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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_The_World" title="We Are The World – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="We Are The World" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_World" title="We Are the World – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="We Are the World" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_World_(USA_for_Africa)" title="We Are the World (USA for Africa) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="We Are the World (USA for Africa)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_World" title="We Are the World – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="We Are the World" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_World" title="We Are the World – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="We Are the World" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_World" title="We Are the World – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="We Are the World" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_World" title="We Are the World – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="We Are the World" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_World" title="We Are the World – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="We Are the World" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_World" title="We Are the World – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="We Are the World" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7_%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C%D9%85" title="ما دنیاییم – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ما دنیاییم" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_World" title="We Are the World – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="We Are the World" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_World" title="We Are the World – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="We Are the World" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_World" title="We Are the World – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="We Are the World" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_World" title="We Are the World – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="We Are the World" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_World" title="We Are the World – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="We Are the World" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_World" title="We Are the World – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="We Are the World" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_World" title="We Are the World – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="We Are the World" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_World" title="We Are the World – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="We Are the World" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_World" title="We Are the World – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="We Are the World" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_World" title="We Are the World – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="We Are the World" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_World" title="We Are the World – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="We Are the World" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF_%E0%B4%86%E0%B5%BC_%E0%B4%A6_%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%87%E0%B5%BE%E0%B4%A1%E0%B5%8D" title="വി ആർ ദ വേൾഡ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="വി ആർ ദ വേൾഡ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_World" title="We Are the World – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="We Are the World" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89" title="ウィ・アー・ザ・ワールド – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ウィ・アー・ザ・ワールド" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_World" title="We Are the World – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="We Are the World" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_World" title="We Are the World – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="We Are the World" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" 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To the top right of the cover is "USA for Africa" in blue text, under which names are listed against a white background"><img alt="An album cover with "We Are the World" spelled out across the left and bottom in cut-and-paste-style. To the top right of the cover is "USA for Africa" in blue text, under which names are listed against a white background" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/81/We_Are_the_World_alternative_cover.jpg/220px-We_Are_the_World_alternative_cover.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/81/We_Are_the_World_alternative_cover.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></td></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Single</a> by USA for Africa</th></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;">from the album <i> <a href="/wiki/We_Are_the_World_(album)" title="We Are the World (album)">We Are the World</a> </i></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" title="A-side and B-side">B-side</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">"Grace"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">March 7, 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1985-03-07</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">January 28, 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1985-01-28</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Recording_studio" title="Recording studio">Studio</a></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A%26M_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="A&M Studios">A&M</a> (Hollywood)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lion_Share_Studios" title="Lion Share Studios">Lion Share</a> (Los Angeles)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">Pop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">gospel</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"> <ul><li><span class="duration"><span class="min">7</span>:<span class="s">02</span></span> (album version)</li> <li>6:22 (single version)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sony_Music" title="Sony Music">CBS</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Richie" title="Lionel Richie">Lionel Richie</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Quincy_Jones" title="Quincy Jones">Quincy Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Omartian" title="Michael Omartian">Michael Omartian</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>"<b>We Are the World</b>" is a <a href="/wiki/Charity_record" title="Charity record">charity single</a> recorded by the <a href="/wiki/Charity_supergroup" title="Charity supergroup">supergroup</a> <b>USA for Africa</b> in 1985. It was written by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Richie" title="Lionel Richie">Lionel Richie</a> and produced by <a href="/wiki/Quincy_Jones" title="Quincy Jones">Quincy Jones</a> and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Omartian" title="Michael Omartian">Michael Omartian</a> for the album <i><a href="/wiki/We_Are_the_World_(album)" title="We Are the World (album)">We Are the World</a></i>. With sales in excess of 20 million physical copies, it is the eighth-<a href="/wiki/List_of_best-selling_singles_worldwide" class="mw-redirect" title="List of best-selling singles worldwide">best-selling single of all time</a>, meant to raise money for the <a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%931985_famine_in_Ethiopia" title="1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia">1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia</a>. </p><p>Soon after the British group <a href="/wiki/Band_Aid_(band)" title="Band Aid (band)">Band Aid</a> released "<a href="/wiki/Do_They_Know_It%27s_Christmas%3F" title="Do They Know It's Christmas?">Do They Know It's Christmas?</a>" in December 1984, musician and activist <a href="/wiki/Harry_Belafonte" title="Harry Belafonte">Harry Belafonte</a> decided to create an American benefit single for African famine relief. Mega-agent <a href="/wiki/Ken_Kragen" title="Ken Kragen">Ken Kragen</a> enlisted several musicians for the project. Jackson and Richie completed the writing the night before the first recording session, on January 28, 1985. The event brought together some of the era's best-known recording artists, including <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen" title="Bruce Springsteen">Bruce Springsteen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cyndi_Lauper" title="Cyndi Lauper">Cyndi Lauper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Simon" title="Paul Simon">Paul Simon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tina_Turner" title="Tina Turner">Tina Turner</a>. Some major artists, such as <a href="/wiki/Prince_(musician)" title="Prince (musician)">Prince</a>, did not participate. </p><p>"We Are the World" was released on March 7, 1985, as the first single from the album by <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia Records</a>. It topped music charts throughout the world and became the fastest-selling U.S. pop single in history. "We Are the World" was certified <a href="/wiki/Quadruple_platinum" class="mw-redirect" title="Quadruple platinum">quadruple platinum</a>, becoming the first single to be certified multi-platinum. Its awards include four <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Awards</a>, one <a href="/wiki/American_Music_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="American Music Award">American Music Award</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Choice_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Choice Award">People's Choice Award</a>. </p><p>"We Are the World" was promoted with a music video, a VHS, a special edition magazine, a <a href="/wiki/Simulcast" title="Simulcast">simulcast</a>, and several books, posters, and shirts. The promotion and merchandise helped "We Are the World" raise more than $80 million (equivalent to $229 million in 2024)<sup id="cite_ref-inflation-US_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-US-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for humanitarian aid in Africa and the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another cast of singers recorded a new version, "<a href="/wiki/We_Are_the_World_25_for_Haiti" title="We Are the World 25 for Haiti">We Are the World 25 for Haiti</a>", to raise relief following the <a href="/wiki/2010_Haiti_earthquake" title="2010 Haiti earthquake">2010 Haiti earthquake</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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style="width:137px;max-width:137px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:200px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Jackson_1984_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Michael_Jackson_1984_%28cropped%29.jpg/135px-Michael_Jackson_1984_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="135" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Michael_Jackson_1984_%28cropped%29.jpg/203px-Michael_Jackson_1984_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Michael_Jackson_1984_%28cropped%29.jpg/270px-Michael_Jackson_1984_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="351" data-file-height="523" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:151px;max-width:151px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:200px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lionel_Richie_in_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Lionel_Richie_in_2017.jpg/149px-Lionel_Richie_in_2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="149" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Lionel_Richie_in_2017.jpg/224px-Lionel_Richie_in_2017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Lionel_Richie_in_2017.jpg/298px-Lionel_Richie_in_2017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="699" data-file-height="938" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> (left) and <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Richie" title="Lionel Richie">Lionel Richie</a> (right) wrote the song.</div></div></div></div> <p>In 1985, inspired by Band Aid's "<a href="/wiki/Do_They_Know_It%27s_Christmas%3F" title="Do They Know It's Christmas?">Do They Know It's Christmas?</a>" in the UK, the American entertainer and activist <a href="/wiki/Harry_Belafonte" title="Harry Belafonte">Harry Belafonte</a> decided to organize a US equivalent. He planned to have the proceeds donated to a new organization, United Support of Artists for Africa (USA for Africa). The organization would provide food and relief aid for the <a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%931985_famine_in_Ethiopia" title="1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia">1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-tara_341_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tara_341-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which killed about one million people.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Belafonte also planned to set aside money to help eliminate hunger in the United States of America.<sup id="cite_ref-tara_341_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tara_341-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Belafonte contacted the entertainment manager and fundraiser <a href="/wiki/Ken_Kragen" title="Ken Kragen">Ken Kragen</a>, who enlisted his clients <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Richie" title="Lionel Richie">Lionel Richie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Rogers" title="Kenny Rogers">Kenny Rogers</a>. In turn, they enlisted <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a>, to add more "name value".<sup id="cite_ref-tara_341_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tara_341-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Quincy_Jones" title="Quincy Jones">Quincy Jones</a> was drafted to co-produce, taking time out from his work on the film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Color_Purple_(1985_film)" title="The Color Purple (1985 film)">The Color Purple</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-tara_341_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tara_341-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tara_342_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tara_342-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jones also telephoned <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a>, who had just concluded <a href="/wiki/Victory_Tour_(The_Jacksons_tour)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victory Tour (The Jacksons tour)">a tour</a> with <a href="/wiki/The_Jacksons" class="mw-redirect" title="The Jacksons">his brothers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-tara_341_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tara_341-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Writing">Writing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=We_Are_the_World&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Writing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jackson told Richie that he wanted to help write the song.<sup id="cite_ref-tara_341_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tara_341-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Campbell_109_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell_109-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The songwriting team originally included Wonder, but his time was constrained by his song-writing for the film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Woman_in_Red_(soundtrack)" title="The Woman in Red (soundtrack)">The Woman in Red</a></i>. Jackson and Richie wrote "We Are the World"<sup id="cite_ref-Campbell_109_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell_109-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at <a href="/wiki/Hayvenhurst" title="Hayvenhurst">Hayvenhurst</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Jackson_family" title="Jackson family">Jackson family</a> home in <a href="/wiki/Encino,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Encino, California">Encino, California</a>. They sought to write a song that would be easy to sing, memorable and anthemic. For a week, they spent every night working on lyrics and melodies in Jackson's bedroom. Jackson's older sister <a href="/wiki/La_Toya_Jackson" title="La Toya Jackson">La Toya</a> recounted the process<i>:</i> "I'd go into the room while they were writing and it would be very quiet, which is odd, since Michael's usually very cheery when he works. It was very emotional for them."<sup id="cite_ref-Campbell_109_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell_109-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She said later that Jackson had written most of the lyrics.<sup id="cite_ref-tara_342_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tara_342-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Geldof,_Bob_(IMF_2009).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Geldof%2C_Bob_%28IMF_2009%29.jpg/220px-Geldof%2C_Bob_%28IMF_2009%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="249" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Geldof%2C_Bob_%28IMF_2009%29.jpg/330px-Geldof%2C_Bob_%28IMF_2009%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Geldof%2C_Bob_%28IMF_2009%29.jpg/440px-Geldof%2C_Bob_%28IMF_2009%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="915" data-file-height="1035" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bob_Geldof" title="Bob Geldof">Bob Geldof</a> in 2009</figcaption></figure> <p>Richie recorded two melodies for "We Are the World", to which Jackson added music on the same day. Jackson said, "I love working quickly. I went ahead without even Lionel knowing. I couldn't wait. I went in and came out the same night with the song completed: drums, piano, strings, and words to the chorus."<sup id="cite_ref-Campbell_110_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell_110-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jackson presented his demo to Richie and Jones, who were both shocked; they did not expect him to complete the structure of the song so quickly. The next meetings between Jackson and Richie were unfruitful; they produced no additional vocals and got no work done. On the night of January 21, 1985, the night before the first recording session, Richie and Jackson completed the lyrics and melody.<sup id="cite_ref-Campbell_110_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell_110-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recording">Recording</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=We_Are_the_World&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Recording"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:We_Are_The_World_Cyndi-Glenn_Francis.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/We_Are_The_World_Cyndi-Glenn_Francis.jpg/220px-We_Are_The_World_Cyndi-Glenn_Francis.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/We_Are_The_World_Cyndi-Glenn_Francis.jpg/330px-We_Are_The_World_Cyndi-Glenn_Francis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/We_Are_The_World_Cyndi-Glenn_Francis.jpg/440px-We_Are_The_World_Cyndi-Glenn_Francis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1148" data-file-height="1187" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Cyndi_Lauper" title="Cyndi Lauper">Cyndi Lauper</a>, studio badge, and the sweatshirt given to all attendees at A&M Studios in Hollywood, California on January 28, 1985</figcaption></figure> <p>The first night of recording, January 22, 1985, had tight security on hand, as Richie, Jackson, Wonder, and Jones started work on "We Are the World" at Kenny Rogers' <a href="/wiki/Lion_Share_Studios" title="Lion Share Studios">Lion Share Recording Studio</a>. The studio, on <a href="/wiki/Beverly_Boulevard" title="Beverly Boulevard">Beverly Boulevard</a> in Los Angeles, was filled with session musicians, technicians, video crews, <a href="/wiki/Retinue" title="Retinue">retinue</a>, assistants, and organizers as the celebrity musicians entered. Jones hired session musicians to lay down the backing tracks: <a href="/wiki/John_Robinson_(drummer)" title="John Robinson (drummer)">John "JR" Robinson</a> on drums, <a href="/wiki/Louis_Johnson_(bassist)" title="Louis Johnson (bassist)">Louis Johnson</a> on bass, and pianist <a href="/wiki/Greg_Phillinganes" title="Greg Phillinganes">Greg Phillinganes</a>. (These three first played together on "<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Stop_%27Til_You_Get_Enough" title="Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough">Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough</a>" produced by Jones for Jackson.) Richie sat down at the piano to teach everyone the song. When it was time to roll tape, Robinson cleared the room of non-musicians, and the backing tracks were recorded.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After this, a vocal guide of "We Are the World" was recorded by Richie and Jackson, mixed with the instrumental tracks, and duplicated on tape for each of the invited performers. The guide was recorded on the sixth <a href="/wiki/Take" title="Take">take</a>, as Jones felt that there was too much "thought" in the previous versions.<sup id="cite_ref-breskin_2_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-breskin_2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following their work on the vocal guide, Jackson and Jones began thinking of alternatives for the line "There's a chance we're taking, we're taking our own lives". The pair was concerned that line would be considered a reference to suicide. As the group listened to a playback of the chorus, Richie declared that the last part of the line should be changed to "We're 'saving' our own lives". Jones also suggested altering the former part of the line. "One thing we don't want to do, especially with this group, is look like we're patting ourselves on the back. So it's really: 'There's a <i>choice</i> we're making.'"<sup id="cite_ref-breskin_3_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-breskin_3-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around 1:30 am, the four musicians ended the night by finishing a chorus of melodic vocalizations, including the sound "sha-lum sha-lin-gay".<sup id="cite_ref-breskin_3_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-breskin_3-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jones told the group that they were not to add anything else to the tape, and said: "If we get too good, someone's gonna start playing it on the radio."<sup id="cite_ref-breskin_3_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-breskin_3-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> On January 24, 1985, after a day of rest, Jones shipped Richie and Jackson's vocal guide to all the artists who would be involved the recording. Enclosed in the package was a letter from Jones imploring the artists not to share the tape or make copies. He wrote: "In the years to come, when your children ask, 'What did mommy and daddy do for the war against world famine?', you can say proudly, <i>this</i> was your contribution."<sup id="cite_ref-breskin_3_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-breskin_3-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:We_Are_The_World_Glenn_Francis.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/We_Are_The_World_Glenn_Francis.jpg/170px-We_Are_The_World_Glenn_Francis.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/We_Are_The_World_Glenn_Francis.jpg/255px-We_Are_The_World_Glenn_Francis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/We_Are_The_World_Glenn_Francis.jpg/340px-We_Are_The_World_Glenn_Francis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1137" data-file-height="1560" /></a><figcaption>Back of the "We Are the World" sweater autographed by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie</figcaption></figure> <p>Ken Kragen chaired a production meeting at a bungalow off <a href="/wiki/Sunset_Boulevard" title="Sunset Boulevard">Sunset Boulevard</a> on January 25, 1985. There, his team discussed where the recording sessions should take place. Kragen was concerned that a leak of the location would trigger a paparazzi frenzy and drive the celebrities away.<sup id="cite_ref-breskin_3_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-breskin_3-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jones was concerned about assigning performers to sing solos, saying that so much talent on hand made the task like "putting a watermelon in a Coke bottle".<sup id="cite_ref-breskin_3_12-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-breskin_3-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following evening, Richie held a choreography session at his home, where it was decided who would stand where.<sup id="cite_ref-breskin_3_12-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-breskin_3-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The final night of recording was held on January 28, 1985, at A&M Recording Studios in Hollywood.<sup id="cite_ref-The_pop_life;_artists_join_in_effort_for_famine_relief_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_pop_life;_artists_join_in_effort_for_famine_relief-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-breskin_3_12-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-breskin_3-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jackson arrived at 8 p.m., earlier than the others, to record his solo section and record a vocal chorus alone.<sup id="cite_ref-breskin_3_12-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-breskin_3-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was joined by the remaining USA for Africa artists, who included <a href="/wiki/Ray_Charles" title="Ray Charles">Ray Charles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Billy_Joel" title="Billy Joel">Billy Joel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Diana_Ross" title="Diana Ross">Diana Ross</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cyndi_Lauper" title="Cyndi Lauper">Cyndi Lauper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen" title="Bruce Springsteen">Bruce Springsteen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tina_Turner" title="Tina Turner">Tina Turner</a>, and Jackson's siblings <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Jackson" title="Jackie Jackson">Jackie</a>, <a href="/wiki/La_Toya_Jackson" title="La Toya Jackson">La Toya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marlon_Jackson" title="Marlon Jackson">Marlon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Randy_Jackson_(The_Jacksons)" class="mw-redirect" title="Randy Jackson (The Jacksons)">Randy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tito_Jackson" title="Tito Jackson">Tito</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-breskin_5_6_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-breskin_5_6-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many of the participants came straight from an <a href="/wiki/American_Music_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="American Music Award">American Music Awards</a> <a href="/wiki/American_Music_Awards_of_1985" title="American Music Awards of 1985">ceremony</a> that had been held that night.<sup id="cite_ref-tara_342_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tara_342-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Prince_(musician)" title="Prince (musician)">Prince</a>, who would have had a part in which he and Michael Jackson sang to each other, did not attend.<sup id="cite_ref-We_Are_the_World_tune_brings_out_the_best_of_America's_46_stars_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-We_Are_the_World_tune_brings_out_the_best_of_America's_46_stars-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One newspaper said that Prince did not want to record with other acts;<sup id="cite_ref-Prince_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prince-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> another report, from the time of "We Are the World"'s recording, suggested that he did not want to partake because the organizer, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Geldof" title="Bob Geldof">Bob Geldof</a>, called him a "creep".<sup id="cite_ref-Only_a_bad_album_could_dethrone_Prince_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Only_a_bad_album_could_dethrone_Prince-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the session, Richie spoke with Prince on the phone, and declined Prince's offer to play a guitar solo in a separate room.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instead, Prince donated an exclusive track, "4 the Tears in Your Eyes", to the <i><a href="/wiki/We_Are_the_World_(album)" title="We Are the World (album)">We Are the World</a></i> album.<sup id="cite_ref-Prince_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prince-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wonder asked <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Murphy" title="Eddie Murphy">Eddie Murphy</a> to participate, but Murphy declined because he was busy recording his single "<a href="/wiki/Party_All_the_Time" title="Party All the Time">Party All the Time</a>". Murphy later said after he "realized what it was, [he] felt like an idiot".<sup id="cite_ref-Murphy_Kimmel_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Murphy_Kimmel-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/John_Denver" title="John Denver">John Denver</a> had asked to participate but was rejected despite his previous commitment to charity work. Ken Kragen said it was due to some people feeling that Denver's image would affect the credibility of the song as a pop-rock anthem. "I didn't agree with this assessment," Kragen said, but reluctantly turned Denver down.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Denver recalled the rejection in his 1994 autobiography "Take Me Home", stating that "It broke my heart not to be included."<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>More than 45 of America's top musicians participated,<sup id="cite_ref-We_Are_the_World_tune_brings_out_the_best_of_America's_46_stars_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-We_Are_the_World_tune_brings_out_the_best_of_America's_46_stars-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-African_relief_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-African_relief-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and another 50 had to be turned away.<sup id="cite_ref-tara_342_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tara_342-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A sign taped to the studio door read: "Check your ego at the door."<sup id="cite_ref-tara_343_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tara_343-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wonder greeted the musicians as they entered, and said that if the recording was not completed in one take, he and Ray Charles, two blind men, would drive everybody home.<sup id="cite_ref-davis_174_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-davis_174-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:30%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>I think what's happening in Africa is a crime of historic proportions ... You walk into one of the corrugated iron huts and you see <a href="/wiki/Meningitis" title="Meningitis">meningitis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Malaria" title="Malaria">malaria</a> and <a href="/wiki/Typhoid" class="mw-redirect" title="Typhoid">typhoid</a> buzzing around in the air. And you see dead bodies lying side by side with the live ones ... In some of the camps you see 15 bags of flour for 27,500 people. And it's that that we're here for. </p> </blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0.5em"><cite class="left-aligned" style=""><a href="/wiki/Bob_Geldof" title="Bob Geldof">Bob Geldof</a>, addressing his fellow USA for Africa musicians during one of the recording sessions of "We Are the World" on January 28, 1985<sup id="cite_ref-breskin_6_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-breskin_6-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div> </div> <p>Each performer took their position at around 10:30 p.m. and began to sing. Several hours passed before Wonder announced that he would like to substitute a line in <a href="/wiki/Swahili_language" title="Swahili language">Swahili</a> for the "sha-lum sha-lin-gay" sound,<sup id="cite_ref-breskin_6_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-breskin_6-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-They_Were_the_World_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-They_Were_the_World-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> causing <a href="/wiki/Waylon_Jennings" title="Waylon Jennings">Waylon Jennings</a> to leave.<sup id="cite_ref-breskin_6_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-breskin_6-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-They_Were_the_World_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-They_Were_the_World-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A heated debate ensued, in which several artists also rejected the suggestion. The "sha-lum sha-lin-gay" sound ran into opposition as well and was removed. Jennings returned and participated in the recording. The participants eventually decided to sing something meaningful in English. They chose to sing the new line "one world, our children", which most of the participants enjoyed.<sup id="cite_ref-breskin_6_25-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-breskin_6-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the early hours of the morning, two Ethiopian women, guests of Wonder, were brought in.<sup id="cite_ref-They_Were_the_World_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-They_Were_the_World-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-breskin_7_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-breskin_7-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They thanked the singers on behalf of their country, bringing several artists to tears.<sup id="cite_ref-They_Were_the_World_26-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-They_Were_the_World-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-breskin_7_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-breskin_7-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wonder attempted to lighten the mood, by joking that the recording session gave him a chance to "see" Charles, saying, "We just sort of bumped into each other!"<sup id="cite_ref-davis_174_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-davis_174-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the circumstances, the solo parts presented a variety of challenges, but were all successfully recorded that night.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-breskin_7_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-breskin_7-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The final version was completed at 8 a.m.<sup id="cite_ref-breskin_7_27-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-breskin_7-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Michael_Jackson_and_Lionel_Richie's_song_earns_millions_for_charity_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Michael_Jackson_and_Lionel_Richie's_song_earns_millions_for_charity-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lyrics">Lyrics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=We_Are_the_World&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Lyrics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid 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width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Gnome-mime-audio-openclipart.svg/75px-Gnome-mime-audio-openclipart.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Gnome-mime-audio-openclipart.svg/100px-Gnome-mime-audio-openclipart.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="160" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Jackson_-_We_are_the_World.ogg" title="File:Michael Jackson - We are the World.ogg">"We Are the World"</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="232" style="width:232px;" data-durationhint="27" data-mwtitle="Michael_Jackson_-_We_are_the_World.ogg" data-mwprovider="local"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d4/Michael_Jackson_-_We_are_the_World.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/transcoded/d/d4/Michael_Jackson_-_We_are_the_World.ogg/Michael_Jackson_-_We_are_the_World.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><track src="/w/api.php?action=timedtext&title=File%3AMichael_Jackson_-_We_are_the_World.ogg&lang=en&trackformat=vtt" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="en" label="English ‪(en)‬" data-dir="ltr" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">The structuring of "We Are the World" is said to "create a sense of continuous surprise and emotional buildup".</div></div></div></div> <div class="side-box-abovebelow"><hr /><i class="selfreference">Problems playing this file? See <a href="/wiki/Help:Media" title="Help:Media">media help</a>.</i></div> </div> <p>"We Are the World" is sung from a first-person viewpoint, allowing the audience to "internalize" the message by singing the word <i>we</i> together.<sup id="cite_ref-braheny_18_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-braheny_18-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has been described as "an appeal to human compassion".<sup id="cite_ref-Famine-aid_song_sells_well_locally_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Famine-aid_song_sells_well_locally-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first lines of the chorus are: "We are the world, we are the children / we are the ones who make a brighter day / so let's start giving".