Prince was supposed to be there, they even already had a part for him and Quincy Jones decided Huey Lewis would be a great replacement and he was right.
I think Nana has a few years on me, but I'm a child of the 80's. With less options available, TV, radio, and pop culture was much more of a shared experience than it is today. You had your basic television, cable just starting to come around.....not only was the 80's full of talent, just look at the various ages of the artists in these songs. They were all very much still relevant in the music world. Kenny Rogers, Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, they weren't young artists in the 80's, but still topping the billboard charts with hit music, music shared by audiences young and old. I grew up a metal head, and around the birth of rap and hip/hop...but the albums of the other artists I mentioned above would still be in my music collection, and most other kids music collections too. We listened to a wide variety of music in the 80's.
@@kevinmcconnell3641 To explain better: I was referring to the musical production, not the birth or creation of the band. To focus on the biggest star, and one of those responsible for the project "We are the world" (Michael Jackson). His best album and without a doubt one of the best in the music industry ("Thriller"), is from 1982. Lionel Richie, album "Can't Slow Down", 1983. Cyndi Lauper, album "She's So Unusual", 1983. Journey (Stevie Perry), album "Frontiers", 1983. Bruce Springsteen, album "Born in the U.S.A", 1984. Of course, the previous decades were wonderful (Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross, etc.). This is just my opinion and preference.
It's so cool that Lulu can have the opportunity to experience the greatest music and musicians of all time from the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's. The best era to have grown up in, in pretty much all regards.
The Netflix show is awesome. Everyone is working out how to sing their parts, voices cracking, tones changing. BUT, every take Bruce belted out perfectly like it was the final take. That's why he's The Boss.
The amount of talent shown in this video is crazy. All are top notch artists from many different eras & genres of music. Don't think something like this will ever happen again. Sadly quite a few artists that are featured are no longer with us.
Dan Ackroyd was added to the choir because he was already there at the studio working on a different project. When they all arrived to record the song, they asked him to join.
Donna you are absolutely right about Bruce Springsteen and Stevie Wonder being an awesome duet. I am just sad they never recorded together was just amazing. They were all Legend in this era and you are right there will never be another performance like this. Music must have great lyrics with a great band and a singer who can sing with great vocals with heart and soul! I feel so blessed and honored to have heard such great music in my life. I have tried today’s music but for me it just does not work but thankfully I have a great collection of older music I acquired through the years. I absolutely loved all of your reactions to this epic song thank you for doing this one.
They did this right after the awards that night, they went to a secret location nobody knew about at the time, it was a phone call and "I'm in the car" type thing before they told them the location...pretty awesome...Madonna who was on top of the world at the time refused to do it because Lauper was doing it...if you watch the making of it on I think Netflix it's pretty cool
Hello Ladies! This is a fantastic piece of history! The artists left their egos at the door. They all got it right and made a beautiful, powerful song!! Simply wonderful! 👍☮️❤️🌏😎
Donna, you’re exactly right, it’s iconic and all the artists are great and it’s the best charity song ever written and performed and something like this will ever happen again! Bruce and Stevie nailed it!!
Hey ladies... you missed Dionne Warwick.. who is Whitney Housten's auntie.. and also Paul Simon from Simon and Garfunkel fame.. oh and Dan Ackroyd is the one Canadian there.. but he had a band called the Blues Brothers with fellow American John Belushi.. and he has a music club in Los Angeles called the House of Blues.. so that is why he was invited I believe. Lots of others to.. but you can Wiki it for the list! Anyway.. just want to mention.. the UK did this first in December 1984 .. the group was assembled as Band Aid and the song is Do They Know It's Christmas Time .. and it was choc full of UK greats at the time. Then the USA came out with there charity collab in March 1985.. and then lastly Canada did their charity collab assembled as Northern Lights and the song was Tears Are Not Enough .. with a lot of Canadian legends and that came out in May 1st 1985. Now if any other nations around the world did something like this.. I am not aware of it.. but it was a magical time back then seeing and hearing all of these amazing charity collabs!!! 🤩🥰🎶 Cheers from Ontario, Canada 🍁🍁🍁
@@tonimartim5056 Oh yessssss.. you are right.. so hard to keep it all straight. I think her mother and mother's sister were also singers? I'm not sure the exact details.. but a lot of talent in her family.
