One month after a devastating magnitude earthquake struck Haiti claiming the lives of more than 230,000 a band of musicians released a new song and video to aid relief efforts. Premiering at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, ‘We Are the World 25 for Haiti’ is a remake of the song originally recorded 25 years ago to aid famine relief in Ethiopia.
- Watch the video: ‘We Are the World: 25 for Haiti’
- Complete coverage of the Haiti earthquake from the Natural Disasters Examiner
The song was originally written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and performed by music artists of the time. According to USA for Africa, more than $63 million was raised as the song went on to become the biggest selling single of all time.
Bringing together more than 80 contemporary artists from across the music industry and all genres, the new version seeks to repeat that success on the 25th anniversary of the original. A new non-profit organization named the We Are the World Foundation will collect and distribute funds collected via cash donations and the purchase of the song and the video.
The video and song are reminiscent of the original showing the various artists singing in unison with many performing brief solos.
Introduced by Jamie Foxx, the video intersperses footage of the devastation on the ground in Haiti with that of the artists performing in a studio. A veritable who’s who in the music industry takes part – see the complete list below the video.
On the net: We Are the World Foundation
Artists performing on ‘We Are the World: 25 for Haiti’
- QUINCY JONES – Executive Producer
- LIONEL RICHIE – Executive Producer
- WYCLEF JEAN – Executive Producer
- RICKEY MINOR – Producer
- RedOne – Producer
- CARLOS SANTANA
- JENNIFER HUDSON
- JAMIE FOXX
- SUGARLAND
- ADAM LEVINE
- JASON MRAZ
- EARTH WIND & FIRE
- NATALIE COLE
- THE JONAS BROTHERS
- T PAIN
- BRIAN WILSON
- JUSTIN BIEBER
- NICOLE SCHERZINGER
- INDIA.ARIE
- JULIANNE HOUGH
- MARY MARY
- MELANIE FIONA
- BEBE WINANS
- MYA
- TYRESE GIBSON
- ANTHONY HAMILTON
- RAPHAEL SAADIQ
- GLADYS KNIGHT
- KERI HILSON
- JOEL & BENJI MADDEN
- HEART
- BRANDY
- P!NK
- MUSIQ SOULCHILD
- MILEY CYRUS
- AKON
- JORDIN SPARKS
- CELINE DION
- ROB THOMAS
- KATHARINE McPHEE
- JEFF BRIDGES
- RANDY JACKSON
- PATTI AUSTIN
- KID CUDI
- USHER
- WILL.I.AM
- KANYE WEST
- LL COOL J
- ISSAC SLADE (aka The Fray)
- SNOOP DOGG
- NICOLE RICHIE
- TREY SONGZ
- ETHAN BORTNICK
- TARYLL JACKSON
- TAJ JACKSON
- TJ JACKSON
- VINCE VAUGHN
- DRAKE
- FREDA PAYNE
- FAITH EVANS
- ROBIN THICKE
- RASHIDA JONES
- BARBRA STREISAND
- JIMMY JEAN LOUIS
- ENRIQUE IGLESIAS
- ZAC BROWN
- LIL WAYNE
- TONY BENNETT
- JOSH GROBAN
- SEAN GARRETT
- HARRY CONNICK, JR.
- AL JARDINE
- BONE THUGS AND HARMONY (BIZZY BONES)
- AR RAHMEN
- FERGIE
- MARY J. BLIGE
- ORIANTHI
- MANN
- NIPSEY HUSSLE
- IYAZ
- KEITH HARRIS
- NIKKA COSTA
- TONI BRAXTON
- FARNSWORTH BENTLEY
- PLAIN PAT
- IL TRIO