<sup id="cite_ref-Famine-aid_song_sells_well_locally_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Famine-aid_song_sells_well_locally-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arrangement">Arrangement</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=We_Are_the_World&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Arrangement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Richie" title="Lionel Richie">Lionel Richie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Simon" title="Paul Simon">Paul Simon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Rogers" title="Kenny Rogers">Kenny Rogers</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Ingram" title="James Ingram">James Ingram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tina_Turner" title="Tina Turner">Tina Turner</a> and <a href="/wiki/Billy_Joel" title="Billy Joel">Billy Joel</a> sing the first verse;<sup id="cite_ref-marsh_518_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marsh_518-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Diana_Ross" title="Diana Ross">Diana Ross</a> sing the first chorus;<sup id="cite_ref-marsh_518_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marsh_518-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Dionne_Warwick" title="Dionne Warwick">Dionne Warwick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Al_Jarreau" title="Al Jarreau">Al Jarreau</a> sing the second verse; <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen" title="Bruce Springsteen">Bruce Springsteen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Loggins" title="Kenny Loggins">Kenny Loggins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Perry" title="Steve Perry">Steve Perry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Daryl_Hall" title="Daryl Hall">Daryl Hall</a> sing the second chorus;<sup id="cite_ref-marsh_518_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marsh_518-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jackson, <a href="/wiki/Huey_Lewis" title="Huey Lewis">Huey Lewis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cyndi_Lauper" title="Cyndi Lauper">Cyndi Lauper</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kim_Carnes" title="Kim Carnes">Kim Carnes</a> sing the bridge.<sup id="cite_ref-marsh_518_32-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marsh_518-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "We Are the World" concludes with <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ray_Charles" title="Ray Charles">Ray Charles</a> singing a full chorus, Wonder and Springsteen duetting, and <a href="/wiki/Ad_libitum" title="Ad libitum">ad libs</a> from Charles and Ingram.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The structure is said to "create a sense of continuous surprise and emotional buildup".<sup id="cite_ref-The_pop_life;_artists_join_in_effort_for_famine_relief_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_pop_life;_artists_join_in_effort_for_famine_relief-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The following people sang in the chorus: <a href="/wiki/Dan_Aykroyd" title="Dan Aykroyd">Dan Aykroyd</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harry_Belafonte" title="Harry Belafonte">Harry Belafonte</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Buckingham" title="Lindsey Buckingham">Lindsey Buckingham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mario_Cipollina" title="Mario Cipollina">Mario Cipollina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Colla" title="Johnny Colla">Johnny Colla</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sheila_E." title="Sheila E.">Sheila E.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Geldof" title="Bob Geldof">Bob Geldof</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Gibson_(music_producer)" title="Bill Gibson (music producer)">Bill Gibson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Hayes_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chris Hayes (musician)">Chris Hayes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sean_Hopper" title="Sean Hopper">Sean Hopper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Jackson" title="Jackie Jackson">Jackie Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/La_Toya_Jackson" title="La Toya Jackson">La Toya Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marlon_Jackson" title="Marlon Jackson">Marlon Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Randy_Jackson_(Jacksons_singer)" title="Randy Jackson (Jacksons singer)">Randy Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tito_Jackson" title="Tito Jackson">Tito Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Waylon_Jennings" title="Waylon Jennings">Waylon Jennings</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bette_Midler" title="Bette Midler">Bette Midler</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Oates" title="John Oates">John Oates</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Osborne" title="Jeffrey Osborne">Jeffrey Osborne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anita_Pointer" title="Anita Pointer">Anita Pointer</a>, <a href="/wiki/June_Pointer" title="June Pointer">June Pointer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ruth_Pointer" title="Ruth Pointer">Ruth Pointer</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Smokey_Robinson" title="Smokey Robinson">Smokey Robinson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-marsh_518_32-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marsh_518-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="USA_for_Africa_musicians">USA for Africa musicians</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=We_Are_the_World&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: USA for Africa musicians"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stevie_Wonder_1994.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Stevie_Wonder_1994.jpg/150px-Stevie_Wonder_1994.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Stevie_Wonder_1994.jpg/225px-Stevie_Wonder_1994.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Stevie_Wonder_1994.jpg/300px-Stevie_Wonder_1994.jpg 2x" data-file-width="507" data-file-height="686" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a> was a featured soloist.</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <table> <tbody><tr> <th>Conductor </th></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Quincy_Jones" title="Quincy Jones">Quincy Jones</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table> <tbody><tr> <th>Soloists (in order of appearance) </th></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Richie" title="Lionel Richie">Lionel Richie</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Paul_Simon" title="Paul Simon">Paul Simon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Rogers" title="Kenny Rogers">Kenny Rogers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/James_Ingram" title="James Ingram">James Ingram</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Tina_Turner" title="Tina Turner">Tina Turner</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Billy_Joel" title="Billy Joel">Billy Joel</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Diana_Ross" title="Diana Ross">Diana Ross</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Dionne_Warwick" title="Dionne Warwick">Dionne Warwick</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Al_Jarreau" title="Al Jarreau">Al Jarreau</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen" title="Bruce Springsteen">Bruce Springsteen</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Loggins" title="Kenny Loggins">Kenny Loggins</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Steve_Perry" title="Steve Perry">Steve Perry</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Daryl_Hall" title="Daryl Hall">Daryl Hall</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Huey_Lewis" title="Huey Lewis">Huey Lewis</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Cyndi_Lauper" title="Cyndi Lauper">Cyndi Lauper</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Kim_Carnes" title="Kim Carnes">Kim Carnes</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Ray_Charles" title="Ray Charles">Ray Charles</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table> <tbody><tr> <th>Chorus (alphabetically) </th></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Dan_Aykroyd" title="Dan Aykroyd">Dan Aykroyd</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Harry_Belafonte" title="Harry Belafonte">Harry Belafonte</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Buckingham" title="Lindsey Buckingham">Lindsey Buckingham</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Mario_Cipollina" title="Mario Cipollina">Mario Cipollina</a> (of <a href="/wiki/Huey_Lewis_and_the_News" title="Huey Lewis and the News">Huey Lewis and the News</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Colla" title="Johnny Colla">Johnny Colla</a> (of Huey Lewis and the News) </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Sheila_E." title="Sheila E.">Sheila E.</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Bob_Geldof" title="Bob Geldof">Bob Geldof</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Bill_Gibson_(drummer)" title="Bill Gibson (drummer)">Bill Gibson</a> (of Huey Lewis and the News) </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  Chris Hayes (of Huey Lewis and the News) </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Sean_Hopper" title="Sean Hopper">Sean Hopper</a> (of Huey Lewis and the News) </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Jackson" title="Jackie Jackson">Jackie Jackson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/La_Toya_Jackson" title="La Toya Jackson">La Toya Jackson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Marlon_Jackson" title="Marlon Jackson">Marlon Jackson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Randy_Jackson_(The_Jacksons)" class="mw-redirect" title="Randy Jackson (The Jacksons)">Randy Jackson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Tito_Jackson" title="Tito Jackson">Tito Jackson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Waylon_Jennings" title="Waylon Jennings">Waylon Jennings</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Bette_Midler" title="Bette Midler">Bette Midler</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/John_Oates" title="John Oates">John Oates</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Osborne" title="Jeffrey Osborne">Jeffrey Osborne</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Anita_Pointer" title="Anita Pointer">Anita Pointer</a> (of <a href="/wiki/The_Pointer_Sisters" title="The Pointer Sisters">the Pointer Sisters</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/June_Pointer" title="June Pointer">June Pointer</a> (of the Pointer Sisters) </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Ruth_Pointer" title="Ruth Pointer">Ruth Pointer</a> (of the Pointer Sisters) </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Smokey_Robinson" title="Smokey Robinson">Smokey Robinson</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table> <tbody><tr> <th>Instrument players </th></tr> <tr> <td> •  John Barnes – keyboards, programming, arrangement </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/David_Paich" title="David Paich">David Paich</a> – synthesizers </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Michael_Boddicker" title="Michael Boddicker">Michael Boddicker</a> – synthesizers, programming </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Ian_Underwood" title="Ian Underwood">Ian Underwood</a> – synthesizers, programming </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Steve_Porcaro" title="Steve Porcaro">Steve Porcaro</a> – synthesizers, programming </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Paulinho_da_Costa" title="Paulinho da Costa">Paulinho da Costa</a> – percussion </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Louis_Johnson_(bassist)" title="Louis Johnson (bassist)">Louis Johnson</a> – synth bass </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Michael_Omartian" title="Michael Omartian">Michael Omartian</a> – keyboards </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/Greg_Phillinganes" title="Greg Phillinganes">Greg Phillinganes</a> – keyboards </td></tr> <tr> <td> •  <a href="/wiki/John_Robinson_(drummer)" title="John Robinson (drummer)">John Robinson</a> – drums </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release">Release</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=We_Are_the_World&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On March 7, 1985, "We Are the World" was released as a single, in both <a href="/wiki/7-inch" class="mw-redirect" title="7-inch">7-inch</a> and <a href="/wiki/12-inch" class="mw-redirect" title="12-inch">12-inch</a> formats.<sup id="cite_ref-tara_344_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tara_344-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-We_Are_the_World_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-We_Are_the_World-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song was the only one released from the <i>We Are the World</i> album and became a chart success around the world. In the U.S., it was a number-one hit on the <a href="/wiki/R%26B_singles_chart" class="mw-redirect" title="R&B singles chart">R&B singles chart</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Hot_Adult_Contemporary_Tracks" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks">Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks</a> chart, and the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a>, where it remained for a month.<sup id="cite_ref-george_41_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-george_41-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Campbell_113_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell_113-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The single had debuted at number 21 on the Hot 100,<sup id="cite_ref-Famine-aid_song_sells_well_locally_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Famine-aid_song_sells_well_locally-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it took four weeks for the song to claim the number one spot, half the time a single would normally have taken to reach its charting peak.<sup id="cite_ref-'World'_rules_the_charts_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-'World'_rules_the_charts-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the Hot 100, the song moved from 21 to 5 to 2 and then number 1. "We Are the World" might have reached the top of the Hot 100 chart sooner, were it not for the success of <a href="/wiki/Phil_Collins" title="Phil Collins">Phil Collins</a>' "<a href="/wiki/One_More_Night_(Phil_Collins_song)" title="One More Night (Phil Collins song)">One More Night</a>", which received support from both pop and rock listeners.<sup id="cite_ref-'World'_rules_the_charts_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-'World'_rules_the_charts-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "We Are the World" also entered <i>Billboard</i><span style="padding-left:0.15em;">'</span>s Top Rock Tracks and Hot Country Singles charts, where it peaked at numbers 27 and 76 respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-george_41_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-george_41-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song became the first single since <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">the Beatles</a>' "<a href="/wiki/Let_It_Be_(song)" title="Let It Be (song)">Let It Be</a>" to enter <i>Billboard</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s Top 5 within two weeks of release.<sup id="cite_ref-We_Are_the_World_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-We_Are_the_World-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Outside the U.S., the single reached number one in Australia, France, Ireland, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. The song peaked at number 2 in two countries: Germany and Austria.<sup id="cite_ref-Ultratop_Singles_Chart_Archives_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ultratop_Singles_Chart_Archives-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WATW_Ireland_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WATW_Ireland-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WATW_NL_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WATW_NL-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The single was also a commercial success: the initial shipment of 800,000 "We Are the World" records sold out within three days of release.<sup id="cite_ref-tara_344_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tara_344-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The record became the fastest-selling American pop single in history.<sup id="cite_ref-Whoever_dreamed_that_up?_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whoever_dreamed_that_up?-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At <a href="/wiki/Tower_Records_(music_retailer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tower Records (music retailer)">Tower Records</a> in <a href="/wiki/West_Hollywood" class="mw-redirect" title="West Hollywood">West Hollywood</a>, 1,000 copies of the song were sold in two days.<sup id="cite_ref-Forty-Five_Voices_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Forty-Five_Voices-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Store worker Richard Petitpas commented, "A number one single sells about 100 to 125 copies a week. This is absolutely unheard of."<sup id="cite_ref-Forty-Five_Voices_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Forty-Five_Voices-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the end of 1985, "We Are the World" had become the year's best-selling single.<sup id="cite_ref-American_Music_Award_nominees_named_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-American_Music_Award_nominees_named-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Five years later it was revealed that the song had become the biggest single of the 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-A_Pop_Virtuoso_Who_Can_Do_It_All_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A_Pop_Virtuoso_Who_Can_Do_It_All-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "We Are the World" was eventually cited as the best-selling single in U.S. and pop music history.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bob_Geldof_biography_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bob_Geldof_biography-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-In_Pop,_Whose_Song_Is_It,_Anyway?_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-In_Pop,_Whose_Song_Is_It,_Anyway?-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Listen_Up!_Quincy_Jones_Has_a_New_Gig_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Listen_Up!_Quincy_Jones_Has_a_New_Gig-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song became the first single to be certified multi-platinum; it received a 4× certification by the <a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">Recording Industry Association of America</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Campbell_113_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell_113-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Pointers,_Prince_and_Pavarotti_in_platinum_parade_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pointers,_Prince_and_Pavarotti_in_platinum_parade-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The estimated global sales of "We Are the World" are said to be 20 million.<sup id="cite_ref-The_many_faces_of_Michael_Jackson_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_many_faces_of_Michael_Jackson-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=We_Are_the_World&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"We Are the World" received mixed reviews. American journalist <a href="/wiki/Greil_Marcus" title="Greil Marcus">Greil Marcus</a> felt that it sounded like a <a href="/wiki/Pepsi" title="Pepsi">Pepsi</a> jingle.<sup id="cite_ref-Garofalo_29_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Garofalo_29-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He wrote that "the constant repetition of 'There's a choice we're making' conflates with Pepsi's trademarked 'The choice of a new generation' in a way that, on the part of Pepsi-contracted song writers Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, is certainly not intentional, and even more certainly beyond the realm of serendipity."<sup id="cite_ref-Garofalo_29_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Garofalo_29-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Marcus added, "In the realm of contextualization, 'We Are the World' says less about Ethiopia than it does about Pepsi—and the true result will likely be less that certain Ethiopian individuals will live, or anyway live a bit longer than they otherwise would have, than that Pepsi will get the catch phrase of its advertising campaign sung for free by Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, and all the rest."<sup id="cite_ref-Garofalo_29_53-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Garofalo_29-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Professor and activist <a href="/wiki/Reebee_Garofalo" title="Reebee Garofalo">Reebee Garofalo</a> agreed, calling the line "We're saving our own lives" a "distasteful element of self-indulgence".<sup id="cite_ref-Garofalo_29_53-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Garofalo_29-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He asserted that the artists of USA for Africa were proclaiming "their own salvation for singing about an issue they will never experience on behalf of a people most of them will never encounter".<sup id="cite_ref-Garofalo_29_53-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Garofalo_29-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In contrast, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Holden" title="Stephen Holden">Stephen Holden</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> praised the phrase "There's a choice we're making, We're saving our own lives".<sup id="cite_ref-The_pop_life;_artists_join_in_effort_for_famine_relief_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_pop_life;_artists_join_in_effort_for_famine_relief-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He wrote that the line assumed "an extra emotional dimension when sung by people with superstar mystiques".<sup id="cite_ref-The_pop_life;_artists_join_in_effort_for_famine_relief_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_pop_life;_artists_join_in_effort_for_famine_relief-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Holden wrote that the song was "an artistic triumph that transcends its official nature".<sup id="cite_ref-The_pop_life;_artists_join_in_effort_for_famine_relief_13-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_pop_life;_artists_join_in_effort_for_famine_relief-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He noted that unlike Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas", the vocals on "We Are the World" were "artfully interwoven" and emphasized the individuality of each singer.<sup id="cite_ref-The_pop_life;_artists_join_in_effort_for_famine_relief_13-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_pop_life;_artists_join_in_effort_for_famine_relief-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Holden concluded that "We Are the World" was "a simple, eloquent ballad" and a "fully-realized pop statement that would sound outstanding even if it weren't recorded by stars".<sup id="cite_ref-The_pop_life;_artists_join_in_effort_for_famine_relief_13-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_pop_life;_artists_join_in_effort_for_famine_relief-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The song proved popular with both young and old listeners.<sup id="cite_ref-Famine-aid_song_sells_well_locally_31-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Famine-aid_song_sells_well_locally-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> People in <a href="/wiki/Columbia,_Missouri" title="Columbia, Missouri">Columbia, Missouri</a>, reported they bought more than one copy of the single, some buying up to five copies of the record at one time.<sup id="cite_ref-Strike_Up_the_Bandwagon_We_Are_the_World_Raises_Money,_Spirits_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Strike_Up_the_Bandwagon_We_Are_the_World_Raises_Money,_Spirits-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the music critic and Springsteen biographer <a href="/wiki/Dave_Marsh" title="Dave Marsh">Dave Marsh</a>, "We Are the World" was not widely accepted within the rock music community.<sup id="cite_ref-marsh_519_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marsh_519-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Marsh said it was dismissed as it was not "a rock record, a critique of the political policies that created the famine, a way of finding out how and why famines occur, an all-inclusive representation of the entire worldwide spectrum of post-<a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Presley</a> popular music".<sup id="cite_ref-marsh_519_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marsh_519-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though Marsh agreed with some of the criticisms, he felt that, despite its sentimentality, "We Are the World" was a large-scale pop event with serious political overtones.<sup id="cite_ref-marsh_519_55-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marsh_519-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"We Are the World" was recognized with several awards following its release. At the <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards_of_1986" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Awards of 1986">1986 Grammy Awards</a>, the song and its music video won four awards: <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Record_of_the_Year" title="Grammy Award for Record of the Year">Record of the Year</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Song_of_the_Year" title="Grammy Award for Song of the Year">Song of the Year</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Pop_Performance_by_a_Duo_or_Group_with_Vocal" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal">Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Short_Form_Music_Video" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video">Best Music Video, Short Form</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-campbell_114_115_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-campbell_114_115-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The music video was awarded two honors at the 1985 <a href="/wiki/MTV_Video_Music_Awards" title="MTV Video Music Awards">MTV Video Music Awards</a>. It collected the awards for Best Group Video and Viewer's Choice.<sup id="cite_ref-MTV_Video_Music_Awards_1985_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MTV_Video_Music_Awards_1985-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MTV_Video_Awards_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MTV_Video_Awards-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Choice_Awards" title="People's Choice Awards">People's Choice Awards</a> recognized "We Are the World" with the Favorite New Song award in 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-campbell_114_115_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-campbell_114_115-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the same year, the American Music Awards named "We Are the World" "Song of the Year", and honored organizer Harry Belafonte with the Award of Appreciation. Collecting his award, Belafonte thanked Ken Kragen, Quincy Jones, and "the two artists who, without their great gift would not have inspired us in quite the same way as we were inspired, Mr. Lionel Richie and Mr. Michael Jackson".<sup id="cite_ref-campbell_114_115_56-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-campbell_114_115-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the speech, the majority of USA for Africa reunited on stage, closing the ceremony with "We Are the World".<sup id="cite_ref-campbell_114_115_56-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-campbell_114_115-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Awards_honor_year_of_charity_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Awards_honor_year_of_charity-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"We Are the World" was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Hall_of_Fame" title="Grammy Hall of Fame">Grammy Hall of Fame</a> in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Track_listing">Track listing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=We_Are_the_World&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Track listing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vinyl_single">Vinyl single</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=We_Are_the_World&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Vinyl single"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li>"We Are the World" (USA for Africa) – 4:51</li> <li>"Grace" (Quincy Jones) – 4:30</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Marketing_and_promotion">Marketing and promotion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=We_Are_the_World&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Marketing and promotion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:292px;max-width:292px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:89px;max-width:89px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:131px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Quincy_Jones_Harry_Belafonte.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Quincy_Jones_Harry_Belafonte.jpg/87px-Quincy_Jones_Harry_Belafonte.jpg" decoding="async" width="87" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Quincy_Jones_Harry_Belafonte.jpg/131px-Quincy_Jones_Harry_Belafonte.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Quincy_Jones_Harry_Belafonte.jpg/174px-Quincy_Jones_Harry_Belafonte.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2541" data-file-height="3864" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:199px;max-width:199px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:131px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USA_For_Africa_1985_(US_Press_Kit_001).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/USA_For_Africa_1985_%28US_Press_Kit_001%29.jpg/197px-USA_For_Africa_1985_%28US_Press_Kit_001%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="197" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/USA_For_Africa_1985_%28US_Press_Kit_001%29.jpg/296px-USA_For_Africa_1985_%28US_Press_Kit_001%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/USA_For_Africa_1985_%28US_Press_Kit_001%29.jpg/394px-USA_For_Africa_1985_%28US_Press_Kit_001%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3710" data-file-height="2473" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Quincy_Jones" title="Quincy Jones">Quincy Jones</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harry_Belafonte" title="Harry Belafonte">Harry Belafonte</a> at a press conference (left); USA For Africa supergroup, featuring all musicians in a promotional photo (right)</div></div></div></div> <p>"We Are the World" was promoted with a music video, a video cassette, and several other items made available to the public, including books, posters, shirts and buttons.<sup id="cite_ref-Campbell_112_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell_112-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Belafonte_learns_answers_aren't_easy_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Belafonte_learns_answers_aren't_easy-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All proceeds from the sale of official USA for Africa merchandise went directly to the famine relief fund. All of the merchandise sold well; the video cassette—titled <i>We Are the World: The Video Event</i>—documented the making of the song, and became the ninth-best-selling video of 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-Campbell_112_61-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell_112-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All of the video elements were produced by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Howard_G._Malley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Howard G. Malley (page does not exist)">Howard G. Malley</a> and Craig B. Golin along with April Lee Grebb as the production supervisor. The music video showed the recording of "We Are the World", and drew criticism from some. Michael Jackson was reported to have joked before filming, "People will know it's me as soon as they see the socks. Try taking footage of Bruce Springsteen's socks and see if anyone knows who they belong to."<sup id="cite_ref-tara_344_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tara_344-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The song was also promoted with a special edition of the American magazine <i><a href="/wiki/Life_(magazine)" title="Life (magazine)">Life</a></i>. The publication had been the only media outlet permitted inside A&M Recording Studios on the night of January 28, 1985. All other press organizations were barred from reporting the events leading up to and during "We Are the World"'s recording. <i>Life</i> ran a cover story of the recording session in its April 1985 edition of the monthly magazine. Seven members of USA for Africa were pictured on the cover: Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Cyndi Lauper, Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson, Tina Turner and Willie Nelson. Inside the magazine were photographs of the "We Are the World" participants working and taking breaks.<sup id="cite_ref-Campbell_112_61-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell_112-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"We Are the World" received worldwide radio coverage in the form of an international simultaneous broadcast later that year. Upon spinning the song on their local stations, Georgia radio disc jockeys Bob Wolf and Don Briscar came up with the idea for a worldwide simulcast.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They called hundreds of radio and satellite stations asking them to participate. On the morning of April 5, 1985 (<a href="/wiki/Good_Friday" title="Good Friday">Good Friday</a> of that year) at 3:50 pm GMT, over 8,000 radio stations simultaneously broadcast the song around the world.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the song was broadcast, hundreds of people sang along on the steps of <a href="/wiki/St._Patrick%27s_Cathedral,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York">St. Patrick's Cathedral</a> in New York.<sup id="cite_ref-Strike_Up_the_Bandwagon_We_Are_the_World_Raises_Money,_Spirits_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Strike_Up_the_Bandwagon_We_Are_the_World_Raises_Money,_Spirits-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fifth_Avenue_Singalong_Supports_Relief_Effort_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fifth_Avenue_Singalong_Supports_Relief_Effort-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A year later, on March 28, 1986 (Good Friday of that year), the simultaneous radio broadcast of "We Are the World" was repeated over 6,000 radio stations worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-Campbell_113_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell_113-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"We Are the World" gained further promotion and coverage on May 25, 1986, when it was played during a major benefit event held throughout the US.<sup id="cite_ref-Hands_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hands-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-A_15-minute_handshake_for_the_US_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A_15-minute_handshake_for_the_US-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hands_Across_America" title="Hands Across America">Hands Across America</a>—USA for Africa's follow-up project—was an event in which millions of people formed a <a href="/wiki/Human_chain_(politics)" title="Human chain (politics)">human chain</a> across the US.<sup id="cite_ref-Hunger_song_profits_exceed_expectation_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hunger_song_profits_exceed_expectation-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The event was held to draw attention to hunger and homelessness in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-Altruistic_marketing_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Altruistic_marketing-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "We Are the World"'s co-writer, Michael Jackson, had wanted his song to be the official theme for the event. The other board members of USA for Africa outvoted him, and it was instead decided that a new song would be created and released for the event, titled "Hands Across America".<sup id="cite_ref-campbell_114_115_56-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-campbell_114_115-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When released, the new song did not achieve the level of success that "We Are the World" did, and the decision to use it as the official theme for the event led to Jackson—who co-owned the publishing rights to "We Are the World"—resigning from the board of directors of USA for Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-campbell_114_115_56-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-campbell_114_115-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Campbell_116_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell_116-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Humanitarian_aid">Humanitarian aid</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=We_Are_the_World&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Humanitarian aid"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Four months after the release of "We Are the World", USA for Africa had taken in almost $10.8 million (equivalent to $31 million today).<sup id="cite_ref-USA_for_Africa_readies_for_first_mercy_mission_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USA_for_Africa_readies_for_first_mercy_mission-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Record's_first_profits_will_go_to_the_hungry_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Record's_first_profits_will_go_to_the_hungry-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The majority of the money came from record sales within the US.