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We Are The World
event · Apr 1985

We Are The World

We Are The World

Inspired by the U.K.'s Band Aid, Harry Belafonte organizes USA For Africa with a star studded group of American artists to record the single "We Are The World" for charity. Written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, produced by Quincy Jones, the song hits No. 1 in both the U.S. and U.K.

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