Oh yeah Ms.Donna knew what was about to go down from the get go. Her face and smile said it all Fun fact: not sure if any of you was aware but throughout the song when you see certain duos and trios singing together, they actually paired ppl together with others they felt would compliment their sound. The world may have never heard the extremely unique duo of Stevie and Bruce if it werent for this song
Watch Band Aid, with Do they know it's Christmas(1984) , English superstars singing for Africa.. it was recorded before the American version .. this, We are the world (1985) is inspired by Bob Geldof's Band Aid.. both give me goosebumps!! 💜🎶🎤 There is a Netflix documentary about We are the world
Then watch Stars by Hear N' Aid. Not much of a song from a lyrical perspective. But you have heavy metal royalty lining up to take their turn for the guitar solo.
Agreed. Would be fun to see which ones of those great British artists they will recognize, too. Paul Young, Boy George, George Michael, Phil Collins, Sting and a very young Bono😊 I hope they will check it out.
The one thing about the Band Aid apart from being done first…..it wasn’t all british artists, there were americans on tour that were asked to join in….kool and the gang, jody watley,
Hey girls! I'll be honest, I've lost count of how many times I've watched this video clip, and every time I watch it I get goosebumps too. We'll definitely never have as many talents as these ones. Greetings from Brazil!
Thank you to Harry Belafonte as he brought this talented line-up together. They re-recorded this track for Haiti in 2010 with more well known artists. Also check out Band Aid ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ from 1984.
USA FOR AFRICA WE ARE THE WORLD (1985) Soloists: Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Kenny Rogers, James Ingram, Tina Turner, Billy Joel, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick, Willie Nelson, Al Jarreau, Bruce Springsteen, Kenny Loggins, Steve Perry, Daryl Hall, Huey Lewis, Cyndi Lauper, Kim Carnes, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles. Chorus: Dan Aykroyd, Harry Belafonte, Lindsey Buckingham, Mario Cipollina, Johnny Colla, Sheila E., Bob Geldof, Bill Gibson, Chris Hayes, Sean Hopper, Jackie Jackson, La Toya Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Randy Jackson, Tito Jackson, Waylon Jennings, Bette Midler, John Oates, Jeffrey Osborne, Anita Pointer, June Pointer, Ruth Pointer, Smokey Robinson. Quincy Jones (Composer) CHEERS FROM CHILE!!!
Bob Dylan wasn't sure if he wanted to do it, was on his way home and someone called him one last time, he eventually turned the car around last minute and showed up
Really enjoyed your reaction to this!! I worked in the concert business for 23 years, so through that work (and all the shows I've been to outside of that), I've been fortunate to see 95% of the artists in the video. And Donna, glad that you pointed out the duet between Bruce and Stevie. I've only seen Stevie once, but I've seen Bruce 14 times.
Thank you so much for doing this song especially in these times we're living in. The song should be a daily requirement for every citizen of the United States like a daily vitamin🌈🙏😌
R.I.P To Some Of The Singer's,Who We're On This Great Amazing Song,Are No Longer With Us, Still Miss You All, Always 😢,Gone To Soon & R.I.P To Quincy Jones You Will Be Missed
Yes Donna, yes...that is why you are the patriarch! ...love the love in the generations in music , and in that room. And your Room as well. ❤❤.much love to you 3 . Donna, Kathy , and Lulu. Thats how America rolls! ✌️😎
The song was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie in a couple of hours, arranged by Quincy Jones and recorded over night. The location was Kenny Roger's recording studio in Hollywood. Waylon Jennings was invited but left before they shot the video. When he found out the song was going to be a pop song, he said, "this country boy don't sing pop music" and left. Friendships were formed here, many of these artists never met before. Steve Perry and Kenny Loggins later did a duet together. Lionel Richie wrote "Lady" for Kenny Rogers. Billy Joel and Ray Charles did a duet together. Kenny Rogers and Kim Carnes had a duet, Stevie Wonder and Dionne Warwick, both here sang "That's what friends are for" along with Gladys Knight and Elton John who were not here. Harry Belafonte came up with the idea of bringing everyone together on this night. Harry's manager called Quincy Jones first, Quincy said you better call Michael because he's leaving town right after the Grammys, Michael postponed his flight, Lionel was second. Kenny Roger's studio was used because it was the only studio that can fit everyone. Finally, there was a sign on the door that read, "Leave your egos at the door", meaning once you enter this studio, we are all on equal ground. Nobody is more important than someone else. They were in the studio until about 4 AM. They had to get the song done because they had other engagements to get to.
