| Release Date |
Title |
Artists |
Charity/Cause |
Highest Chart Position |
| December 1984 |
"Do They Know It's Christmas?" |
Band Aid |
famine in Ethiopia |
1 (UK), 1 (Australia) |
| December 1984 |
"Last Christmas"/"Everything She Wants" |
Wham! |
Ethiopian Famine appeal (not originally a charity record, but George Michael acceded to give royalties to Band Aid) |
2 (UK) |
| March 1985 |
"Tears Are Not Enough" |
Northern Lights |
famine in Ethiopia |
1 (Canada) |
| April 1985 |
"We Are the World" |
USA for Africa |
famine in Ethiopia |
1 (US), 1 (UK), 1 (Australia) |
| June 1985 |
"You'll Never Walk Alone" |
The Crowd |
Bradford City disaster |
1 (UK) |
| November 1985 |
"That's What Friends Are For" |
Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight and Elton John |
American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR) |
1 (US), 16 (UK), 1 (Australia) |
| April 1986 |
"Living Doll" |
Cliff Richard and the cast of The Young Ones |
Comic Relief |
1 (UK), 1 (Australia) |
| April 1986 |
"Heroes/A Long Way To Go" |
The County Line featuring Suzi Quatro, Bronski Beat and Wendy Roberts |
Children in Need |
76 (UK) |
| May 1986 |
"Everybody Wants to Run the World" |
Tears For Fears |
Sport Aid |
5 (UK) |
| March 1987 |
"Amor & Paz" (Amor E A Paz) |
AUA (Artistas Unidos da América) |
famine and poverty around the world |
3 (US), 2 (Portugal), 1 (Canada)[citation needed] |
| March 1987 |
"Let It Be" |
Ferry Aid |
Herald of Free Enterprise disaster at Zeebrugge |
1 (UK) |
| November 1987 |
"The Wishing Well" |
G.O.S.H. |
Great Ormond Street Hospital Wishing Well Appeal |
22 (UK) |
| December 1987 |
"Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" |
Mel & Kim (Mel Smith and Kim Wilde) |
Comic Relief |
3 (UK) |
| May 1988 |
"With a Little Help from My Friends" |
Wet Wet Wet |
ChildLine |
1 (UK) |
| August 1988 |
"Running All Over the World" |
Status Quo |
Sport Aid |
17 (UK) |
| February 1989 |
"Help!" |
Bananarama & La Na Nee Nee Noo Noo (French and Saunders with Kathy Burke) |
Comic Relief |
3 (UK) |
| February 1989 |
"Pour toi Arménie" |
Charles Aznavour & many other French artists |
Earthquake in Armenia |
1 (FR) |
| April 1989 |
"Ferry Cross the Mersey" |
The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden, Stock Aitken Waterman |
Hillsborough disaster |
1 (UK) |
| December 1989 |
"Do They Know It's Christmas?" |
Band Aid II |
famine in Ethiopia |
1 (UK) |
| Release Date |
Title |
Artists |
Charity/Cause |
Highest Chart Position |
| April 1990 |
"Use It Up and Wear It Out" |
Pat and Mick |
Help a London Child |
22 (UK) |
| June 1990 |
"You've Got a Friend" |
Big Fun, Sonia, featuring Gary Barnacle on saxophone |
ChildLine |
14 (UK) |
| March 1991 |
"The Stonk" |
Hale and Pace (backing band includes David Gilmour) |
Comic Relief |
1 (UK) |
| November 1991 |
"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" |
George Michael, Elton John |
10 charities for AIDS, children and education |
1 (UK), 1 (US) |
| April 1992 |
"(I Want To Be) Elected" |
Smear Campaign (Bruce Dickinson, Rowan Atkinson, Angus Deayton) |
Comic Relief |
9 (UK) |
| September 1992 |
"Suicide Is Painless" |
Manic Street Preachers |
The Spastics Society (now SCOPE) |
7 (UK) |
| February 1993 |
"Stick It Out" |
Right Said Fred and friends |
Comic Relief |
4 (UK) |
| May 1994 |
"Absolutely Fabulous" |
Pet Shop Boys with Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley (of the television series Absolutely Fabulous) |
Comic Relief |
6 (UK), 2 (Australia) |
| March 1995 |
"Love Can Build a Bridge" |
Cher, Chrissie Hynde, Neneh Cherry and Eric Clapton |
Comic Relief |
1 (UK) |
| December 1996 |
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door/Throw These Guns Away" |
Ted Christopher (aka Dunblane), Mark Knopfler |
aid of Victims of the Dunblane massacre |
1 (UK) |
| March 1997 |
"Mama"/"Who Do You Think You Are" |
The Spice Girls |
Comic Relief |
1 (UK), 13 (Australia) |
| September 1997 |
"Candle in the Wind 1997"/"Something About The Way You Look Tonight" |
Elton John |
Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund |
1 (US), 1 (UK), 1 (Australia) |
| November 1997 |
"Perfect Day" |
Various Artists, see specific article for full list |
Children in Need |
1 (UK) |
| April 1998 |
"Release" |
