Spotify uses 'Behind the Lyrics' feature to troll 'Do They Know it's Christmas'

With Christmas around corner, online music streaming platform Spotify is mocking Band Aid's song Do y Kw It's Christmas? based on lyrics about an Ethiopian famine. song was released way back in 1984. According to reports, song only mentions Africa but is a reaction to famine that happened in Ethiopia that claimed lives of more than one million people.

Spotify mocks Do y Kw It's Christmas

Penned by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, song talks about myths relating to cause of famine, giving suggestions that are happened because of a drought inste of a corrupt Ethiopian government using aid for personal ndas.

tweet posted by Joanna Mang has been shared more than 12,000 times and has amassed more than 52,000 likes. One person said that thing could describe her hatred for song.

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Ar person said that it was good to learn something on online music streaming platform.

controversial song was recorded thrice starting in year 1989, n being re-recorded in 2004 and 2014. According to reports, 200 million pounds were raised that were donated towards relief fund and that ultimately led Live Aid concert in year 1985 which raised a total of 150 million pounds. However, investigations revealed that money ultimately ended up in hands of n Ethiopian President Mengistu Haile Mariam and his authoritarian rule.

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MacGowan defends his song

Irish-English vocalist Shane MacGowan recently dressed criticism surrounding controversial lyrics of his 1987 Christmas song Fairytale of New York. According to reports, after complaints about lyrics, a few rio stations have been playing out edited version. Responding to criticism, Pogues said that he h been told that lyrics were insulting to queer people, ding that he did t understand how it insulted m. He furr ded that band also did t think in that way.

MacGowan said that he did t have a problem if rio stations played an edited version of his song, ding that much-criticised word "f****t" was used by character in song because it complimented way she spoke. He furr ded that character was created to t be a nice person in song. songwriter said that character belonged to a particular generation at a certain time in history.

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(With inputs from ncies)