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"We Are the World"
An album cover with "We Are the World" spelled out across the left and bottom in cut-and-paste-style. To the top right of the cover is "USA for Africa" in blue text, under which names are listed against a white background
Single by U.s. for Africa
from the album We Are the World
B-side "Grace"
Released March 7, 1985 (1985-03-07)
Recorded Jan 28, 1985 (1985-01-28)
Studio A&M Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California)
Genre
  • Popular
  • gospel
Length
  • 7:02 (anthology version)
  • 6:22 (single version)
Characterization
  • Columbia
  • CBS
Songwriter(s)
  • Michael Jackson
  • Lionel Richie
Producer(s)
  • Quincy Jones
  • Michael Omartian
Music video
"We Are the World" on YouTube

"Nosotros Are the Earth" is a charity unmarried originally 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 Jackson for the album We Are the World. With sales in excess of 20 million copies, it is the 8th acknowledged physical single of all time.

Shortly subsequently the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland-based Band Assist group released "Exercise They Know It's Christmas?" in December 1984, musician and activist Harry Belafonte began to think about an American do good unmarried for African famine relief. He enlisted fundraiser Ken Kragen to help bring the vision to reality. The duo contacted several musicians, and ultimately, Jackson and Richie were assigned to write the song. The duo completed the writing of "We Are the World" vii weeks afterwards the release of "Exercise They Know It's Christmas?", and but one night earlier "We Are the Globe"'s first recording session, on January 21, 1985. The historic issue brought together some of the era's all-time-known music industry artists.

The song was released on March 7, 1985, equally the showtime single from the album by Columbia Records. A worldwide commercial success, information technology topped music charts throughout the globe and became the fastest-selling U.South. popular unmarried in history. "We Are the World" received a Quadruple Platinum certification by the Recording Industry Clan of America, becoming the first unmarried to be certified multi-platinum.

Awarded numerous honors—including iii Grammy Awards, one American Music Laurels, and a People's Choice Honour—the vocal was promoted with a critically received music video, a VHS, a special edition magazine, a simulcast, and several books, posters, and shirts. The promotion and merchandise helped "We Are the World" raise more $63 million ($149 million today) for humanitarian assistance in Africa and the U.s..

In January 2010, a magnitude 7.0 Thou convulsion devastated Republic of haiti, leading another all-star bandage of singers to remake the song. Entitled "We Are the Earth 25 for Haiti", it was released as a single on Feb 12, 2010; proceeds from the record aided survivors in the impoverished land.

In March 2020, Richie suggested that a 3rd version should exist made to communicate a message of global solidarity during the COVID-nineteen pandemic and raise funds for assistance efforts.[1]

Background and writing [edit]

Inspired by Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" project in the Britain[nb 1],[iii] American entertainer and social activist Harry Belafonte had the thought to organize the recording of a song including all the generation'south best-known music artists. He planned to have the gain donated to a new organization called United Support of Artists for Africa (U.s.a. for Africa). The non-turn a profit foundation would then provide food and relief aid to starving people in Africa, specifically Ethiopia, where a 1983–1985 dearth[4] [5] raged. The dearth ultimately killed about i million people. Belafonte's idea for an American version of Ring Assist's "Practice They Know It's Christmas?" project in the UK[nb two] [3] Belafonte besides planned to ready bated money to help eliminate hunger in the United states of America. He contacted entertainment director and fellow fundraiser Ken Kragen, who asked his clients Lionel Richie and Kenny Rogers to participate. Kragen and the two musicians agreed to assist Belafonte, and in turn, enlisted the cooperation of Stevie Wonder, to add more "name value" to their projection.[4] Quincy Jones was drafted to co-produce the song, taking time out from his work on the pic The Colour Purple.[four] [6] Jones besides telephoned Michael Jackson, who had released the commercially successful Thriller anthology in 1982, and simply concluded a tour with his brothers.[4]

Jackson told Richie that he not only wanted to sing the song, merely to aid write it as well.[4] [7] The songwriting team originally included Wonder, but his fourth dimension was constrained by his song-writing for the film The Adult female in Red. And so Jackson and Richie wrote "Nosotros Are the World" themselves[7] at Hayvenhurst, the Jackson family home in Encino, California. They sought to write a song that would be easy to sing and memorable, still still an anthem. For a week, the ii spent every night working on lyrics and melodies in Jackson'southward bedroom. Jackson's older sis La Toya recounted the process in an interview with the U.Southward. celebrity news magazine People: "I'd go into the room while they were writing and it would be very tranquility, which is odd, since Michael'southward commonly very cheery when he works. It was very emotional for them."[7] She as well subsequently said that Jackson wrote most of the lyrics[6] "but he's never felt it necessary to say that".[6]