The Tea Party |
White Ribbon Campaign |
|
| March 1999 |
"When the Going Gets Tough" |
Boyzone |
Comic Relief |
1 (UK) |
| November 1999 |
"Talking in Your Sleep/Love Me" |
Martine McCutcheon |
Children In Need |
6 (UK) |
| December 1999 |
"It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)" |
Various Artists |
Children's Promise |
14 (UK) |
| Release Date |
Title |
Artists |
Charity/Cause |
Highest Chart Position |
| December 2000 |
"Never Had a Dream Come True" |
S Club 7 |
Children In Need |
1 (UK), 10 (US) |
| December 2000 |
"If That Were Me" |
Melanie C |
Homeless charity |
18 (UK), 22 (SWE), 29 (AUS) |
| March 2001 |
"Uptown Girl" |
Westlife |
Comic Relief |
1 (UK), 6 (Australia) |
| October 2001 |
"What's Going On" |
All Star Tribute |
Artists Against AIDS Worldwide and 9/11 victims |
27 (US), 6 (UK), 38 (Australia) |
| November 2001 |
"Have You Ever" |
S Club 7 |
Children In Need |
1 (UK), 48 (Australia) |
| December 2001 |
"Never Too Far/Hero Medley" |
Mariah Carey |
9/11 victims |
5 (Japan), 81 (US) |
| July 2002 |
"Your Song" |
Elton John and Alessandro Safina |
Sport Relief |
4 (UK) |
| November 2002 |
"Don't Let Me Down" |
Will Young |
Children In Need |
2 (UK), |
| March 2003 |
"Spirit in the Sky" |
Gareth Gates and the Kumars |
Comic Relief |
1 (UK) |
| November 2003 |
"I'm Your Man" |
Shane Richie |
Children in Need |
2 (UK) |
| July 2004 |
"Some Girls" |
Rachel Stevens |
Sport Relief |
2 (UK) |
| November 2004 |
"I'll Stand By You" |
Girls Aloud |
Children in Need |
1 (UK) |
| November 2004 |
"Do They Know It's Christmas?" |
Band Aid 20 |
famine in Ethiopia |
1 (UK), 9 (Australia) |
| December 2004 |
"Twelve Days of Christmas" |
Dreamtime Christmas All-Stars |
Starlight Foundation and Youth Off the Streets |
26 (Australia) |
| December 2004 |
"Father And Son" |
Ronan Keating featuring Yusuf Islam |
Band Aid Foundation |
2 (UK) |
| December 2004 |
"Come On Aussie, Come On" |
Shannon Noll |
Australian Red Cross' Good Start Breakfast Club |
2 (Australia) |
| February 2005 |
"Grief Never Grows Old" |
One World Project |
2004 Asian Tsunami relief |
4 (UK) |
| February 2005 |
"Evie Parts 1, 2 and 3" |
The Wrights |
Stevie Wright, The Salvation Army and 2004 Asian Tsunami relief |
2 (Australia) |
| March 2005 |
"All About You"/"You've Got a Friend" |
McFly |
Comic Relief |
1 (UK) |
| March 2005 |
"Is This the Way to Amarillo?" |
Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay |
Comic Relief |
1 (UK) |
| March 2005 |
"All Around the World" |
ProgAID |
2004 Asian Tsunami relief |
unknown |
| October 2005 |
"Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?" |
The North American Hallowe'en Prevention Initiative |
UNICEF |
4 (CAN) |
| November 2005 |
"A Night to Remember" |
Liberty X |
Children in Need |
6 (UK) |
| July 2006 |
"Please Please/Don't Stop Me Now" |
Mcfly |
Sport Relief |
1 (UK) |
| November 2006 |
"Downtown" |
Emma Bunton |
Children in Need |
3 (UK) |
| December 2006 |
"Great Divide" |
Hanson |
Perinatal HIV Research Unit (PHRU) at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, South Africa |
|
| 2007 |
"Walk This Way" |
Girls Aloud vs Sugababes |
Comic Relief |
1 (UK) |
| 2007 |
"Any Dream Will Do" |
Lee Mead |
Children in Need |
2 (UK) |
| 2007 |
"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" |
Matt Lucas and Peter Kay |
Comic Relief |
1 (UK) |
| November 2007 |
"Crazy Place" |
Esmee Denters |
Oxfam |
N/A |
| December 2007 |
"What A Wonderful World" |
Eva Cassidy and Katie Melua |
British Red Cross |
1 (UK) |
| March 2008 |
"Better in Time/Footprints in the Sand" |
Leona Lewis |
Sport Relief |
2 (UK) |
| September 2008 |
"Just Stand Up" |
Mariah Carey, Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna, Fergie, Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge, Natasha Bedingfield, Miley Cyrus, Leona Lewis, Carrie Underwood, Keyshia Cole, Leann Rimes, Ashanti, Ciara |
Stand Up to Cancer |
11 (US), 3 (Italy), 10 (Canada), 26 (UK), 39 (Australia) |
| October/November 2008 |
"Hero" |
The X Factor Finalists |
Help for Heroes[1] |
1 (UK) |
| November 2008 |
"Follow My Lead" |
Justin Timberlake, featuring Esmee Denters |
Shriners Hospitals for Children |
N/A |
| December 2008 |
"Once Upon a Christmas Song" |
Geraldine McQueen |
NSPCC |
5 (UK) |