<sup id="cite_ref-USA_for_Africa_readies_for_first_mercy_mission_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USA_for_Africa_readies_for_first_mercy_mission-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Record's_first_profits_will_go_to_the_hungry_72-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Record's_first_profits_will_go_to_the_hungry-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Members of the public also donated money—almost $1.3 million within the same time period. In May 1985, USA for Africa officials estimated that they had sold between $45 million and $47 million worth of official merchandise around the world. Organizer Ken Kragen announced that they would not be distributing all of the money at once. Instead, he revealed that the foundation would be looking into finding a long-term solution for Africa's problems.<sup id="cite_ref-USA_for_Africa_readies_for_first_mercy_mission_71-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USA_for_Africa_readies_for_first_mercy_mission-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "We could go out and spend it all in one shot. Maybe we'd save some lives in the short term but it would be like putting a Band-Aid over a serious wound."<sup id="cite_ref-USA_for_Africa_readies_for_first_mercy_mission_71-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USA_for_Africa_readies_for_first_mercy_mission-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kragen noted that experts had predicted that it would take at least 10 to 20 years to make a slight difference to Africa's long-term problems.<sup id="cite_ref-USA_for_Africa_readies_for_first_mercy_mission_71-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USA_for_Africa_readies_for_first_mercy_mission-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 1985, the first USA for Africa cargo jet carrying food, medicine, and clothing departed for Ethiopia and <a href="/wiki/Sudan" title="Sudan">Sudan</a>. It stopped <i>en route</i> in New York, where 15,000 T-shirts were added to the cargo. Included in the supplies were high-protein biscuits, high-protein vitamins, medicine, tents, blankets and refrigeration equipment.<sup id="cite_ref-Music_group_sends_supplies_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Music_group_sends_supplies-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harry Belafonte, representing the USA for Africa musicians, visited Sudan in the same month. The trip was his last stop on a four-nation tour of Africa. Tanzanian Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Salim_Ahmed_Salim" title="Salim Ahmed Salim">Salim Ahmed Salim</a> greeted and praised Belafonte, telling him, "I personally and the people of <a href="/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania">Tanzania</a> are moved by this tremendous example of human solidarity."<sup id="cite_ref-Belafonte_visits_Sudan_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Belafonte_visits_Sudan-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Opbushel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A Royal Air Force C-130 Hercules military plane. Its propellers attach to its wings, and it appears to be hovering just above a barren field. From the back of the aircraft, a package is being dropped onto the field from an open rear gangway." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Opbushel.jpg/220px-Opbushel.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Opbushel.jpg/330px-Opbushel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Opbushel.jpg/440px-Opbushel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="336" /></a><figcaption>A military aircraft dropping food during the <a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%931985_famine_in_Ethiopia" class="mw-redirect" title="1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia">1984–1985 Ethiopian famine</a></figcaption></figure> <p>One year after the release of "We Are the World", organizers noted that $44.5 million had been raised for USA for Africa's humanitarian fund. They stated that they were confident that they would reach an initial set target of $50 million (equivalent to $143 million in 2025).<sup id="cite_ref-USA_for_Africa_nears_goal_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USA_for_Africa_nears_goal-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By October 1986, it was revealed that their $50 million target had been met and exceeded; <a href="/wiki/Sony_Music" title="Sony Music">CBS Records</a> gave USA for Africa a check for $2.5 million, drawing the total amount of money to $51.2 million.<sup id="cite_ref-'We_Are_the_World'_passes_goal;_states_getting_'Hands'_money_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-'We_Are_the_World'_passes_goal;_states_getting_'Hands'_money-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> USA for Africa's Hands Across America event had also raised a significant amount of money—approximately $24.5 million for the hungry in the US.<sup id="cite_ref-'We_Are_the_World'_passes_goal;_states_getting_'Hands'_money_76-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-'We_Are_the_World'_passes_goal;_states_getting_'Hands'_money-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since its release, "We Are the World" has raised over $80 million (equivalent to $229 million today) for humanitarian causes.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ninety percent of the money was pledged to African relief, both long and short term.<sup id="cite_ref-'We_Are_the_World'_passes_goal;_states_getting_'Hands'_money_76-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-'We_Are_the_World'_passes_goal;_states_getting_'Hands'_money-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-USA_for_Africa:_a_hunger_to_share_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USA_for_Africa:_a_hunger_to_share-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The long-term initiative included efforts in birth control and food production.<sup id="cite_ref-USA_for_Africa:_a_hunger_to_share_77-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USA_for_Africa:_a_hunger_to_share-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The remaining 10 percent of funds was earmarked for domestic hunger and homeless programs in the US.<sup id="cite_ref-'We_Are_the_World'_passes_goal;_states_getting_'Hands'_money_76-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-'We_Are_the_World'_passes_goal;_states_getting_'Hands'_money-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-USA_for_Africa:_a_hunger_to_share_77-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USA_for_Africa:_a_hunger_to_share-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From the African fund, over 70 recovery and development projects were launched in seven African nations. Such projects included aid in agriculture, fishing, water management, manufacturing and reforestation. Training programs were also developed in the African countries of Mozambique, Senegal, Chad, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, and Mali.<sup id="cite_ref-'We_Are_the_World'_passes_goal;_states_getting_'Hands'_money_76-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-'We_Are_the_World'_passes_goal;_states_getting_'Hands'_money-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following <a href="/wiki/Death_of_Michael_Jackson" title="Death of Michael Jackson">Jackson's death</a> in 2009, Elias Kifle Maraim Beyene, who grew up in Ethiopia and was a beneficiary of the aid provided by the single, related: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>I won't ever forget Michael Jackson because his contribution to the song We are the World had a very significant effect on my life. I am 50 now but 25 years ago I was living in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which at that time was suffering from a long drought and famine. It was a terrible situation. Lots of people became sick and many more died. Around one million people in all were killed by the famine. In 1984 Michael Jackson, along with a number of other leading musicians, made the song We are the World to raise money for Africa. We received a lot of aid from the world and I was one of those who directly benefitted from it. The wheat flour that was distributed to the famine victims was different to the usual cereal we bought at the market. We baked a special bread from it. The local people named the bread after the great artist and it became known as Michael Bread. It was soft and delicious. When you have been through such hard times you never forget events like this. If you speak to anyone who was in <a href="/wiki/Addis_Ababa" title="Addis Ababa">Addis Ababa</a> at that time they will all know what Michael Bread is and I know I will remember it for the rest of my life.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_live_performances">Notable live performances</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=We_Are_the_World&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notable live performances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"We Are the World" has been performed live by members of USA for Africa on several occasions both together and individually. One of the earliest such performances came in 1985, during the rock music concert <a href="/wiki/Live_Aid" title="Live Aid">Live Aid</a>, which ended with more than 100 musicians singing the song on stage.<sup id="cite_ref-Live_Aid_TDC_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Live_Aid_TDC-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Live_Aid_touches_hearts,_pockets_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Live_Aid_touches_hearts,_pockets-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harry Belafonte and Lionel Richie made surprise appearances for the live rendition of the song.<sup id="cite_ref-Live_Aid_provided_reunions_of_60's_bands_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Live_Aid_provided_reunions_of_60's_bands-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Michael Jackson would have joined the artists, but was "working around the clock in the studio on a project that he's made a major commitment to", according to his press agent, Norman Winter.<sup id="cite_ref-Michael_Jackson_project_kept_him_from_concert_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Michael_Jackson_project_kept_him_from_concert-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An inaugural celebration was held for US President-elect <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> in January 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-A_Grand_Beginning;_Inaugural_Week_Begins_With_Pomp_and_Populism_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A_Grand_Beginning;_Inaugural_Week_Begins_With_Pomp_and_Populism-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The event was staged by Clinton's Hollywood friends at the <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial" title="Lincoln Memorial">Lincoln Memorial</a> and drew hundreds of thousands of people.<sup id="cite_ref-A_Grand_Beginning;_Inaugural_Week_Begins_With_Pomp_and_Populism_83-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A_Grand_Beginning;_Inaugural_Week_Begins_With_Pomp_and_Populism-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Aretha_Franklin" title="Aretha Franklin">Aretha Franklin</a>, <a href="/wiki/LL_Cool_J" title="LL Cool J">LL Cool J</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Bolton" title="Michael Bolton">Michael Bolton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tony_Bennett" title="Tony Bennett">Tony Bennett</a> were among some of the musicians in attendance.<sup id="cite_ref-A_Grand_Beginning;_Inaugural_Week_Begins_With_Pomp_and_Populism_83-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A_Grand_Beginning;_Inaugural_Week_Begins_With_Pomp_and_Populism-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-A_Musical_Smorgasbord;_2_Concerts_Gel_Sounds_Of_America_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A_Musical_Smorgasbord;_2_Concerts_Gel_Sounds_Of_America-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Said Jones, "I've never seen so many great performers come together with so much love and selflessness."<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The celebration included a performance of "We Are the World", which involved Clinton, his daughter <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_Clinton" title="Chelsea Clinton">Chelsea</a>, and his wife <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary</a> singing the song along with USA for Africa's Kenny Rogers, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.<sup id="cite_ref-A_Grand_Beginning;_Inaugural_Week_Begins_With_Pomp_and_Populism_83-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A_Grand_Beginning;_Inaugural_Week_Begins_With_Pomp_and_Populism-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The New York Times</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span> <a href="/wiki/Edward_Rothstein" title="Edward Rothstein">Edward Rothstein</a> commented on the event, stating, "The most enduring image may be of Mr. Clinton singing along in 'We Are the World', the first President to aspire, however futilely, to hipness."<sup id="cite_ref-Vox_Pop,_The_Sound_Of_Politics_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vox_Pop,_The_Sound_Of_Politics-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a prelude to his song "<a href="/wiki/Heal_the_World" title="Heal the World">Heal the World</a>", "We Are the World" was performed as an interlude during two of Michael Jackson's tours, the <a href="/wiki/Dangerous_World_Tour" title="Dangerous World Tour">Dangerous World Tour</a> (1992–1993) and the <a href="/wiki/HIStory_World_Tour" title="HIStory World Tour">HIStory World Tour</a> (1996–1997), as well as Jackson's performance at the <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXVII_halftime_show" title="Super Bowl XXVII halftime show">Super Bowl XXVII halftime show</a> in 1993. Jackson briefly performed the song with a chorus at the 2006 World Music Awards in London, which marked his last live public performance. Jackson planned to use the song for his <a href="/wiki/This_Is_It_(concert_residency)" title="This Is It (concert residency)">This Is It</a> comeback concerts at <a href="/wiki/The_O2_Arena" title="The O2 Arena">the O2 Arena</a> in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> from 2009 to 2010, but the shows were cancelled due to his sudden death. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Death_of_Michael_Jackson" title="Death of Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson died</a> in June 2009, after suffering a cardiac arrest.<sup id="cite_ref-death_MSNBC_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death_MSNBC-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson_memorial_service" title="Michael Jackson memorial service">His memorial service</a> was held several days later on July 7, and was reported to have been viewed by more than one billion people.<sup id="cite_ref-Who_Is_Michael_Jackson_Memorial_Performer_Shaheen_Jafargholi?_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who_Is_Michael_Jackson_Memorial_Performer_Shaheen_Jafargholi?-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The finale of the event featured group renditions of the Jackson anthems "We Are the World" and "<a href="/wiki/Heal_the_World" title="Heal the World">Heal the World</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-Who_Sang_'We_Are_The_World'_At_Michael_Jackson_Memorial?_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who_Sang_'We_Are_The_World'_At_Michael_Jackson_Memorial?-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The singalong of "We Are the World" was led by Darryl Phinnessee, who had worked with Jackson since the late 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-Who_Sang_'We_Are_The_World'_At_Michael_Jackson_Memorial?_89-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who_Sang_'We_Are_The_World'_At_Michael_Jackson_Memorial?-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Michael_Jackson_memorial:_'We_Are_the_World,'_'Who's_Lovin'_You'_and_the_final_performances_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Michael_Jackson_memorial:_'We_Are_the_World,'_'Who's_Lovin'_You'_and_the_final_performances-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also featured co-writer Lionel Richie and Jackson's family, including his children.<sup id="cite_ref-Who_Sang_'We_Are_The_World'_At_Michael_Jackson_Memorial?_89-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who_Sang_'We_Are_The_World'_At_Michael_Jackson_Memorial?-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Michael_Jackson_memorial:_'We_Are_the_World,'_'Who's_Lovin'_You'_and_the_final_performances_90-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Michael_Jackson_memorial:_'We_Are_the_World,'_'Who's_Lovin'_You'_and_the_final_performances-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the performance, "We Are the World" re-entered the US charts for the first time since its 1985 release. The song debuted at number 50 on <i>Billboard</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> <a href="/wiki/Hot_Digital_Songs" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot Digital Songs">Hot Digital Songs</a> chart.<sup id="cite_ref-'We_are_the_World'_in_charts_after_Jackson_tribute_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-'We_are_the_World'_in_charts_after_Jackson_tribute-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="25_for_Haiti">25 for Haiti</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=We_Are_the_World&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 25 for Haiti"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/We_Are_the_World_25_for_Haiti" title="We Are the World 25 for Haiti">We Are the World 25 for Haiti</a>, <a href="/wiki/We_Are_the_World_25_for_Haiti_(YouTube_edition)" title="We Are the World 25 for Haiti (YouTube edition)">We Are the World 25 for Haiti (YouTube edition)</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Somos_El_Mundo_25_Por_Haiti" title="Somos El Mundo 25 Por Haiti">Somos El Mundo 25 Por Haiti</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boy_receiving_treatment_after_Haiti_earthquake.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A black child stares through one eye. A hand attends to a bandage which covers his head and that has blood seeping through it. The boy's face is cut and injured. He wears a T-shirt that is sodden and dirty." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Boy_receiving_treatment_after_Haiti_earthquake.jpg/220px-Boy_receiving_treatment_after_Haiti_earthquake.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Boy_receiving_treatment_after_Haiti_earthquake.jpg/330px-Boy_receiving_treatment_after_Haiti_earthquake.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Boy_receiving_treatment_after_Haiti_earthquake.jpg/440px-Boy_receiving_treatment_after_Haiti_earthquake.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>One of the hundreds of thousands of people who were injured by the destructive earthquake in Haiti</figcaption></figure> <p>On January 12, 2010, a <a href="/wiki/Moment_magnitude_scale" title="Moment magnitude scale">magnitude</a>-7.0 <a href="/wiki/2010_Haiti_earthquake" title="2010 Haiti earthquake">earthquake</a> struck <a href="/wiki/Haiti" title="Haiti">Haiti</a>, the island's most severe earthquake in over 200 years.<sup id="cite_ref-United_States_Geological_Survey_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_States_Geological_Survey-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The epicenter of the quake was just outside the Haitian capital <a href="/wiki/Port-au-Prince" title="Port-au-Prince">Port-au-Prince</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-haiti_tele_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-haiti_tele-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Haitian government confirmed the deaths of over 230,000 civilians because of the disaster and the injuries of around 300,000. Approximately 1.2 million people were homeless and the lack of temporary shelter may have led to the outbreak of disease.<sup id="cite_ref-Haiti_quake_death_toll_rises_to_230,000_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Haiti_quake_death_toll_rises_to_230,000-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Purdue_researchers_saw_potential_for_Haitian_earthquake_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Purdue_researchers_saw_potential_for_Haitian_earthquake-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To raise money for earthquake victims, a new celebrity version of "We Are the World" was recorded on February 1, 2010, and released on February 12, 2010. Over 75 musicians were involved in the remake, which was recorded in the same studio as the 1985 original.<sup id="cite_ref-Stars_gather_for_'We_Are_the_World'_recording_96-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stars_gather_for_'We_Are_the_World'_recording-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new version features revised lyrics as well as a rap part pertaining to Haiti.<sup id="cite_ref-Stars_gather_for_'We_Are_the_World'_recording_96-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stars_gather_for_'We_Are_the_World'_recording-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-New_voices_unite_for_'We_Are_the_World'_97-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_voices_unite_for_'We_Are_the_World'-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Michael Jackson's younger sister <a href="/wiki/Janet_Jackson" title="Janet Jackson">Janet</a> duets with her late brother on the track, as per a request from their mother <a href="/wiki/Katherine_Jackson" title="Katherine Jackson">Katherine</a>. In the video and on the track, archival material of Michael Jackson is used from the original 1985 recording.<sup id="cite_ref-usatodayinfo_98-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usatodayinfo-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This version is also infamous for the way Wyclef sings towards the end of the song, fluctuating his voice in a manner that sounds like, as a music writer for the <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> called it, "Not unlike a cross between a fire siren and the sound of Wyclef giving himself a hernia." </p><p>On February 20, 2010, a non-celebrity remake, "<a href="/wiki/We_Are_the_World_25_for_Haiti_(YouTube_edition)" title="We Are the World 25 for Haiti (YouTube edition)">We Are the World 25 for Haiti (YouTube edition)</a>", was posted to the video sharing website YouTube. <a href="/wiki/List_of_YouTube_personalities" class="mw-redirect" title="List of YouTube personalities">Internet personality</a> and singer-songwriter <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Lavie" title="Lisa Lavie">Lisa Lavie</a> conceived and organized the Internet collaboration of 57 <a href="/wiki/Unsigned_artist" title="Unsigned artist">unsigned</a> or <a href="/wiki/Independent_record_label" title="Independent record label">independent</a> YouTube musicians geographically distributed around the world. Lavie's 2010 YouTube version, a cover of the 1985 original, excludes the rap segment and minimizes the <a href="/wiki/Auto-tune" class="mw-redirect" title="Auto-tune">Auto-tune</a> that characterizes the 2010 celebrity remake.<sup id="cite_ref-CNNrefs_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNNrefs-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another 2010 remake of the original is the Spanish-language "<a href="/wiki/Somos_El_Mundo" class="mw-redirect" title="Somos El Mundo">Somos El Mundo</a>". It was written by <a href="/wiki/Emilio_Estefan" title="Emilio Estefan">Emilio Estefan</a> and his wife <a href="/wiki/Gloria_Estefan" title="Gloria Estefan">Gloria Estefan</a>, and produced by Emilio, Quincy Jones and <a href="/wiki/Univision_Communications" class="mw-redirect" title="Univision Communications">Univision Communications</a>, the company that funded the project.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=We_Are_the_World&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"We Are the World" has been recognized as a politically important song, which "affected an international focus on Africa that was simply unprecedented".<sup id="cite_ref-Garofalo_29_53-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Garofalo_29-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has been credited with creating a climate in which musicians from around the world felt inclined to follow.<sup id="cite_ref-Garofalo_29_53-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Garofalo_29-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <i>The New York Times</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span> Stephen Holden, since the release of "We Are the World", it has been noted that movement has been made within popular music to create songs that address humanitarian concerns.<sup id="cite_ref-Pop_for_Grown-Ups_Gathers_Momentum_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pop_for_Grown-Ups_Gathers_Momentum-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "We Are the World" was also influential in subverting the way music and meaning were produced, showing that musically and racially diverse musicians could work together both productively and creatively.<sup id="cite_ref-marsh_519_55-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marsh_519-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Ebony_(magazine)" title="Ebony (magazine)">Ebony</a></i> described the January 28 recording session, in which Quincy Jones brought together a multi-racial group, as being "a major moment in world music that showed we can change the world".<sup id="cite_ref-Black_music_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Black_music-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "We Are the World", along with <a href="/wiki/Live_Aid" title="Live Aid">Live Aid</a> and <a href="/wiki/Farm_Aid" title="Farm Aid">Farm Aid</a>, demonstrated that rock music had become more than entertainment, but a political and social movement.<sup id="cite_ref-Politics_and_a_crossbreeding_of_forms_were_the_trend_103-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Politics_and_a_crossbreeding_of_forms_were_the_trend-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Journalist Robert Palmer noted that such songs and events had the ability to reach people around the world, send them a message, and then get results.<sup id="cite_ref-Politics_and_a_crossbreeding_of_forms_were_the_trend_103-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Politics_and_a_crossbreeding_of_forms_were_the_trend-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since the release of "We Are the World", and the Band Aid single that influenced it, numerous songs have been recorded in a similar fashion, with the intent to aid disaster victims throughout the world. One such example involved a supergroup of Latin musicians billed as "Hermanos del Tercer Mundo", or "Brothers of the Third World". Among the supergroup of 62 recording artists were <a href="/wiki/Julio_Iglesias" title="Julio Iglesias">Julio Iglesias</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Feliciano" title="José Feliciano">José Feliciano</a>, and <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9rgio_Mendes" title="Sérgio Mendes">Sérgio Mendes</a>. Their <a href="/wiki/Cantar%C3%A9,_cantar%C3%A1s" title="Cantaré, cantarás">famine relief song</a> was recorded in the same studio as "We Are the World". Half of the profits raised from the charity single was pledged to USA for Africa. The rest of the money was to be used for impoverished Latin American countries.<sup id="cite_ref-Latin_stars_sing_for_hungry_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Latin_stars_sing_for_hungry-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other notable examples include the 1989 cover of the <a href="/wiki/Deep_Purple" title="Deep Purple">Deep Purple</a> song "<a href="/wiki/Smoke_on_the_Water" title="Smoke on the Water">Smoke on the Water</a>" by a supergroup of hard rock, prog rock, and heavy metal musicians collaborating as <a href="/wiki/Rock_Aid_Armenia" title="Rock Aid Armenia">Rock Aid Armenia</a> to raise money for victims of the devastating <a href="/wiki/1988_Armenian_earthquake" title="1988 Armenian earthquake">1988 Armenian earthquake</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the 1986 all-star <a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_Philippines" title="Music of the Philippines">OPM</a> single "<a href="/wiki/Handog_ng_Pilipino_sa_Mundo" title="Handog ng Pilipino sa Mundo">Handog ng Pilipino sa Mundo</a>", which talked about the optimism the Filipinos needed after the <a href="/wiki/People_Power_Revolution" title="People Power Revolution">People Power Revolution</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the 1997 <a href="/wiki/Star_Music" title="Star Music">Star Records</a> all-star recording "Sa Araw ng Pasko", the 2003 all-star <a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_Philippines" title="Music of the Philippines">OPM</a> recording "Biyahe Tayo" which promoted <a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_the_Philippines" title="Tourism in the Philippines">Philippine tourism</a><sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and its subsequent 2011 remake "Pilipinas, Tara Na!"<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the 2009 all-star <a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_Philippines" title="Music of the Philippines">OPM</a> recordings "<a href="/wiki/Star_ng_Pasko" title="Star ng Pasko">Star ng Pasko</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Kaya_Natin_Ito!" title="Kaya Natin Ito!">Kaya Natin Ito!</a>" as a means to provide hope to the survivors of <a href="/wiki/Typhoon_Ketsana" title="Typhoon Ketsana">Typhoon Ketsana</a> (locally known as Ondoy).<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several <a href="/wiki/GMA_Network" title="GMA Network">GMA Network</a> personalities also recorded another inspirational ballad, "Bangon Kaibigan" in 2013 to provide hope to the survivors of <a href="/wiki/Typhoon_Haiyan" title="Typhoon Haiyan">Typhoon Haiyan</a> (locally known as Yolanda).<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 20th anniversary of "We Are the World" was celebrated in 2005. Radio stations around the world paid homage to USA for Africa's creation by simultaneously broadcasting the charity song. In addition to the simulcast, the milestone was marked by the release of a two-disc DVD called <i>We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Stations_pay_tribute_to_'We_Are_the_World'_113-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stations_pay_tribute_to_'We_Are_the_World'-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ken Kragen asserted that the reason behind the simulcast and DVD release was not for USA for Africa to praise themselves for doing a good job, but to "use it to do some more good [for the original charity]. That's all we care about accomplishing."<sup id="cite_ref-Stations_pay_tribute_to_'We_Are_the_World'_113-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stations_pay_tribute_to_'We_Are_the_World'-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harry Belafonte also commented on the 20th anniversary of the song. He acknowledged that "We Are the World" had "stood the test of time"; anyone old enough to remember it can still at least hum along.<sup id="cite_ref-'We_Are_the_World'_song_celebrates_20_years_114-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-'We_Are_the_World'_song_celebrates_20_years-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 29, 2024, a documentary titled <i><a href="/wiki/The_Greatest_Night_in_Pop" title="The Greatest Night in Pop">The Greatest Night in Pop</a></i>, was released on <a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a>. The documentary, which was directed by <a href="/wiki/Bao_Nguyen_(filmmaker)" title="Bao Nguyen (filmmaker)">Bao Nguyen</a>, chronicles the obstacles and the behind-the-scenes stories that led to the creation of the song. The documentary features new interviews with Lionel Richie, Bruce Springsteen, Huey Lewis, Dionne Warwick, Cyndi Lauper and others involved with the song who reflect on the song and its legacy.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Charts">Charts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=We_Are_the_World&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Weekly_charts">Weekly charts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=We_Are_the_World&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Weekly charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left">Chart (1985–1986) </th> <th style="text-align:center;">Peak<br />position </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Australia (<a href="/wiki/Kent_Music_Report" title="Kent Music Report">Kent Music Report</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-george_41_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-george_41-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auchart_116-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auchart-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Austria (<a href="/wiki/%C3%963_Austria_Top_40" title="Ö3 Austria Top 40">Ö3 Austria Top 40</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Austria_USA_For_Africa_117-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Austria_USA_For_Africa-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Belgium (<a href="/wiki/Ultratop" title="Ultratop">Ultratop 50</a> Flanders)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Flanders_USA_For_Africa_118-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Flanders_USA_For_Africa-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Canada Top Singles (<i><a href="/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" title="RPM (magazine)">RPM</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Canadatopsingles_119-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Canadatopsingles_-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Canada Adult Contemporary (<i><a href="/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" title="RPM (magazine)">RPM</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Canadaadultcontemporary_120-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Canadaadultcontemporary_-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chile (<a href="/wiki/UPI" class="mw-redirect" title="UPI">UPI</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-books.google.com_121-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-books.google.com-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Denmark (<a href="/wiki/Hitlisten" title="Hitlisten">Hitlisten</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Finland (<a href="/wiki/The_Official_Finnish_Charts" class="mw-redirect" title="The Official Finnish Charts">Suomen virallinen lista</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Finland_USA_For_Africa_123-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Finland_USA_For_Africa-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>France (<a href="/wiki/Syndicat_National_de_l%27%C3%89dition_Phonographique" class="mw-redirect" title="Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique">SNEP</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_France_USA_For_Africa_124-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_France_USA_For_Africa-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Ireland (<a href="/wiki/Irish_Recorded_Music_Association" title="Irish Recorded Music Association">IRMA</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-WATW_Ireland_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WATW_Ireland-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Italy (<i><a href="/wiki/Musica_e_dischi" title="Musica e dischi">Musica e dischi</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Netherlands (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_Top_40" title="Dutch Top 40">Dutch Top 40</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Dutch40_USA_For_Africa_126-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Dutch40_USA_For_Africa-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Netherlands (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_Single_Top_100" title="Dutch Single Top 100">Single Top 100</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Dutch100_USA_For_Africa_127-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Dutch100_USA_For_Africa-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>New Zealand (<a href="/wiki/Recorded_Music_NZ" title="Recorded Music NZ">Recorded Music NZ</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_New_Zealand_USA_For_Africa_128-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_New_Zealand_USA_For_Africa-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Norway (<a href="/wiki/VG-lista" title="VG-lista">VG-lista</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Norway_USA_For_Africa_129-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Norway_USA_For_Africa-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Panama (<a href="/wiki/UPI" class="mw-redirect" title="UPI">UPI</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Paraguay (<a href="/wiki/UPI" class="mw-redirect" title="UPI">UPI</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-books.google.com_121-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-books.google.com-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Portugal (<a href="/wiki/Associa%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Fonogr%C3%A1fica_Portuguesa" title="Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa">AFP</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>South Africa (<a href="/wiki/Springbok_Radio" title="Springbok Radio">Springbok Radio</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-We_are_the_world1_132-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-We_are_the_world1-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Spain (<a href="/wiki/Productores_de_M%C3%BAsica_de_Espa%C3%B1a" title="Productores de Música de España">AFYVE</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sweden (<a href="/wiki/Sverigetopplistan" title="Sverigetopplistan">Sverigetopplistan</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Sweden_USA_For_Africa_134-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Sweden_USA_For_Africa-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Switzerland (<a href="/wiki/Swiss_Hitparade" title="Swiss