We Are the World is THE charity single, recorded originally in 1985 by SuperGroup USA for Africa, to lyrics by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie. After the Haiti earthquake, Jamie Foxx gathered a distinguished group of 80 artists to re-record We Are the World 25 for Haiti, in just 14 hours. The version was released and debuted on February 12, 2010 at the Opening Ceremony of 2010 Winter Olympics.
Being the connected world we are, another version recently surfaced the web, We Are the World 25 for Haiti – YouTube version, featuring 57 YouTube singers (expand the ‘more info‘). It took 72 days to edit the video and 48 hours to edit the vocals, but the result is very impressive – and for a good cause. So, here it is, We Are the World, 1985, 2010, YouTube.
We Are the World – 1985
We Are the World 25 for Haiti
We Are the World 25 for Haiti – YouTube version