Richie had recorded two melodies for "Nosotros Are the Earth", which Jackson took, adding music and words to the song on the same day. Jackson said, "I love working apace. I went ahead without even Lionel knowing. I couldn't wait. I went in and came out the same dark with the song completed: drums, piano, strings, and words to the chorus."[8] Jackson then presented his demo to Richie and Jones, who were both shocked; they did not expect the pop star to see the structure of the song so apace. The adjacent meetings between Jackson and Richie were unfruitful; the pair produced no additional vocals and got no work washed. Information technology was non until the nighttime of January 21, 1985, that Richie and Jackson completed the lyrics and melody of "We Are the Earth" within ii and a one-half hours, one night before the song's get-go recording session.[8]

Recording sessions [edit]

Cyndi Lauper, studio badge, and the sweatshirt given to all attendees at A&M Studios in Hollywood, California on January 28, 1985

The offset nighttime of recording, January 22, 1985, had tight security on hand, as Richie, Jackson, Wonder, and Jones started work on "We Are the World" at Kenny Rogers' Lion Share Recording Studio. The studio, on Beverly Boulevard in Los Angeles, was filled with session musicians, technicians, video crews, retinue, assistants, and organizers as the celebrity musicians entered. Jones hired session musicians to lay down the backing tracks: John "JR" Robinson on drums, Louis Johnson on bass, and pianist Greg Phillinganes. (These three offset played together on "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" produced by Jones for Jackson.) Richie sat down at the piano to teach everyone the vocal. When it was time to roll tape, Robinson cleared the room of non-musicians, and the backing tracks were recorded.[nine] After this, a song guide of "We Are the Globe" was recorded past Richie and Jackson, mixed with the instrumental tracks, and duplicated on tape for each of the invited performers. The guide was recorded on the 6th accept, equally Jones felt that there was too much "thought" in the previous versions.[10]

Following their work on the vocal guide, Jackson and Jones began thinking of alternatives for the line "There's a adventure nosotros're taking, nosotros're taking our own lives": the pair was concerned that the latter part of the line would be considered a reference to suicide. Every bit the group listened to a playback of the chorus, Richie declared that the last function of the line should be changed to "We're 'saving' our own lives". Jones also suggested altering the erstwhile part of the line. "One affair we don't want to do, particularly with this group, is look like we're patting ourselves on the back. So it's actually: 'There'south a choice we're making.'"[11] Around 1:xxx am, the four musicians ended the night by finishing a chorus of melodic vocalizations, including the audio "sha-lum sha-lin-gay".[eleven] Jones told the group that they were non to add anything else to the tape. "If we go too good, someone's gonna get-go playing it on the radio", he announced.[11]

On January 24, 1985, later a day of residuum, Jones shipped Richie and Jackson's vocal guide to all of the artists who would be involved in "We Are the Earth"'s recording. Enclosed in the package was a letter of the alphabet from Jones, addressed to "My Fellow Artists":[11]

The cassettes are numbered, and I can't express how important it is not to allow this material out of your hands. Please do not brand copies, and return this cassette the dark of the 28th. In the years to come up, when your children ask, 'What did mommy and daddy do for the war confronting globe famine?', y'all can say proudly, this was your contribution.[11]

Back of the "We Are the World" sweater autographed past Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie

Ken Kragen chaired a production meeting at a bungalow off Sunset Boulevard on Jan 25, 1985. There, Kragen and his team discussed where the recording sessions with the supergroup of musicians should have place. He said, "The single almost damaging piece of information is where we're doing this. If that shows up anywhere, nosotros've got a cluttered situation that could totally destroy the project. The moment a Prince, a Michael Jackson, a Bob Dylan—I guarantee you!—drives up and sees a mob around that studio, he will never come in."[xi] On the aforementioned night, Quincy Jones' associate producer and song arranger, Tom Bahler, was given the task of matching each solo line with the correct voice. Bahler said, "It'southward like song arranging in a perfect earth."[11] Jones disagreed, saying that the task was like "putting a watermelon in a Coke bottle".[11] The following evening, Lionel Richie held a "choreography" session at his abode, where information technology was decided who would stand where.[11]

The final night of recording was held on January 28, 1985, at A&M Recording Studios in Hollywood.[2] [11] Michael Jackson arrived at 8 p.thou., earlier than the other artists, to record his solo section and record a vocal chorus by himself.[11] He was subsequently joined in the recording studio by the remaining United states of america for Africa artists, who included Ray Charles, Baton Joel, Diana Ross, Cyndi Lauper, Bruce Springsteen, and Tina Turner. Also in attendance were five of Jackson's siblings: Jackie, La Toya, Marlon, Randy, and Tito.[12] Many of the participants came directly from an American Music Accolade ceremony that had been held that same dark.[6] Prince, who would have had a office in which he and Michael Jackson sang to each other, did not attend the recording session.[13] The reason given for his absence has varied. One newspaper claimed that Prince did not want to record with other acts.[14] Another report, from the time of "We Are the Globe"'s recording, suggested that the musician did not want to partake in the session considering organizer Bob Geldof chosen him a "creep".[xv] Prince did, however, donate an exclusive rails, "4 the Tears in Your Optics", for the We Are the Globe anthology.[14] Wonder asked Eddie Murphy to participate, simply Potato demurred, busy recording "Party All the Time". Irish potato later said after he "realized what it was, [he] felt like an idiot."[16] In all, more than than 45 of America'south top musicians participated in the recording,[13] [17] and some other l had to exist turned away.[6] Upon inbound the recording studio, the musicians were greeted past a sign pinned to the door that read, "Please check your egos at the door."[18] They were also greeted by Stevie Wonder, who proclaimed that if the recording was non completed in one take, he and Ray Charles, two blind men, would drive everybody abode.[19]