There was a similar gathering in 1991, the talent wasn't on this level but still special. It was to show support for the troops during Desert Storm. "Voices that care" by Various Artists. The video can be found on RUclips.
I always thought this was a Beautiful song. You guys did a Great reaction 🤌🏼 I agree with Donna, I can't imagine how much Money was in that room. But it was Awesome !
I was only 10 in 1985 when this came out and being blown away by who was on this, this vid was shown on top of the pops I believe and our family like yours was naming all involved. This was Americas response to the UK/Irelands ‘feed the world’ and what a response it was…amazing
This was recorded in one night (5 hours) after The American Music Awards. They did it at AnM Studios in Burbank (Hollywood) California. From what I recall in the documentary, it was Michael Jacksons idea and he called Lionel Richie and they met at a restaurant. Jackson told Ritchie his idea, and then they called Quincy Jones and Stevie Wonder.
It was actually Harry Belafonte's idea. He recruited Jackson and Ritchie to write the song. It's in the Netflix documentary "The Greatest Night in Pop"
This video is flawless in its flow, and it seems seemless, but in reality its spliced together really well. It took them 8 hours to record. Each person basically recorded a part then they took all the video and splced it to seem as if they were a choir. Whoever matched the singers together was a genius though.
Dan Aykroyd was representing The Blues Brothers. From my understanding, he was on the studio lot conducting other business and just happened to walk into the studio. He was given the sheet music and was told to join in the chorus.
Donna, I know exactly how you feel. I can’t stop smiling and tearing up every time I hear it. And I’m so glad that the kids I see reacting to the song get it too! Bruce & Stevie was my favorite duo too 😊
Ronnie James Dio and metal music stars made their own video to help the people of Africa called "Were Stars " by Hear 'n aid . There are around 40 metal singers & musicians, check it out.
For the top Canadian singers, watch Tears Are Not Enougn. The Canadian talent came together like We Are the World to raise money and awareness in Ethiopia and as a group, they called themselves Northern Lights.
I'm probably closest in age to Donna, I'm 50. Iconic song from my youth. I'm surprised Lulu was the first to mention Tina Turner and that no one mentioned Paul Simon! Loved the reaction though!
You also know this track was written by MJ and Lionel Ritchie? And produced by MJ's producer Quincy Jones. Fun fact, the year before (1984) there was Band Aid, in which this was inspired by. Band Aid was the same idea but then the greatest British and Irish singers in it. Song was called Do They Know It's Christmas.
We Are the World” Soloists (in order of appearance) Time codes indicate start of first solo Lionel Richie - 0:26 Stevie Wonder - 0:39 Paul Simon - 0:43 Kenny Rogers - 0:53 James Ingram - 0:59 Tina Turner - 1:06 Billy Joel - 1:13 Michael Jackson - 1:19 Diana Ross - 1:32 Dionne Warwick - 1:48 Willie Nelson - 2:02 Al Jarreau - 2:09 Bruce Springsteen - 2:15 Kenny Loggins - 2:21 Steve Perry - 2:28 Daryl Hall - 2:36 Huey Lewis - 2:48 Cyndi Lauper - 2:54 Kim Carnes - 3:02 Bob Dylan - 3:48 Ray Charles - 4:27 “We Are the World” Chorus (alphabetically) Dan Aykroyd Harry Belafonte Lindsey Buckingham Mario Cipollina Johnny Colla Sheila E. Bob Geldof Bill Gibson Chris Hayes Sean Hopper Jackie Jackson La Toya Jackson Marlon Jackson Randy Jackson Tito Jackson Waylon Jennings Bette Midler John Oates Jeffrey Osborne The Pointer Sisters Smokey Robinson “We Are the World” Instrumentalists David Paich - synthesizers Michael Boddicker - synthesizers, programming Paulinho da Costa - percussion Phil Collins - percussion Louis Johnson - synth bass Michael Omartian - keyboards Greg Phillinganes - keyboards John Robinson - drums (classicsdujour.com/we-are-the-world/)
Actually, before there was this "We Are the World", there was Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas", which was just as chock full of legendary talent as this one was. If you haven't seen it, then you need to find it and watch it.
this song was the brain child of Harry Belafonte. He had the idea and approached Lionel RItchie and Quincy Jones to produce it. Lionel called Michael Jackson to co write the song and the rest is history. The song raised over 50 million dollars
I remember when this song was first played on the radio, before the video came out. It was fun seeing how many we could recognize just by hearing their voices. I think that is how/why most of these singers were included in this recording. For those of us who lived during the golden age of radio, ALL these artists' had songs we heard every day on the radio. Their names and music were part of our everyday lives. Now you have to go searching for them.
