40
    • England United ? (How Does It Feel To Be) On Top Of The World? (1998)
      3
    • Bravo All Stars ? Let The Music Heal Your Soul (1998)
      2
    • Steps, Tina Cousins, Cleopatra, B*Witched & Billie Piper ? Thank ABBA For The Music (1999)
      25
    • Various Artists ? It?s Only Rock & Roll (1999)
      4
    • Artists Against AIDS Worldwide ? What?s Going On? (2001)
      7
    • Band Aid 20 ? Do They Know It?s Christmas? (2004)
      24
    • Hope Collective ? Give And Let Live (2005)
      1
    • Various Artists ? Tears In Heaven (2005)
      0
    • Velvet Revolver feat. Stevie Wonder & Various Artists ? Across The Universe (2005)
      1
    • Various Artists ? Come Together Now (2005)
      0
    • Artists Stand Up To Cancer ? Just Stand Up (2008)
      15
    • Young Soul Rebels ? I Got Soul (2009)
      11
    • Peter Kay?s Animated All Star Band ? The Official BBC Children In Need Medley (2009)
      21
    • Artists For Haiti ? We Are The World 25 (2010)
      4
    • Helping Haiti ? Everybody Hurts (2010)
      10
    • The Collective ? Teardrop (2011)
      5
    • The Justice Collective ? He Ain?t Heavy, He?s My Brother (2013)
      11
    • Various Artists ? God Only Knows (2014)
      13
    • Gareth Malone?s All Star Choir ? Wake Me Up (2014)
      4
    • Band Aid 30 ? Do They Know It?s Christmas? (2014)
      11
    • Various Artists ? Imagine (UNICEF World Edition) (2015)
      1
    • Various Artists ? Hands (2016)
      3
    • Black Eyed Peas feat. The World ? #WheresTheLove (2016)
      4
    • Artists For Grenfell ? Bridge Over Troubled Water (2017)
      12
    • United Voices Against Domestic Violence ? You?re The Voice (2017)
      0
    • Homeless Worldwide And Friends ? He Ain?t Heavy, He?s My Brother (2019)
      0
    • Live Lounge Allstars ? Times Like These (2020)
      27

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Perhaps unsurprisingly it’s the very first all star single that is leaps and bounds ahead of the rest. It was the one to start the trend that continues even in 2020 without Live Lounge Allstars on the verge of a #1 single this week.

Perfect Day by a mile. So classy, not really gimmicky and one that I’d have bought regardless of whether it was a charity single or not.

 

I’m surprised people rate Band Aid higher as it’s always been a bit tacky.

I weirdly love Ferry Aid. Kate Bush singing the final 'Mother Mary' line is a moment. Also Mel and Kim effectively knocked themselves off number one as Let it Be replaced Respectable (TUNE!).
Voted for the original 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' and 'Perfect Day' - both are brilliant, particularly the latter with its diverse line-up
I weirdly love Ferry Aid. Kate Bush singing the final 'Mother Mary' line is a moment. Also Mel and Kim effectively knocked themselves off number one as Let it Be replaced Respectable (TUNE!).

Oh yes,Kate Bush's part of that song is up there with the best cameos on any of the songs here that I know.

 

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Time to add another to this growing list;

 

 

If someone has time and wants a challenge, can they work out who the most featured artist is for an all-star single? My money would be on Robbie, Kylie or even Paloma perhaps.

If someone has time and wants a challenge, can they work out who the most featured artist is for an all-star single? My money would be on Robbie, Kylie or even Paloma perhaps.

Or even compile a Top 10 of the artists by number of charity features. I don't have the time but hopefully someone will step up to the challenge, it would be quite interesting to know!

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  • 3 years later...
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With Midge Ure confirming there are no plans to revamp Band Aid for it’s 40th anniversary, is the time for large multi-artist charity singles over? We have not seen one since 2020 at the start of the pandemic, and thanks to some promotion, it reached #1.

 

Do you want to see more singles like this with big names to fit the bill?

Perfect Day being my favourite here. I hope one day they figure something out to get it on streaming/available to download.
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Perfect Day being my favourite here. I hope one day they figure something out to get it on streaming/available to download.

I agree, it is one of the few I genuinely love, and from my first owned Now album Now 39.

With Midge Ure confirming there are no plans to revamp Band Aid for it’s 40th anniversary, is the time for large multi-artist charity singles over? We have not seen one since 2020 at the start of the pandemic, and thanks to some promotion, it reached #1.

 

Do you want to see more singles like this with big names to fit the bill?

It wasn't much later, but the most recent one to make the charts was the BBC Radio 2 Allstars with 'Stop Crying Your Heart Out' at #7.

Unpopular opinion: We Are The World (1985 and 2010) are fab.

Do They Know It's Christmas (1984)

Do They Know It's Christmas (2004)

Just Stand Up (2008)

God Only Knows (2014)

 

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