I recall what'south happening in Africa is a crime of celebrated proportions ... You walk into i of the corrugated iron huts and you encounter meningitis and malaria and typhoid buzzing around in the air. And you run into expressionless bodies lying side by side with the live ones ... In some of the camps you encounter 15 bags of flour for 27,500 people. And it'south that that we're here for.

Bob Geldof, addressing his beau Usa for Africa musicians during i of the recording sessions of "Nosotros Are the World" on January 28, 1985.[20]

Each of the performers took their position at around 10:30 p.one thousand. and began to sing. Several hours passed earlier Stevie Wonder appear that he would like to substitute a line in Swahili for the "sha-lum sha-lin-gay" sound.[20] [21] At this signal, Waylon Jennings left the recording studio for a short fourth dimension when it was suggested by some that the song be sung in Swahili.[xx] [21] A heated debate ensued, in which several artists too rejected the suggestion. The "sha-lum sha-lin-gay" sound ran into opposition besides and was subsequently removed from the song. Jennings returned to the studio and participated in the recording, which bears his name in the stop credits. The participants somewhen decided to sing something meaningful in English. They chose to sing the new line "I world, Our children", which most of the participants enjoyed.[20]

In the early hours of the morning, two Ethiopian women, guests of Stevie Wonder, were brought into the recording studio.[21] [22] They thanked the singers on behalf of their country, bringing several artists to tears, before beingness led from the room.[21] [22] Wonder attempted to lighten the mood, by joking that the recording session gave him a chance to "see" boyfriend bullheaded musician Ray Charles. "We merely sort of bumped into each other!"[19] The solo parts of the song were recorded without any problems.[22] The concluding version of "Nosotros Are the World" was completed at 8 a.grand.[22] [23]

Music and vocal arrangements [edit]

"We Are the World" is sung from a get-go-person viewpoint, allowing the audience to "internalize" the message by singing the word we together.[24] It has been described as "an appeal to human compassion".[25] The showtime lines in the song's repetitive chorus proclaim, "Nosotros are the world, we are the children, we are the ones who make a brighter twenty-four hour period, so allow'southward start giving".[25] "We Are the World" opens with Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Kenny Rogers, James Ingram, Tina Turner, and Baton Joel singing the offset poesy.[26] Michael Jackson and Diana Ross follow, completing the showtime chorus together.[26] Dionne Warwick, Willie Nelson, and Al Jarreau sing the second verse, before Bruce Springsteen, Kenny Loggins, Steve Perry, and Daryl Hall become through the 2d chorus.[26] Co-writer Jackson, Huey Lewis, Cyndi Lauper, and Kim Carnes follow with the song's bridge.[26] This structuring of the song is said to "create a sense of continuous surprise and emotional buildup".[2] "We Are the World" concludes with Bob Dylan and Ray Charles singing a full chorus, Wonder and Springsteen duetting, and ad libs from Charles and Ingram.[26]

USA for Africa musicians [edit]

Stevie Wonder, a middle-aged African American man with his hair tied in a ponytail, dark sunglasses and stubble on his face. He wears a plain white tee-shirt and a grey jacket.

Bob Geldof, a Caucasian man in his mid-thirties, is on stage, singing into a microphone and playing a left-handed acoustic guitar. He wears a white shirt and a dark green jacket.

Release [edit]

On March 7, 1985, "We Are the Earth" was released as a unmarried, in both seven-inch and 12-inch formats.[27] [28] The song was the only one released from the We Are the Globe album and became a chart success around the world. In the U.Due south., it was a number i striking on the R&B singles nautical chart, the Hot Adult Gimmicky Tracks chart, and the Billboard Hot 100, where information technology remained for a calendar month.[29] [30] The single had debuted at number 21 on the Hot 100, the highest entry since Michael Jackson's "Thriller" entered the charts at number 20 the yr before.[25] It took 4 weeks for the song to claim the number one spot, half the time a single would normally have taken to accomplish its charting peak.[31] On the Hot 100, the vocal moved from 21 to v to 2 and then number one. "We Are the World" might have reached the top of the Hot 100 nautical chart sooner, were it not for the success of Phil Collins' "One More Night", which received support from both pop and rock listeners.[31] "We Are the Earth" also entered Billboard 's Superlative Rock Tracks and Hot Country Singles charts, where information technology peaked at numbers 27 and 76 respectively.[29] The song became the first single since The Beatles' "Let It Be" to enter Billboard 'southward Top v within two weeks of release.[28] Outside the U.Southward., the single reached number one in Australia, France, Ireland, New Zealand, Holland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the U.k.. The song peaked at number 2 in ii countries: Germany and Austria.[32] [33] [34]

