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[d.j.starling]

At 3:45, you said, "Imagine harmonizing with Michael." That was Diana Ross, original lead singer for The Supremes (the greatest girl group ever!!!), with a great career as a solo artist, who just happens to be credited with "discovering" The Jackson Five & bringing them to the attention of the head of Motown Records. Believe me, MJ was thrilled & delighted, & honored, to be harmonizing with her!!

[MrMCCONNELL]

Lionel Richie – 0:26
Stevie Wonder – 0:39
Paul Simon – 0:43
Kenny Rogers – 0:53
James Ingram – 0:59
Tina Turner – 1:06
Billy Joel – 1:13
Michael Jackson – 1:19
Diana Ross – 1:32
Dionne Warwick – 1:48
Willie Nelson – 2:02
Al Jarreau – 2:09
Bruce Springsteen – 2:15
Kenny Loggins – 2:21
Steve Perry – 2:28
Daryl Hall – 2:36
Huey Lewis – 2:48
Cyndi Lauper – 2:54
Kim Carnes – 3:02
Bob Dylan – 3:48
Ray Charles – 4:27

[lmailloux]

Yellow and Red hair girl is Cindy Lauper. "Girls just wanna have fun" will make you love her voice!!! millions views

[daveborder]

It makes you realise how old you are when people don't know Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Tina Turner, Billy Joel, Smokey Robinson, Quincy Jones, Bruce Springsteen, Lionel Richie, Bette Midler & Dan Aykroyd.

[wettuga]

Who's that? Who's that?!? WHO'S THAT?!? They're simply the best voices of the 80s, that along with the 90s will forever be the best 2 decades in music industry.

[MrSmithla]

This was a one NIGHT thing. Lionel Richie hosted and many of the other artists came straight from one of the big awards shows, Grammy’s or some such.
They had one night to get this in. No rehearsal prior.
There’s a Netflix documentary recently out that tells the story.
The funniest story from it is Ray Charles arrived and said he was ready to go, just needed to use the restroom. Of all people Stevie Wonder piped up and said “I know where it is, I’ll take you!” Someone noted “Well, now I’ve seen EVERYTHING!….. The blind leading the blind!”

[renewd]

I bet you would love Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" it is a classic and just about everybody love it.

[MikeytheGeek]

I enjoy hearing your opinions even when I disagree. 😉 I loved Cyndi Lauper in this, and everything else she does for that matter. Here are the solo singers in order of appearance:

Lionel Richie – 0:26; Stevie Wonder – 0:39; Paul Simon – 0:43; Kenny Rogers – 0:53; James Ingram – 0:59; Tina Turner – 1:06; Billy Joel – 1:13; Michael Jackson – 1:19; Diana Ross – 1:32; Dionne Warwick – 1:48; Willie Nelson – 2:02; Al; Jarreau – 2:09; Bruce Springsteen – 2:15; Kenny Loggins – 2:21; Steve Perry – 2:28; Daryl Hall – 2:36; Huey Lewis – 2:48; Cyndi Lauper – 2:54; Kim Carnes – 3:02; Bob Dylan – 3:48; Ray Charles – 4:27

Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie wrote the song and worked with producer Quincy Jones to get everything ready. Then all of the artists arrived after attending an awards show that they were all in town for, and they worked on it all night until morning. They didn't know the song in advance, but they did multiple takes. It's so cute that you didn't know who most of them were, although I realize this was way before your time and from a different country. They all have songs that you should react to. Lionel Richie was from The Commodores and also had a great solo career. Paul Simon was from Simon and Garfunkel. Daryl Hall was from Hall & Oates . Diana Ross was from The Supreme. She helped The Jackson Five get started and Michael Jackson idolized her. It's been suggested that he had plastic surgery on his nose to try to make it look like hers. There were lots of great artists in the chorus too. It's a shame that more of them couldn't have had solo parts.

[rmweidner]

To give you some idea of just how big the artists were in that room, the folks who actually sang the verses (as opposed to the choir who sang the refrain) have 160 GRAMMY AWARDS between them.

They were huge when this was recorded, and they've continued to influence the artists who are huge today.

[sheldonlamey]

I don't normally comment....but I Love Cyndi Laupers up and down movement of her voice had a lot of passion.

[novascotia]

When this song came out I was young. Now that I am older, I notice that the older folks in this video seem to be the ones totally immersed with their entire being. Age and experience gives you something that just can not be achieved in our youth.

[EddiZerbst]

They were ALL world stars! It's sad that today's youth hardly know them anymore... 😞

[jp]

You're the only reactor I've seen who didn't like Cyndi Lauper in this song. Her performance here usually gets one of the top praises. This recording was done on the same day as that year's American Music Awards where she performed. Definitely check out her hits such as "Time After Time", "All Through the Night", "True Colors", etc...

[petergonzalez]

I watched the documentary on how We Are the World was made. Amazing. Number one was getting all the stars together at once. Several stars were shy and had a hard time being with their peers, no agents, assistants, or entourages were allowed, only stars. The location had to be secret so no press or paparazzi would show up. They sung the chorus first and that took five hours so some stars were frustrated and tempers got heated. The next part were the solos and they did rehearse with a piano and Stevie Wonder played it. Bob Dylan had a real hard time with the solos. Stevie had to sing like Bob so he could get an idea how to sing his part. Kudos to Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, and Quincy Jones for putting it all together.

[SomKing]

This is a good song! So many legendary singers in one song!

[MrSmithla]

A Bruce story from this was that Bruce had performed the night before this in, like, Chicago or on the East Coast or some such.
The amount of energy he puts into performing is legendary and he had a hard and fast policy that he broke for this that he REFUSED to fly the day after he performed.
He’s too drained and to add jet-lag to that might kill him.
For this, though, he agreed.

[rbodee]

SIAP, performed after an award show when all the singers where in L.os Angeles. Director Quincy Jones put a note on the door, "Leave your egos at the door."

[williamsummerson]

This generation needs to be educated on all these legendary artists. 🙏

[kham]

Dan Akroyd being confined to the chorus is a tragedy.

Oh, and Willie Nelson wasn’t late to the part. He the master of delayed harmony.

[Roegwon]

1:33 Lionel Richie
1:45 Stevie Wonder
1:50 Paul Simon
2:00 Kenny Rogers
2:07 James Ingram
2:13 Tina Turner
2:19 Billy Joel
2:30 Michael Jackson
3:40 Diana Ross
3:57 Dionne Warwick
4:57 Willie Nelson
5:04 Al Jarreau
5:10 Bruce Springsteen
5:16 Kenny Logins
5:24 Steve Perry
5:31 Darryl Hall
5:44 Huey Lewis
5:50 Cyndi Lauper
5:57 Kim Carnes
6:30 John Oats
6:33 Quincy Jones
6:36 Smokey Robinson
6:43 Bob Dylan
7:03 Jackie, LaToya, Marlon, Randy, & Tito Jackson
7:07 Sheila E.
7:35 Dan Aykroyd, Harry Belafonte
7:56 Ray Charles
9:45 Bette Midler
9:59 Lindsey Buckingham

"USA for Africa" brought together the biggest names in the music industry from all types of genres, including pop, country, folk, rock, and more.

"We Are The World" remains to be one of the best-selling songs of all time, selling over 20 million physical copies during the mid-1980s.