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‘We Are The World’ Was Released As A Single Today In 1985
March 07, 2021
Front cover of the USA For Africa We Are The World album to raise awareness and funds for a worldwide hunger relief program, featuring a group photograph of the contributing performers.

Today in 1985, “We Are the World” was released. Joining forces as the supergroup USA for Africa, the song’s co-writers, Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, joined with artists such as Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Paul Simon, Ray Charles and more to create this masterpiece single benefiting African famine relief, showing the power of unity and charity. What are you doing to help make the world a better place?

Watch the music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AjkUyX0rVw&ab_channel=USAforAfricaVEVO #MJHumanitarian

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