March 7th

On this day - March 7th 1985 - The "We are the world" single was released

"We are the world" was a charity song written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie. The song was recorded by the "group" USA for Africa who consisted of singers such as Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, and Bob Dylan. All the income from the song went to famine relief in Africa. The background and idea for the song came from the British song "Do they know its Christmas" which were released in 1984 and whose income all went to charity. Another reason was the 1983-85 famine in African (in particular Ethiopia) where over one million people starved to death. We are the world became the fasted selling american pop single of all time and was a huge commercial success. Over 63 million american dollars was raised from the song and its merchandise. In 2010 was a remake of the song created, but this time to aid the survivors of the Haiti earthquake (January 12th).

"We are the world, we are the children, we are the ones who make a brighter day, so let's start giving"