USA for Africa
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USA for Africa (Amerykańscy artyści dla Afryki) – grupa 45 amerykańskich artystów zebrana dla nagrania jednego utworu "We are the world", który został wydany na singlu w 1985 roku. Nagranie miało miejsce w nocy 28 stycznia 1985 roku. Była to noc rozdania American Music Awards, co było najlepszym sposobem zebrania tylu znakomitych artystów w jednym miejscu i czasie. Celem tego przedsięwzięcia było zebranie pieniędzy na pomoc dla głodującej Afryki. Pomysłodawcą był Harry Belafonte, piosenkę napisali Michael Jackson i Lionel Richie, a producentem był Quincy Jones. Utwór został przebojem roku i przyniósł 90 mln dolarów zysku. Zdobył dwie nagrody Grammy w 1985 roku jako Best Song of the Year oraz Best Record of the Year. 800 000 kopii nagrania pojawiło się w sklepach we wtorek, 7 marca 1985 i wszystkie one zostały sprzedane podczas pierwszego tygodnia. Piosenka zadebiutowała na liście Billboardu 23 marca na miejscu 21 (był to najwyższy debiut od czasów "Imagine" Johna Lennona), a na miejscu pierwszym znalazła się po trzech tygodniach pobytu na liście.
Wydano też prawie godzinny film o tytule "We Are The World - The Story Behind The Song", który jest zapisem prób nagrania i wypowiedzi wykonawców. W roku 2005, z okazji 20-lecia sukcesu, ukazało się dwupłytowe wydawnctwo na DVD "We Are The World - The Story Behind The Song, 20th Anniversary Special Edition", które zawiera także wcześniej niepublikowane materiały z nagrania piosenki.
Obecnie USA for Africa jest organizacją zajmującą się niesienim pomocy potrzebującym, głównie chorym na AIDS w Afryce i USA.
[edytuj] Lista wykonawców w porządku alfabetycznym
Dan Aykroyd, Harry Belafonte, Lindsey Buckingham, Kim Carnes, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Sheila E., Bob Geldof, Daryl Hall, James Ingram, Jackie Jackson, LaToya Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Michael Jackson, Randy Jackson, Tito Jackson, Al Jarreau, Waylon Jennings, Billy Joel, Cyndi Lauper, Huey Lewis, Kenny Loggins, Bette Midler, Willie Nelson, John Oates, Jeffery Osborne, Steve Perry, The Pointer Sisters, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Rogers, Diana Ross, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Tina Turner, Dionne Warwick i Stevie Wonder.
[edytuj] Tekst piosenki podzielony na partie poszczególnych wykonawców
| Artysta | Tekst |
| Lionel Richie | There comes a time when we hear a certain call |
| Lionel Richie & Stevie Wonder | When the world must come together as one |
| Stevie Wonder | There are people dying |
| Paul Simon | Oh, and it's time to lend a hand to life |
| Paul Simon & Kenny Rogers | The greatest gift of all |
| Kenny Rogers | We can't go on pretending day by day |
| James Ingram | That someone, somewhere will soon make a change |
| Tina Turner | We're all a part of God's great big family |
| Billy Joel | And the truth |
| Tina Turner & Billy Joel | you know, love is all we need |
| Michael Jackson | We are the world, we are the children |
| We are the ones who make a brighter day | |
| So let's start giving | |
| Diana Ross | There's a choice we're making, we're saving our own lives |
| Michael Jackson & Diana Ross | It's true we'll make a better day, just you and me |
| Dionne Warwick | Well, send them your heart, so they'll know that someone cares |
| Dionne Warwick & Willie Nelson | And their lives will be stronger and free |
| Willie Nelson | As God has shown us by turning stone to bread |
| Al Jarreau | And so we all must lend a helping hand |
| Bruce Springsteen | We are the world, we are the children |
| Kenny Loggins | We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let's start giving |
| Steve Perry | Oh, there's a choice we're making, we're saving our own lives |
| Daryl Hall | It's true we'll make a better day, just you and me |
| Michael Jackson | When you're down and out and there seems no hope at all |
| Huey Lewis | But if you just believe there's no way we can fall |
| Cindy Lauper | Well, well, well, well let's realize that a change can only come |
| Kim Carnes | When we |
| Kim Carnes, Cyndi Lauper & Huey Lewis | stand together as one |
| Wszyscy | We are the world, we are the children |
| We are the ones who make a brighter day | |
| So let's start giving | |
| There's a choice we're making | |
| We're saving our own lives | |
| It's true we'll make a better day | |
| Just you and me | |
| Wszyscy | We are the world, we are the children |
| We are the ones who make a brighter day | |
| So let's start giving | |
| Bob Dylan | There's a choice we're making |
| We're saving our own lives | |
| It's true we'll make a better day | |
| Just you and me | |
| Wszyscy | We are the world, we are the children |
| We are the ones who make a brighter day | |
| So let's start giving | |
| There's a choice we're making | |
| We're saving our own lives | |
| Bob Dylan | It's true we'll make a better day, just you and me |
| Ray Charles | We are the world, we are the children |
| Wszyscy | We are the ones who make a brighter day |
| Ray Charles | So let's start giving |
| There's a choice we're making, we're saving our own lives | |
| It's true we'll make a finer day, just you and me | |
| Stevie Wonder & Bruce Springsteen | We are the world, we are the children |
| We are the ones who make a brighter day | |
| So let's start giving | |
| Stevie Wonder | There's a choice we're making |
| We're saving our own lives | |
| It's true we'll make a better day | |
| Just you and me | |
| Stevie Wonder & Bruce Springsteen | We are the world, we are the children |
| We are the ones who make a brighter day | |
| So let's start giving | |
| Bruce Springsteen | There's a choice we're making |
| We're saving our own lives | |
| It's true we'll make a better day | |
| Just you and me | |
| Wszyscy | We are the world, we are the children |
| We are the ones who make a brighter day | |
| So let's start giving | |
| There's a choice we're making | |
| We're saving our own lives | |
| It's true we'll make a better day | |
| Just you and me | |
| James Ingram | We are the world, we are the children |
| We are the ones that make a brighter day | |
| So let's start giving | |
| Ray Charles | There's a choice we're making |
| We're saving our own lives | |
| It's true we'll make a better day | |
| Just you and me | |
| Wszyscy | We are the world, we are the children |
| We are the ones who make a brighter day | |
| So let's start giving | |
| Ray Charles | There's a choice we're making |
| We're saving our own lives | |
| It's true we'll make a better day | |
| Just you and me |
