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- "We Are the World" was promoted with a 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 than $80 million (equivalent to $222 million in 2023) for humanitarian aid in Africa and the United States.
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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, meant to raise money for the 1983-1985 famine in Ethiopia.
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- “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.
Jan 31, 2024 · After Only 4 Months, USA For Africa's "We Are The World" Raised Over $10.8 Million From Record Sales. After its release on March 7, 1985, "We Are The World" became the fastest-selling pop single in American history, topping the Billboard 100 for a month straight.
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Mar 7, 2020 · The song would become America’s greatest moment of musical magnanimity – selling 20 million copies, the single raised more than $63m for aid in the US and Africa, where famine in Ethiopia would...
Dec 16, 2009 · Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson song raised $64 million to aid Ethiopia's famine victims. Twenty-five years ago, a group of several dozen American music celebrities got together to write...
The song, “We Are the World,” released on March 7 that year, was an immediate media sensation. It sold an astonishing 800,000 copies in three days and ultimately raised more than $60 million for African famine relief and inspired other musician-driven charitable efforts.
Jun 9, 2024 · In 1985, "We Are the World" was made to raise money for food aid to Africa. The song, and the saga of recording it, are now the subject of a Netflix documentary, "The Greatest Night in Pop."
