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" We Are the World " is a charity single recorded by the supergroup USA for Africa in 1985. It was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and produced by Quincy Jones and Michael Omartian for the album We Are the World. With sales in excess of 20 million physical copies, it is the eighth- best-selling single of all time.
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Jul 11, 2024 · On January 28, 1985, 46 of the most famous musicians of the time, including Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Cyndi Lauper, and Stevie Wonder, gathered in a Los Angeles studio to record the charity single "We Are the World."
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On January 28, 1985, more than 45 of the era’s most popular singers and songwriters gathered to record a song to raise funds for the charity USA for Africa. The song, “We Are the World,” released on March 7 that year, was an immediate media sensation.
- “We are the World” began with Harry Belafonte (and also Bob Geldof). In late 1984, famed actor, singer, and activist Harry Belafonte saw a BBC report about the devastating famine in Ethiopia.
- Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson wrote the song with an ear for history. One of Ken Kragen’s clients was Lionel Richie, who signed up for the project after speaking with Belafonte on the phone.
- The recording of “We Are the World” could have only happened on one particular night. How do you get dozens of America’s biggest musical stars in one recording studio at the same time?
- Prince was notably absent from the proceedings. In 1985, there were few artists in America or anywhere else on the planet bigger than Prince, who was just coming off the gargantuan success of the previous year’s Purple Rain film-album combo.
Michael.Jackson We Are The World
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Happy Anniversary “We Are The World," 🌍 I can’t believe it’s been 35 years! The words and music are just as relevant today as they were then.
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Jan 29, 2024 · “We Are The World” was inspired by “Do They Know It's Christmas?” a 1984 charity single recorded by some of the most popular British and Irish musicians to raise money to end famine in Ethiopia.