Bruce Springsteen recently did worldwide tour and was in Ireland few weeks ago. He is well into his 70s now still playing 3 hour sets and standing up for that long to. Thats still dedication for you when he could of retired years ago. Cyndi lauper also still going and played Glastonbury recently to
They were carted off to a secret location at the time right after the awards show...nobody knew until they were on the road... Springsteen just had a concert and flew cross country to be there, Madonna didn't do it because Lauper was involved, they were there so long Al got hammered, Simon was one of the first to be contacted and didn't want to do it until literally last minute...crazy night but one of the best groupings ever
When they broadcast the song worldwide in 1985 in so many countries simultaneously via some kind of Satellite Hook up, I swear the world was a t peace for 10 minutes. Now, no one gives a flying crap about each other.
I would love a whole documentary on what their agents went through negotiating the various decrees to which each of their stars would be featured in this video.
This started in the UK, with Bob Geldof gathering the greatest British artists at the time, back in ‘84. They did the original «Do They Know It’s Christmas», which then inspired MJ and Lionel Ritchie do write this one and do this. Give it a shot - I KNOW you will recognize some of those artists, too😊
Everyone invited to sing on this was eager to help. Prince was the only one to refuse. The core writers considered Madonna, but decided she wasn’t strong enough. She was furious when she found out.
All that songwriting & signing talent in one room & Dan Aykroyd-who says he ended up there by walking into the wrong room, he was looking for a financial manager & encountered a talent agent putting this together instead.
@daveborder7751, interestingly, you made a spelling mistake without making a spelling mistake, because you wrote "signing" instead of "singing", but "signing" is of course also a word.:)
Hello everyone what a gathering of such talented group of prefomers I have to agree with Donna on that me and Donna are in the same age group both of us were the same age when this song came out. But ladies did you get my message yesterday about the hurricane here in my town of Huntsville Texas that left a bunch of debris and I volunteered with others to help clean up the storm debris and pass out water and food to people that lost their homes too. It would make us all feel better if you are fellow Texans could react to Lulu's birthday requests for teemu mantyrsa wintersun demos the fortin evil pumpkin at NAMM 2020 video 1 and for jari of wintersuns former band ensiferum for ensiferum Lai Lai Hei live wacken by rammie 666 from 14 years ago 570 views which both bands use Viking folklore in their music which I know lulu will love. And my mother Cathy wishes that all of you react together to this special requests for this special reason. So send me back a reply to see what you think. Thank you so much you are all awesome. Wintersun Alex in Texas ❄️👋❤️
I was nine years old when this song was released, and it was at one point the most coveted hit single that everyone had to buy. Problem was the record stores ran into constant shortages due to beyond astronomical sales.
Mom and grandma May know a of the incredible arrest in this video more than the younger one but it is still incredible and fun watching your All reactions to this song and video.
Firs off, i did not watch you guys or the video, just your mother, her reaction, and the memories flooding back in her face, when cindy came on, she was nearlly up out of the chair, back at the 80's disco i hope you read this, Im around the same age as your mother, out of all the videos you have done, i could see her face, the memories, of the 80's come flooding back, it was my teen years, and to me and your mother the best era, in music, music videos, as there was no internet phones and the likes, a house phone was the best you had. She probably as i did, met the love of her live through that era or maybe just before, im not going ask a ldy her age, Im old school, you dont do that, she probably remembers, not just this song, but sitting through the greatest world wide 16 hours concert there ever was, with the UK, the US australia and a couple of small contries gap filling, with star like this world wide, given there time for free along with the disco era of the time, the fashion, shoulder pads, flight jackets, sunglasses, from major films of the day, which influenced fashion, and hair styles, the greatest 20 minute live performance by queen at live aid, phil collins, who played in the air tonight at wembley, jumped on plane, and travelled against the time zones and played in philly, in the same 16 hour concert all dont, with no internet, no mobile phones, when you met the love of your life, we had no contact through the day, like today, house phone, but to expensive, you made the next date, before you left that date, see you friday, disco, 6pm hopes she or he would turn up, things were better, you missed each other more a great time
This is an absolute Masterpiece! I DO want to point out that Band Aid had recorded "Do they know it's Christmas" only a few months earlier. Wikipedia has some relevant info on both, including the performers, in the order in which they appeared! Like Donna, and others, I too knew nearly all of the singers. I could name them AS THEY WERE SINGING, but like Kathy and Lulu, had a bit of a problem recalling them after the video was stopped!