The single was likewise a commercial success: the initial shipment of 800,000 "We Are the World" records sold out within 3 days of release.[27] The tape became the fastest-selling American pop single in history.[35] At i Tower Records shop on Dusk Boulevard in W Hollywood, 1,000 copies of the song were sold in two days.[36] Store worker Richard Petitpas commented, "A number one single sells well-nigh 100 to 125 copies a week. This is absolutely unheard of."[36] By the cease of 1985, "Nosotros Are the World" had become the year's best-selling single.[37] Five years after it was revealed that the vocal had become the biggest single of the 1980s.[38] "We Are the Earth" was eventually cited equally the all-time-selling single in U.S. and pop music history.[nb 3] [40] [41] [42] The vocal became the commencement single to be certified multi-platinum; it received a 4× certification by the Recording Industry Clan of America.[30] [43] The estimated global sales of "Nosotros Are the World" are said to exist twenty million.[44]

Reception [edit]

Despite the song'south commercial success, "We Are the World" received mixed reviews from journalists, music critics, and the public at the fourth dimension. American announcer Greil Marcus felt that the song sounded like a Pepsi jingle.[45] He wrote that "the constant repetition of 'In that location'southward a choice we're making' conflates with Pepsi's trademarked 'The choice of a new generation' in a way that, on the part of Pepsi-contracted song writers Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, is certainly not intentional, and even more certainly beyond the realm of serendipity."[45] Marcus added, "In the realm of contextualization, 'We Are the World' says less about Ethiopia than it does about Pepsi—and the true result will likely exist less that certain Ethiopian individuals will live, or anyway live a bit longer than they otherwise would have, than that Pepsi will get the catch phrase of its advertizing campaign sung for costless by Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, and all the residue."[45] Professor and activist Reebee Garofalo agreed, calling the line "We're saving our own lives" a "distasteful element of cocky-indulgence".[45] He asserted that the artists of USA for Africa were proclaiming "their ain conservancy for singing well-nigh an issue they volition never experience on behalf of a people most of them will never encounter".[45]

In dissimilarity, Stephen Holden of The New York Times praised the phrase "There'due south a choice we're making, We're saving our own lives".[2] He wrote that the line assumed "an actress emotional dimension when sung by people with superstar mystiques".[2] Holden wrote that the song was "an artistic triumph that transcends its official nature".[two] He noted that unlike Band Aid's "Do They Know Information technology'due south Christmas", the vocals on "We Are the World" were "artfully interwoven" and emphasized the individuality of each vocaliser.[ii] Holden concluded that "We Are the World" was "a simple, eloquent ballad" and a "fully-realized pop statement that would audio outstanding even if information technology weren't recorded by stars".[2]

The song proved popular with both young and old listeners.[25] People in Columbia, Missouri, reported they bought more than than one re-create of the single, some buying up to v copies of the tape at one fourth dimension.[46]

Co-ordinate to music critic and Bruce Springsteen biographer Dave Marsh, "Nosotros Are the World" was not widely accepted within the rock music community.[47] The author revealed that the song was "despised" for what it was non: "a stone tape, a critique of the political policies that created the famine, a way of finding out how and why famines occur, an all-inclusive representation of the entire worldwide spectrum of post-Presley popular music".[47] Marsh revealed that he felt some of the criticisms were right, while others were silly.[47] He claimed that despite the sentimentality of the song, "We Are the World" was a large-scale pop event with serious political overtones.[47]

"We Are the Earth" was recognized with several awards following its release. At the 1986 Grammy Awards, the song and its accompanying music video won 4 awards: Record of the Twelvemonth, Song of the Year, All-time Popular Performance by a Duo or Group with Song and Best Music Video, Short Form.[48] The music video was awarded two honors at the 1985 MTV Video Music Awards. It collected the awards for Best Group Video and Viewer'south Choice.[49] [50] People'due south Pick Awards recognized "We Are the Globe" with the Favorite New Song award in 1986.[48] In the same twelvemonth, the American Music Awards named "We Are the Earth" "Song of the Twelvemonth", and honored organizer Harry Belafonte with the Laurels of Appreciation. Collecting his honour, Belafonte thanked Ken Kragen, Quincy Jones, and "the 2 artists who, without their great souvenir would not have inspired us in quite the same way as we were inspired, Mr. Lionel Richie and Mr. Michael Jackson".[48] Following the voice communication, the majority of USA for Africa reunited on stage, closing the ceremony with "We Are the World".[48] [51]

Track listing [edit]

Vinyl unmarried [edit]

