--- description: Will record a new version of "Do They Know it's Christmas?" title: Ed Sheeran, One Direction Will Sing Band Aid Charity Single for Ebola image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84a661367ace0d25/698767f3e20a8725cea83432/457923218.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Ed Sheeran, One Direction Will Sing Band Aid Charity Single for Ebola by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 10, 2014 5:42 PM CUT  Ed Sheeran is seen leaving 'The X Factor' held at Fountain Studios, Wembley Ed Sheeran is seen leaving 'The X Factor' held at Fountain Studios, WembleyNiki Nikolova—GC Images by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 10, 2014 5:42 PM CUT Ed Sheeran, One Direction, Coldplay and more singing stars will unite for a 30th anniversary cover version of the Band Aid charity single, with proceeds going to help combat the spread of Ebola in West Africa. The lyrics of the ’80s classic, titled “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”, will be tweaked to reflect the Ebola crisis, according to Band Aid founder Bob Geldof. Other artists taking part include Bono, Sinead O’Connor, Paloma Faith, and Elbow. “It really doesn’t matter if you hate this song or you don’t like this song, you have to buy this thing,” Geldof [told](http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stargazing%5Fblog/2014/11/bob%5Fgeldof%5Fand%5Fmidge%5Fure%5Fannounce%5Fband%5Faid%5F30%5F.html "undefined") reporters Monday. The song will be recorded Saturday and be available for download Monday. The first Band Aid single sold 3.7 million copies in 1984, raising $12.7 million for famine relief in Ethiopia, the BBC [reports](http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-29986704 "undefined"). \[[_BBC_](http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-29986704 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3576225/one-direction-ed-sheeran-band-aid-ebola/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3576225/one-direction-ed-sheeran-band-aid-ebola/"},"headline":"Ed Sheeran, One Direction Will Sing Band Aid Charity Single for Ebola","datePublished":"2014-11-10T17:42:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:20:27.519Z","description":"Will record a new version of \"Do They Know it's Christmas?\"","url":"https://time.com/3576225/one-direction-ed-sheeran-band-aid-ebola/","keywords":["Music","One Direction","ebola"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84a661367ace0d25/698767f3e20a8725cea83432/457923218.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84a661367ace0d25/698767f3e20a8725cea83432/457923218.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"London Celebrity Sightings - October 26, 2014","caption":"London Celebrity Sightings - October 26, 2014","creditText":"Niki Nikolova—GC Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3576225/one-direction-ed-sheeran-band-aid-ebola/","name":"Ed Sheeran, One Direction Will Sing Band Aid Charity Single for Ebola"}}]}] ```