Midge Ure

MIDGE URE. Scottish musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He enjoyed particular success in the 1970s and 1980s in bands including Slik / Thin Lizzy / Rich Kids and Visage and as the second frontman of Ultravox. In 1984, he co-wrote and produced the charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" which has sold 3.7 million copies in the UK. The song is the second-highest-selling single in UK chart history. He co-organised Band Aid / Live Aid and Live 8 with Bob Geldof. He acts as a trustee for the charity and also serves as an ambassador for Save the Children. He is the producer and writer of several other synth-pop and new wave hit singles of the 1980s including "Fade to Grey" (1980) by Visage and the Ultravox signature songs "Vienna" (1980) and "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" (1984). He achieved his first UK Top10 solo hit in 1982 with "No Regrets". In 1985, his solo debut studio album The Gift reached No2 in the UK Albums Chart and yielded the UK Singles Chart No1 single "If I Was"