Hitparade">Schweizer Hitparade</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Switzerland_USA_For_Africa_135-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Switzerland_USA_For_Africa-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles</a> (<a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_UKsinglesbyname_USA_For_Africa_136-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_UKsinglesbyname_USA_For_Africa-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a><sup id="cite_ref-sc_Billboardhot100_USA_for_Africa_137-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Billboardhot100_USA_for_Africa-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>US <a href="/wiki/Adult_Contemporary_(chart)" title="Adult Contemporary (chart)">Adult Contemporary</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Billboardadultcontemporary_USA_for_Africa_138-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Billboardadultcontemporary_USA_for_Africa-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>US <a href="/wiki/Hot_Black_Singles" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot Black Singles">Hot Black Singles</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>US <a href="/wiki/Hot_Country_Songs" title="Hot Country Songs">Hot Country Songs</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Billboardcountrysongs_USA_for_Africa_140-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Billboardcountrysongs_USA_for_Africa-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">76 </td></tr> <tr> <td>US <a href="/wiki/Dance_Singles_Sales" title="Dance Singles Sales">Hot Dance/Disco 12 Inch Singles Sales</a> (<a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)"><i>Billboard</i></a>)<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>US <a href="/wiki/Mainstream_Rock_(chart)" title="Mainstream Rock (chart)">Mainstream Rock</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Billboardmainstreamrock_USA_for_Africa_142-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Billboardmainstreamrock_USA_for_Africa-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">27 </td></tr> <tr> <td>US <a href="/wiki/Cashbox_(magazine)" title="Cashbox (magazine)"><i>Cash Box</i></a> Top Singles<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Venezuela (<a href="/wiki/UPI" class="mw-redirect" title="UPI">UPI</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-books.google.com_121-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-books.google.com-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>West Germany (<a href="/wiki/GfK_Entertainment_charts" title="GfK Entertainment charts">GfK</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_West_Germany_USA_For_Africa_144-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_West_Germany_USA_For_Africa-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Year-end_charts">Year-end charts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=We_Are_the_World&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Year-end charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Chart (1985) </th> <th>Position </th></tr> <tr> <td>Australia (Kent Music Report)<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-aus85_146-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aus85-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Canada Top Singles (<i>RPM</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">23 </td></tr> <tr> <td>New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>South Africa (Springbok Radio)<sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>UK Singles (OCC)<sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">35 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">US <i>Billboard</i> Hot 100<sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">20 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">US Black Singles Chart (<i>Billboard</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">37 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">US <i>Cash Box</i> Top Singles<sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Certifications_and_sales">Certifications and sales</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=We_Are_the_World&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Certifications and sales"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Region </th> <th scope="col">Certification</th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/List_of_music_recording_certifications" title="List of music recording certifications">Certified units</a>/sales </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada (<a href="/wiki/Music_Canada" title="Music Canada">Music Canada</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-CanadaUSA_for_AfricaWe_Are_the_WorldsingleCertRef_155-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CanadaUSA_for_AfricaWe_Are_the_WorldsingleCertRef-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>3× Platinum </td> <td>300,000<sup>^</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Finland </th> <td data-sort-value="" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center" class="table-na">— </td> <td>7,750<sup id="cite_ref-FinlandUSA_For_AfricaWe_Are_the_WorldsingleCertRef_156-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FinlandUSA_For_AfricaWe_Are_the_WorldsingleCertRef-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">France (<a href="/wiki/Syndicat_National_de_l%27%C3%89dition_Phonographique" class="mw-redirect" title="Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique">SNEP</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-FranceU.S.A._for_AfricaWe_Are_the_WorldsingleCertRef_157-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FranceU.S.A._for_AfricaWe_Are_the_WorldsingleCertRef-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Platinum </td> <td>1,000,000<sup>*</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Italy (<a href="/wiki/Federazione_Industria_Musicale_Italiana" title="Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana">FIMI</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ItalyU.S.A._for_AfricaWe_Are_the_WorldsingleCertRef_158-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ItalyU.S.A._for_AfricaWe_Are_the_WorldsingleCertRef-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small><i> Sales since 2009 </i></small> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>15,000<sup>‡</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">New Zealand (<a href="/wiki/Recorded_Music_NZ" title="Recorded Music NZ">RMNZ</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-New_ZealandUSA_for_AfricaWe_Are_the_WorldsingleCertRef_159-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_ZealandUSA_for_AfricaWe_Are_the_WorldsingleCertRef-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Platinum </td> <td>20,000<sup>*</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Portugal </th> <td data-sort-value="" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center" class="table-na">— </td> <td>200,000<sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United Kingdom (<a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">BPI</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-United_KingdomUSA_for_AfricaWe_Are_the_WorldsingleCertRef_161-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_KingdomUSA_for_AfricaWe_Are_the_WorldsingleCertRef-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Silver </td> <td>250,000<sup>^</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United States (<a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">RIAA</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-United_StatesUSA_for_AfricaWe_Are_the_WorldsingleCertRef_163-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_StatesUSA_for_AfricaWe_Are_the_WorldsingleCertRef-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>4× Platinum </td> <td>8,000,000<sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <th scope="col" colspan="3">Summaries </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Worldwide<br /><small><i> Sales (As of May 1984) </i></small> </th> <td data-sort-value="" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center" class="table-na">— </td> <td>7,400,000<sup id="cite_ref-sales_164-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sales-164"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align: center;"> <td colspan="3"> <p><small><sup>*</sup> Sales figures based on certification alone.</small><br /><small><sup>^</sup> Shipments figures based on certification alone.</small><br /><small><sup>‡</sup> Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.</small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading 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title="Supergroup (music)">supergroup</a> of <a href="/wiki/Canadians" title="Canadians">Canadian</a> artists, under the name Northern Lights, to raise funds for relief of the <a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9385_famine_in_Ethiopia" class="mw-redirect" title="1983–85 famine in Ethiopia">1983–85 famine in Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Greatest_Night_in_Pop" title="The Greatest Night in Pop">The Greatest Night in Pop</a>, documentary about the making of "We Are the World"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomorrow_Will_Be_Better" title="Tomorrow Will Be Better">Tomorrow Will Be Better</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/We_Are_One_(global_collaboration_song)" title="We Are One (global collaboration song)">We Are One (global collaboration song)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/We_Con_the_World" title="We Con the World">We Con the World</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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McCusker">McCusker, J. J.</a> (1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.americanantiquarian.org/proceedings/44525121.pdf"><i>How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a href="/wiki/American_Antiquarian_Society" title="American Antiquarian Society">American Antiquarian Society</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=How+Much+Is+That+in+Real+Money%3F+A+Historical+Price+Index+for+Use+as+a+Deflator+of+Money+Values+in+the+Economy+of+the+United+States%3A+Addenda+et+Corrigenda&rft.pub=American+Antiquarian+Society&rft.date=1997&rft.aulast=McCusker&rft.aufirst=J.+J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.americanantiquarian.org%2Fproceedings%2F44525121.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWe+Are+the+World" class="Z3988"></span> 1700–1799: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcCusker1992" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/John_J._McCusker" title="John J. McCusker">McCusker, J. J.</a> (1992). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.americanantiquarian.org/proceedings/44517778.pdf"><i>How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a href="/wiki/American_Antiquarian_Society" title="American Antiquarian Society">American Antiquarian Society</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=How+Much+Is+That+in+Real+Money%3F+A+Historical+Price+Index+for+Use+as+a+Deflator+of+Money+Values+in+the+Economy+of+the+United+States&rft.pub=American+Antiquarian+Society&rft.date=1992&rft.aulast=McCusker&rft.aufirst=J.+J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.americanantiquarian.org%2Fproceedings%2F44517778.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWe+Are+the+World" class="Z3988"></span> 1800–present: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFederal_Reserve_Bank_of_Minneapolis" class="citation web cs1">Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.minneapolisfed.org/about-us/monetary-policy/inflation-calculator/consumer-price-index-1800-">"Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 29,</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Consumer+Price+Index+%28estimate%29+1800%E2%80%93&rft.au=Federal+Reserve+Bank+of+Minneapolis&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.minneapolisfed.org%2Fabout-us%2Fmonetary-policy%2Finflation-calculator%2Fconsumer-price-index-1800-&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWe+Are+the+World" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-auto-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-auto_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-auto_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNewstead2024" class="citation news cs1">Newstead, Al (February 1, 2024). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-01/we-are-the-world-documentary-the-greatest-night-in-pop-review/103414458">"How pop's biggest names pulled a secret marathon all-nighter to create history's biggest charity single"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/ABC_News_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC News Australia">ABC News Australia</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=ABC+News+Australia&rft.atitle=How+pop%27s+biggest+names+pulled+a+secret+marathon+all-nighter+to+create+history%27s+biggest+charity+single&rft.date=2024-02-01&rft.aulast=Newstead&rft.aufirst=Al&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Fnews%2F2024-02-01%2Fwe-are-the-world-documentary-the-greatest-night-in-pop-review%2F103414458&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWe+Are+the+World" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-tara_341-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-tara_341_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-tara_341_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-tara_341_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-tara_341_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-tara_341_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-tara_341_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Taraborrelli, p. 341</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHarden1987" class="citation news cs1">Harden, Blaine (September 14, 1987). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110604214934/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/73844842.html?dids=73844842:73844842&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+14%2C+1987&author=Blaine+Harden&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Ethiopia+Faces+Famine+Again%2C+Requests+Massive+Food+Relief&pqatl=google">"Ethiopia Faces Famine Again, Requests Massive Food Relief"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/73844842.html?dids=73844842:73844842&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+14%2C+1987&author=Blaine+Harden&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Ethiopia+Faces+Famine+Again%2C+Requests+Massive+Food+Relief&pqatl=google">the original</a> on June 4, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Then, in the "Artista" field, search "USA for Africa".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sc_Dutch40_USA_For_Africa-126"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sc_Dutch40_USA_For_Africa_126-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.top40.nl/top40-artiesten/USA-For-Africa">Nederlandse Top 40 – USA For Africa"</a> (in Dutch). <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Top_40" title="Dutch Top 40">Dutch Top 40</a>. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sc_Dutch100_USA_For_Africa-127"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sc_Dutch100_USA_For_Africa_127-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=USA+For+Africa&titel=We+Are+the+World&cat=s">USA For Africa – We Are the World"</a> (in Dutch). <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Single_Top_100" title="Dutch Single Top 100">Single Top 100</a>. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sc_New_Zealand_USA_For_Africa-128"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sc_New_Zealand_USA_For_Africa_128-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=USA+For+Africa&titel=We+Are+the+World&cat=s">USA For Africa – We Are the World"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Official_New_Zealand_Music_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="Official New Zealand Music Chart">Top 40 Singles</a>. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sc_Norway_USA_For_Africa-129"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sc_Norway_USA_For_Africa_129-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=USA+For+Africa&titel=We+Are+the+World&cat=s">USA For Africa – We Are the World"</a>. <a href="/wiki/VG-lista" title="VG-lista">VG-lista</a>. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-130"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-130">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=cfNDAAAAIBAJ&dq=Las+canciones+m%C3%A1s+populares+en+Latinoam%C3%A9rica&pg=PA13&article_id=1381,5114072">"Las canciones más populares en Latinoamérica"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/La_Opini%C3%B3n_(Los_Angeles)" class="mw-redirect" title="La Opinión (Los Angeles)">La Opinión (Los Angeles)</a></i> (in Spanish). 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Writer's Digest Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-58297-466-7" title="Special:BookSources/1-58297-466-7"><bdi>1-58297-466-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Craft+and+Business+of+Songwriting&rft.pub=Writer%27s+Digest+Books&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=1-58297-466-7&rft.aulast=Braheny&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fcraftbusinessofs00brah&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWe+Are+the+World" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Breskin, David (2004). <i>We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song</i> booklet. Image Entertainment, Inc.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCampbell1993" class="citation book cs1">Campbell, Lisa (1993). <i>Michael Jackson: The King of Pop</i>. 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Robson. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-86105-965-5" title="Special:BookSources/1-86105-965-5"><bdi>1-86105-965-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Stevie+Wonder%3A+Rhythms+of+Wonder&rft.pub=Robson&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=1-86105-965-5&rft.aulast=Davis&rft.aufirst=Sharon&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWe+Are+the+World" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGarofalo1992" class="citation book cs1">Garofalo, Reebee (1992). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/rockinboatmassmu00garof"><i>Rockin' the Boat</i></a></span>. South End Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-89608-427-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-89608-427-2"><bdi>0-89608-427-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Rockin%27+the+Boat&rft.pub=South+End+Press&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=0-89608-427-2&rft.aulast=Garofalo&rft.aufirst=Reebee&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Frockinboatmassmu00garof&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWe+Are+the+World" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson_George" title="Nelson George">George, Nelson</a> (2004). <i><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson:_The_Ultimate_Collection" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection">Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection</a></i> booklet. <a href="/wiki/Sony_BMG" title="Sony BMG">Sony BMG</a>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMarsh2004" class="citation book cs1">Marsh, Dave (2004). <i>Bruce Springsteen: Two Hearts</i>. 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Soloists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Carnes" title="Kim Carnes">Kim Carnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Charles" title="Ray Charles">Ray Charles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daryl_Hall" title="Daryl Hall">Daryl Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Ingram" title="James Ingram">James Ingram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Jarreau" title="Al Jarreau">Al Jarreau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Joel" title="Billy Joel">Billy Joel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyndi_Lauper" title="Cyndi Lauper">Cyndi Lauper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huey_Lewis" title="Huey Lewis">Huey Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Loggins" title="Kenny Loggins">Kenny Loggins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Perry" title="Steve Perry">Steve Perry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Richie" title="Lionel Richie">Lionel Richie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Rogers" title="Kenny Rogers">Kenny Rogers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diana_Ross" title="Diana Ross">Diana Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Simon" title="Paul Simon">Paul Simon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen" title="Bruce Springsteen">Bruce Springsteen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tina_Turner" title="Tina Turner">Tina Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dionne_Warwick" title="Dionne Warwick">Dionne Warwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Chorus</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Aykroyd" title="Dan Aykroyd">Dan Aykroyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Belafonte" title="Harry Belafonte">Harry Belafonte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Buckingham" title="Lindsey Buckingham">Lindsey Buckingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheila_E." title="Sheila E.">Sheila E.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Geldof" title="Bob Geldof">Bob Geldof</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Jackson" title="Jackie Jackson">Jackie Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Toya_Jackson" title="La Toya Jackson">La Toya Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlon_Jackson" title="Marlon Jackson">Marlon Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Jackson_(The_Jacksons)" class="mw-redirect" title="Randy Jackson (The Jacksons)">Randy Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tito_Jackson" title="Tito Jackson">Tito Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waylon_Jennings" title="Waylon Jennings">Waylon Jennings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bette_Midler" title="Bette Midler">Bette Midler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huey_Lewis_and_the_News" title="Huey Lewis and the News">The News</a> (Mario Cipollina, <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Colla" title="Johnny Colla">Johnny Colla</a>, Bill Gibson, Chris Hayes, and Sean Hopper)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Oates" title="John Oates">John Oates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Osborne" title="Jeffrey Osborne">Jeffrey Osborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Pointer_Sisters" title="The Pointer Sisters">The Pointer Sisters</a> (<a href="/wiki/Anita_Pointer" title="Anita Pointer">Anita Pointer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ruth_Pointer" title="Ruth Pointer">Ruth Pointer</a>, and <a href="/wiki/June_Pointer" title="June Pointer">June Pointer</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smokey_Robinson" title="Smokey Robinson">Smokey Robinson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Musicians</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Bahler" title="Tom Bahler">Tom Bahler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Boddicker" title="Michael Boddicker">Michael Boddicker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paulinho_da_Costa" title="Paulinho da Costa">Paulinho da Costa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humberto_Gatica" title="Humberto Gatica">Humberto Gatica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Johnson_(bassist)" title="Louis Johnson (bassist)">Louis Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Melvoin" title="Mike Melvoin">Michael Melvoin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Omartian" title="Michael Omartian">Michael Omartian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Paich" title="David Paich">David Paich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Porcaro" title="Steve Porcaro">Steve Porcaro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Phillinganes" title="Greg Phillinganes">Greg Phillinganes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Robinson_(drummer)" title="John Robinson (drummer)">John Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Underwood" title="Ian Underwood">Ian Underwood</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/We_Are_the_World_(album)" title="We Are the World (album)">Album</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks vcard navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Side one</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>USA for Africa - "<a class="mw-selflink selflink">We Are the World</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Perry" title="Steve Perry">Steve Perry</a> - "If Only for the Moment, Girl"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Pointer_Sisters" title="The Pointer Sisters">The Pointer Sisters</a> - "Just a Little Closer"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen" title="Bruce Springsteen">Bruce Springsteen</a> <a href="/wiki/E_Street_Band" title="E Street Band">& The E Street Band</a> - "<a href="/wiki/Trapped_(Jimmy_Cliff_song)#Bruce_Springsteen_version" title="Trapped (Jimmy Cliff song)">Trapped</a>" (Live)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Side two</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Lights_(Canadian_band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Lights (Canadian band)">Northern Lights</a> - "<a href="/wiki/Tears_Are_Not_Enough" title="Tears Are Not Enough">Tears Are Not Enough</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_(musician)" title="Prince (musician)">Prince</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Revolution_(band)" title="The Revolution (band)">& The Revolution</a> - "4 the Tears in Your Eyes"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_(band)" title="Chicago (band)">Chicago</a> - "Good for Nothing"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tina_Turner" title="Tina Turner">Tina Turner</a> - "Total Control"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Rogers" title="Kenny Rogers">Kenny Rogers</a> - "A Little More Love"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huey_Lewis_and_the_News" title="Huey Lewis and the News">Huey Lewis and the News</a> - "Trouble in Paradise" (Live)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Are_the_World_25_for_Haiti" title="We Are the World 25 for Haiti">We Are the World 25 for Haiti</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/We_Are_the_World_25_for_Haiti_(YouTube_edition)" title="We Are the World 25 for Haiti (YouTube edition)">"We Are the World 25 for Haiti" (YouTube edition)</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Somos_El_Mundo_25_Por_Haiti" title="Somos El Mundo 25 Por Haiti">Somos El Mundo 25 Por 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aria-labelledby="Michael_Jackson_songs362" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks vcard hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Michael_Jackson_songs" title="Template:Michael Jackson songs"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Michael_Jackson_songs" title="Template talk:Michael Jackson songs"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Michael_Jackson_songs" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Michael Jackson songs"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Michael_Jackson_songs362" class="fn" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> songs</div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson_singles_discography" title="Michael Jackson singles discography">Singles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_songs_recorded_by_Michael_Jackson" title="List of songs recorded by Michael Jackson">Songs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_unreleased_songs_recorded_by_Michael_Jackson" title="List of unreleased songs recorded by Michael Jackson">Unreleased songs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Got_to_Be_There_(song)" title="Got to Be There (song)">Got to Be There</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ain%27t_No_Sunshine" title="Ain't No Sunshine">Ain't No Sunshine</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Wanna_Be_Where_You_Are" title="I Wanna Be Where You Are">I Wanna Be Where You Are</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rockin%27_Robin_(song)" title="Rockin' Robin (song)">Rockin' Robin</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_Is_Here_and_Now_You%27re_Gone" title="Love Is Here and Now You're Gone">Love Is Here and Now You're Gone</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You%27ve_Got_a_Friend" title="You've Got a Friend">You've Got a Friend</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ben_(song)" title="Ben (song)">Ben</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Everybody%27s_Somebody%27s_Fool" title="Everybody's Somebody's Fool">Everybody's Somebody's Fool</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Girl_(The_Temptations_song)" title="My Girl (The Temptations song)">My Girl</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" title="Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day">Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We%27ve_Got_a_Good_Thing_Going" title="We've Got a Good Thing Going">We've Got a Good Thing Going</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/With_a_Child%27s_Heart" title="With a Child's Heart">With a Child's Heart</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Morning_Glow" title="Morning Glow">Morning Glow</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/All_the_Things_You_Are" title="All the Things You Are">All the Things You Are</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Happy_(Michael_Jackson_song)" title="Happy (Michael Jackson song)">Happy</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Too_Young_(Sidney_Lippman_and_Sylvia_Dee_song)" title="Too Young (Sidney Lippman and Sylvia Dee song)">Too Young</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Music_and_Me_(Michael_Jackson_song)" title="Music and Me (Michael Jackson song)">Music and Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We%27re_Almost_There" title="We're Almost There">We're Almost There</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Just_a_Little_Bit_of_You" title="Just a Little Bit of You">Just a Little Bit of You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Can%27t_Win_(song)" title="You Can't Win (song)">You Can't Win</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Stop_%27Til_You_Get_Enough" title="Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough">Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rock_with_You" title="Rock with You">Rock with You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Working_Day_and_Night" title="Working Day and Night">Working Day and Night</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It%27s_the_Falling_in_Love" title="It's the Falling in Love">It's the Falling in Love</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Off_the_Wall_(Michael_Jackson_song)" title="Off the Wall (Michael Jackson song)">Off the Wall</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Girlfriend_(Paul_McCartney_song)" title="Girlfriend (Paul McCartney song)">Girlfriend</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/She%27s_Out_of_My_Life" title="She's Out of My Life">She's Out of My Life</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/One_Day_in_Your_Life_(Michael_Jackson_song)" title="One Day in Your Life (Michael Jackson song)">One Day in Your Life</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Girl_Is_Mine" title="The Girl Is Mine">The Girl Is Mine</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Billie_Jean" title="Billie Jean">Billie Jean</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Beat_It" title="Beat It">Beat It</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wanna_Be_Startin%27_Somethin%27" title="Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'">Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'</a><span style="padding-left:.15em;">"</span></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Human_Nature_(Michael_Jackson_song)" title="Human Nature (Michael Jackson song)">Human Nature</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/P.Y.T._(Pretty_Young_Thing)" title="P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)">P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Thriller_(song)" title="Thriller (song)">Thriller</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You%27ve_Really_Got_a_Hold_on_Me" title="You've Really Got a Hold on Me">You've Really Got a Hold on Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Here_I_Am_(Come_and_Take_Me)" title="Here I Am (Come and Take Me)">Here I Am (Come and Take Me)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lonely_Teardrops" title="Lonely Teardrops">Lonely Teardrops</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/That%27s_What_Love_Is_Made_Of" title="That's What Love Is Made Of">That's What Love Is Made Of</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Farewell_My_Summer_Love_(song)" title="Farewell My Summer Love (song)">Farewell My Summer Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Girl_You%27re_So_Together" title="Girl You're So Together">Girl You're So Together</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Just_Can%27t_Stop_Loving_You" title="I Just Can't Stop Loving You">I Just Can't Stop Loving You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bad_(Michael_Jackson_song)" title="Bad (Michael Jackson song)">Bad</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Way_You_Make_Me_Feel" title="The Way You Make Me Feel">The Way You Make Me Feel</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Speed_Demon_(song)" title="Speed Demon (song)">Speed Demon</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Liberian_Girl" title="Liberian Girl">Liberian Girl</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Just_Good_Friends_(song)" title="Just Good Friends (song)">Just Good Friends</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Another_Part_of_Me" title="Another Part of Me">Another Part of Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Man_in_the_Mirror" title="Man in the Mirror">Man in the Mirror</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dirty_Diana" title="Dirty Diana">Dirty Diana</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Smooth_Criminal" title="Smooth Criminal">Smooth Criminal</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Leave_Me_Alone_(Michael_Jackson_song)" title="Leave Me Alone (Michael Jackson song)">Leave Me Alone</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Twenty-Five_Miles" title="Twenty-Five Miles">Twenty-Five Miles</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Black_or_White" title="Black or White">Black or White</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Jam_(Michael_Jackson_song)" title="Jam (Michael Jackson song)">Jam</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/In_the_Closet" title="In the Closet">In the Closet</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Remember_the_Time" title="Remember the Time">Remember the Time</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Heal_the_World" title="Heal the World">Heal the World</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Who_Is_It_(Michael_Jackson_song)" title="Who Is It (Michael Jackson song)">Who Is It</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Give_In_to_Me" title="Give In to Me">Give In to Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Will_You_Be_There" title="Will You Be There">Will You Be There</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Gone_Too_Soon" title="Gone Too Soon">Gone Too Soon</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dangerous_(Michael_Jackson_song)" title="Dangerous (Michael Jackson song)">Dangerous</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Come_Together" title="Come Together">Come Together</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Scream_(Michael_Jackson_and_Janet_Jackson_song)" title="Scream (Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson song)">Scream</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Childhood_(Michael_Jackson_song)" title="Childhood (Michael Jackson song)">Childhood</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/They_Don%27t_Care_About_Us" title="They Don't Care About Us">They Don't Care About Us</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Stranger_in_Moscow" title="Stranger in Moscow">Stranger in Moscow</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/This_Time_Around_(Michael_Jackson_song)" title="This Time Around (Michael Jackson song)">This Time Around</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Earth_Song" title="Earth Song">Earth Song</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/D.S._(song)" title="D.S. (song)">D.S.