The song was written by lead vocalist Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea, and was produced by John Punter.

[2] "Do You Believe in Miracles" was inspired by Bob Geldof, with Holder's lyrics reflecting his thoughts on Geldof's achievement with Live Aid and also referencing Slade's past encounter with him in the late 1970s, at a time when the band's popularity was low and they had returned to playing smaller venues.

"[4] Holder also recounted the story to The London Standard in 1985, "We wanted to write a modern day folk song and we remembered bumping into Bob a [few] years ago when the Rats were big and we were at rock bottom.

"[6] "Do You Believe in Miracles" was released as a charity single, with all publishing royalties being donated equally to the Band Aid Trust and NSPCC.

"[9] Speaking of the song's reception, Powell said in a 1986 fan club interview, "It didn't do too well chartwise, but it had every radio play in the book really.

One of these is based in an attic, where Holder, wearing a smoking jacket and accompanied by a black cat, is initially seen peering through a telescope before sitting at a large desk to plot the course of Halley's Comet.

In a later reappearance of the attic, both Holder and Lea are seen performing the song at the desk, and for the closing scene in the video, all four band members are seen in there, taking it in turns to look through the telescope except for Dave Hill who has the black cat in his arms.

"[12] Jack Barron of Sounds noted that "Noddy and the Nerds go philanthropic" and continued, "They tried pills for this state and decided instead that publishing royalties would be split between Band Aid and NSPCC.

"[13] Australian newspaper The Age stated, "Even if Bob Geldof misses out on this year's Nobel Peace Prize for his Live Aid triumph, at least he would have been immortalised in song by Slade.