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Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?

"Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?" is a charity record inspired by "Do They Know It's Christmas?". It was released on October 11, 2005, in Canada on Vice Records by a cast of rock artists and other performers under the name "North American Halloween Prevention Initiative" (NAHPI). It reached number four on the Canadian Singles Chart.[1]

"Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?"

October 11, 2005

18:21

Vice Records

Danny Kalb

It was written by Nick Diamonds and Adam Gollner.[2] Like its inspiration, it is a charity song, with all proceeds being donated to UNICEF.[3][4] According to the official press release, the song "stems from a frustration with other benefit songs' misguided, somewhat patronizing attitude, and Western-centric worldview."[5]

& Régine Chassagne of Arcade Fire

Win Butler

Beck

Buck 65

David Cross

of Dessert

Liane Balaban

(with Noah Georgeson, Jona Bechtolt & Luckey Remington)

Devendra Banhart

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

Feist

Gino Washington

of Les Savy Fav

Syd Butler

of Islands

J'aime Tambeur

Malcolm McLaren

Nardwuar the Human Serviette

Peaches

Dntel

& Blake Sennett of Rilo Kiley

Jenny Lewis

Roky Erickson

of Sloan

Chris Murphy

Asya & Chloe of

Chaos Chaos

of The Magnetic Fields

Stephin Merritt

of Sonic Youth

Thurston Moore

of Sparks

Russell Mael

Subtitle

of Sum 41

Steve Jocz

Tanya Tagaq

of That Dog

Anna Waronker

& Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade

Dan Boeckner

of Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Karen O

at the Wayback Machine (archived July 3, 2007)

North American Hallowe'en Prevention Initiative official website