  1. "We Are the World" (United states of america for Africa) – 7:14
  2. "Grace" (Quincy Jones) – 4:56

Marketing and promotion [edit]

"We Are the Globe" was promoted with a music video, a video cassette, and several other items made available to the public, including books, posters, shirts and buttons.[52] [53] All proceeds from the sale of official Us for Africa merchandise went directly to the famine relief fund. All of the trade sold well; the video cassette—entitled We Are the World: The Video Event—documented the making of the song, and became the ninth best-selling video of 1985.[52] All of the video elements were produced by Howard G. Malley and Craig B. Golin along with April Lee Grebb as the production supervisor. The music video showed the recording of "We Are the World", and drew criticism from some. Michael Jackson was reported to have joked before filming, "People will know it'due south me as soon as they see the socks. Try taking footage of Bruce Springsteen's socks and see if anyone knows who they vest to."[27]

The vocal was likewise promoted with a special edition of the American magazine Life. The publication had been the only media outlet permitted inside A&Yard Recording Studios on the night of Jan 28, 1985. All other printing organizations were barred from reporting the events leading upwardly to and during "We Are the Earth"'southward recording. Life ran a cover story of the recording session in its April 1985 edition of the monthly magazine. Seven members of U.s.a. for Africa were pictured on the comprehend: Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Cyndi Lauper, Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson, Tina Turner and Willie Nelson. Inside the magazine were photographs of the "Nosotros Are the Earth" participants working and taking breaks.[52]

"We Are the World" received worldwide radio coverage in the form of an international simultaneous broadcast later that year. Upon spinning the song on their local stations, Georgia radio disc jockeys, Bob Wolf and Don Briscar came up with the idea for a worldwide simulcast.[54] They called hundreds of radio and satellite stations asking them to participate. On the morning of April five, 1985 (Skilful Friday of that year) at three:50 pm GMT, over 8000 radio stations simultaneously broadcast the song around the globe.[55] Every bit the song was broadcast, hundreds of people sang forth on the steps of St. Patrick'due south Cathedral in New York.[46] [56] A twelvemonth later March 28, 1986 (Good Fri of that twelvemonth), the simultaneous radio circulate of "We Are the Globe" was repeated over six,000 radio stations worldwide.[30]

"Nosotros Are the World" gained further promotion and coverage on May 25, 1986, when it was played during a major do good event held throughout the US.[57] [58] Hands Beyond America—United states for Africa's follow-up project—was an event in which millions of people formed a human concatenation across the Us.[59] The event was held to draw attention to hunger and homelessness in the United states.[60] "We Are the Globe"'southward co-writer, Michael Jackson, had wanted his song to be the official theme for the event. The other lath members of Us for Africa outvoted him, and it was instead decided that a new vocal would be created and released for the event, titled "Hands Across America".[48] When released, the new song did non achieve the level of success that "We Are the World" did, and the decision to utilize it as the official theme for the upshot led to Jackson—who co-owned the publishing rights to "We Are the World"—resigning from the lath of directors of USA for Africa.[48] [61]

Humanitarian assistance [edit]

Four months later the release of "We Are the World", The states for Africa had taken in virtually $10.8 meg (equivalent to $25 million today).[62] [63] The bulk of the money came from record sales inside the US.[62] [63] Members of the public also donated coin—almost $1.3 million within the same fourth dimension period. In May 1985, The states for Africa officials estimated that they had sold betwixt $45 one thousand thousand and $47 one thousand thousand worth of official merchandise around the world. Organizer Ken Kragen announced that they would non exist distributing all of the money at once. Instead, he revealed that the foundation would be looking into finding a long-term solution for Africa's issues.[62] "Nosotros could get out and spend it all in one shot. Maybe nosotros'd salve some lives in the brusk term only it would be like putting a Band-Aid over a serious wound."[62] Kragen noted that experts had predicted that it would take at least ten to xx years to make a slight deviation to Africa's long-term bug.[62]

In June 1985, the first USA for Africa cargo jet carrying food, medicine, and clothing departed for Ethiopia and Sudan. It stopped en route in New York, where xv,000 T-shirts were added to the cargo. Included in the supplies were high-protein biscuits, loftier-poly peptide vitamins, medicine, tents, blankets and refrigeration equipment.[64] Harry Belafonte, representing the USA for Africa musicians, visited Sudan in the same month. The trip was his final terminate on a iv-nation tour of Africa. Tanzanian Prime Minister Salim Ahmed Salim greeted and praised Belafonte, telling him, "I personally and the people of Tanzania are moved by this tremendous example of human solidarity."[65]

A Royal Air Force C-130 Hercules military plane. Its propellers attach to its wings, and it appears to be hovering just above a barren field. From the back of the aircraft, a package is being dropped onto the field from an open rear gangway.

