Music’s biggest stars gathered at Jim Henson Studios on Los Angeles on Monday (February 1st) to re-record the iconic 1985 charity single, “We Are the World.” In celebration of the song’s 25th Anniversary various stars including, Jennifer Hudson, Kanye West, Usher, will. i.am, Brandy, Toni Braxton, Barbra Streisand, LL Cool J, Wyclef Jean, India.Arie, Lil Wanye and more turned out for the recording to raise money for relief efforts in Haiti.
“This one, the enthusiasm, I’ve never seen anything like it,” says Lionel Richie, who co-wrote the original song with Michael Jackson, and oversaw the new version with music legend Quincy Jones.
The video is expected to be released in a couple weeks. Also, it was reported that Jay-Z, Janet Jackson and Lady Gaga would be lending their voices too.
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- T-Pain and Joe Jonas
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- Brandy and Keri Hilson
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- Wyclef and Akon
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- Various celebs singing
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- Various
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- Lil Wayne
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- Kanye chats it up with Nicole S.
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- busta rhymes and will.i.am
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- Carlos Santana recording
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- Robin Thicke, Randy Philips, Lionel Richie and Kanye West
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- Snoop and Justin Bieber
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- Various celebs
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- Katharine McPhee and Freda Payne
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- Jamie Foxx
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- J. Hud
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- Tyrese and Brandy chat it up
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- Various celebs singing
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- Gladys Knight and Jordin Sparks
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- Robin Thicke, Trey Songz and Vince Vaughn
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- Bizzy Bone & Guest
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- Ll Cool J & Quincy Jones
Wish I were there to at least witness it… looks like a solid song. Can’t go wrong with Celine and J. Hud
I agree 100% with #59.
Hmm….yay @ all these people linking to do something good. And i’m sure, Michael would have approved. But, for posterity’s sake, I wish they would have written a brand new song as well.
No BE-YUN-SAY?
This will fail.
@59..I completely agree and just said that in another post.
****Judah shut the hell up.
*****Who invited Bizzy Bone?
****Do some of y’all expect Beyonce, Mary, RhiRhi, Mariah Carey, Monica, Jazmine Sullivan, MusicSoulchild, Fantasia, Taylor Swift, Neyo, Missy, Timberland, Justin Timberlake, Lady GaGa, Christina Agularia and Chris Brown to be in every classic remakes? Maybe these people had prior engagements to go to on Monday and some of y’all need to get over who should be there and who shouldn’t be there. What was Qunicy and Lionel supposed to do ask the public which is us to sing in the remake? I don’t think so and some y’all crazy people need help anyways.
Wow! That looks pretty epic.
Don’t butcher it, people! Loooking forward as long as Rihanna, Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus aren’t invited.
I was expecting people like Christina Auguleria, Beyonce, Chris Breezy, Monica, and Justin Timberlake. But thid right here is a great line up nonetheless. Hope it turns out well. I know for a fact that Jhud, Melanie Fiona are going to shut it down!
typo *this*
Lol all yall saying who invited Bizzy, but Bone was Michael favorite rap group
Anyway it don’t matter who is on the song, the song has a NWO message and is against the word of the Bible so …and the proceeds is not gonna reach the Haiti victims
I agree with some posters above…bump the song…just send a check OR better still…create your OWN envoy, w/ Doctors, nurses and supplies in tow and simply help the ppl directly. WTH else do the ‘stars’ have to do?
I am SO with you on this topic, Judah. I mean-they arrested ppl who were trying to help orphans get out of the country (not trafficking folks like it was suggested); and ppl are being turned away from hospital in Florida and other states b/c ‘hospitals are filled to capacity’ & ‘we can’t pay the bill’-REALLY? In Florida they’re lobbying to get a billion + dollars railway built-yet, to save human lives…they can’t do anything?
And it’s PAINFUL to watch Bush Jr. and Clinton (undercover racist) speak about Haiti & helping when they have absolutely no intention of coordinating anything.