There’s an excellent documentary on Netflix that came out recently that goes into how this song came together and how this was filmed/recorded. Highly recommend.
I remember when this was done and the newscaster that night said something that is so evident even today when you see this video and that was "all these superstars checked their egos at the door" when they got together for this fundraiser to aid the people of Africa who were going through a famine in Ethiopia.
@Kathy, Lulu & Donna Thanks for exposing Lulu tp the greatness that existed before the craziness of the current civilization lol. Even better to see she enjoys a lot of it. Keep it up! And Donna, you are awesome lol. As far as recommendations go, all of you might really enjoy Voiceplay - Valhalla Calling
Miss Donna is correct there wasnt more of a collection of artist as there was during this song, untill Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie did it again for the earthquake in Haiti. Quincy Jones was a genius.
I always thought that the day Quincy Jones came up with this concept , he jumped on the phone and asked the artists to participate. They replied, "When and where?" As a curiosity, I checked out the website(which is still active). They have raised over $100 million dollars.
Whoever came up with the idea of having Stevie Wonder and Bruce Springsteen have a duet was a genius. They're so different, yet it works so well!
As well as Dione Warwick and Willie Nelson, who are even more different but worked together brilliantly.
That would be Quincy Jones.
Love the contrast it was PERFECT between Bruce's gravelly voice and Stevie's smooth upper tenor register. Pure genius as you put it.
Prince was supposed to be there, they even already had a part for him and Quincy Jones decided Huey Lewis would be a great replacement and he was right.
I can't stand Bruce Springsteen's voice. IMO Steve Perry should have sung in his place.
You have my respects Miss Donna, a special greeting to you from a fan
Thank you
This is what makes America great. God bless the USA 🇺🇸
When this was recorded, artists still had to actually BE artists... An absolute masterpiece.
This was in the 80s and played into the late 90s
oh my god, facts, no autotune!
To me the emotion Bruce gives in this performance is just heart wrenching. Legendary performance.
Penso assim desde 1985. A dele e do Steve Perry.
100%
the duo Bruce Springsteen (The boss) and Steve Wonder is just a miracle !
Nana is a true encyclopedia. I also felt how the 80's were full of talent.
I think Nana has a few years on me, but I'm a child of the 80's. With less options available, TV, radio, and pop culture was much more of a shared experience than it is today. You had your basic television, cable just starting to come around.....not only was the 80's full of talent, just look at the various ages of the artists in these songs. They were all very much still relevant in the music world. Kenny Rogers, Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, they weren't young artists in the 80's, but still topping the billboard charts with hit music, music shared by audiences young and old. I grew up a metal head, and around the birth of rap and hip/hop...but the albums of the other artists I mentioned above would still be in my music collection, and most other kids music collections too. We listened to a wide variety of music in the 80's.
The great majority of the artists in this video are from the 60’s and 70’s.
@@kevinmcconnell3641 To explain better:
I was referring to the musical production, not the birth or creation of the band.
To focus on the biggest star, and one of those responsible for the project "We are the world" (Michael Jackson). His best album and without a doubt one of the best in the music industry ("Thriller"), is from 1982.
Lionel Richie, album "Can't Slow Down", 1983.
Cyndi Lauper, album "She's So Unusual", 1983.
Journey (Stevie Perry), album "Frontiers", 1983.
Bruce Springsteen, album "Born in the U.S.A", 1984.
Of course, the previous decades were wonderful (Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross, etc.).
This is just my opinion and preference.
@@Silencio.Encerrado
Okay, except all those names you dropped, they all come from the 60’s and 70’s, so they don’t count as 80’s bands!!
Well done ladies. Grandma knows her music.
