A consortium of music’s biggest stars gathered at Jim Henson Studios on Los Angeles to re-record the iconic 1985 charity single, “We Are the World.” In celebration of the tune’s 25th Anniversary, Celine Dion, Justin Bieber, Usher, Katharine McPhee, will. i.am, Toni Braxton, Barbra Streisand, LL Cool J, Harry Connick Jr., Wyclef Jean, Vince Vaughn, Jeff Bridges, Natalie Cole, and other artists belted out the tune to raise money for relief efforts in Haiti.
What, no General Larry Platt?
“This one, the enthusiasm, I’ve never seen anything like it,” says Lionel Richie, who wrote the original song with Michael Jackson, and oversaw the new version with music legend Quincy Jones.
The Jan. 12 earthquake killed up to 200,000 people in Haiti and devastated the already impoverished nation.