TO ALL MY PEOPLE I ASK, WHAT IS OUR PARTIALLY BLACK PRESIDENT DOING TO COORDINATE RESCUE EFFORTS IN HAITI-NOTHING. B/C HE COULD CARE LESS-JUST LIKE BUSH AND KATRINA ALL OVER AGAIN.
Vince Vaughn and Bizzy Bone?!?!…Is this a free for all? I feel like I could’ve been on the record if I was walking pass the place at the right time lol.
Anyhoo, it’s all for a good cause so it’s all good.
32) RANDOMLURKER – “1. Sad that the little kids (Jonas brother and that Bieber runt) had to read lyrics to this song. I forget that there are actually people in showbiz too young to know this song.”
Them reading the lyrics to the song doesn’t mean they’re too young to know it – it could just possibly mean that they don’t know all of the lyrics, and the Jonas brother Joe is not exactly a “little kid”
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I agree with #59
I don’t think they should have re-made this song at all.
Ahh I wish Michael was still here – it’s not the same without him.
@ imnotthatstoopid: Yes you are and Shuttup.
@67.. Miley is right there! Why, I don’t know. She barely can act.. lol
But this shall be an interesting song to hear once it is done! I mean, Barbra Streisand and Celine Dion are there! Did you see Celine “going in” on the song in the video, pound for pound, she the best overall singer there! Those are some true singers, let’s know forget Gladys Knight is on set!
Where is Patti L at?? She would’ve been a good asset to this song!
I’m glad they decided to do another version for the new generation…This one will definitely not be able to touch the older version because many of these stars are not use to quincy’s style and cannot vocally touch the stars that did the original version.
Perfect Example- They gave Celine Dion Cindy Lauper’s part?-no way
I wanna see the final product though cause Quincy always brings it together. Glad to see so many stars getting involved and leaving their egos in the parking lot.
Where is MARY, MONICA, WHITNEY, CHRIS BROWN, RIHANNA, CHRISTINA A, BEYONCE, JANET & THE OTHER PPL WHO I LIKE LOL…
@Judah
A bunch of people are MIA, I thought they all played on the same team?
BOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! MAJORITY OF ALL OF THEM ARE FAKES PHONIES AND NON TALENTED SINGERS..THAT MAKE MUSIC ABOUT SEX MONEY AND BS….annd now they all wanna come together to make music about a country they NEVER GAVE TWO FKS ABOUT BEFORE THE EARTHQUAKE??? they cant even make music for the ppl thats strugglin and goin through BS here??? first off none of them can top the original song..that was song MOSTLY BY “TALENTED” GIFTED MUSCIANS AND SINGERS…WDF WAS QUINCY JONES THINKIN?? ONLY JHUD AND CELINE DION were the only reasonable ones singing…everybody else..TREY SONGS…WYCLEF..KERI HILSON(LMAO)..TONI THE HOMEWRECKER…NICOLE WHO??? ALL EQUAL=JOKES.
THEY ALL SINGIN AND SH*T…WHILE THERES YOUNG WOMEN AND GIRLS BEING RAPED AND BEAT TO DEATH OVER THERE…A WHOOOOLE LOT OF SH*T IS UNFOLDIN DAILY IN HAITI…lets see how many “celebs” go over there to help??? LMAO yea fkn right…once there done actin as if they really give a fk theyll go back to there OVERLY lavish lives livin the HOLLYWIERD LIFE …boastin there riches and nakedness daily on tv and in there sh*tty music…livin the GAUDY life they crave and will tottally forget about them ppl in HAITI as they never thought about them before an earthquake hit and HAITI was still then in need of dyer help…but it takes a fkn earthquake or thousands to millions of deaths for ppl to wake up and wanna do somethin….SMFH!!!!