</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Are_Not_Alone" title="You Are Not Alone">You Are Not Alone</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tabloid_Junkie" title="Tabloid Junkie">Tabloid Junkie</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/HIStory_(song)" title="HIStory (song)">HIStory</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Smile_(Charlie_Chaplin_song)" title="Smile (Charlie Chaplin song)">Smile</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mind_Is_the_Magic" title="Mind Is the Magic">Mind Is the Magic</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Blood_on_the_Dance_Floor_(song)" title="Blood on the Dance Floor (song)">Blood on the Dance Floor</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ghosts_(Michael_Jackson_song)" title="Ghosts (Michael Jackson song)">Ghosts</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Is_It_Scary" title="Is It Scary">Is It Scary</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson%27s_Ghosts#On_the_Line" title="Michael Jackson's Ghosts">On the Line</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Speechless_(Michael_Jackson_song)" title="Speechless (Michael Jackson song)">Speechless</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Rock_My_World" title="You Rock My World">You Rock My World</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Heaven_Can_Wait_(Michael_Jackson_song)" title="Heaven Can Wait (Michael Jackson song)">Heaven Can Wait</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Butterflies_(Michael_Jackson_song)" title="Butterflies (Michael Jackson song)">Butterflies</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cry_(Michael_Jackson_song)" title="Cry (Michael Jackson song)">Cry</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/One_More_Chance_(Michael_Jackson_song)" title="One More Chance (Michael Jackson song)">One More Chance</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cheater_(song)" title="Cheater (song)">Cheater</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/(I_Like)_The_Way_You_Love_Me" title="(I Like) The Way You Love Me">(I Like) The Way You Love Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fall_Again" title="Fall Again">Fall Again</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/This_Is_It_(Michael_Jackson_song)" title="This Is It (Michael Jackson song)">This Is It</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Hold_My_Hand_(Michael_Jackson_and_Akon_song)" title="Hold My Hand (Michael Jackson and Akon song)">Hold My Hand</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Tonight" title="Hollywood Tonight">Hollywood Tonight</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/(I_Can%27t_Make_It)_Another_Day" title="(I Can't Make It) Another Day">(I Can't Make It) Another Day</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Behind_the_Mask_(song)" title="Behind the Mask (song)">Behind the Mask</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Be_Messin%27_%27Round" title="Don't Be Messin' 'Round">Don't Be Messin' 'Round</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_So_Blue_(Michael_Jackson_song)" title="I'm So Blue (Michael Jackson song)">I'm So Blue</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Price_of_Fame_(song)" title="Price of Fame (song)">Price of Fame</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_Never_Felt_So_Good" title="Love Never Felt So Good">Love Never Felt So Good</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Chicago_(Michael_Jackson_song)" title="Chicago (Michael Jackson song)">Chicago</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Loving_You_(Michael_Jackson_song)" title="Loving You (Michael Jackson song)">Loving You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Place_with_No_Name" title="A Place with No Name">A Place with No Name</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Slave_to_the_Rhythm_(Michael_Jackson_song)" title="Slave to the Rhythm (Michael Jackson song)">Slave to the Rhythm</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Do_You_Know_Where_Your_Children_Are_(song)" title="Do You Know Where Your Children Are (song)">Do You Know Where Your Children Are</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Blue_Gangsta" title="Blue Gangsta">Blue Gangsta</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/She%27s_Trouble" title="She's Trouble">She's Trouble</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">We Are the World</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What_More_Can_I_Give" title="What More Can I Give">What More Can I Give</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Are_the_World_25_for_Haiti" title="We Are the World 25 for Haiti">We Are the World 25 for Haiti</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Blood_on_the_Dance_Floor_x_Dangerous" title="Blood on the Dance Floor x Dangerous">Blood on the Dance Floor x Dangerous</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Diamonds_Are_Invincible" title="Diamonds Are Invincible">Diamonds Are Invincible</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Featured</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Brand_New_Day_(The_Wiz_song)" title="A Brand New Day (The Wiz song)">A Brand New Day</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ease_on_Down_the_Road" title="Ease on Down the Road">Ease on Down the Road</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Night_Time_Lover" title="Night Time Lover">Night Time Lover</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Papa_Was_a_Rollin%27_Stone" title="Papa Was a Rollin' Stone">Papa Was a Rollin' Stone</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/State_of_Independence" title="State of Independence">State of Independence</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Muscles_(song)" title="Muscles (song)">Muscles</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Say_Say_Say" title="Say Say Say">Say Say Say</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Somebody%27s_Watching_Me" title="Somebody's Watching Me">Somebody's Watching Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Stand_Another_Chance" title="Don't Stand Another Chance">Don't Stand Another Chance</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Centipede_(Rebbie_Jackson_song)" title="Centipede (Rebbie Jackson song)">Centipede</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tell_Me_I%27m_Not_Dreamin%27_(Too_Good_to_Be_True)" title="Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)">Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Eaten_Alive_(song)" title="Eaten Alive (song)">Eaten Alive</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Get_It_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="Get It (Stevie Wonder song)">Get It</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/2300_Jackson_Street_(song)" title="2300 Jackson Street (song)">2300 Jackson Street</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Do_the_Bartman" title="Do the Bartman">Do the Bartman</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Whatzupwitu" title="Whatzupwitu">Whatzupwitu</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Why_(3T_song)" title="Why (3T song)">Why</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Need_You_(Eric_Carmen_song)#3T_cover" title="I Need You (Eric Carmen song)">I Need You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Be_Clubbin%27#"We_Be_Ballin'"" title="We Be Clubbin'">We Be Ballin'</a><span style="padding-left:.15em;">"</span></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Girls,_Girls,_Girls_(Jay-Z_song)" title="Girls, Girls, Girls (Jay-Z song)">Girls, Girls, Girls</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/All_in_Your_Name" title="All in Your Name">All in Your Name</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/There_Must_Be_More_to_Life_Than_This" title="There Must Be More to Life Than This">There Must Be More to Life Than This</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Low_(Lenny_Kravitz_song)" title="Low (Lenny Kravitz song)">Low</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Matter_to_Me" title="Don't Matter to Me">Don't Matter to Me</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" 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(1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Renaissance_(Lionel_Richie_album)" title="Renaissance (Lionel Richie album)">Renaissance</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Just_for_You_(Lionel_Richie_album)" title="Just for You (Lionel Richie album)">Just for You</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Coming_Home_(Lionel_Richie_album)" title="Coming Home (Lionel Richie album)">Coming Home</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sounds_of_the_Season_(album)" title="Sounds of the Season (album)">Sounds of the Season</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Just_Go_(album)" title="Just Go (album)">Just Go</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tuskegee_(album)" title="Tuskegee (album)">Tuskegee</a></i> (2012)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Encore_(Lionel_Richie_album)" title="Encore (Lionel Richie album)">Encore</a></i> (2002)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilation albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Back_to_Front_(Lionel_Richie_album)" title="Back to Front (Lionel Richie album)">Back to Front</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Truly:_The_Love_Songs" title="Truly: The Love Songs">Truly: The Love Songs</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Definitive_Collection_(Lionel_Richie_album)" title="The Definitive Collection (Lionel Richie album)">The Definitive Collection</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gold_(Lionel_Richie_album)" title="Gold (Lionel Richie album)">Gold</a></i> (2006)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Endless_Love_(song)" title="Endless Love (song)">Endless Love</a>" (with <a href="/wiki/Diana_Ross" title="Diana Ross">Diana Ross</a>) (1981)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Truly_(Lionel_Richie_song)" title="Truly (Lionel Richie song)">Truly</a>" (1982)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Are_(Lionel_Richie_song)" title="You Are (Lionel Richie song)">You Are</a>" (1983)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Love_(Lionel_Richie_song)" title="My Love (Lionel Richie song)">My Love</a>" (1983)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/All_Night_Long_(All_Night)" title="All Night Long (All Night)">All Night Long (All Night)</a>" (1983)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Running_with_the_Night" title="Running with the Night">Running with the Night</a>" (1983)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hello_(Lionel_Richie_song)" title="Hello (Lionel Richie song)">Hello</a>" (1984)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Stuck_on_You_(Lionel_Richie_song)" title="Stuck on You (Lionel Richie song)">Stuck on You</a>" (1984)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Penny_Lover" title="Penny Lover">Penny Lover</a>" (1984)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Say_You,_Say_Me" title="Say You, Say Me">Say You, Say Me</a>" (1985)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dancing_on_the_Ceiling_(Lionel_Richie_song)" title="Dancing on the Ceiling (Lionel Richie song)">Dancing on the Ceiling</a>" (1986)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_Will_Conquer_All" title="Love Will Conquer All">Love Will Conquer All</a>" (1986)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ballerina_Girl" title="Ballerina Girl">Ballerina Girl</a>" (1986)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Deep_River_Woman" title="Deep River Woman">Deep River Woman</a>" (1987)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Se_La" title="Se La">Se La</a>" (1987)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Do_It_to_Me" title="Do It to Me">Do It to Me</a>" (1992)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Destiny_(Lionel_Richie_song)" title="My Destiny (Lionel Richie song)">My Destiny</a>" (1992)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Wanna_Lose_You_(Lionel_Richie_song)" title="Don't Wanna Lose You (Lionel Richie song)">Don't Wanna Lose You</a>" (1996)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Angel_(Lionel_Richie_song)" title="Angel (Lionel Richie song)">Angel</a>" (2000)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Stop_the_Music_(Lionel_Richie_song)" title="Don't Stop the Music (Lionel Richie song)">Don't Stop the Music</a>" (2001)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tender_Heart_(Lionel_Richie_song)" title="Tender Heart (Lionel Richie song)">Tender Heart</a>" (2001)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Forgot" title="I Forgot">I Forgot</a>" (2001)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cinderella_(Lionel_Richie_song)" title="Cinderella (Lionel Richie song)">Cinderella</a>" (2001)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/To_Love_a_Woman" title="To Love a Woman">To Love a Woman</a>" (2003)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Just_for_You_(Lionel_Richie_song)" title="Just for You (Lionel Richie song)">Just for You</a>" (2004)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Long,_Long_Way_to_Go#Lionel_Richie_version" title="Long, Long Way to Go">Long, Long Way to Go</a>" (2004)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Call_It_Love" title="I Call It Love">I Call It Love</a>" (2006)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What_You_Are_(Lionel_Richie_song)" title="What You Are (Lionel Richie song)">What You Are</a>" (2006)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Why_(Lionel_Richie_song)" title="Why (Lionel Richie song)">Why</a>" (2006)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Reason_to_Believe_(Lionel_Richie_song)" title="Reason to Believe (Lionel Richie song)">Reason to Believe</a>" (2007)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Good_Morning_(Lionel_Richie_song)" title="Good Morning (Lionel Richie song)">Good Morning</a>" (2008)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Just_Go_(Lionel_Richie_song)" title="Just Go (Lionel Richie song)">Just Go</a>" (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Songwriting</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Lady_(Kenny_Rogers_song)" title="Lady (Kenny Rogers song)">Lady</a>" (1980)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Missing_You_(Diana_Ross_song)" title="Missing You (Diana Ross song)">Missing You</a>" (1984)</li> <li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">We Are the World</a>" (1985)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Like_It_(Enrique_Iglesias_song)" title="I Like It (Enrique Iglesias song)">I Like It</a>" (2010)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tours</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All_the_Hits,_All_Night_Long" title="All the Hits, All Night Long">All the Hits, All Night Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_the_Hits_Tour_(Lionel_Richie_and_Mariah_Carey)" title="All the Hits Tour (Lionel Richie and Mariah Carey)">All the Hits Tour</a></li></ul> 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<li>"<a href="/wiki/Stuff_Like_That" title="Stuff Like That">Stuff Like That</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ai_No_Corrida_(song)" title="Ai No Corrida (song)">Ai No Corrida</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Just_Once" title="Just Once">Just Once</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/One_Hundred_Ways" title="One Hundred Ways">One Hundred Ways</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27ll_Be_Good_to_You" title="I'll Be Good to You">I'll Be Good to You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Garden_(Sweet_Seduction_Suite)" title="The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)">The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other works</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks vcard navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">With Michael Jackson</th><td 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at the Sands">Sinatra at the Sands</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/L.A._Is_My_Lady" title="L.A. Is My Lady">L.A. Is My Lady</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Single collaborations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/It%27s_My_Party_(Lesley_Gore_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="It's My Party (Lesley Gore song)">It's My Party</a>" with <a href="/wiki/Lesley_Gore" title="Lesley Gore">Lesley Gore</a></li> <li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">We Are the World</a>" with <a href="/wiki/USA_for_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="USA for Africa">USA for Africa</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Are_the_World_25_for_Haiti" title="We Are the World 25 for Haiti">We Are the World 25 for Haiti</a>" with Artists for Haiti</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Color_Purple_(1985_film)" title="The Color Purple (1985 film)"><i>The Color Purple</i> (1985 film)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Quincy_(film)" title="Quincy (film)">Quincy</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Color_Purple_(2023_film)" title="The Color Purple (2023 film)"><i>The Color Purple</i> (2023 film)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1256394678"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox navbox-musical-artist navbox-musical-artist-solo" aria-labelledby="Harry_Belafonte145" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks vcard mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th 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href="/wiki/Harry_Belafonte_discography" title="Harry Belafonte discography">Discography</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Mark_Twain_and_Other_Folk_Favorites" title="Mark Twain and Other Folk Favorites">Mark Twain and Other Folk Favorites</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Belafonte_(album)" title="Belafonte (album)">Belafonte</a></i> (1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Calypso_(album)" title="Calypso (album)">Calypso</a></i> (1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/An_Evening_with_Belafonte" title="An Evening with Belafonte">An Evening with Belafonte</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Belafonte_Sings_of_the_Caribbean" title="Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean">Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/To_Wish_You_a_Merry_Christmas" title="To Wish You a Merry Christmas">To Wish You a Merry Christmas</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Belafonte_Sings_the_Blues" title="Belafonte Sings the Blues">Belafonte Sings the Blues</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Love_Is_a_Gentle_Thing" title="Love Is a Gentle Thing">Love Is a Gentle Thing</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/My_Lord_What_a_Mornin%27" title="My Lord What a Mornin'">My Lord What a Mornin'</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Swing_Dat_Hammer" title="Swing Dat Hammer">Swing Dat Hammer</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jump_Up_Calypso" title="Jump Up Calypso">Jump Up Calypso</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Midnight_Special_(Harry_Belafonte_album)" title="Midnight Special (Harry Belafonte album)">Midnight Special</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Many_Moods_of_Belafonte" title="The Many Moods of Belafonte">The Many Moods of Belafonte</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Streets_I_Have_Walked" title="Streets I Have Walked">Streets I Have Walked</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ballads,_Blues_and_Boasters" title="Ballads, Blues and Boasters">Ballads, Blues and Boasters</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_My_Quiet_Room" title="In My Quiet Room">In My Quiet Room</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Calypso_in_Brass" title="Calypso in Brass">Calypso in Brass</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Belafonte_on_Campus" title="Belafonte on Campus">Belafonte on Campus</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Belafonte_Sings_of_Love" title="Belafonte Sings of Love">Belafonte Sings of Love</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Homeward_Bound_(album)" title="Homeward Bound (album)">Homeward Bound</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Belafonte_by_Request" title="Belafonte by Request">Belafonte by Request</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Warm_Touch" title="The Warm Touch">The Warm Touch</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Calypso_Carnival" title="Calypso Carnival">Calypso Carnival</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Play_Me_(album)" title="Play Me (album)">Play Me</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Turn_the_World_Around" title="Turn the World Around">Turn the World Around</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Loving_You_Is_Where_I_Belong" title="Loving You Is Where I Belong">Loving You Is Where I Belong</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Paradise_in_Gazankulu" title="Paradise in Gazankulu">Paradise in Gazankulu</a></i> (1988)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Belafonte_at_Carnegie_Hall" title="Belafonte at Carnegie Hall">Belafonte at Carnegie Hall</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Belafonte_Returns_to_Carnegie_Hall" title="Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall">Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Belafonte_at_The_Greek_Theatre" title="Belafonte at The Greek Theatre">Belafonte at The Greek Theatre</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i>En Gränslös Kväll På Operan</i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Belafonte...Live!" title="Belafonte...Live!">Belafonte...Live!</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Belafonte_Concert_in_Japan" title="Belafonte Concert in Japan">Belafonte Concert in Japan</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Belafonte_%2789" title="Belafonte '89">Belafonte '89</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/An_Evening_with_Harry_Belafonte_and_Friends" title="An Evening with Harry Belafonte and Friends">An Evening with Harry Belafonte and Friends</a></i> (1997)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Essential_Harry_Belafonte" title="The Essential Harry Belafonte">The Essential Harry Belafonte</a></i> (2005)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Collaborations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Porgy_and_Bess_(Harry_Belafonte_and_Lena_Horne_album)" title="Porgy and Bess (Harry Belafonte and Lena Horne album)">Porgy and Bess</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/An_Evening_with_Belafonte/Makeba" title="An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba">An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/An_Evening_with_Belafonte/Mouskouri" title="An Evening with Belafonte/Mouskouri">An Evening with Belafonte/Mouskouri</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Harry_%26_Lena" title="Harry & Lena">Harry & Lena: For the Love of Life</a></i> (1970)</li> <li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">We Are the World</a>" (1985)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles and songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Gomen-nasai_(song)" title="Gomen-nasai (song)">Gomen-nasai</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Jamaica_Farewell" title="Jamaica Farewell">Jamaica Farewell</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mary%27s_Boy_Child" title="Mary's Boy Child">Mary's Boy Child</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Day-O_(The_Banana_Boat_Song)" title="Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)">Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mama_Look_at_Bubu" title="Mama Look at Bubu">Mama Look at Bubu</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Island_in_the_Sun_(Harry_Belafonte_song)" title="Island in the Sun (Harry Belafonte song)">Island in the Sun</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Scarlet_Ribbons_(For_Her_Hair)" title="Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)">Scarlet Ribbons</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Jump_in_the_Line_(Shake,_Senora)" title="Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)">Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shari_Belafonte" title="Shari Belafonte">Shari Belafonte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom" class="mw-redirect" title="March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom">March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_Summer" title="Freedom Summer">Freedom Summer</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sing_Your_Song" title="Sing Your Song">Sing Your Song</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Stevie_Wonder" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Stevie Wonder"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Stevie_Wonder295" class="fn" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder_discography" title="Stevie Wonder discography">Discography</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jazz_Soul_of_Little_Stevie" title="The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie">The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tribute_to_Uncle_Ray" title="Tribute to Uncle Ray">Tribute to Uncle Ray</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/With_a_Song_in_My_Heart_(Stevie_Wonder_album)" title="With a Song in My Heart (Stevie Wonder album)">With a Song in My Heart</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stevie_at_the_Beach" title="Stevie at the Beach">Stevie at the Beach</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Up-Tight" title="Up-Tight">Up-Tight</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Down_to_Earth_(Stevie_Wonder_album)" title="Down to Earth (Stevie Wonder album)">Down to Earth</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Was_Made_to_Love_Her_(album)" title="I Was Made to Love Her (album)">I Was Made to Love Her</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Someday_at_Christmas" title="Someday at Christmas">Someday at Christmas</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eivets_Rednow" title="Eivets Rednow">Eivets Rednow</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/For_Once_in_My_Life_(Stevie_Wonder_album)" title="For Once in My Life (Stevie Wonder album)">For Once in My Life</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/My_Cherie_Amour_(album)" title="My Cherie Amour (album)">My Cherie Amour</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Signed,_Sealed_%26_Delivered" title="Signed, Sealed & Delivered">Signed, Sealed & Delivered</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Where_I%27m_Coming_From" title="Where I'm Coming From">Where I'm Coming From</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Music_of_My_Mind" title="Music of My Mind">Music of My Mind</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Talking_Book" title="Talking Book">Talking Book</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Innervisions" title="Innervisions">Innervisions</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fulfillingness%27_First_Finale" title="Fulfillingness' First Finale">Fulfillingness' First Finale</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Songs_in_the_Key_of_Life" title="Songs in the Key of Life">Songs in the Key of Life</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hotter_than_July" title="Hotter than July">Hotter than July</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_Square_Circle" title="In Square Circle">In Square Circle</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Characters_(Stevie_Wonder_album)" title="Characters (Stevie Wonder album)">Characters</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Conversation_Peace" title="Conversation Peace">Conversation Peace</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Time_to_Love_(album)" title="A Time to Love (album)">A Time to Love</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Recorded_Live:_The_12_Year_Old_Genius" title="Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius">Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder_Live" title="Stevie Wonder Live">Stevie Wonder Live</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_the_Talk_of_the_Town_(Stevie_Wonder_album)" title="Live at the Talk of the Town (Stevie Wonder album)">Live at the Talk of the Town</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Natural_Wonder" title="Natural Wonder">Natural Wonder</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Soundtracks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder%27s_Journey_Through_%22The_Secret_Life_of_Plants%22" title="Stevie Wonder's Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants"">Stevie Wonder's Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants"</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Woman_in_Red_(soundtrack)" title="The Woman in Red (soundtrack)">The Woman in Red</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Dragon_(soundtrack)" title="The Last Dragon (soundtrack)">The Last Dragon</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jungle_Fever_(soundtrack)" title="Jungle Fever (soundtrack)">Jungle Fever</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Looking_Back_(Stevie_Wonder_album)" title="Looking Back (Stevie Wonder album)">Looking Back</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder%27s_Original_Musiquarium_I" title="Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I">Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Song_Review:_A_Greatest_Hits_Collection" title="Song Review: A Greatest Hits Collection">Song Review: A Greatest Hits Collection</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/At_the_Close_of_a_Century" title="At the Close of a Century">At the Close of a Century</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Definitive_Collection_(Stevie_Wonder_album)" title="The Definitive Collection (Stevie Wonder album)">The Definitive Collection</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Complete_Stevie_Wonder" title="The Complete Stevie Wonder">The Complete Stevie Wonder</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Fingertips" title="Fingertips">Fingertips</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hey_Harmonica_Man" title="Hey Harmonica Man">Hey Harmonica Man</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Uptight_(Everything%27s_Alright)" title="Uptight (Everything's Alright)">Uptight (Everything's Alright)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/With_a_Child%27s_Heart" title="With a Child's Heart">With a Child's Heart</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Blowin%27_in_the_Wind" title="Blowin' in the Wind">Blowin' in the Wind</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Place_in_the_Sun_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="A Place in the Sun (Stevie Wonder song)">A Place in the Sun</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Someday_at_Christmas_(song)" title="Someday at Christmas (song)">Someday at Christmas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hey_Love_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="Hey Love (Stevie Wonder song)">Hey Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Was_Made_to_Love_Her_(song)" title="I Was Made to Love Her (song)">I Was Made to Love Her</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Wondering" title="I'm Wondering">I'm Wondering</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" title="Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day">Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Met_Your_Match" title="You Met Your Match">You Met Your Match</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Alfie_(Burt_Bacharach_song)" title="Alfie (Burt Bacharach song)">Alfie</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/For_Once_in_My_Life" title="For Once in My Life">For Once in My Life</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Don%27t_Know_Why" title="I Don't Know Why">I Don't Know Why</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Cherie_Amour_(song)" title="My Cherie Amour (song)">My Cherie Amour</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Yester-Me,_Yester-You,_Yesterday" title="Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday">Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Never_Had_a_Dream_Come_True_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="Never Had a Dream Come True (Stevie Wonder song)">Never Had a Dream Come True</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Signed,_Sealed,_Delivered_I%27m_Yours" title="Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours">Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Heaven_Help_Us_All" title="Heaven Help Us All">Heaven Help Us All</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Can_Work_It_Out" title="We Can Work It Out">We Can Work It Out</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Never_Dreamed_You%27d_Leave_in_Summer" title="Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer">Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/If_You_Really_Love_Me" title="If You Really Love Me">If You Really Love Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What_Christmas_Means_to_Me" title="What Christmas Means to Me">What Christmas Means to Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Superwoman_(Where_Were_You_When_I_Needed_You)" title="Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)">Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Superstition_(song)" title="Superstition (song)">Superstition</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Are_the_Sunshine_of_My_Life" title="You Are the Sunshine of My Life">You Are the Sunshine of My Life</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Higher_Ground_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder song)">Higher Ground</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Living_for_the_City" title="Living for the City">Living for the City</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_You_Worry_%27bout_a_Thing" title="Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing">Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/He%27s_Misstra_Know-It-All" title="He's Misstra Know-It-All">He's Misstra Know-It-All</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Haven%27t_Done_Nothin%27" title="You Haven't Done Nothin'">You Haven't Done Nothin'</a><span style="padding-left:.15em;">"</span></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Boogie_On_Reggae_Woman" title="Boogie On Reggae Woman">Boogie On Reggae Woman</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Wish_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="I Wish (Stevie Wonder song)">I Wish</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sir_Duke" title="Sir Duke">Sir Duke</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Another_Star" title="Another Star">Another Star</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/As_(song)" title="As (song)">As</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pops,_We_Love_You_(song)" title="Pops, We Love You (song)">Pops, We Love You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Send_One_Your_Love" title="Send One Your Love">Send One Your Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Master_Blaster_(Jammin%27)" title="Master Blaster (Jammin')">Master Blaster (Jammin')</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Ain%27t_Gonna_Stand_for_It" title="I Ain't Gonna Stand for It">I Ain't Gonna Stand for It</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lately_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="Lately (Stevie Wonder song)">Lately</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Happy_Birthday_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="Happy Birthday (Stevie Wonder song)">Happy Birthday</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/That_Girl_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="That Girl (Stevie Wonder song)">That Girl</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ebony_and_Ivory" title="Ebony and Ivory">Ebony and Ivory</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Do_I_Do" title="Do I Do">Do I Do</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ribbon_in_the_Sky" title="Ribbon in the Sky">Ribbon in the Sky</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Front_Line_(song)" title="Front Line (song)">Front Line</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Just_Called_to_Say_I_Love_You" title="I Just Called to Say I Love You">I Just Called to Say I Love You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_Light_in_Flight" title="Love Light in Flight">Love Light in Flight</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Part-Time_Lover" title="Part-Time Lover">Part-Time Lover</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/That%27s_What_Friends_Are_For" title="That's What Friends Are For">That's What Friends Are For</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Go_Home_(song)" title="Go Home (song)">Go Home</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Overjoyed_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="Overjoyed (Stevie Wonder song)">Overjoyed</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Stranger_on_the_Shore_of_Love" title="Stranger on the Shore of Love">Stranger on the Shore of Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Skeletons_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="Skeletons (Stevie Wonder song)">Skeletons</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Will_Know" title="You Will Know">You Will Know</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Get_It_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="Get It (Stevie Wonder song)">Get It</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Gotta_Have_You_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="Gotta Have You (Stevie Wonder song)">Gotta Have You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/For_Your_Love_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="For Your Love (Stevie Wonder song)">For Your Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/So_What_the_Fuss" title="So What the Fuss">So What the Fuss</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/From_the_Bottom_of_My_Heart_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="From the Bottom of My Heart (Stevie Wonder song)">From the Bottom of My Heart</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/All_About_the_Love_Again" title="All About the Love Again">All About the Love Again</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Faith_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="Faith (Stevie Wonder song)">Faith</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Can%27t_Put_It_in_the_Hands_of_Fate" title="Can't Put It in the Hands of Fate">Can't Put It in the Hands of Fate</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Featured singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Love_(Julio_Iglesias_song)" title="My Love (Julio Iglesias song)">My Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/How_Come,_How_Long" title="How Come, How Long">How Come, How Long</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/California_Roll_(song)" title="California Roll (song)">California