Bob Geldof is "overwhelmed" by the support Band Aid 30's version of Do They Know It's Christmas? has received so far.
Organiser and co-writer Geldof has said the demand for the latest version of Do They Know It's Christmas? has been "extraordinary".
Speaking on BBC Radio 4, Geldof said: ''It's gone manic. That's the digital age. We promoted the single on X Factor; Simon Cowell gave us five minutes of the show.
''Within four or five minutes of leaving the show we had a million quid. That's extraordinary."
''From what we're seeing now from iTunes it's gone bonkers. The pre-orders of the thing were ridiculous," he continued.
Within an hour of being made available for download on Monday (November 17), the track - which features stars including One Direction, Ed Sheeran, Bono, Elbow, Rita Ora and Ellie Goulding - was number one on the iTunes chart.
The Boomtown Rats frontman also laughed off rumours he had been ''snubbed'' by Adele, insisting he respected her current wish to stay out of the spotlight.
He said: ''Adele is just parked off.
''She's not writing, she's not recording, she's not doing interviews, she's not doing gigs - she is somewhere else in her life.
''I didn't ring her because I didn't have her number. I would have if I'd had her number, but then she'd have had to explain to me and you don't have to explain to me!
''If that's what you want to do, it's completely correct that you do that, and her manager - who's a very funny guy and a very nice guy says, 'She doesn't even pick up the phone to me, you know?'
''And that's right - that is where she's at and there's lots of artists like that so, you know, absolutely fair play.''
