“We Are the World” was a way to raise money to fight a famine in Ethiopia and other parts of Africa, following in the harmonious path blazed by Band Aid’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” The single, credited to USA for Africa, sold more than 20 million copies and topped the charts for four weeks in April and May.
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It was a long time ago, wasn’t it? Check the gallery to see how the soloists fared in the years since.
