"Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?"
Single by The North American Hallowe'en Prevention Initiative
ReleasedOctober 11, 2005
Length18:21
LabelVice Records
Composer(s)
Producer(s)Danny Kalb

"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 Canada pop chart.

It was written by Nick Diamonds and Adam Gollner.[1] Like its inspiration, it is a charity song, with all proceeds being donated to UNICEF.[2][3] According to the official press release, the song "stems from a frustration with other benefit songs' misguided, somewhat patronizing attitude, and Western-centric worldview."[4]

Contributors

NAHPI band

Additional vocal engineers: Jamie Thompson (Gino's kitchen, Detroit), Cornelius Rapp (Studio Rapp, Berlin), Raf Katigbak (Studio 264, Manila), Greig Nori (bunkrock, Toronto), John Collins (JCDC, Vancouver), Russell Mael (Sparks' studio, Los Angeles), Danny Kalb (The Boat, Los Angeles), Mark Lawson (the White House, Casablanca), Stuart Sullivan (Wire Studios, Austin), Donn Devore (Avast! II, Seattle), Jona Becholt (VW camper, Estonia), Jay Ferguson (Jay's basement, Halifax), Matthew Illachewizch (Cambridge Bay Radio Station, Nunavut)

  • choral leader: Anna Waronker
  • additional throat singing: Tagaq
  • additional sound effects: Régine Chassagne
  • artwork & design by Nick Diamonds

track 3 remixed by Disco D at the Booty Barn, Brasil.

track 4 remixed by Th' Corn Gangg at Jamie's, Montreal.

Track listing

  1. "Do They Know It's Halloween?" - (5:58)
  2. "Do They Know It's Halloween? (Radio Edit)" - (3:35)
  3. "Do They Know It's Halloween? (Disco D Remix)" - (3:48)
  4. "Do They Know It's Halloween? (Th' Corn Gangg Remix)" - (4:54) [listed as "6:66" on the back of the case]

References

  1. ↑ "Indie All-Stars Cut Charity Single". Rolling Stone. No. 986. November 3, 2005. p. 20.
  2. ↑ Deziel, Shanda (October 3, 2005). "Brave men dare to ask, Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?". Maclean's. 118 (40): 85. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  3. ↑ Ward, Bruce (October 23, 2005). "Do they know it's Halloween?: Indie artists send up Band Aid in smirky fundraiser for Unicef". Ottawa Citizen. p. B8.
  4. ↑ Fox Mayshark, Jesse (October 5, 2005). "A Remake of a Charity Song, by the Elite of Indie Rock". New York Times. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
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