Roll</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/You_and_I_(We_Can_Conquer_the_World)" title="You and I (We Can Conquer the World)">You and I (We Can Conquer the World)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Believe_(When_I_Fall_in_Love_It_Will_Be_Forever)" title="I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)">I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Golden_Lady_(song)" title="Golden Lady (song)">Golden Lady</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/All_in_Love_Is_Fair" title="All in Love Is Fair">All in Love Is Fair</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/They_Won%27t_Go_When_I_Go" title="They Won't Go When I Go">They Won't Go When I Go</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love%27s_in_Need_of_Love_Today" title="Love's in Need of Love Today">Love's in Need of Love Today</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Knocks_Me_Off_My_Feet" title="Knocks Me Off My Feet">Knocks Me Off My Feet</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pastime_Paradise" title="Pastime Paradise">Pastime Paradise</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Isn%27t_She_Lovely" title="Isn't She Lovely">Isn't She Lovely</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Black_Man_(song)" title="Black Man (song)">Black Man</a>"</li> <li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">We Are the World</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Just_Good_Friends_(song)" title="Just Good Friends (song)">Just Good Friends</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Seasons_of_Love" title="Seasons of Love">Seasons of Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/True_to_Your_Heart" title="True to Your Heart">True to Your Heart</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Stop_Trying_to_Be_God" title="Stop Trying to Be God">Stop Trying to Be God</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Songwriting credits</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/It%27s_a_Shame_(The_Spinners_song)" title="It's a Shame (The Spinners song)">It's a Shame</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Tears_of_a_Clown" title="The Tears of a Clown">Tears of a Clown</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tell_Me_Something_Good" title="Tell Me Something Good">Tell Me Something Good</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Uptown_Festival_(song)" title="Uptown Festival (song)">Uptown Festival</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Get_Serious_(song)" title="Let's Get Serious (song)">Let's Get Serious</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You%27re_Supposed_to_Keep_Your_Love_for_Me" title="You're Supposed to Keep Your Love for Me">You're Supposed to Keep Your Love for Me</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tours</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Songs_in_the_Key_of_Life_Tour" title="Songs in the Key of Life Tour">Songs in the Key of Life Tour</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lula_Mae_Hardaway" title="Lula Mae Hardaway">Lula Mae Hardaway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syreeta_Wright" title="Syreeta Wright">Syreeta Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KJLH" title="KJLH">KJLH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder%27s_Superego" title="Stevie Wonder's Superego">SuperEgo</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wonderin%27" title="Wonderin'">Wonderin'</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wonder-ful" title="Wonder-ful">Wonder-ful</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXIII_halftime_show" title="Super Bowl XXXIII halftime show">Super Bowl XXXIII halftime show</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1256394678"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox navbox-musical-artist navbox-musical-artist-solo" aria-labelledby="La_Toya_Jackson284" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks vcard hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:La_Toya_Jackson" title="Template:La Toya Jackson"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:La_Toya_Jackson" title="Template talk:La Toya Jackson"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:La_Toya_Jackson" 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href="/wiki/Starting_Over_(La_Toya_Jackson_EP)" title="Starting Over (La Toya Jackson EP)">Starting Over</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bibliography</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/La_Toya:_Growing_Up_in_the_Jackson_Family" title="La Toya: Growing Up in the Jackson Family">La Toya: Growing Up in the Jackson Family</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Starting_Over_(autobiography)" title="Starting Over (autobiography)">Starting Over</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/If_You_Feel_the_Funk" title="If You Feel the Funk">If You Feel the Funk</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Night_Time_Lover" title="Night Time Lover">Night Time Lover</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Stay_the_Night_(1980_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stay the Night (1980 song)">Stay the Night</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Don%27t_Want_You_to_Go_(Lani_Hall_song)" title="I Don't Want You to Go (Lani Hall song)">I Don't Want You to Go</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bet%27cha_Gonna_Need_My_Lovin%27" title="Bet'cha Gonna Need My Lovin'">Bet'cha Gonna Need My Lovin'</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Heart_Don%27t_Lie_(song)" title="Heart Don't Lie (song)">Heart Don't Lie</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hot_Potato_(song)" title="Hot Potato (song)">Hot Potato</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Private_Joy" title="Private Joy">Private Joy</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Baby_Sister" title="Baby Sister">Baby Sister</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/He%27s_a_Pretender" title="He's a Pretender">He's a Pretender</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Imagination_(La_Toya_Jackson_song)" title="Imagination (La Toya Jackson song)">Imagination</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Oops,_Oh_No!" title="Oops, Oh No!">Oops, Oh No!</a>" with Cerrone</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Yes,_I%27m_Ready" title="Yes, I'm Ready">Yes, I'm Ready</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/(Ain%27t_Nobody_Loves_You)_Like_I_Do" title="(Ain't Nobody Loves You) Like I Do">(Ain't Nobody Loves You) Like I Do</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/(Tell_Me)_She_Means_Nothing_To_You_At_All" title="(Tell Me) She Means Nothing To You At All">(Tell Me) She Means Nothing To You At All</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You%27re_Gonna_Get_Rocked!_(song)" title="You're Gonna Get Rocked! (song)">You're Gonna Get Rocked</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Such_a_Wicked_Love" title="Such a Wicked Love">Such a Wicked Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Blew" title="You Blew">You Blew</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bad_Girl_(La_Toya_Jackson_song)" title="Bad Girl (La Toya Jackson song)">Bad Girl</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_and_Me_(La_Toya_Jackson_song)" title="You and Me (La Toya Jackson song)">You and Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sexual_Feeling" title="Sexual Feeling">Sexual Feeling</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Why_Don%27t_You_Want_My_Love%3F" title="Why Don't You Want My Love?">Why Don't You Want My Love?</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Oops,_Oh_No!" title="Oops, Oh No!">Oops, Oh No! (Remix)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sexbox" title="Sexbox">Sexbox</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Rock_the_House" title="Let's Rock the House">Let's Rock the House</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Can%27t_Help_Myself_(Sugar_Pie_Honey_Bunch)#La_Toya_Jackson_version" title="I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)">I Can't Help Myself</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Break_My_Heart_(La_Toya_Jackson_song)" title="Don't Break My Heart (La Toya Jackson song)">Don't Break My Heart</a>" with Tom Beser</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Just_Wanna_Dance" title="Just Wanna Dance">Just Wanna Dance</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Free_the_World" title="Free the World">Free the World</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Home_(La_Toya_Jackson_song)" title="Home (La Toya Jackson song)">Home</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Feels_Like_Love_(La_Toya_Jackson_song)" title="Feels Like Love (La Toya Jackson song)">Feels Like Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Trouble_(Nia_Peeples_song)" title="Trouble (Nia Peeples song)">Trouble</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Promotional singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Don%27t_Play_That" title="I Don't Play That">I Don't Play That</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Notable collaborations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">We Are the World</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Stop_the_Madness" title="Stop the Madness">Stop the Madness</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_family" title="Jackson family">Jackson family</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jacksons_(TV_series)" title="The Jacksons (TV series)">The Jacksons</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Life_with_La_Toya" title="Life with La Toya">Life with La Toya</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Gordon_(entertainment_manager)" title="Jack Gordon (entertainment manager)">Jack Gordon</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gordon_v._Gordon" title="Gordon v. 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<li><i><a href="/wiki/Bette_Midler_Sings_the_Rosemary_Clooney_Songbook" title="Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook">Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bette_Midler_Sings_the_Peggy_Lee_Songbook" title="Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook">Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cool_Yule" title="Cool Yule">Cool Yule</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/It%27s_the_Girls!" title="It's the Girls!">It's the Girls!</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Soundtracks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rose_(soundtrack)" title="The Rose (soundtrack)">The Rose</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Beaches_(soundtrack)" title="Beaches (soundtrack)">Beaches</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/For_the_Boys_(soundtrack)" title="For the Boys (soundtrack)">For the Boys</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gypsy_(soundtrack)" title="Gypsy (soundtrack)">Gypsy</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_Last_(Bette_Midler_album)" title="Live at Last (Bette Midler album)">Live at Last</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Divine_Madness_(Bette_Midler_album)" title="Divine Madness (Bette Midler album)">Divine Madness</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mud_Will_Be_Flung_Tonight" title="Mud Will Be Flung Tonight">Mud Will Be Flung Tonight</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Best_of_Bette_(1978_album)" title="The Best of Bette (1978 album)">The Best of Bette</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Best_of_Bette_(1981_album)" title="The Best of Bette (1981 album)">The Best of Bette (II)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Just_Hits" title="Just Hits">Just Hits</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Experience_the_Divine:_Greatest_Hits" title="Experience the Divine: Greatest Hits">Experience the Divine: Greatest Hits</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jackpot!_The_Best_Bette" title="Jackpot! The Best Bette">(Jackpot!) The Best Bette</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Memories_of_You_(album)" title="Memories of You (album)">Memories of You</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Gift_of_Love" title="A Gift of Love">A Gift of Love</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Video albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Divine_Madness_(film)" title="Divine Madness (film)">Divine Madness</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bette_Midler_Show" title="The Bette Midler Show">The Bette Midler Show</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Diva_Las_Vegas" title="Diva Las Vegas">Diva Las Vegas</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Showgirl_Must_Go_On" title="The Showgirl Must Go On">The Showgirl Must Go On</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Do_You_Want_to_Dance#Bette_Midler_version" title="Do You Want to Dance">Do You Want to Dance?</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Boogie_Woogie_Bugle_Boy#Later_versions_of_the_song" title="Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy">Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Friends_(Bette_Midler_song)" title="Friends (Bette Midler song)">Friends</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/In_the_Mood#Renditions" title="In the Mood">In the Mood</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Strangers_in_the_Night#Cover_versions" title="Strangers in the Night">Strangers in the Night</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Old_Cape_Cod#Cover_versions" title="Old Cape Cod">Old Cape Cod</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Buckets_of_Rain" title="Buckets of Rain">Buckets of Rain</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Married_Men" title="Married Men">Married Men</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hang_On_in_There_Baby" title="Hang On in There Baby">Hang On in There Baby</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You%27re_Moving_Out_Today" title="You're Moving Out Today">You're Movin' Out Today</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Storybook_Children_(Daybreak)" title="Storybook Children (Daybreak)">Storybook Children (Daybreak)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Big_Noise_from_Winnetka#Cover_versions" title="Big Noise from Winnetka">Big Noise from Winnetka</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/When_a_Man_Loves_a_Woman_(song)#Covers" title="When a Man Loves a Woman (song)">When a Man Loves a Woman</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Rose_(song)" title="The Rose (song)">The Rose</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Mother%27s_Eyes_(song)" title="My Mother's Eyes (song)">My Mother's Eyes</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Chapel_of_Love" title="Chapel of Love">Chapel of Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Know_Much#History" title="Don't Know Much">All I Need to Know</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You%27re_My_Favorite_Waste_of_Time" title="You're My Favorite Waste of Time">Favorite Waste of Time</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Beast_of_Burden_(song)#Cover_versions" title="Beast of Burden (song)">Beast of Burden</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Under_the_Boardwalk#Covers" title="Under the Boardwalk">Under the Boardwalk</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wind_Beneath_My_Wings" title="Wind Beneath My Wings">Wind Beneath My Wings</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/From_a_Distance#Bette_Midler_version" title="From a Distance">From a Distance</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Night_and_Day_(Bette_Midler_song)" title="Night and Day (Bette Midler song)">Night and Day</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/In_My_Life#Cover_versions" title="In My Life">In My Life</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/To_Deserve_You" title="To Deserve You">To Deserve You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/In_This_Life_(Collin_Raye_song)#Cover_versions" title="In This Life (Collin Raye song)">In This Life</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Don%27t_Own_Me#Other_versions" title="You Don't Own Me">You Don't Own Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_One_True_Friend" title="My One True Friend">My One True Friend</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Beautiful_Dammitt!#Bette_Midler_version" title="I'm Beautiful Dammitt!">I'm Beautiful</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/White_Christmas_(song)#Other_versions" title="White Christmas (song)">White Christmas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fever_(Little_Willie_John_song)" title="Fever (Little Willie John song)">Fever</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Be_My_Baby" title="Be My Baby">Be My Baby</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Concerts and tours</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diva_Las_Vegas" title="Diva Las Vegas">Diva Las Vegas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiss_My_Brass" title="Kiss My Brass">Kiss My Brass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Showgirl_Must_Go_On" title="The Showgirl Must Go On">The Showgirl Must Go On</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divine_Intervention_Tour" title="Divine Intervention Tour">Divine Intervention Tour</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Books</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Saga_of_Baby_Divine" title="The Saga of Baby Divine">The Saga of Baby Divine</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Diana_Ross" title="Template:Diana Ross"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Diana_Ross" title="Template talk:Diana Ross"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Diana_Ross" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Diana Ross"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Diana_Ross372" class="fn" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Diana_Ross" title="Diana Ross">Diana Ross</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diana_Ross_discography" title="Diana Ross discography">Discography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Diana_Ross" title="List of awards and nominations received by Diana Ross">Awards and nominations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Diana_Ross_(1970_album)" title="Diana Ross (1970 album)">Diana Ross</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Everything_Is_Everything_(Diana_Ross_album)" title="Everything Is Everything (Diana Ross album)">Everything Is Everything</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Surrender_(Diana_Ross_album)" title="Surrender (Diana Ross album)">Surrender</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Touch_Me_in_the_Morning_(album)" title="Touch Me in the Morning (album)">Touch Me in the Morning</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Diana_%26_Marvin" title="Diana & Marvin">Diana & Marvin</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Last_Time_I_Saw_Him" title="Last Time I Saw Him">Last Time I Saw Him</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Diana_Ross_(1976_album)" title="Diana Ross (1976 album)">Diana Ross</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Baby_It%27s_Me" title="Baby It's Me">Baby It's Me</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ross_(1978_album)" title="Ross (1978 album)">Ross</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Boss_(Diana_Ross_album)" title="The Boss (Diana Ross album)">The Boss</a></i> (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Diana_(album)" title="Diana (album)">Diana</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Why_Do_Fools_Fall_in_Love_(album)" title="Why Do Fools Fall in Love (album)">Why Do Fools Fall in Love</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Silk_Electric" title="Silk Electric">Silk Electric</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ross_(1983_album)" title="Ross (1983 album)">Ross</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Swept_Away_(Diana_Ross_album)" title="Swept Away (Diana Ross album)">Swept Away</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eaten_Alive_(album)" title="Eaten Alive (album)">Eaten Alive</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Red_Hot_Rhythm_%26_Blues" title="Red Hot Rhythm & Blues">Red Hot Rhythm & Blues</a></i> (1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Workin%27_Overtime" title="Workin' Overtime">Workin' Overtime</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Force_Behind_the_Power" title="The Force Behind the Power">The Force Behind the Power</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Very_Special_Season" title="A Very Special Season">A Very Special Season</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Take_Me_Higher" title="Take Me Higher">Take Me Higher</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Every_Day_Is_a_New_Day" title="Every Day Is a New Day">Every Day Is a New Day</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blue_(Diana_Ross_album)" title="Blue (Diana Ross album)">Blue</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Love_You_(Diana_Ross_album)" title="I Love You (Diana Ross album)">I Love You</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Diana_Ross_Sings_Songs_from_The_Wiz" title="Diana Ross Sings Songs from The Wiz">Diana Ross Sings Songs from The Wiz</a></i> (rec. 1978, rel. 2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thank_You_(Diana_Ross_album)" title="Thank You (Diana Ross album)">Thank You</a></i> (2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_(Diana_Ross_album)" title="Greatest Hits (Diana Ross album)">Greatest Hits</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Diana_Ross%27_Greatest_Hits" title="Diana Ross' Greatest Hits">Diana Ross' Greatest Hits</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/20_Golden_Greats_(Diana_Ross_album)" title="20 Golden Greats (Diana Ross album)">20 Golden Greats</a></i> (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/To_Love_Again_(Diana_Ross_album)" title="To Love Again (Diana Ross album)">To Love Again</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All_the_Great_Hits_(Diana_Ross_album)" title="All the Great Hits (Diana Ross album)">All the Great Hits</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Forever_Diana:_Musical_Memoirs" title="Forever Diana: Musical Memoirs">Forever Diana: Musical Memoirs</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_Woman:_The_Ultimate_Collection" title="One Woman: The Ultimate Collection">One Woman: The Ultimate Collection</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Diana_Extended:_The_Remixes" title="Diana Extended: The Remixes">Diana Extended: The Remixes</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Voice_of_Love" title="Voice of Love">Voice of Love</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Love_%26_Life:_The_Very_Best_of_Diana_Ross" title="Love & Life: The Very Best of Diana Ross">Love & Life: The Very Best of Diana Ross</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Definitive_Collection_(Diana_Ross_album)" title="The Definitive Collection (Diana Ross album)">The Definitive Collection</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Greatest_(Diana_Ross_album)" title="The Greatest (Diana Ross album)">The Greatest</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Upside_Down:_The_Collection" title="Upside Down: The Collection">Upside Down: The Collection</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Supertonic:_Mixes" title="Supertonic: Mixes">Supertonic: Mixes</a></i> (2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live releases</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_Caesars_Palace" title="Live at Caesars Palace">Live at Caesars Palace</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/An_Evening_with_Diana_Ross" title="An Evening with Diana Ross">An Evening with Diana Ross</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Live_(Diana_Ross_album)" title="Greatest Hits Live (Diana Ross album)">Greatest Hits Live</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stolen_Moments:_The_Lady_Sings..._Jazz_and_Blues" title="Stolen Moments: The Lady Sings... Jazz and Blues">Stolen Moments: The Lady Sings... Jazz and Blues</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Vienna_(album)" title="Christmas in Vienna (album)">Christmas in Vienna</a></i> (1993)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Soundtrack albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Diana!" title="Diana!">Diana!</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lady_Sings_the_Blues_(soundtrack)" title="Lady Sings the Blues (soundtrack)">Lady Sings the Blues</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mahogany_(soundtrack)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahogany (soundtrack)">Mahogany</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wiz_(soundtrack)" title="The Wiz (soundtrack)">The Wiz</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Endless_Love_(soundtrack)" title="Endless Love (soundtrack)">Endless Love</a></i> (1981)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Video albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Diana_Ross_Live_in_Central_Park" title="Diana Ross Live in Central Park">Live in Central Park</a></i> (2012)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Reach_Out_and_Touch_(Somebody%27s_Hand)" title="Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)">Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ain%27t_No_Mountain_High_Enough" title="Ain't No Mountain High Enough">Ain't No Mountain High Enough</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Remember_Me_(Diana_Ross_song)" title="Remember Me (Diana Ross song)">Remember Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Reach_Out_I%27ll_Be_There" title="Reach Out I'll Be There">Reach Out (I'll Be There)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Surrender_(Diana_Ross_song)" title="Surrender (Diana Ross song)">Surrender</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Still_Waiting_(Diana_Ross_song)" title="I'm Still Waiting (Diana Ross song)">I'm Still Waiting</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Good_Morning_Heartache" title="Good Morning Heartache">Good Morning Heartache</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Touch_Me_in_the_Morning_(song)" title="Touch Me in the Morning (song)">Touch Me in the Morning</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You%27re_a_Special_Part_of_Me" title="You're a Special Part of Me">You're a Special Part of Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Last_Time_I_Saw_Him_(song)" title="Last Time I Saw Him (song)">Last Time I Saw Him</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Mistake_(Was_to_Love_You)" title="My Mistake (Was to Love You)">My Mistake (Was to Love You)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Are_Everything" title="You Are Everything">You Are Everything</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Knock_My_Love" title="Don't Knock My Love">Don't Knock My Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Stop,_Look,_Listen_(To_Your_Heart)" title="Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)">Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sorry_Doesn%27t_Always_Make_It_Right" title="Sorry Doesn't Always Make It Right">Sorry Doesn't Always Make It Right</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Theme_from_Mahogany_(Do_You_Know_Where_You%27re_Going_To)" title="Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)">Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Thought_It_Took_a_Little_Time_(But_Today_I_Fell_in_Love)" title="I Thought It Took a Little Time (But Today I Fell in Love)">I Thought It Took a Little Time (But Today I Fell in Love)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_Hangover" title="Love Hangover">Love Hangover</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/One_Love_in_My_Lifetime" title="One Love in My Lifetime">One Love in My Lifetime</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Gettin%27_Ready_for_Love" title="Gettin' Ready for Love">Gettin' Ready for Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Your_Love_Is_So_Good_for_Me" title="Your Love Is So Good for Me">Your Love Is So Good for Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Got_It_(Diana_Ross_song)" title="You Got It (Diana Ross song)">You Got It</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lovin%27,_Livin%27_and_Givin%27" title="Lovin', Livin' and Givin'">Lovin', Livin' and Givin'</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ease_on_Down_the_Road" title="Ease on Down the Road">Ease on Down the Road</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pops,_We_Love_You_(song)" title="Pops, We Love You (song)">Pops, We Love You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What_You_Gave_Me" title="What You Gave Me">What You Gave Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Boss_(Diana_Ross_song)" title="The Boss (Diana Ross song)">The Boss</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/No_One_Gets_the_Prize" title="No One Gets the Prize">No One Gets the Prize</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It%27s_My_House" title="It's My House">It's My House</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Upside_Down_(Diana_Ross_song)" title="Upside Down (Diana Ross song)">Upside Down</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Coming_Out" title="I'm Coming Out">I'm Coming Out</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Old_Piano" title="My Old Piano">My Old Piano</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It%27s_My_Turn_(song)" title="It's My Turn (song)">It's My Turn</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/One_More_Chance_(Diana_Ross_song)" title="One More Chance (Diana Ross song)">One More Chance</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cryin%27_My_Heart_Out_for_You" title="Cryin' My Heart Out for You">Cryin' My Heart Out for You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Endless_Love_(song)" title="Endless Love (song)">Endless Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Why_Do_Fools_Fall_in_Love_(song)" title="Why Do Fools Fall in Love (song)">Why Do Fools Fall in Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mirror_Mirror_(Diana_Ross_song)" title="Mirror Mirror (Diana Ross song)">Mirror, Mirror"</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Work_That_Body_(song)" title="Work That Body (song)">Work That Body</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Muscles_(song)" title="Muscles (song)">Muscles</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/So_Close_(Diana_Ross_song)" title="So Close (Diana Ross song)">So Close</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pieces_of_Ice" title="Pieces of Ice">Pieces of Ice</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/All_of_You_(Julio_Iglesias_and_Diana_Ross_song)" title="All of You (Julio Iglesias and Diana Ross song)">All of You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Swept_Away_(Diana_Ross_song)" title="Swept Away (Diana Ross song)">Swept Away</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Touch_by_Touch_(Diana_Ross_song)" title="Touch by Touch (Diana Ross song)">Touch by Touch</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Missing_You_(Diana_Ross_song)" title="Missing You (Diana Ross song)">Missing You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Eaten_Alive_(song)" title="Eaten Alive (song)">Eaten Alive</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Chain_Reaction_(Diana_Ross_song)" title="Chain Reaction (Diana Ross song)">Chain Reaction</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Experience_(Diana_Ross_song)" title="Experience (Diana Ross song)">Experience</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dirty_Looks_(song)" title="Dirty Looks (song)">Dirty Looks</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/If_We_Hold_On_Together" title="If We Hold On Together">If We Hold On Together</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Workin%27_Overtime_(song)" title="Workin' Overtime (song)">Workin' Overtime</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/This_House_/_Paradise" title="This House / Paradise">This House" / "Paradise</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/When_You_Tell_Me_That_You_Love_Me" title="When You Tell Me That You Love Me">When You Tell Me That You Love Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Someday_We%27ll_Be_Together" title="Someday We'll Be Together">Someday We'll Be Together</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Take_Me_Higher_(song)" title="Take Me Higher (song)">Take Me Higher</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Will_Survive" title="I Will Survive">I Will Survive</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Not_Over_You_Yet" title="Not Over You Yet">Not Over You Yet</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Goin%27_Back" title="Goin' Back">Goin' Back</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27ve_Got_a_Crush_on_You" title="I've Got a Crush on You">I've Got a Crush on You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Thank_You_(Diana_Ross_song)" title="Thank You (Diana Ross song)">Thank You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/If_the_World_Just_Danced" title="If the World Just Danced">If the World Just Danced</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Turn_Up_the_Sunshine" title="Turn Up the Sunshine">Turn Up the Sunshine</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Featured singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Brand_New_Day_(The_Wiz_song)" title="A Brand New Day (The Wiz song)">A Brand New Day</a>"</li> <li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">We Are the World</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tours and concerts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXX_halftime_show" title="Super Bowl XXX halftime show">Super Bowl XXX halftime show</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Return_to_Love_Tour" title="Return to Love Tour">Return to Love Tour</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/I_Love_You_Tour" title="I Love You Tour">I Love You Tour</a> (2006–2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/More_Today_Than_Yesterday:_The_Greatest_Hits_Tour" title="More Today Than Yesterday: The Greatest Hits Tour">More Today Than Yesterday: The Greatest Hits Tour</a> (2010–2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/In_the_Name_of_Love_Tour" title="In the Name of Love Tour">In the Name of Love Tour</a> (2013–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Essential_Diana_Ross:_Some_Memories_Never_Fade" title="The Essential Diana Ross: Some Memories Never Fade">The Essential Diana Ross: Some Memories Never Fade</a> (2015–2017)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Supremes" title="The Supremes">The Supremes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhonda_Ross_Kendrick" title="Rhonda Ross Kendrick">Rhonda Ross Kendrick</a> (daughter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tracee_Ellis_Ross" title="Tracee Ellis Ross">Tracee Ellis Ross</a> (daughter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evan_Ross" title="Evan Ross">Evan Ross</a> (son)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arne_N%C3%A6ss_Jr." title="Arne Næss Jr.">Arne Næss Jr.