One twelvemonth after the release of "We Are the World", organizers noted that $44.v million had been raised for U.s.a. for Africa'south humanitarian fund. They stated that they were confident that they would attain an initial set target of $l 1000000 (equivalent to $118 million in 2022).[66] By October 1986, it was revealed that their $50 meg target had been met and exceeded; CBS Records gave USA for Africa a check for $ii.5 1000000, drawing the total corporeality of coin to $51.two one thousand thousand.[67] Usa for Africa'south Hands Across America result had as well raised a meaning amount of coin—approximately $24.5 1000000 for the hungry in the US.[67]

Since its release, "We Are the World" has raised over $63 million (equivalent to $149 million today) for humanitarian causes.[68] Ninety percent of the coin was pledged to African relief, both long and curt term.[67] The long-term initiative included efforts in birth control and food production. The remaining x per centum of funds was earmarked for domestic hunger and homeless programs in the US.[67] From the African fund, over 70 recovery and evolution projects were launched in vii African nations. Such projects included help in agriculture, fishing, water management, manufacturing and reforestation. Grooming programs were besides adult in the African countries of Mozambique, Senegal, Chad, Islamic republic of mauritania, Burkina Faso, and Mali.[67]

Elias Kifle Maraim Beyene, a survivor from Federal democratic republic of ethiopia existence asked well-nigh his memory of Michael Jackson after his decease remembers:

I won't ever forget Michael Jackson because his contribution to the song We are the World had a very significant outcome on my life. I am l now only 25 years ago I was living in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which at that fourth dimension was suffering from a long drought and dearth. Information technology was a terrible situation. Lots of people became sick and many more than died. Effectually i meg people in all were killed by the famine. In 1984 Michael Jackson, along with a number of other leading musicians, made the song We are the World to heighten money for Africa. We received a lot of help from the world and I was one of those who directly benefitted from information technology. The wheat flour that was distributed to the famine victims was dissimilar to the usual cereal we bought at the market. We baked a special bread from it. The local people named the bread afterward the great artist and it became known every bit Michael Bread. It was soft and delicious. When you have been through such hard times yous never forget events similar this. If y'all speak to anyone who was in Addis Ababa at that fourth dimension they will all know what Michael Bread is and I know I will recall it for the residue of my life.[seventy]

Notable live performances [edit]

"We Are the Globe" has been performed alive past members of Us for Africa on several occasions both together and individually. One of the earliest such performances came in 1985, during the rock music concert Live Assist, which ended with more than than 100 musicians singing the vocal on stage.[71] [72] Harry Belafonte and Lionel Richie made surprise appearances for the live rendition of the song.[73] Michael Jackson would take joined the artists, simply was "working around the clock in the studio on a project that he's made a major commitment to", according to his press amanuensis, Norman Winter.[74]

An inaugural celebration was held for US President-elect Bill Clinton in Jan 1993.[75] The event was staged by Clinton'south Hollywood friends at the Lincoln Memorial and drew hundreds of thousands of people.[75] Aretha Franklin, LL Cool J, Michael Bolton and Tony Bennett were among some of the musicians in attendance.[75] [76] Said Jones, "I've never seen then many great performers come together with so much love and selflessness."[77] The celebration included a performance of "Nosotros Are the Earth", which involved Clinton, his girl Chelsea, and his wife Hillary singing the song along with USA for Africa'due south Kenny Rogers, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.[75] The New York Times ' Edward Rothstein commented on the event, stating, "The most enduring epitome may be of Mr. Clinton singing along in 'We Are the World', the first President to aspire, nevertheless futilely, to hipness."[78]

Equally a prelude to his vocal "Heal the Earth", "We Are the Globe" was performed as an interlude during two of Michael Jackson'southward tours, the Dangerous Earth Tour (1992-1993) and the HIStory World Tour (1996-1997), as well as Jackson's performance at the Super Bowl XXVII halftime show in 1993. Jackson briefly performed the song with a chorus at the 2006 Globe Music Awards in London, which marked his terminal live public performance. Jackson planned to use the vocal for his This Is It comeback concerts at The O2 Arena in London from 2009 to 2010, simply the shows were cancelled due to his sudden death.

Michael Jackson died in June 2009, after suffering a cardiac arrest.[79] His memorial service was held several days later on July 7, and was reported to take been viewed by more three billion people.[80] The finale of the outcome featured grouping renditions of the Jackson anthems "We Are the World" and "Heal the Globe".[81] The singalong of "We Are the World" was led past Darryl Phinnessee, who had worked with Jackson since the belatedly 1980s.[81] [82] It too featured co-writer Lionel Richie and Jackson's family, including his children.[81] [82] Following the performance, "We Are the World" re-entered the US charts for the beginning fourth dimension since its 1985 release. The vocal debuted at number 50 on Billboard 's Hot Digital Songs chart.[83]

25 for Haiti [edit]

A black child stares through one eye. A hand attends to a bandage which covers his head and that has blood seeping through it. The boy's face is cut and injured. He wears a T-shirt that is sodden and dirty.

