We Are the World

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1980s pop song charity single song

We Are the World is a 1985 charity single written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and recorded by the supergroup USA for Africa to raise funds for famine relief in Africa.

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Label Occurrences
We Are the World canonical 11
"We Are the World" recording 1
USA for Africa single "We Are the World" 1

Statements (73)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 1980s pop song ⓘ
charity single ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedAlbum We Are the World self-link ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Music Video ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Short Form

Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

Grammy Award for Record of the Year ⓘ
Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ
beneficiary Ethiopian famine relief ⓘ
USA for Africa ⓘ
bSide Grace ⓘ
charitablePurpose famine relief in Africa ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesChart number 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 number 1 ⓘ
composer Lionel Richie ⓘ
Michael Jackson ⓘ
copiesSoldWorldwide over 20 million ⓘ
coProducer Michael Omartian ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
format 12-inch single ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ
genre gospel ⓘ
pop ⓘ
hasFollowUpVersion We Are the World self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: We Are the World 25 for Haiti
hasMusicVideo We Are the World music video ⓘ
inspiredBy Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas? ⓘ
isOneOf best-selling singles of all time ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length about 7 minutes ⓘ
lyricist Lionel Richie ⓘ
Michael Jackson ⓘ
performer USA for Africa ⓘ
producer Quincy Jones ⓘ
publisher Mijac Music ⓘ
Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. ⓘ
recordedBy USA for Africa ⓘ
recordingDate 1985-01-28 ⓘ
recordingStudio A&M Recording Studios, Los Angeles ⓘ
recordLabel CBS Records ⓘ
Columbia Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1985-03-07 ⓘ
releaseYear 1985 ⓘ
title We Are the World self-link ⓘ
vocalPerformanceBy Al Jarreau ⓘ
Bette Midler ⓘ
Billy Joel ⓘ
Bob Dylan ⓘ
Bob Geldof ⓘ
Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
Cyndi Lauper ⓘ
Dan Aykroyd ⓘ
Daryl Hall & John Oates ⓘ
surface form: Daryl Hall

Diana Ross ⓘ
Huey Lewis and the News ⓘ
surface form: Huey Lewis

Jackie Jackson ⓘ
James Ingram ⓘ
Kenny Loggins ⓘ
Kenny Rogers ⓘ
La Toya Jackson ⓘ
surface form: LaToya Jackson

Lionel Richie ⓘ
Marlon Jackson ⓘ
Michael Jackson ⓘ
Paul Simon ⓘ
Randy Jackson ⓘ
Ray Charles ⓘ
Smokey Robinson ⓘ
Steve Perry ⓘ
Stevie Wonder ⓘ
Tina Turner ⓘ
Tito Jackson ⓘ
Willie Nelson ⓘ
writer Lionel Richie ⓘ
Michael Jackson ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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Lionel Richie → notableWork → We Are the World ⓘ
Lionel Richie → coWriterOf → We Are the World ⓘ
Quincy Jones → notableWork → We Are the World ⓘ
We Are the World → title → We Are the World self-link ⓘ
We Are the World → associatedAlbum → We Are the World self-link ⓘ
We Are the World → hasFollowUpVersion → We Are the World self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: We Are the World 25 for Haiti
Al Jarreau → participatedIn → We Are the World ⓘ
this entity surface form: "We Are the World" recording
Tears Are Not Enough → inspiredBy → We Are the World ⓘ
1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia → inspired → We Are the World ⓘ
this entity surface form: USA for Africa single "We Are the World"
Stevie Wonder discography → includesCollaboration → We Are the World ⓘ
Lionel Richie live setlists → typicallyIncludeSong → We Are the World ⓘ
USA for Africa → notableWork → We Are the World ⓘ
USA for Africa → recorded → We Are the World ⓘ
Michael Omartian → notableWork → We Are the World ⓘ