“we are the world my a**” majorty of all them celebs need to sit the fk down…if they really cared about the damn world they wouldnt be makin music thats influencin this world in a negative light…singin about SEX SEX SEX AND WHAT ELSE SEX??? MONEY POWER FAME LOOKS SUPERFICIAL SH*T MATERIALISTIC BS…and noooooow they wanna sing for the world??? LMAO I dont buy that BS they aint doin sh*T but gettin some publicity & face time…if anybody believe there doin it for a cause for HAITI is bamboozled in the worst way. TYPICAL SH*T for HOLLYWEIRD….theyre only doin what there expected to do to save face….QUICNY SHOULD HAVE GATHERED UP SOME REALLL TALENT…busta rhymes??? LADY GAGA????? JAY-Z MATERIALISTIC A**???? TREY SONGZ SINGIN ABOUT SEX ALL THE DAMN TIME???? PINK?? HANA MONTANA??? JAMIEE singin about ALCHOL AND SEX?? LIL WAYNE DEMON A**??? LMAO WHAT A FKN JOKE>>.IF ANYBODY BELIEVE IN THAT BS I FEEL SORRY FOR YA…
some people are as fake as a $3.00 bill, but sometimes you jus have to let some people be. not even worth a response. fooooool lol.
@ MsYoungGiftedNRAW, do not raise your blood pressure nor pop a vessel over people who will prolly never do the right thing unless paid to do so or for a photo-op. You continue to support Haiti, and not their careers, and leave them be, cause last time I checked, none of these stars made NADA donation into my bank account, so there!! That’s how i feel about their un-emotional and un-sincere effort to genuinely help those in need (including me). @ Judah…Hi!!! :- )). I find you to be so intriguingly interesting, so (again), can you PLEASE explain to me, what you mean by ( Haiti was destroyed by the U.S.). Do you mean that they (physically) destroyed or had something to do with the destruction of Haiti?
@ Judah I enjoy reading your posts; you speak the truth.
Why are Keri Hilson, Nick Schirzeinger, Miley Cyrus and Keri Hilson there? Actually all these celebs are just jumping on this project to promote themselves. Can you say FAKE?!!!
Honestly, I always hated that song We are the World. It kills my spirit. It has to be the worst song ever created.
Now they are torturing us with this horrible melody again?
I swear Justin Beiber was born a female.
USHER USHER IS WAS THERE ALMOST EVRYBODY WAS THERE BUT BEYOCE AND RI RI WAS NOT THERE. I GUESS THEY HAD A HANG OVER AND COULDNT MAKE IT BUT USHER HAD A GOOD TIME AND MADE IT BECOUSE HE IS HAITON HE SAID IN A JET MAZINE A WHILE BACK. I CANT WEIT TO SEE THE VIDEO AND BUY THE CD.
Im glad Janet is doing Michaels part.
How long is this song going to be? It must not be designed for radio play. This should be interesting.
Beautiful
WERES MY RIH AND BEY AT? WHERE THEY AT WHERE THEY AT WHERE THEY AT….?? NOBODY CAN GET MAD WITH THE PPL IN HERE BECAUSE THEY WERE PERSONALLY INVITED THAT ALONE IS A PRIVELEDGE. N A HONOR TO MAKE A REMAKE OF SOMETHING SO PERSONAL N BIG. THEY ARE GOING TO RIP THIS SONG PLUS ITS A LITTLE UP TEMPO. IS WAYNE GONNA RAP? I CANT WAIT. CAN WE SAY HISTORY DOWNLOAD PLZ..
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Oh Those Good Doctors & Nurses….Indeed AND Ms Streisand with The Golden Voice???
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Well said Judah!
MsYoungGiftedNRAW, tell it like it is. Real talk!
—I’m surprised they were even able to fit all those egos into one room. Those 3 presidents can’t even preside over the US budget, they stole money during their presidency in their respective ways…Obama too. Those wall street and bank bail outs were only lining their pockets as well as their cronies. What the hell makes u think that money will even see the light of day in Haiti? Especially since Bush turned a blind ear and eye to Katrina, now he’s front and center for Haiti…whatever! The US militrary is setting up shop in Haiti. They already have control over the airport. Less than a week before the quake military was training for a mock disaster for Haiti…how and why?