One of the hundreds of thousands of people who were injured by the destructive earthquake in Haiti

On January 12, 2010, a magnitude-7.0 convulsion struck Haiti, the island's most severe convulsion in over 200 years.[84] The epicenter of the quake was just outside the Haitian uppercase Port-au-Prince.[85] The Haitian government confirmed the deaths of over 230,000 civilians because of the disaster and the injuries of effectually 300,000. Approximately 1.2 million people were homeless and the lack of temporary shelter may take led to the outbreak of disease.[86] [87]

To enhance money for earthquake victims, a new celebrity version of "Nosotros Are the World" was recorded on Feb ane, 2010, and released on Feb 12, 2010. Over 75 musicians were involved in the remake, which was recorded in the same studio every bit the 1985 original.[88] The new version features revised lyrics as well as a rap part pertaining to Republic of haiti.[88] [89] Michael Jackson's younger sister Janet duets with her tardily brother on the track, every bit per a asking from their mother Katherine. In the video and on the track, archival material of Michael Jackson is used from the original 1985 recording.[90] This version is also infamous for the manner Wyclef sings towards the stop of the song, fluctuating his vocalisation in a manner that sounds like, every bit a music writer for the San Francisco Chronicle called it, "Not unlike a cantankerous between a fire siren and the audio of Wyclef giving himself a hernia."

On February 20, 2010, a non-glory remake, "We Are the World 25 for Haiti (YouTube edition)", was posted to the video sharing website YouTube. Internet personality and singer-songwriter Lisa Lavie conceived and organized the Net collaboration of 57 unsigned or independent YouTube musicians geographically distributed around the earth. Lavie'due south 2010 YouTube version, a cover of the 1985 original, excludes the rap segment and minimizes the Car-tune that characterizes the 2010 glory remake.[91] Another 2010 remake of the original is the Spanish-language "Somos El Mundo". It was written by Emilio Estefan and his wife Gloria Estefan, and produced past Emilio, Quincy Jones and Univision Communications, the company that funded the projection.[92]

Legacy [edit]

"We Are the Globe" has been recognized as a politically of import vocal, which "affected an international focus on Africa that was simply unprecedented".[45] Information technology has been credited with creating a climate in which musicians from effectually the world felt inclined to follow.[45] According to The New York Times ' Stephen Holden, since the release of "We Are the Globe", it has been noted that movement has been fabricated within popular music to create songs that address humanitarian concerns.[93] "We Are the World" was too influential in subverting the way music and meaning were produced, showing that musically and racially diverse musicians could work together both productively and creatively.[47] Ebony described the January 28 recording session, in which Quincy Jones brought together a multi-racial grouping, as beingness "a major moment in world music that showed we tin can modify the earth".[94] "We Are the World", along with Live Aid and Subcontract Assistance, demonstrated that rock music had become more than than amusement, but a political and social move.[95] Journalist Robert Palmer noted that such songs and events had the ability to reach people around the world, send them a message, and so get results.[95]

Since the release of "We Are the Earth", and the Band Aid single that influenced it, numerous songs have been recorded in a similar fashion, with the intent to assistance disaster victims throughout the world. One such case involved a supergroup of Latin musicians billed as "Hermanos del Tercer Mundo", or "Brothers of the Third World". Among the supergroup of 62 recording artists were Julio Iglesias, José Feliciano, and Sérgio Mendes. Their dearth relief song was recorded in the same studio as "We Are the Earth". Half of the profits raised from the charity single was pledged to United states of america for Africa. The remainder of the money was to exist used for impoverished Latin American countries.[96] Other notable examples include the 1989 cover of the Deep Purple vocal "Fume on the H2o" by a supergroup of difficult stone, prog rock, and heavy metallic musicians collaborating as Rock Assistance Armenia to raise money for victims of the devastating 1988 Armenian earthquake[97] and the 1986 all-star OPM single "Handog ng Pilipino sa Mundo", which talked about the optimism the Filipinos needed subsequently the People Power Revolution. [98] [99]

In 2003, various Philippine musicians collaborated to promote Philippine tourism through a song entitled "Biyahe Tayo". Among the supergroup of recording artists were Sharon Cuneta, Ogie Alcasid, Janno Gibbs, Rey Valera, Jolina Magdangal, Lea Salonga, APO Hiking Gild, Francis Magalona and Nina. [100] vi years later, other all-star recordings were washed every bit a ways to provide hope to the victims of Typhoon Ketsana (locally known as Ondoy), most notably "Star ng Pasko" and "Kaya Natin Ito!".