</a> (second husband)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Ross_(musician)" title="Arthur Ross (musician)">Arthur "T-Boy" Ross</a> (brother)</li> <li><a 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Janet_Jackson_(album)" title="Janet Jackson (album)">Janet Jackson</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Young_Love_(Janet_Jackson_song)" title="Young Love (Janet Jackson song)">Young Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Come_Give_Your_Love_to_Me" title="Come Give Your Love to Me">Come Give Your Love to Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Say_You_Do_(Janet_Jackson_song)" title="Say You Do (Janet Jackson song)">Say You Do</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Dream_Street_(Janet_Jackson_album)" title="Dream Street (Janet Jackson album)">Dream Street</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Stand_Another_Chance" title="Don't Stand Another Chance">Don't Stand Another Chance</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Two_to_the_Power_of_Love" title="Two to the Power of Love">Two to the Power of Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fast_Girls_(song)" title="Fast Girls (song)">Fast Girls</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dream_Street_(song)" title="Dream Street (song)">Dream Street</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Control_(Janet_Jackson_album)" title="Control (Janet Jackson album)">Control</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/What_Have_You_Done_for_Me_Lately" title="What Have You Done for Me Lately">What Have You Done for Me Lately</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Nasty_(Janet_Jackson_song)" title="Nasty (Janet Jackson song)">Nasty</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/When_I_Think_of_You" title="When I Think of You">When I Think of You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Control_(Janet_Jackson_song)" title="Control (Janet Jackson song)">Control</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Wait_Awhile" title="Let's Wait Awhile">Let's Wait Awhile</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Pleasure_Principle_(song)" title="The Pleasure Principle (song)">The Pleasure Principle</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Funny_How_Time_Flies_(When_You%27re_Having_Fun)" title="Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)">Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Janet_Jackson%27s_Rhythm_Nation_1814" title="Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814">Rhythm Nation 1814</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Miss_You_Much" title="Miss You Much">Miss You Much</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rhythm_Nation" title="Rhythm Nation">Rhythm Nation</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Escapade_(song)" title="Escapade (song)">Escapade</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Alright_(Janet_Jackson_song)" title="Alright (Janet Jackson song)">Alright</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Come_Back_to_Me_(Janet_Jackson_song)" title="Come Back to Me (Janet Jackson song)">Come Back to Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Black_Cat_(song)" title="Black Cat (song)">Black Cat</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_Will_Never_Do_(Without_You)" title="Love Will Never Do (Without You)">Love Will Never Do (Without You)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/State_of_the_World_(song)" title="State of the World (song)">State of the World</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Janet_(album)" title="Janet (album)">Janet</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/That%27s_the_Way_Love_Goes_(Janet_Jackson_song)" title="That's the Way Love Goes (Janet Jackson song)">That's the Way Love Goes</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/If_(Janet_Jackson_song)" title="If (Janet Jackson song)">If</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Again_(Janet_Jackson_song)" title="Again (Janet Jackson song)">Again</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Because_of_Love" title="Because of Love">Because of Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Any_Time,_Any_Place" title="Any Time, Any Place">Any Time, Any Place</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Throb_(song)" title="Throb (song)">Throb</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Want_This" title="You Want This">You Want This</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Whoops_Now/What%27ll_I_Do" title="Whoops Now/What'll I Do">Whoops Now"/"What'll I Do</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Velvet_Rope" title="The Velvet Rope">The Velvet Rope</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Got_%27til_It%27s_Gone" title="Got 'til It's Gone">Got 'til It's Gone</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Together_Again_(Janet_Jackson_song)" title="Together Again (Janet Jackson song)">Together Again</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Get_Lonely" title="I Get Lonely">I Get Lonely</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Go_Deep" title="Go Deep">Go Deep</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_(Janet_Jackson_song)" title="You (Janet Jackson song)">You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Every_Time_(Janet_Jackson_song)" title="Every Time (Janet Jackson song)">Every Time</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/All_for_You_(Janet_Jackson_album)" title="All for You (Janet Jackson album)">All for You</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Doesn%27t_Really_Matter" title="Doesn't Really Matter">Doesn't Really Matter</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/All_for_You_(Janet_Jackson_song)" title="All for You (Janet Jackson song)">All for You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Someone_to_Call_My_Lover" title="Someone to Call My Lover">Someone to Call My Lover</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Son_of_a_Gun_(I_Betcha_Think_This_Song_Is_About_You)" title="Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)">Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Come_On_Get_Up" title="Come On Get Up">Come On Get Up</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Damita_Jo_(album)" title="Damita Jo (album)">Damita Jo</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Just_a_Little_While" title="Just a Little While">Just a Little While</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Want_You_(Janet_Jackson_song)" title="I Want You (Janet Jackson song)">I Want You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/All_Nite_(Don%27t_Stop)" title="All Nite (Don't Stop)">All Nite (Don't Stop)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/R%26B_Junkie" title="R&B Junkie">R&B Junkie</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/20_Y.O." title="20 Y.O.">20 Y.O.</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Call_on_Me_(Janet_Jackson_song)" title="Call on Me (Janet Jackson song)">Call on Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/So_Excited_(Janet_Jackson_song)" title="So Excited (Janet Jackson song)">So Excited</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/With_U" title="With U">With U</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Discipline_(Janet_Jackson_album)" title="Discipline (Janet Jackson album)">Discipline</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Feedback_(Janet_Jackson_song)" title="Feedback (Janet Jackson song)">Feedback</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rock_with_U" title="Rock with U">Rock with U</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Luv_(Janet_Jackson_song)" title="Luv (Janet Jackson song)">Luv</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Can%27t_B_Good" title="Can't B Good">Can't B Good</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Unbreakable_(Janet_Jackson_album)" title="Unbreakable (Janet Jackson album)">Unbreakable</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/No_Sleeep" title="No Sleeep">No Sleeep</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Burnitup!" title="Burnitup!">Burnitup!</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Unbreakable_(Janet_Jackson_song)" title="Unbreakable (Janet Jackson song)">Unbreakable</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dammn_Baby" title="Dammn Baby">Dammn Baby</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/And_On_and_On" title="And On and On">And On and On</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Scream_(Michael_Jackson_and_Janet_Jackson_song)" title="Scream (Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson song)">Scream</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Runaway_(Janet_Jackson_song)" title="Runaway (Janet Jackson song)">Runaway</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Twenty_Foreplay" title="Twenty Foreplay">Twenty Foreplay</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ask_for_More" title="Ask for More">Ask for More</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Janet_Megamix_04" title="Janet Megamix 04">Megamix 04</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Make_Me_(Janet_Jackson_song)" title="Make Me (Janet Jackson song)">Make Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Nothing_(Janet_Jackson_song)" title="Nothing (Janet Jackson song)">Nothing</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Made_for_Now" title="Made for Now">Made for Now</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">As featured artist</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Diamonds_(Herb_Alpert_song)" title="Diamonds (Herb Alpert song)">Diamonds</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Making_Love_in_the_Rain" title="Making Love in the Rain">Making Love in the Rain</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/2300_Jackson_Street_(song)" title="2300 Jackson Street (song)">2300 Jackson Street</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Best_Things_in_Life_Are_Free_(Luther_Vandross_and_Janet_Jackson_song)" title="The Best Things in Life Are Free (Luther Vandross and Janet Jackson song)">The Best Things in Life Are Free</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Luv_Me,_Luv_Me" title="Luv Me, Luv Me">Luv Me, Luv Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What%27s_It_Gonna_Be%3F!" title="What's It Gonna Be?!">What's It Gonna Be?!</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Girlfriend/Boyfriend" title="Girlfriend/Boyfriend">Girlfriend/Boyfriend</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Feel_It_Boy" title="Feel It Boy">Feel It Boy</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Worry_(Chingy_song)" title="Don't Worry (Chingy song)">Don't Worry</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Are_the_World_25_for_Haiti" title="We Are the World 25 for Haiti">We Are the World 25 for Haiti</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Nicole_Scherzinger" title="Template:Nicole Scherzinger"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Nicole_Scherzinger" title="Template talk:Nicole Scherzinger"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Nicole_Scherzinger" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Nicole Scherzinger"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Nicole_Scherzinger245" class="fn" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Nicole_Scherzinger" title="Nicole Scherzinger">Nicole Scherzinger</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nicole_Scherzinger_discography" title="Nicole Scherzinger 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href="/wiki/On_the_Rocks_(song)" title="On the Rocks (song)">On the Rocks</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bang_(Nicole_Scherzinger_song)" title="Bang (Nicole Scherzinger song)">Bang</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Collaborations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Coconut_Tree_(song)" title="Coconut Tree (song)">Coconut Tree</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Come_to_Me_(Diddy_song)" title="Come to Me (Diddy song)">Come to Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Heartbeat_(Enrique_Iglesias_song)" title="Heartbeat (Enrique Iglesias song)">Heartbeat</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hotel_Room_Service" title="Hotel Room Service">Hotel Room Service</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fino_all%27estasi" title="Fino all'estasi">Fino all'estasi</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Jai_Ho!_(You_Are_My_Destiny)" title="Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)">Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lie_About_Us" title="Lie About Us">Lie About Us</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Tide_Is_High#Kardinal_Offishall_version" title="The Tide Is High">Numba 1 (Tide Is High)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Scream_(Timbaland_song)" title="Scream (Timbaland song)">Scream</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Are_the_World_25_for_Haiti" title="We Are the World 25 for Haiti">We Are the World 25 for Haiti</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Days_of_the_New" title="Days of the New">Days of the New</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eden%27s_Crush" title="Eden's Crush">Eden's Crush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Pussycat_Dolls" title="The Pussycat Dolls">The Pussycat Dolls</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1256394678"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox navbox-musical-artist navbox-musical-artist-group" aria-labelledby="Jonas_Brothers585" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks vcard hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Jonas_Brothers" title="Template:Jonas Brothers"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Jonas_Brothers" title="Template talk:Jonas Brothers"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Jonas_Brothers" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Jonas Brothers"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Jonas_Brothers585" class="fn org" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Jonas_Brothers" title="Jonas Brothers">Jonas Brothers</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Jonas" title="Kevin Jonas">Kevin Jonas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Jonas" title="Joe Jonas">Joe Jonas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Jonas" title="Nick Jonas">Nick Jonas</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jonas_Brothers_discography" title="Jonas Brothers discography">Discography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_the_Jonas_Brothers" title="List of awards and nominations received by the Jonas Brothers">Awards and nominations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_songs_recorded_by_Jonas_Brothers" title="List of songs recorded by Jonas Brothers">Songs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/It%27s_About_Time_(Jonas_Brothers_album)" title="It's About Time (Jonas Brothers album)">It's About Time</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jonas_Brothers_(album)" title="Jonas Brothers (album)">Jonas Brothers</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Little_Bit_Longer" title="A Little Bit Longer">A Little Bit Longer</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lines,_Vines_and_Trying_Times" title="Lines, Vines and Trying Times">Lines, Vines and Trying Times</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Happiness_Begins" title="Happiness Begins">Happiness Begins</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Album_(Jonas_Brothers_album)" title="The Album (Jonas Brothers album)">The Album</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Music_from_Chasing_Happiness" title="Music from Chasing Happiness">Music from Chasing Happiness</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Family_Business_(album)" title="The Family Business (album)">The Family Business</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Soundtracks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Music_from_the_3D_Concert_Experience" title="Music from the 3D Concert Experience">Music from the 3D Concert Experience</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jonas_L.A._(soundtrack)" title="Jonas L.A. (soundtrack)">Jonas L.A.</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_(Jonas_Brothers_album)" title="Live (Jonas Brothers album)">LiVe</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Year_3000#Jonas_Brothers_version" title="Year 3000">Year 3000</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Kids_in_America#Covers" title="Kids in America">Kids of the Future</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hold_On_(Jonas_Brothers_song)" title="Hold On (Jonas Brothers song)">Hold On</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/S.O.S_(Jonas_Brothers_song)" title="S.O.S (Jonas Brothers song)">S.O.S</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/When_You_Look_Me_in_the_Eyes" title="When You Look Me in the Eyes">When You Look Me in the Eyes</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Play_My_Music" title="Play My Music">Play My Music</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Burnin%27_Up_(Jonas_Brothers_song)" title="Burnin' Up (Jonas Brothers song)">Burnin' Up</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lovebug_(Jonas_Brothers_song)" title="Lovebug (Jonas Brothers song)">Lovebug</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tonight_(Jonas_Brothers_song)" title="Tonight (Jonas Brothers song)">Tonight</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Paranoid_(Jonas_Brothers_song)" title="Paranoid (Jonas Brothers song)">Paranoid</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fly_with_Me_(Jonas_Brothers_song)" title="Fly with Me (Jonas Brothers song)">Fly with Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pom_Poms_(song)" title="Pom Poms (song)">Pom Poms</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/First_Time_(Jonas_Brothers_song)" title="First Time (Jonas Brothers song)">First Time</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sucker_(song)" title="Sucker (song)">Sucker</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cool_(Jonas_Brothers_song)" title="Cool (Jonas Brothers song)">Cool</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Only_Human_(Jonas_Brothers_song)" title="Only Human (Jonas Brothers song)">Only Human</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lonely_(Diplo_and_Jonas_Brothers_song)" title="Lonely (Diplo and Jonas Brothers song)">Lonely</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Like_It%27s_Christmas" title="Like It's Christmas">Like It's Christmas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What_a_Man_Gotta_Do" title="What a Man Gotta Do">What a Man Gotta Do</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/X_(Jonas_Brothers_song)" title="X (Jonas Brothers song)">X</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Five_More_Minutes_(Jonas_Brothers_song)" title="Five More Minutes (Jonas Brothers song)">Five More Minutes</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Need_You_Christmas" title="I Need You Christmas">I Need You Christmas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Leave_Before_You_Love_Me" title="Leave Before You Love Me">Leave Before You Love Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Remember_This_(song)" title="Remember This (song)">Remember This</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Who%27s_in_Your_Head" title="Who's in Your Head">Who's in Your Head</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wings_(Jonas_Brothers_song)" title="Wings (Jonas Brothers song)">Wings</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Waffle_House_(song)" title="Waffle House (song)">Waffle House</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Summer_Baby" title="Summer Baby">Summer Baby</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Do_It_Like_That_(Tomorrow_X_Together_and_Jonas_Brothers_song)" title="Do It Like That (Tomorrow X Together and Jonas Brothers song)">Do It Like That</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Strong_Enough_(Jonas_Brothers_song)" title="Strong Enough (Jonas Brothers song)">Strong Enough</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Slow_Motion_(Marshmello_and_Jonas_Brothers_song)" title="Slow Motion (Marshmello and Jonas Brothers song)">Slow Motion</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Dare_You_(Rascal_Flatts_and_Jonas_Brothers_song)" title="I Dare You (Rascal Flatts and Jonas Brothers song)">I Dare You</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Featured singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Rock_(Camp_Rock_song)" title="We Rock (Camp Rock song)">We Rock</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Are_the_World_25_for_Haiti" title="We Are the World 25 for Haiti">We Are the World 25 for Haiti</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Runaway_(Sebasti%C3%A1n_Yatra,_Daddy_Yankee_and_Natti_Natasha_song)" title="Runaway (Sebastián Yatra, Daddy Yankee and Natti Natasha song)">Runaway</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Promotional singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Pushin%27_Me_Away" title="Pushin' Me Away">Pushin' Me Away</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Little_Bit_Longer_(song)" title="A Little Bit Longer (song)">A Little Bit Longer</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Send_It_On_(Disney_song)" title="Send It On (Disney song)">Send It On</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Poor_Unfortunate_Souls#Covers_and_other_versions" title="Poor Unfortunate Souls">Poor Unfortunate Souls</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Wan%27na_Be_Like_You_(The_Monkey_Song)#Cover_versions" title="I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)">I Wan'na Be Like You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wedding_Bells_(Jonas_Brothers_song)" title="Wedding Bells (Jonas Brothers song)">Wedding Bells</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Jonas_Brothers_concert_tours" title="List of Jonas Brothers concert tours">Concert tours</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/When_You_Look_Me_in_the_Eyes_Tour" title="When You Look Me in the Eyes Tour">When You Look Me in the Eyes Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Burning_Up_Tour" title="The Burning Up Tour">The Burning Up Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonas_Brothers_World_Tour_2009" title="Jonas Brothers World Tour 2009">World Tour 2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonas_Brothers:_Live_in_Concert" title="Jonas Brothers: Live in Concert">Live in Concert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonas_Brothers_World_Tour_2012/2013" title="Jonas Brothers World Tour 2012/2013">World Tour 2012/2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonas_Brothers_Live_2013" title="Jonas Brothers Live 2013">Jonas Brothers Live 2013</a></li> <li><a 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One Night. The World Tour">Five Albums. One Night. The World Tour</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/JonasCon" title="JonasCon">JonasCon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Television and specials</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Me_and_Mr._Jonas_and_Mr._Jonas_and_Mr._Jonas" title="Me and Mr. Jonas and Mr. Jonas and Mr. Jonas">Me and Mr. Jonas and Mr. Jonas and Mr. Jonas</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jonas_Brothers:_Living_the_Dream" title="Jonas Brothers: Living the Dream">Jonas Brothers: Living the Dream</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Camp_Rock" title="Camp Rock">Camp Rock</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jonas_(TV_series)" title="Jonas (TV series)">Jonas</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Jonas_episodes" title="List of Jonas episodes">episodes</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Camp_Rock_2:_The_Final_Jam" title="Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam">Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Married_to_Jonas" title="Married to Jonas">Married to Jonas</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Jonas_Brothers:_The_3D_Concert_Experience" title="Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience">Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frankie_Jonas" 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title="Bobby Darin">Bobby Darin</a> (1959)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Theme_from_A_Summer_Place" title="Theme from A Summer Place">Theme from <i>A Summer Place</i></a>" – <a href="/wiki/Percy_Faith" title="Percy Faith">Percy Faith</a> (1960)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Moon_River" title="Moon River">Moon River</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Mancini" title="Henry Mancini">Henry Mancini</a> (1961)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Left_My_Heart_in_San_Francisco" title="I Left My Heart in San Francisco">I Left My Heart in San Francisco</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Tony_Bennett" title="Tony Bennett">Tony Bennett</a> (1962)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Days_of_Wine_and_Roses_(song)" title="Days of Wine and Roses (song)">Days of Wine and Roses</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Mancini" title="Henry Mancini">Henry Mancini</a> (1963)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Girl_from_Ipanema" title="The Girl from Ipanema">The Girl from Ipanema</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Astrud_Gilberto" title="Astrud Gilberto">Astrud Gilberto</a> & <a href="/wiki/Stan_Getz" title="Stan Getz">Stan Getz</a> (1964)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Taste_of_Honey_(song)" title="A Taste of Honey (song)">A Taste of Honey</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Herb_Alpert" title="Herb Alpert">Herb Alpert</a> & the Tijuana Brass (1965)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Strangers_in_the_Night" title="Strangers in the Night">Strangers in the Night</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a> (1966)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Up,_Up_and_Away_(song)" title="Up, Up and Away (song)">Up, Up and Away</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_5th_Dimension" title="The 5th Dimension">The 5th Dimension</a> (1967)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mrs._Robinson" title="Mrs. Robinson">Mrs. Robinson</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Simon_%26_Garfunkel" title="Simon & Garfunkel">Simon & Garfunkel</a> (1968)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Aquarius/Let_the_Sunshine_In" title="Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In">Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_5th_Dimension" title="The 5th Dimension">The 5th Dimension</a> (1969)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Bridge_over_Troubled_Water_(song)" title="Bridge over Troubled Water (song)">Bridge over Troubled Water</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Simon_%26_Garfunkel" title="Simon & Garfunkel">Simon & Garfunkel</a> (1970)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It%27s_Too_Late_(Carole_King_song)" title="It's Too Late (Carole King song)">It's Too Late</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Carole_King" title="Carole King">Carole King</a> (1971)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_First_Time_Ever_I_Saw_Your_Face" title="The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face">The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Roberta_Flack" title="Roberta Flack">Roberta Flack</a> (1972)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Killing_Me_Softly_with_His_Song" title="Killing Me Softly with His Song">Killing Me Softly with His Song</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Roberta_Flack" title="Roberta Flack">Roberta Flack</a> (1973)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Honestly_Love_You" title="I Honestly Love You">I Honestly Love You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Olivia_Newton-John" title="Olivia Newton-John">Olivia Newton-John</a> (1974)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_Will_Keep_Us_Together" title="Love Will Keep Us Together">Love Will Keep Us Together</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Captain_%26_Tennille" title="Captain & Tennille">Captain & Tennille</a> (1975)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/This_Masquerade" title="This Masquerade">This Masquerade</a>" – <a href="/wiki/George_Benson" title="George Benson">George Benson</a> (1976)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hotel_California" title="Hotel California">Hotel California</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Eagles_(band)" title="Eagles (band)">Eagles</a> (1977)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Just_the_Way_You_Are_(Billy_Joel_song)" title="Just the Way You Are (Billy Joel song)">Just the Way You Are</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Billy_Joel" title="Billy Joel">Billy Joel</a> (1978)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What_a_Fool_Believes" title="What a Fool Believes">What a Fool Believes</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Doobie_Brothers" title="The Doobie Brothers">The Doobie Brothers</a> (1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Sailing_(Christopher_Cross_song)" title="Sailing (Christopher Cross song)">Sailing</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Cross" title="Christopher Cross">Christopher Cross</a> (1980)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bette_Davis_Eyes" title="Bette Davis Eyes">Bette Davis Eyes</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Kim_Carnes" title="Kim Carnes">Kim Carnes</a> (1981)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rosanna_(song)" title="Rosanna (song)">Rosanna</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Toto_(band)" title="Toto (band)">Toto</a> (1982)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Beat_It" title="Beat It">Beat It</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> (1983)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What%27s_Love_Got_to_Do_with_It_(song)" title="What's Love Got to Do with It (song)">What's Love Got to Do with It</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Tina_Turner" title="Tina Turner">Tina Turner</a> (1984)</li> <li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">We Are the World</a>" – <a href="/wiki/USA_for_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="USA for Africa">USA for Africa</a> (1985)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Higher_Love" title="Higher Love">Higher Love</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Winwood" title="Steve Winwood">Steve Winwood</a> (1986)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Graceland_(song)" title="Graceland (song)">Graceland</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Simon" title="Paul Simon">Paul Simon</a> (1987)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Worry,_Be_Happy" title="Don't Worry, Be Happy">Don't Worry, Be Happy</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Bobby_McFerrin" title="Bobby McFerrin">Bobby McFerrin</a> (1988)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wind_Beneath_My_Wings" title="Wind Beneath My Wings">Wind Beneath My Wings</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Bette_Midler" title="Bette Midler">Bette Midler</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Another_Day_in_Paradise" title="Another Day in Paradise">Another Day in Paradise</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Phil_Collins" title="Phil Collins">Phil Collins</a> (1990)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Unforgettable_(Nat_King_Cole_song)" title="Unforgettable (Nat King Cole song)">Unforgettable</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Natalie_Cole" title="Natalie Cole">Natalie Cole</a> with <a href="/wiki/Nat_King_Cole" title="Nat King Cole">Nat King Cole</a> (1991)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tears_in_Heaven" title="Tears in Heaven">Tears in Heaven</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Eric_Clapton" title="Eric Clapton">Eric Clapton</a> (1992)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Will_Always_Love_You" title="I Will Always Love You">I Will Always Love You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Whitney_Houston" title="Whitney Houston">Whitney Houston</a> (1993)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/All_I_Wanna_Do_(Sheryl_Crow_song)" title="All I Wanna Do (Sheryl Crow song)">All I Wanna Do</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Sheryl_Crow" title="Sheryl Crow">Sheryl Crow</a> (1994)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Kiss_from_a_Rose" title="Kiss from a Rose">Kiss from a Rose</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Seal_(musician)" title="Seal (musician)">Seal</a> (1995)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Change_the_World" title="Change the World">Change the World</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Eric_Clapton" title="Eric Clapton">Eric Clapton</a> (1996)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sunny_Came_Home" title="Sunny Came Home">Sunny Came Home</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Colvin" title="Shawn Colvin">Shawn Colvin</a> (1997)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Heart_Will_Go_On" title="My Heart Will Go On">My Heart Will Go On</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Celine_Dion" title="Celine Dion">Celine Dion</a> (1998)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Smooth_(Santana_song)" title="Smooth (Santana song)">Smooth</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Santana_(band)" title="Santana (band)">Santana</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Rob_Thomas_(musician)" title="Rob Thomas (musician)">Rob Thomas</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Beautiful_Day" title="Beautiful Day">Beautiful Day</a>" – <a href="/wiki/U2" title="U2">U2</a> (2000)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Walk_On_(U2_song)" title="Walk On (U2 song)">Walk On</a>" – <a href="/wiki/U2" title="U2">U2</a> (2001)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Know_Why" title="Don't Know Why">Don't Know Why</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Norah_Jones" title="Norah Jones">Norah Jones</a> (2002)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Clocks_(song)" title="Clocks (song)">Clocks</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Coldplay" title="Coldplay">Coldplay</a> (2003)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Here_We_Go_Again_(Ray_Charles_song)" title="Here We Go Again (Ray Charles song)">Here We Go Again</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Charles" title="Ray Charles">Ray Charles</a> & <a href="/wiki/Norah_Jones" title="Norah Jones">Norah Jones</a> (2004)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Boulevard_of_Broken_Dreams_(Green_Day_song)" title="Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day song)">Boulevard of Broken Dreams</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Green_Day" title="Green Day">Green Day</a> (2005)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Not_Ready_to_Make_Nice" title="Not Ready to Make Nice">Not Ready to Make Nice</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Chicks" title="The Chicks">Dixie Chicks</a> (2006)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rehab_(Amy_Winehouse_song)" title="Rehab (Amy Winehouse song)">Rehab</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Amy_Winehouse" title="Amy Winehouse">Amy Winehouse</a> (2007)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Please_Read_the_Letter" title="Please Read the Letter">Please Read the Letter</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alison_Krauss" title="Alison Krauss">Alison Krauss</a> & <a href="/wiki/Robert_Plant" title="Robert Plant">Robert Plant</a> (2008)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Use_Somebody" title="Use Somebody">Use Somebody</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Kings_of_Leon" title="Kings of Leon">Kings of Leon</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Need_You_Now_(Lady_Antebellum_song)" title="Need You Now (Lady Antebellum song)">Need You Now</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Lady_A" title="Lady A">Lady Antebellum</a> (2010)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rolling_in_the_Deep" title="Rolling in the Deep">Rolling in the Deep</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Adele" title="Adele">Adele</a> (2011)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Somebody_That_I_Used_to_Know" title="Somebody That I Used to Know">Somebody That I Used to Know</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Gotye" title="Gotye">Gotye</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Kimbra" title="Kimbra">Kimbra</a> (2012)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Get_Lucky_(Daft_Punk_song)" title="Get Lucky (Daft Punk song)">Get Lucky</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Daft_Punk" title="Daft Punk">Daft Punk</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Pharrell_Williams" title="Pharrell Williams">Pharrell Williams</a> & <a href="/wiki/Nile_Rodgers" title="Nile Rodgers">Nile Rodgers</a> (2013)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Stay_with_Me_(Sam_Smith_song)" title="Stay with Me (Sam Smith song)">Stay with Me</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Rodney_Jerkins" title="Rodney Jerkins">Darkchild</a> version) – <a href="/wiki/Sam_Smith" title="Sam Smith">Sam Smith</a> (2014)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Uptown_Funk" title="Uptown Funk">Uptown Funk</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Ronson" title="Mark Ronson">Mark Ronson</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Mars" title="Bruno Mars">Bruno Mars</a> (2015)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hello_(Adele_song)" title="Hello (Adele song)">Hello</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Adele" title="Adele">Adele</a> (2016)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/24K_Magic_(song)" title="24K Magic (song)">24K Magic</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Mars" title="Bruno Mars">Bruno Mars</a> (2017)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/This_Is_America_(song)" title="This Is America (song)">This Is America</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Donald_Glover" title="Donald Glover">Childish Gambino</a> (2018)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bad_Guy_(Billie_Eilish_song)" title="Bad Guy (Billie Eilish song)">Bad Guy</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Billie_Eilish" title="Billie Eilish">Billie Eilish</a> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Everything_I_Wanted" title="Everything I Wanted">Everything I Wanted</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Billie_Eilish" title="Billie Eilish">Billie Eilish</a> (2020)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Leave_the_Door_Open" title="Leave the Door Open">Leave the Door Open</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Silk_Sonic" title="Silk Sonic">Silk Sonic</a> (2021)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/About_Damn_Time" title="About Damn Time">About Damn Time</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Lizzo" title="Lizzo">Lizzo</a> (2022)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Flowers_(Miley_Cyrus_song)" title="Flowers (Miley Cyrus song)">Flowers</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Miley_Cyrus" title="Miley Cyrus">Miley Cyrus</a> (2023)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Not_Like_Us" title="Not Like Us">Not Like Us</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Kendrick_Lamar" title="Kendrick Lamar">Kendrick Lamar</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Grammy_Award_for_Song_of_the_Year77" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#cedff2;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Grammy_Award_for_Song_of_the_Year" 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href="/wiki/Nel_blu,_dipinto_di_blu_(song)" title="Nel blu, dipinto di blu (song)">Nel blu, dipinto di blu (Volare)</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Domenico_Modugno" title="Domenico Modugno">Domenico Modugno</a> (songwriter) (1958)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Battle_of_New_Orleans" title="The Battle of New Orleans">The Battle of New Orleans</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Driftwood" title="Jimmy Driftwood">Jimmy Driftwood</a> (songwriter) (1959)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Theme_of_Exodus" title="Theme of Exodus">Theme of <i>Exodus</i></a>" – <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Gold" title="Ernest Gold">Ernest Gold</a> (songwriter) (1960)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Moon_River" title="Moon River">Moon River</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Mercer" title="Johnny Mercer">Johnny Mercer</a> & <a href="/wiki/Henry_Mancini" title="Henry Mancini">Henry Mancini</a> (songwriters) (1961)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What_Kind_of_Fool_Am_I%3F" title="What Kind of Fool Am I?">What Kind of Fool Am I?