—I mean Lil Wayne ALONE should discredit this gathering. Dude raps about raping people’s grandmothers and you’re going to support anything he lends his voice to?
THIS WILL BE MORE TRAGIC THEN HAITI, 9/11, AND KATRINA COMBINED. MAYBE THE DONATIONS WILL GO TO ALL THE BROKE SINGERS THEY RACKED UP FOR THIS. I see everbody there inluding June Bug and Aunt Bess and nem. ROTFLMMBAO @ JayZ “lending his voice”. What voice? THE B%TCH CAN’T SING! TPain? Justin Beiber? Lil Wayne? MAN THIS S%IT IS GONNA BE LIKE WATCHING THE KINGS OF COMEDY. MJ is gonna hunt all their a$$es, especially Quincy and Lionel a$$es. 99.9% of those b%tches are there to ressurect their careers. I HOPE THEY PUT ALL THE D-LIST PPL IN THE BACK like Toni, Bizzy Bone and Brandy.
They need to put some real SANGERS like Whitney, MJB, JILL SCOTT etc. Who is gonna sing STEVIE WONDER’S PART, AKON? WHAT A F%UCKEN JOKE. I WILL NOT SUPPORT THIS F%CKERY. I see they brought out all the autotune artists that $ can buy, for the remake of a authentic classic. Lmao. “Boy this S%it right here is gonna be comical.” How you gonna put a b%tch in a song called “WE ARE THE WORLD, WE ARE THE CHILDREN, WE ARE THE ONES TO MAKE A BRIGHTER DAY SO LETS START GIVING”, that regulary sing garbage like “In Love With A Stripper”, and “Drop It Like It’s Hot”, and to top it off, they are standing in the same breath as Barbara Streisand? What a joke.
Funny how so much of his stuff is being remade and remastered now that he’s gone. No one dare touch it or even ask him before he left cuz they KNEW he’d say no in fear of them making garbage. I mean really, lil wayne on WE ARE THE WORLD? Sorry Mike these bustas trying to hype themselves up from your name.
WWMD?
And he damn sure wouldn’t want that selfish as Kanye’ near anything he’s done. These people are a joke and they never honored him while he was alive and now everyone wants to jump on the We Love MJ bandwagon. Sit the hell down.
Wow alot of blk faces than the first song 20 soming yrs ago. This song is reperesenting the new world order I think. Absolutely nothing to do with Haiti and those poor victims. Now Us owns Haiti’s resources, and this is the celebration. Hollwood is sick.
Can anyone think why they had to sing that particular song of all songs. Pls google the true meaning of the lyrics in that song…
“we’re “saving” our own lives” hmmmmmmmm”… who’s what? thank you!
Man can not ever save his/her own life.
” as god has shown us turning stones into bread”
Back to perverting the word. the d#%il tempted Christ during his fast to turn a stone into bread, Jesus defeated that temptation and he fleed.
so whos is thier god all the fans. here is your answer.
This money will NEVER reach Haiti.
This and all the OTHER PROCEEDS will go to the UNITED NATIONS and the NEW WORLD ORDER mission.
We need redemption.
I’m highly upset Chris Brown isn’t present. He has YET to be apart of anything pertaining to Michael Jackson. Pure BS
@ 101
“This money will NEVER reach Haiti. ”
I thought I was the ONLY other person to feel that way!!
Majority of these artists are FAKE AS HELL
Why they found it okay to involve people like Keri, Miley Cyrus, Nicole from PCD, Justin Bieber, Lil Wayne and not talented others like Jill Scott, Mary J Blige, Beyonce, Lauryn Hill etc is a mystery to me….wtf
Also, with composers like A R Rahman and Will I Am taking part in this project, why didnt any of them write a song? instead…they ruined a classic! smh
Everything looks rushed and unplanned….and i know Haiti wont get any of the proceeds….so sad!