Tina Turner, Michael Jackson e muitos outros gravaram este single em janeiro de 1985 para arrecadar fundos para o combate da fome na África. O single, o LP e o clipe renderam cerca de USD 55 milhões.
Lista completa dos artistas participantes:
Dan Aykroyd, Harry Belafonte, Lindsey Buckingham, Kim Carnes, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Sheila E., Bob Geldof, Daryl Hall, James Ingram, Jackie Jackson, LaToya Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Michael Jackson, Randy Jackson, Tito Jackson, Al Jarreau Waylon Jennings, Billy Joel, Cyndi Lauper, Huey Lewis and the News, Kenny Loggins, Bette Midler, Willie Nelson, John Oates, Jeffrey Osborne, Steve Perry, The Pointer Sisters, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Rogers, Diana Ross, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Tina Turner, Dionne Warwick.
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Composição: Michael Jackson / Lionel Richie
(Lionel Richie)
There comes a time when we hear a certain call
(Lionel Richie & Stevie Wonder)
When the world must come together as one
(Stevie Wonder)
There are people dying
(Paul Simon)
And it's time to lend a hand to life
(Paul Simon & Kenny Rogers)
The greatest gift of all
(Kenny Rogers)
We can't go on pretending day by day
(James Ingram)
That someone, somewhere will soon make a change
(Tina Turner)
We are all part of God's great big family
(Billy Joel)
And the truth, you know, love is all we need
Refrão:
(Michael Jackson)
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
(Diana Ross)
There's a choice were making
Were saving our own lives
(Michael & Diana Ross)
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me
(Dionne Warwick)
Send them your heart
So they'll know that someone cares
(Dionne Warwick & Willie Nelson)
And their lives will be stronger and free
(Willie Nelson)
As God has shown us by turning stones to bread
(Al Jarreau)
And so we all must lend a helping hand
(Bruce Springsteen)
We are the world, we are the children
(Kenny Logins)
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
(Steve Perry)
There's a choice were making
Were saving our own lives
(Daryl Hall)
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me
(Michael Jackson)
When youre down and out, there seems no hope at all
(Huey Lewis)
But if you just believe there's no way we can fall
(Cyndi Lauper)
Well, well, well, well let us realize that a change can only come
(Kim Carnes)
When we
(Kim Carnes & Cyndi Lauper &Huey Lewis)
stand together as one
(Refrão)
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There's a choice were making
Were saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
(Bob Dylan)
Theres a choice were making
Were saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me
(Refrão)
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
(Bob Dylan)
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me
(Refrão)
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
(Ray Charles)
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me
(Stevie Wonder & Bruce Springsteen)
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
(Stevie Wonder)
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me
(Stevie Wonder & Bruce Springsteen)
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
(Bruce Springsteen)
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me
(Refrão)
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me
(James Ingram)
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
(Ray Charles)
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me
(Refrão)
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me
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