It's so cool that Lulu can have the opportunity to experience the greatest music and musicians of all time from the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's. The best era to have grown up in, in pretty much all regards.
There's just something about the ruffness and the smoothness of Springsteen and Stevie. That get you right in the heart.
Springsteen had a concert across the country, quickly left concert and flew there... I think he got there like 2 or 3 in the morning...he was tired
The greatest collaboration with the greatest singers the world will ever see sadly alot have passed an gone bless Michael's soul !!
The logistics behind this song were insane. There’s a Doc on Netflix about it
The Netflix show is awesome. Everyone is working out how to sing their parts, voices cracking, tones changing. BUT, every take Bruce belted out perfectly like it was the final take. That's why he's The Boss.
@@donjackson5522 i didnt know that, thanks!
What's the name of the documentary?
@@SassyIndian The Greatest Night in Pop.
@@SassyIndian “the greatest night in pop”
The amount of talent shown in this video is crazy. All are top notch artists from many different eras & genres of music. Don't think something like this will ever happen again. Sadly quite a few artists that are featured are no longer with us.
Dan Ackroyd was added to the choir because he was already there at the studio working on a different project. When they all arrived to record the song, they asked him to join.
He represented "The Blues Brothers" 😎😎👍
I think John Belushi would have participated had he lived another three years.
He was at the wrong address but stayed when he found out what it was.
Donna you are absolutely right about Bruce Springsteen and Stevie Wonder being an awesome duet. I am just sad they never recorded together was just amazing. They were all Legend in this era and you are right there will never be another performance like this. Music must have great lyrics with a great band and a singer who can sing with great vocals with heart and soul! I feel so blessed and honored to have heard such great music in my life. I have tried today’s music but for me it just does not work but thankfully I have a great collection of older music I acquired through the years. I absolutely loved all of your reactions to this epic song thank you for doing this one.
Thanks
SO many legends came together that one night.
Absolutely
They did this right after the awards that night, they went to a secret location nobody knew about at the time, it was a phone call and "I'm in the car" type thing before they told them the location...pretty awesome...Madonna who was on top of the world at the time refused to do it because Lauper was doing it...if you watch the making of it on I think Netflix it's pretty cool
Hello Ladies! This is a fantastic piece of history! The artists left their egos at the door. They all got it right and made a beautiful, powerful song!! Simply wonderful! 👍☮️❤️🌏😎
Yes it was
@@KathyLuluandDonnaThank you for a great reaction!👍😎
After all these Years I still get Goosebumps every Time I hear this Song and see this Video.
Can you imagine the likes of Harry Belafonte, Waylon Jennings, Bette Midler and Lindsay Buckingham are only in the chorus!
And that singer of singers, Dan Aykroyd. LOL.
@@glennwisniewski9536 Blues brother
Even more so, Smokey Freakin' Robinson.
@@budmangt2 yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RIP John Belushi 🕊
@@glennwisniewski9536 - Dan was there to represent the Motion Picture Association to give their support.
Donna, you’re exactly right, it’s iconic and all the artists are great and it’s the best charity song ever written and performed and something like this will ever happen again! Bruce and Stevie nailed it!!
My mom bought this single for everyone at Christmas that year. There is literally no song more imprinted in my soul ❤😂❤.
Hey ladies... you missed Dionne Warwick.. who is Whitney Housten's auntie.. and also Paul Simon from Simon and Garfunkel fame.. oh and Dan Ackroyd is the one Canadian there.. but he had a band called the Blues Brothers with fellow American John Belushi.. and he has a music club in Los Angeles called the House of Blues.. so that is why he was invited I believe. Lots of others to.. but you can Wiki it for the list! Anyway.. just want to mention.. the UK did this first in December 1984 .. the group was assembled as Band Aid and the song is Do They Know It's Christmas Time .. and it was choc full of UK greats at the time. Then the USA came out with there charity collab in March 1985.. and then lastly Canada did their charity collab assembled as Northern Lights and the song was Tears Are Not Enough .. with a lot of Canadian legends and that came out in May 1st 1985. Now if any other nations around the world did something like this.. I am not aware of it.. but it was a magical time back then seeing and hearing all of these amazing charity collabs!!! 🤩🥰🎶 Cheers from Ontario, Canada 🍁🍁🍁
Dionne is Whitney's cousin. James Ingram sings twice. He's wearing the white sweater. Great job!
