Chris Martin Initially Branded Band Aid 20 'A Bad Idea'

Chris Martin has been voicing his initial doubts over the re-recording of Band Aid. He first thought that the single was a "tremendously bad idea".

Chris said that he only agreed to sing on the track after watching a report on the refugee situation on the Dafur region on Sudan. It was those pictures that led him to be involved. The involvement of friend and Travis front man Fran Healey also helped win him over.

He said: "My first reaction was that this was a tremendously bad idea, the cheesiest thing I'd ever heard. A couple of weeks went past and I was told Fran was doing it, which made it more interesting. Then I watched the news and saw a report on Darfur. I decided there and then that I was going to do this. I was genuinely moved."

Martin has gone from thinking it a bad idea to singing the opening line of the single.