We are The World
Michael Jackson/Lionel Richie
(Lionel Ritchie)
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
Chorus:
(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
(Chorus)
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
(Chorus)
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
(Chorus)
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
(Chorus)
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
(Chorus)
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
Michael Jackson/Lionel Richie
(Lionel Ritchie)
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
Chorus:
(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
(Chorus)
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
(Chorus)
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
(Chorus)
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
(Chorus)
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
(Chorus)
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
A canção foi composta por Michael Jackson e Lionel Richie, produzida por Quincy Jones e gravada no dia 28 de janeiro de 1985 no A&M Studios em Hollywood, Califórnia. A sugestão foi de Harry Belafonte, inspirado pelo sucesso da Band Aid e seu compacto "Do They Know It's Christmas?" em 1984.Para a gravação foi escolhido o mesmo dia da premiação American Music Awards, para assegurar que o maior número possível de artistas comparecesse.
USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa), foi o nome sob o qual quarenta e cinco artistasMichael Jackson organizou a gravação do single We Are the World, escrito com o companheiro de gravadora Lionel Richie. O single foi lançado em 1985 para arrecadar fundos para a campanha "USA for Africa", em benefício das famílias carentes daquele continente.
A gravação mobilizou 44 vocalistas diferentes, incluindo Michael e Lionel, Harry Belafonte, Cyndi Lauper, Diana Ross, Ray Charles e Stevie Wonder e foi produzido por Quincy Jones, que também fez a regência do grupo. A vendagem atingiu 7 milhões de cópias só nos Estados Unidos. O single, LP e o clipe renderam cerca de 55 milhões de dólares, tornando-se uma das músicas mais vendidos de todos os tempos.
Ken Kragen foi a chave da história
Quando Harry Belafonte contactou Ken Kragen um pouco antes do Natal de 1984 ele não fazia idéia do que estava colocando em movimento. Belafonte queria que Kragen organizasse um concerto para levantar fundos para combater a fome na África. Kragen rapidamente transformou esta idéia em um dos eventos humanitários mais significativos do Século XX. Trabalhando noite e dia, Kragen conseguiu reunir 45 entre os artistas mais importantes do mundo, conseguiu o maestro Quincy Jones para produzir e Lionel Ritchie e Michael Jackson para comporem o que se tornou um verdadeiro hino "We Are The World". Kragen fez isto em 28 dias, mas seu trabalho foi além. Muito além. Criou uma organização eficiente chamada "USA For Africa" para distribuir o dinheiro arrecadado. Pelos seus esforços e resultados Kragen ganhou a prestigiosa "Medalha da Paz" Organização das Nações Unidas.
Lista Completa dos VocalistasDan 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; Stevie Wonder; Bob Marley, acompanhados pelos músicos: Michael Boddicker - sintetizadores, programação; Paulinho da Costa - percussão; Louis Johnson - baixo; Michael Omartian - teclados
Greg Phillinganes - teclados; John Robinson - bateria.
Gosto muito desta música e é ótimo relembrá-la. Ela foi muito marcante em determinado momento de minha vida. Faz tempo isso... afff...
ResponderExcluirBeijo! :)
Auuuuu-uuh! Que bom que, mesmo sem querer, trouxe boas lembranças pra você, Nina! Faz tempo, mas parece que foi ontem
ResponderExcluiragora vc me tombou. no dia que ouvi essa gravação pela primeira vez, era um dia de semana, não lembro a rádio, filho na escola, marido trabalhando eu enlouqueci. liguei pra ele e fiquei maluca com cada voz que eu reconhecia ... todo mundo junto.
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