</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Leslie_Bricusse" title="Leslie Bricusse">Leslie Bricusse</a> & <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Newley" title="Anthony Newley">Anthony Newley</a> (songwriters) (1962)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Days_of_Wine_and_Roses_(song)" title="Days of Wine and Roses (song)">Days of Wine and Roses</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Mercer" title="Johnny Mercer">Johnny Mercer</a> & <a href="/wiki/Henry_Mancini" title="Henry Mancini">Henry Mancini</a> (songwriters) (1963)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hello,_Dolly!_(song)" title="Hello, Dolly! (song)">Hello, Dolly!</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Herman" title="Jerry Herman">Jerry Herman</a> (songwriter) (1964)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Shadow_of_Your_Smile" title="The Shadow of Your Smile">The Shadow of Your Smile</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Francis_Webster" title="Paul Francis Webster">Paul Francis Webster</a> & <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Mandel" title="Johnny Mandel">Johnny Mandel</a> (songwriters) (1965)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Michelle_(song)" title="Michelle (song)">Michelle</a>" – <a href="/wiki/John_Lennon" title="John Lennon">John Lennon</a> & <a href="/wiki/Paul_McCartney" title="Paul McCartney">Paul McCartney</a> (songwriters) (1966)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Up,_Up_and_Away_(song)" title="Up, Up and Away (song)">Up, Up, and Away</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Webb" title="Jimmy Webb">Jimmy Webb</a> (songwriter) (1967)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Little_Green_Apples" title="Little Green Apples">Little Green Apples</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Russell" title="Bobby Russell">Bobby Russell</a> (songwriter) (1968)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Games_People_Play_(Joe_South_song)" title="Games People Play (Joe South song)">Games People Play</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Joe_South" title="Joe South">Joe South</a> (songwriter) (1969)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Bridge_over_Troubled_Water_(song)" title="Bridge over Troubled Water (song)">Bridge over Troubled Water</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Simon" title="Paul Simon">Paul Simon</a> (songwriter) (1970)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You%27ve_Got_a_Friend" title="You've Got a Friend">You've Got a Friend</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Carole_King" title="Carole King">Carole King</a> (songwriter) (1971)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_First_Time_Ever_I_Saw_Your_Face" title="The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face">The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Ewan_MacColl" title="Ewan MacColl">Ewan MacColl</a> (songwriter) (1972)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Killing_Me_Softly_with_His_Song" title="Killing Me Softly with His Song">Killing Me Softly with His Song</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Norman_Gimbel" title="Norman Gimbel">Norman Gimbel</a> & <a href="/wiki/Charles_Fox_(composer)" title="Charles Fox (composer)">Charles Fox</a> (songwriters) (1973)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Way_We_Were_(song)" title="The Way We Were (song)">The Way We Were</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alan_and_Marilyn_Bergman" title="Alan and Marilyn Bergman">Alan and Marilyn Bergman</a> & <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Hamlisch" title="Marvin Hamlisch">Marvin Hamlisch</a> (songwriters) (1974)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Send_In_the_Clowns" title="Send In the Clowns">Send In the Clowns</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> (songwriter) (1975)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Write_the_Songs" title="I Write the Songs">I Write the Songs</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Johnston" title="Bruce Johnston">Bruce Johnston</a> (songwriter) (1976)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Evergreen_(Love_Theme_from_A_Star_Is_Born)" title="Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)">Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Barbra_Streisand" title="Barbra Streisand">Barbra Streisand</a> & <a href="/wiki/Paul_Williams_(songwriter)" title="Paul Williams (songwriter)">Paul Williams</a> (songwriters) / "<a href="/wiki/You_Light_Up_My_Life_(song)" title="You Light Up My Life (song)">You Light Up My Life</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Brooks_(songwriter)" title="Joseph Brooks (songwriter)">Joe Brooks</a> (songwriter) (1977)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Just_the_Way_You_Are_(Billy_Joel_song)" title="Just the Way You Are (Billy Joel song)">Just the Way You Are</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Billy_Joel" title="Billy Joel">Billy Joel</a> (songwriter) (1978)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What_a_Fool_Believes" title="What a Fool Believes">What a Fool Believes</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Loggins" title="Kenny Loggins">Kenny Loggins</a> & <a href="/wiki/Michael_McDonald_(musician)" title="Michael McDonald (musician)">Michael McDonald</a> (songwriters) (1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Sailing_(Christopher_Cross_song)" title="Sailing (Christopher Cross song)">Sailing</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Cross" title="Christopher Cross">Christopher Cross</a> (songwriter) (1980)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bette_Davis_Eyes" title="Bette Davis Eyes">Bette Davis Eyes</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Donna_Weiss" title="Donna Weiss">Donna Weiss</a> & <a href="/wiki/Jackie_DeShannon" title="Jackie DeShannon">Jackie DeShannon</a> (songwriters) (1981)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Always_on_My_Mind" title="Always on My Mind">Always on My Mind</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Christopher" title="Johnny Christopher">Johnny Christopher</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_James_(songwriter)" title="Mark James (songwriter)">Mark James</a> & <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Carson" title="Wayne Carson">Wayne Carson</a> (songwriters) (1982)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Every_Breath_You_Take" title="Every Breath You Take">Every Breath You Take</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Sting_(musician)" title="Sting (musician)">Sting</a> (songwriter) (1983)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What%27s_Love_Got_to_Do_with_It_(song)" title="What's Love Got to Do with It (song)">What's Love Got to Do with It</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Graham_Lyle" title="Graham Lyle">Graham Lyle</a> & <a href="/wiki/Terry_Britten" title="Terry Britten">Terry Britten</a> (songwriters) (1984)</li> <li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">We Are the World</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> & <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Richie" title="Lionel Richie">Lionel Richie</a> (songwriters) (1985)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/That%27s_What_Friends_Are_For" title="That's What Friends Are For">That's What Friends Are For</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Burt_Bacharach" title="Burt Bacharach">Burt Bacharach</a> & <a href="/wiki/Carole_Bayer_Sager" title="Carole Bayer Sager">Carole Bayer Sager</a> (songwriters) (1986)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Somewhere_Out_There_(An_American_Tail_song)" title="Somewhere Out There (An American Tail song)">Somewhere Out There</a>" – <a href="/wiki/James_Horner" title="James Horner">James Horner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barry_Mann" title="Barry Mann">Barry Mann</a> & <a href="/wiki/Cynthia_Weil" title="Cynthia Weil">Cynthia Weil</a> (songwriters) (1987)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Worry,_Be_Happy" title="Don't Worry, Be Happy">Don't Worry, Be Happy</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Bobby_McFerrin" title="Bobby McFerrin">Bobby McFerrin</a> (songwriter) (1988)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wind_Beneath_My_Wings" title="Wind Beneath My Wings">Wind Beneath My Wings</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Larry_Henley" title="Larry Henley">Larry Henley</a> & <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Silbar" title="Jeff Silbar">Jeff Silbar</a> (songwriters) (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/From_a_Distance" title="From a Distance">From a Distance</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Julie_Gold" title="Julie Gold">Julie Gold</a> (songwriter) (1990)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Unforgettable_(Nat_King_Cole_song)" title="Unforgettable (Nat King Cole song)">Unforgettable</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Irving_Gordon" title="Irving Gordon">Irving Gordon</a> (songwriter) (1991)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tears_in_Heaven" title="Tears in Heaven">Tears in Heaven</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Eric_Clapton" title="Eric Clapton">Eric Clapton</a> & <a href="/wiki/Will_Jennings" title="Will Jennings">Will Jennings</a> (songwriters) (1992)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Whole_New_World" title="A Whole New World">A Whole New World</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alan_Menken" title="Alan Menken">Alan Menken</a> & <a href="/wiki/Tim_Rice" title="Tim Rice">Tim Rice</a> (songwriters) (1993)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Streets_of_Philadelphia" title="Streets of Philadelphia">Streets of Philadelphia</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen" title="Bruce Springsteen">Bruce Springsteen</a> (songwriter) (1994)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Kiss_from_a_Rose" title="Kiss from a Rose">Kiss from a Rose</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Seal_(musician)" title="Seal (musician)">Seal</a> (songwriter) (1995)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Change_the_World" title="Change the World">Change the World</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Kennedy_(musician)" title="Gordon Kennedy (musician)">Gordon Kennedy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Kirkpatrick" title="Wayne Kirkpatrick">Wayne Kirkpatrick</a> & <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Sims" title="Tommy Sims">Tommy Sims</a> (songwriters) (1996)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sunny_Came_Home" title="Sunny Came Home">Sunny Came Home</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Colvin" title="Shawn Colvin">Shawn Colvin</a> & <a href="/wiki/John_Leventhal" title="John Leventhal">John Leventhal</a> (songwriters) (1997)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Heart_Will_Go_On" title="My Heart Will Go On">My Heart Will Go On</a>" – <a href="/wiki/James_Horner" title="James Horner">James Horner</a> & <a href="/wiki/Will_Jennings" title="Will Jennings">Will Jennings</a> (songwriters) (1998)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Smooth_(Santana_song)" title="Smooth (Santana song)">Smooth</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Itaal_Shur" title="Itaal Shur">Itaal Shur</a> & <a href="/wiki/Rob_Thomas_(musician)" title="Rob Thomas (musician)">Rob Thomas</a> (songwriters) (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Beautiful_Day" title="Beautiful Day">Beautiful Day</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Adam_Clayton" title="Adam Clayton">Adam Clayton</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Edge" title="The Edge">David Evans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Larry_Mullen_Jr." title="Larry Mullen Jr.">Laurence Mullen</a> & <a href="/wiki/Bono" title="Bono">Paul Hewson</a> (songwriters) (2000)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fallin%27_(Alicia_Keys_song)" title="Fallin' (Alicia Keys song)">Fallin'</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alicia_Keys" title="Alicia Keys">Alicia Keys</a> (songwriter) (2001)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Know_Why" title="Don't Know Why">Don't Know Why</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Harris" title="Jesse Harris">Jesse Harris</a> (songwriter) (2002)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dance_with_My_Father_(song)" title="Dance with My Father (song)">Dance with My Father</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Richard_Marx" title="Richard Marx">Richard Marx</a> & <a href="/wiki/Luther_Vandross" title="Luther Vandross">Luther Vandross</a> (songwriters) (2003)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Daughters_(John_Mayer_song)" title="Daughters (John Mayer song)">Daughters</a>" – <a href="/wiki/John_Mayer" title="John Mayer">John Mayer</a> (songwriter) (2004)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sometimes_You_Can%27t_Make_It_on_Your_Own" title="Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own">Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Adam_Clayton" title="Adam Clayton">Adam Clayton</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Edge" title="The Edge">David Evans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Larry_Mullen_Jr." title="Larry Mullen Jr.">Laurence Mullen</a> & <a href="/wiki/Bono" title="Bono">Paul Hewson</a> (songwriters) (2005)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Not_Ready_to_Make_Nice" title="Not Ready to Make Nice">Not Ready to Make Nice</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Emily_Robison" class="mw-redirect" title="Emily Robison">Emily Burns Erwin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Martie_Maguire" title="Martie Maguire">Martha Maguire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Natalie_Maines" title="Natalie Maines">Natalie Maines Pasdar</a> & <a href="/wiki/Dan_Wilson_(musician)" title="Dan Wilson (musician)">Dan Wilson</a> (songwriters) (2006)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rehab_(Amy_Winehouse_song)" title="Rehab (Amy Winehouse song)">Rehab</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Amy_Winehouse" title="Amy Winehouse">Amy Winehouse</a> (songwriter) (2007)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Viva_la_Vida" title="Viva la Vida">Viva la Vida</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Guy_Berryman" title="Guy Berryman">Guy Berryman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jonny_Buckland" title="Jonny Buckland">Jonathan Buckland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Will_Champion" title="Will Champion">William Champion</a> & <a href="/wiki/Chris_Martin" title="Chris Martin">Christopher Martin</a> (songwriters) (2008)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Single_Ladies_(Put_a_Ring_on_It)" title="Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)">Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Kuk_Harrell" title="Kuk Harrell">Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé Knowles</a>, <a href="/wiki/The-Dream" title="The-Dream">Terius Nash</a> & <a href="/wiki/Tricky_Stewart" title="Tricky Stewart">Christopher Stewart</a> (songwriters) (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Need_You_Now_(Lady_Antebellum_song)" title="Need You Now (Lady Antebellum song)">Need You Now</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Haywood" title="Dave Haywood">Dave Haywood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Josh_Kear" title="Josh Kear">Josh Kear</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Kelley" title="Charles Kelley">Charles Kelley</a> & <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Scott" title="Hillary Scott">Hillary Scott</a> (songwriters) (2010)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rolling_in_the_Deep" title="Rolling in the Deep">Rolling in the Deep</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Adele" title="Adele">Adele Adkins</a> & <a href="/wiki/Paul_Epworth" title="Paul Epworth">Paul Epworth</a> (songwriters) (2011)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Are_Young" title="We Are Young">We Are Young</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Antonoff" title="Jack Antonoff">Jack Antonoff</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Bhasker" title="Jeff Bhasker">Jeff Bhasker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Dost" title="Andrew Dost">Andrew Dost</a> & <a href="/wiki/Nate_Ruess" title="Nate Ruess">Nate Ruess</a> (songwriters) (2012)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Royals_(song)" title="Royals (song)">Royals</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Joel_Little" title="Joel Little">Joel Little</a> & <a href="/wiki/Lorde" title="Lorde">Ella Yelich O'Connor</a> (songwriters) (2013)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Stay_with_Me_(Sam_Smith_song)" title="Stay with Me (Sam Smith song)">Stay with Me</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Rodney_Jerkins" title="Rodney Jerkins">Darkchild</a> version) – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Napes" title="Jimmy Napes">James Napier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tourist_(musician)" title="Tourist (musician)">William Phillips</a> & <a href="/wiki/Sam_Smith" title="Sam Smith">Sam Smith</a> (songwriters) (2014)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Thinking_Out_Loud" title="Thinking Out Loud">Thinking Out Loud</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Sheeran" title="Ed Sheeran">Ed Sheeran</a> & <a href="/wiki/Amy_Wadge" title="Amy Wadge">Amy Wadge</a> (songwriters) (2015)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hello_(Adele_song)" title="Hello (Adele song)">Hello</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Adele" title="Adele">Adele Adkins</a> & <a href="/wiki/Greg_Kurstin" title="Greg Kurstin">Greg Kurstin</a> (songwriters) (2016)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/That%27s_What_I_Like_(Bruno_Mars_song)" title="That's What I Like (Bruno Mars song)">That's What I Like</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Brody_Brown" title="Brody Brown">Christopher Brody Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Fauntleroy" title="James Fauntleroy">James Fauntleroy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philip_Lawrence_(songwriter)" title="Philip Lawrence (songwriter)">Philip Lawrence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Mars" title="Bruno Mars">Bruno Mars</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Stereotypes" title="The Stereotypes">Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip</a> (songwriters) (2017)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/This_Is_America_(song)" title="This Is America (song)">This Is America</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Donald_Glover" title="Donald Glover">Donald Glover</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ludwig_G%C3%B6ransson" title="Ludwig Göransson">Ludwig Göransson</a> & <a href="/wiki/Young_Thug" title="Young Thug">Jeffery Lamar Williams</a> (songwriters) (2018)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bad_Guy_(Billie_Eilish_song)" title="Bad Guy (Billie Eilish song)">Bad Guy</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Billie_Eilish" title="Billie Eilish">Billie Eilish O'Connell</a> & <a href="/wiki/Finneas_O%27Connell" title="Finneas O'Connell">Finneas O'Connell</a> (songwriters) (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Can%27t_Breathe_(H.E.R._song)" title="I Can't Breathe (H.E.R. song)">I Can't Breathe</a>" – <a href="/wiki/D%27Mile" title="D'Mile">Dernst Emile II</a>, <a href="/wiki/H.E.R." title="H.E.R.">H.E.R.</a> & <a href="/wiki/Tiara_Thomas" title="Tiara Thomas">Tiara Thomas</a> (songwriters) (2020)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Leave_the_Door_Open" title="Leave the Door Open">Leave the Door Open</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Anderson_.Paak" title="Anderson .Paak">Brandon Anderson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brody_Brown" title="Brody Brown">Christopher Brody Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/D%27Mile" title="D'Mile">Dernst Emile II</a> & <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Mars" title="Bruno Mars">Bruno Mars</a> (songwriters) (2021)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Just_Like_That_(Bonnie_Raitt_song)" title="Just Like That (Bonnie Raitt song)">Just Like That</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt" title="Bonnie Raitt">Bonnie Raitt</a> (songwriter) (2022)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What_Was_I_Made_For%3F" title="What Was I Made For?">What Was I Made For?</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Billie_Eilish" title="Billie Eilish">Billie Eilish O'Connell</a> & <a href="/wiki/Finneas_O%27Connell" title="Finneas O'Connell">Finneas O'Connell</a> (songwriters) (2023)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Not_Like_Us" title="Not Like Us">Not Like Us</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Kendrick_Lamar" title="Kendrick Lamar">Kendrick Lamar</a> (songwriter) (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Grammy_Award_for_Best_Music_Video242" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1983–1986</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Girls_on_Film" title="Girls on Film">Girls on Film</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/Hungry_Like_the_Wolf" title="Hungry Like the Wolf">Hungry Like the Wolf</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Duran_Duran" title="Duran Duran">Duran Duran</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Jazzin%27_for_Blue_Jean" title="Jazzin' for Blue Jean">Jazzin' for Blue Jean</a>" – <a href="/wiki/David_Bowie" title="David Bowie">David Bowie</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">We Are the World</a>" – <a href="/wiki/USA_for_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="USA for Africa">USA for Africa</a> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Brothers_in_Arms_(song)" title="Brothers in Arms (song)">Brothers in Arms</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits">Dire Straits</a> (1986)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Concept_Music_Video" title="Grammy Award for Best Concept Music Video">Best Concept<br />Music Video</a> <br /> (1987−1988)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Land_of_Confusion" title="Land of Confusion">Land of Confusion</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Genesis_(band)" title="Genesis (band)">Genesis</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Fat_(song)" title="Fat (song)">Fat</a>" – <a href="/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic">"Weird Al" Yankovic</a> (1988)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1989–2009</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Leave_Me_Alone_(Michael_Jackson_song)" title="Leave Me Alone (Michael Jackson song)">Leave Me Alone</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> (1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Opposites_Attract" title="Opposites Attract">Opposites Attract</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Paula_Abdul" title="Paula Abdul">Paula Abdul</a> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Losing_My_Religion" title="Losing My Religion">Losing My Religion</a>" – <a href="/wiki/R.E.M." title="R.E.M.">R.E.M.</a> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Digging_in_the_Dirt" title="Digging in the Dirt">Digging in the Dirt</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Gabriel" title="Peter Gabriel">Peter Gabriel</a> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Steam_(Peter_Gabriel_song)" title="Steam (Peter Gabriel song)">Steam</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Gabriel" title="Peter Gabriel">Peter Gabriel</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Love_Is_Strong" title="Love Is Strong">Love Is Strong</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones" title="The Rolling Stones">The Rolling Stones</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Scream_(Michael_Jackson_and_Janet_Jackson_song)" title="Scream (Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson song)">Scream</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> & <a href="/wiki/Janet_Jackson" title="Janet Jackson">Janet Jackson</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Free_as_a_Bird" title="Free as a Bird">Free as a Bird</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Got_%27til_It%27s_Gone" title="Got 'til It's Gone">Got 'til It's Gone</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Janet_Jackson" title="Janet Jackson">Janet Jackson</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Ray_of_Light_(song)" title="Ray of Light (song)">Ray of Light</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Madonna" title="Madonna">Madonna</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Freak_on_a_Leash" title="Freak on a Leash">Freak on a Leash</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Korn" title="Korn">Korn</a> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Learn_to_Fly" title="Learn to Fly">Learn to Fly</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Foo_Fighters" title="Foo Fighters">Foo Fighters</a> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Weapon_of_Choice_(song)" title="Weapon of Choice (song)">Weapon of Choice</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Fatboy_Slim" title="Fatboy Slim">Fatboy Slim</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Bootsy_Collins" title="Bootsy Collins">Bootsy Collins</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Without_Me_(Eminem_song)" title="Without Me (Eminem song)">Without Me</a>" - <a href="/wiki/Eminem" title="Eminem">Eminem</a> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Hurt_(Nine_Inch_Nails_song)" title="Hurt (Nine Inch Nails song)">Hurt</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Vertigo_(U2_song)" title="Vertigo (U2 song)">Vertigo</a>" – <a href="/wiki/U2" title="U2">U2</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Lose_Control_(Missy_Elliott_song)" title="Lose Control (Missy Elliott song)">Lose Control</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Missy_Elliott" title="Missy Elliott">Missy Elliott</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Ciara" title="Ciara">Ciara</a> & <a href="/wiki/Fatman_Scoop" title="Fatman Scoop">Fatman Scoop</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Here_It_Goes_Again" title="Here It Goes Again">Here It Goes Again</a>" – <a href="/wiki/OK_Go" title="OK Go">OK Go</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/God%27s_Gonna_Cut_You_Down" title="God's Gonna Cut You Down">God's Gonna Cut You Down</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Pork_and_Beans_(song)" title="Pork and Beans (song)">Pork and Beans</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Weezer" title="Weezer">Weezer</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Boom_Boom_Pow" title="Boom Boom Pow">Boom Boom Pow</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Black_Eyed_Peas" title="Black Eyed Peas">Black Eyed Peas</a> (2009)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2010–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Bad_Romance" title="Bad Romance">Bad Romance</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Lady_Gaga" title="Lady Gaga">Lady Gaga</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Rolling_in_the_Deep" title="Rolling in the Deep">Rolling in the Deep</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Adele" title="Adele">Adele</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/We_Found_Love_(music_video)" title="We Found Love (music video)">We Found Love</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Rihanna" title="Rihanna">Rihanna</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Harris" title="Calvin Harris">Calvin Harris</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Suit_%26_Tie" title="Suit & Tie">Suit & Tie</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Justin_Timberlake" title="Justin Timberlake">Justin Timberlake</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Jay-Z" title="Jay-Z">Jay-Z</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Happy_(Pharrell_Williams_song)" title="Happy (Pharrell Williams song)">Happy</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Pharrell_Williams" title="Pharrell Williams">Pharrell Williams</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Bad_Blood_(Taylor_Swift_song)" title="Bad Blood (Taylor Swift song)">Bad Blood</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Kendrick_Lamar" title="Kendrick Lamar">Kendrick Lamar</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Formation_(song)" title="Formation (song)">Formation</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Humble_(song)" title="Humble (song)">Humble</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Kendrick_Lamar" title="Kendrick Lamar">Kendrick Lamar</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/This_Is_America_(song)" title="This Is America (song)">This Is America</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Donald_Glover" title="Donald Glover">Childish Gambino</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Old_Town_Road" title="Old Town Road">Old Town Road</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Lil_Nas_X" title="Lil Nas X">Lil Nas X</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Billy_Ray_Cyrus" title="Billy Ray Cyrus">Billy Ray Cyrus</a> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Brown_Skin_Girl" title="Brown Skin Girl">Brown Skin Girl</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blue_Ivy_Carter" title="Blue Ivy Carter">Blue Ivy</a> & <a href="/wiki/Wizkid" title="Wizkid">Wizkid</a> (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"Freedom" – <a href="/wiki/Jon_Batiste" title="Jon Batiste">Jon Batiste</a> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/All_Too_Well:_The_Short_Film" title="All Too Well: The Short Film">All Too Well: The Short Film</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Only_Sleeping" title="I'm Only Sleeping">I'm Only Sleeping</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a> (2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Not_Like_Us" title="Not Like Us">Not Like Us</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Kendrick_Lamar" title="Kendrick Lamar">Kendrick Lamar</a> (2024)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="MTV_Video_Music_Award_for_Best_Group65" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#cedff2;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist 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navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ZZ_Top" title="ZZ Top">ZZ Top</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Legs_(song)" title="Legs (song)">Legs</a>" (1984)</li> <li>USA for Africa – "<a class="mw-selflink selflink">We Are the World</a>" (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits">Dire Straits</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Money_for_Nothing_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Money for Nothing (song)">Money for Nothing</a>" (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talking_Heads" title="Talking Heads">Talking Heads</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Wild_Wild_Life" title="Wild Wild Life">Wild Wild Life</a>" (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/INXS" title="INXS">INXS</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Need_You_Tonight" title="Need You Tonight">Need You Tonight</a>/<a href="/wiki/Mediate_(song)" title="Mediate (song)">Mediate</a>" (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Living_Colour" title="Living Colour">Living Colour</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Cult_of_Personality_(song)" title="Cult of Personality (song)">Cult of Personality</a>" (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_B-52%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="The B-52's">The B-52's</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Love_Shack" title="Love Shack">Love Shack</a>" (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R.E.M." title="R.E.M.">R.E.M.</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Losing_My_Religion" title="Losing My Religion">Losing My Religion</a>" (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/U2" title="U2">U2</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Even_Better_Than_the_Real_Thing" title="Even Better Than the Real Thing">Even Better Than the Real Thing</a>" (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearl_Jam" title="Pearl Jam">Pearl Jam</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Jeremy_(song)" title="Jeremy (song)">Jeremy</a>" (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aerosmith" title="Aerosmith">Aerosmith</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Cryin%27_(Aerosmith_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cryin' (Aerosmith song)">Cryin'</a>" (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/TLC_(band)" class="mw-redirect" title="TLC (band)">TLC</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Waterfalls_(TLC_song)" title="Waterfalls (TLC song)">Waterfalls</a>" (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foo_Fighters" title="Foo Fighters">Foo Fighters</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Big_Me" title="Big Me">Big Me</a>" (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No_Doubt" title="No Doubt">No Doubt</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Speak" title="Don't Speak">Don't Speak</a>" (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Backstreet_Boys" title="Backstreet Boys">Backstreet Boys</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Everybody_(Backstreet%27s_Back)" title="Everybody (Backstreet's Back)">Everybody (Backstreet's Back)</a>" (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/TLC_(band)" class="mw-redirect" title="TLC (band)">TLC</a> – "<a href="/wiki/No_Scrubs" title="No Scrubs">No Scrubs</a>" (1999)</li></ul> 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Doubt">No Doubt</a> – "<a href="/wiki/It%27s_My_Life_(Talk_Talk_song)#No_Doubt_version" title="It's My Life (Talk Talk song)">It's My Life</a>" (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Day" title="Green Day">Green Day</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Boulevard_of_Broken_Dreams_(Green_Day_song)" title="Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day song)">Boulevard of Broken Dreams</a>" (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_All-American_Rejects" title="The All-American Rejects">The All-American Rejects</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Move_Along_(song)" title="Move Along (song)">Move Along</a>" (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_Out_Boy" title="Fall Out Boy">Fall Out Boy</a> (2007)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BTS" title="BTS">BTS</a> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BTS" title="BTS">BTS</a> (2020-2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackpink" title="Blackpink">Blackpink</a> (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seventeen_(South_Korean_band)" title="Seventeen (South Korean band)">Seventeen</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="MTV_Video_Music_Award_–_Viewer&#039;s_Choice60" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" 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You">With or Without You</a>" (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/INXS" title="INXS">INXS</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Need_You_Tonight" title="Need You Tonight">Need You Tonight</a>/<a href="/wiki/Mediate_(song)" title="Mediate (song)">Mediate</a>" (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madonna" title="Madonna">Madonna</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Like_a_Prayer_(song)" title="Like a Prayer (song)">Like a Prayer</a>" (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aerosmith" title="Aerosmith">Aerosmith</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Janie%27s_Got_a_Gun" title="Janie's Got a Gun">Janie's Got a Gun</a>" (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queensr%C3%BFche" title="Queensrÿche">Queensrÿche</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Silent_Lucidity" title="Silent Lucidity">Silent Lucidity</a>" (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers" title="Red Hot Chili Peppers">Red Hot Chili Peppers</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Under_the_Bridge" title="Under the Bridge">Under the Bridge</a>" (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aerosmith" title="Aerosmith">Aerosmith</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Livin%27_on_the_Edge" title="Livin' on the Edge">Livin' on the Edge</a>" (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aerosmith" title="Aerosmith">Aerosmith</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Cryin%27_(Aerosmith_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cryin' (Aerosmith song)">Cryin'</a>" (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/TLC_(band)" class="mw-redirect" title="TLC (band)">TLC</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Waterfalls_(TLC_song)" title="Waterfalls (TLC song)">Waterfalls</a>" (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bush_(British_band)" title="Bush (British band)">Bush</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Glycerine_(song)" title="Glycerine (song)">Glycerine</a>" (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Prodigy" title="The Prodigy">The Prodigy</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Breathe_(The_Prodigy_song)" 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