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Singer Lionel Richie feels it is time to bring back the iconic track “We are the world” for coronavirus victims.
Back in 1985, Richie along with Michael Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, Kenny Rogers, Diana Ross and more than 40 other A-list recording artists came together to sing “We are the world”. The cause which brought them together was African famine.
The line “There’s a choice we’re making, we’re saving our own lives” made the song a legendary anthem. Richie wrote the song with Jackson.
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“That line came about as Michael and I were sitting there talking. We said, you can either say, ‘I’m saving my life’ or ‘We’re saving our lives’. ‘We are the world’ is a statement we wanted to make. What do we do to save our own?,” people.com quoted Richies.
Ten years ago, a version of “We are the world” was released to assist earthquake victims in Haiti. Now, 35 years after the song’s release, Richie is contemplating the unity music can bring.