The 20th anniversary of "We Are the Globe" was historic in 2005. Radio stations around the world paid homage to U.s.a. for Africa's creation by simultaneously broadcasting the charity song. In improver to the simulcast, the milestone was marked past the release of a two-disc DVD chosen Nosotros Are the World: The Story Backside the Song.[101] Ken Kragen asserted that the reason behind the simulcast and DVD release was not for USA for Africa to praise themselves for doing a skillful job, but to "use it to do some more than good [for the original charity]. That's all we care nigh accomplishing."[101] Harry Belafonte besides commented on the 20th anniversary of the song. He best-selling that "We Are the World" had "stood the exam of time"; anyone old enough to remember it can still at least hum along.[102]

Parodies [edit]

"Nosotros Are the Globe" has been the discipline of numerous parodies over the years. Notable examples include:

  • The Filipino comedy film I Take Three Easily, released in September 1985, featured a parody of the music video towards the end, where characters perform a vocal titled "Maid in the Philippines".
  • The British Satire television program Spitting Prototype aired a skit where puppet caricatures of celebrities sang the song "We're Scared of Bob", in which they claim to be participating out of fright of Bob Geldof.[103] Some of the puppets portray members of USA for Africa, among other celebrities.
  • Johnson and Tofte released a parody called "We are the Worms"[104] which speaks of worms making the option to get out their undercover homes when rain saturates the ground, only to be squished on the sidewalk when they emerge.
  • A 1988 consequence of MAD Magazine had a piece called "Bad News" about corruption in the globe. One false story was well-nigh 60,000 tons of acid sludge shipped to Africa, and a vocal "We are the Worst" to note this human activity of shame.
  • In 1992, sketch bear witness In Living Color ran a skit called "Career Help", parodying the fact that many artists to characteristic on "We Are the World" seemed to do so at a point where their own careers were struggling. Actor Jamie Foxx featured as Lionel Richie.[105]
  • Also in 1992, the Married... with Children episode "Stone of Ages" featured the Bundy family performing "We Are the One-time" in a music video with Spencer Davis, Richie Havens, Robby Krieger, Mark Lindsay, Peter Noone, and John Sebastian.[106]
  • The thirteenth episode of The Simpsons ' third season, "Radio Bart", sees the residents of Springfield squad up with musician Sting to produce a charity single "We're Sending Our Love Downward the Well", based on "We Are The World", to offering support to a boy they believe is trapped down a well.[105]
  • The sketch "Famous Helping People" on an early on episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien has Sting every bit the only performer to prove upwardly for a session arranged by Conan O'Brien, Andy Richter, and Max Weinberg, merely the grouping can not decide which charity to record the song for.[107]
  • In the season finale of the 3rd flavor of the American television one-act series thirty Stone, "Kidney Now!", musicians including Clay Aiken, Elvis Costello, Mary J. Blige, Sheryl Crow, the Beastie Boys (Mike D and Advertizing Stone), Steve Earle, Adam Levine, Sara Bareilles, Wyclef Jean, Norah Jones, Talib Kweli, Michael McDonald, Rhett Miller, Moby, Robert Randolph, Rachael Yamagata and Cyndi Lauper produced a charity single to help Jack Donaghy'southward long-lost father become a new kidney.[105]
  • A 2010 Sat Night Live sketch parodied the negative critical response to "Nosotros Are the World 25 for Haiti", with impersonators pretending to come together to record the unmarried "We Are the Earth three: Raising Sensation of the 'Nosotros Are the World 2' Disaster."[108]
  • The fifth Ceremony episode of Banana Split aired on ABS-CBN in November 2013, the casts sings a special version of the song entitled "5 and Still Live" with the lyrics about the past casts, sketches and segments of the show for the kickoff five years.
  • The terminal episode of American late-night one-act talk show Chelsea Lately concluded with celebrities including Dave Grohl, Sammy Hagar, Gwen Stefani and Fergie singing a parody version of the song, with the lyrics altered to be a good day to host comedian Chelsea Handler.[105]
  • Controversial anti-LGBT church Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), known for their musical parodies, produced a parody of "We Are the World" titled "God Hates the Globe". In 2007, Warner Chappell Music unsuccessfully tried to foreclose WBC from circulating the video on grounds of copyright infringement.[109]
  • The South Park episode, "Put It Down", features the titular vocal played at the end of the episode where information technology appears to be a parody of "We Are the World".

Charts [edit]

Certifications and sales [edit]

See also [edit]

  • We Are One (global collaboration song)
  • "Cantaré, cantarás"
  • "Chiquitita"
  • Music for UNICEF Concert
  • "Tears Are Not Plenty"
  • We Con the World

Notes [edit]

  1. ^ "Nosotros Are the Globe" would later be cited as the American response to Band Aid'south "Do They Know Information technology'southward Christmas".[2]
  2. ^ "Nosotros Are the World" would later be cited equally the American response to Band Aid'due south "Practise They Know It's Christmas".[2]
  3. ^ Elton John's 1997 version of "Candle in the Wind"—a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales—subsequently claimed the status of biggest selling popular unmarried of all fourth dimension.[39]

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External links [edit]

  • Official website of USA for Africa
  • Official music video of the 1985 "We Are the World" on YouTube
  • Official website for "We Are the World 25 for Haiti"
  • Official music video of "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" on YouTube
  • Listen to USA for Africa's "We Are the World" on Final.fm

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_World

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