@@tonimartim5056 Oh yessssss.. you are right.. so hard to keep it all straight. I think her mother and mother's sister were also singers? I'm not sure the exact details.. but a lot of talent in her family.
Whitney's mom sang as a backup singer for Elvis with the Sweet Inspirations.I think they had a group called the Drinkard sisters.
Ray Charles is just soooo god, and a legend 😍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️…!!!
Oh yeah Ms.Donna knew what was about to go down from the get go. Her face and smile said it all
Fun fact: not sure if any of you was aware but throughout the song when you see certain duos and trios singing together, they actually paired ppl together with others they felt would compliment their sound. The world may have never heard the extremely unique duo of Stevie and Bruce if it werent for this song
Watch Band Aid, with Do they know it's Christmas(1984) , English superstars singing for Africa.. it was recorded before the American version .. this, We are the world (1985) is inspired by Bob Geldof's Band Aid.. both give me goosebumps!! 💜🎶🎤 There is a Netflix documentary about We are the world
Then watch Stars by Hear N' Aid. Not much of a song from a lyrical perspective. But you have heavy metal royalty lining up to take their turn for the guitar solo.
Agreed. Would be fun to see which ones of those great British artists they will recognize, too. Paul Young, Boy George, George Michael, Phil Collins, Sting and a very young Bono😊 I hope they will check it out.
Plus, it lead to the formation of the dual Band Aid conerts that brought global attention to the famine that ravaged Africa.
The one thing about the Band Aid apart from being done first…..it wasn’t all british artists, there were americans on tour that were asked to join in….kool and the gang, jody watley,
@@eggy1962 Wow - did not know! Thanx😊
A great great song, so many artists that came together, great reaction ❤️🙏 to y'all
Hey girls! I'll be honest, I've lost count of how many times I've watched this video clip, and every time I watch it I get goosebumps too. We'll definitely never have as many talents as these ones. Greetings from Brazil!
Thank you to Harry Belafonte as he brought this talented line-up together. They re-recorded this track for Haiti in 2010 with more well known artists. Also check out Band Aid ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ from 1984.
USA FOR AFRICA
WE ARE THE WORLD (1985)
Soloists:
Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Kenny Rogers, James Ingram, Tina Turner, Billy Joel, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick, Willie Nelson, Al Jarreau, Bruce Springsteen, Kenny Loggins, Steve Perry, Daryl Hall, Huey Lewis, Cyndi Lauper, Kim Carnes, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles.
Chorus:
Dan Aykroyd, Harry Belafonte, Lindsey Buckingham, Mario Cipollina, Johnny Colla, Sheila E., Bob Geldof, Bill Gibson, Chris Hayes, Sean Hopper, Jackie Jackson, La Toya Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Randy Jackson, Tito Jackson, Waylon Jennings, Bette Midler, John Oates, Jeffrey Osborne, Anita Pointer, June Pointer, Ruth Pointer, Smokey Robinson.
Quincy Jones (Composer)
CHEERS FROM CHILE!!!
Yes.. awesome .. thank you for listing all the artists!!! 🎶
@@diannaw3034 No problem!!!
Bob Dylan wasn't sure if he wanted to do it, was on his way home and someone called him one last time, he eventually turned the car around last minute and showed up
AL was there so long he kept asking for more drinks and was hammered by the time they did the pairings
Thanks for the list! I took the opportunity to count how many I've seen live in concert. -- 10
Love your guys reactions, just love the 3 Generation Combo ... Love from Australia
Hello from Texas
3 generations? I thought just two, a mother and two daughters.
Mother, daughter, Grandma
@@KathyLuluandDonna, wow, you all look young. Your ages look 16, 22, 45
Stevie Wonder and Bruce Springsteen....perfect
Man I just wanted to hug mama on the right the entire time! Such a classic, and a great generational reaction! 🤙
I loved watching Donna the whole time... I could see and feel her reaction... thumbs up ladies👍
Thanks
Really enjoyed your reaction to this!! I worked in the concert business for 23 years, so through that work (and all the shows I've been to outside of that), I've been fortunate to see 95% of the artists in the video. And Donna, glad that you pointed out the duet between Bruce and Stevie. I've only seen Stevie once, but I've seen Bruce 14 times.
Thank you so much for doing this song especially in these times we're living in. The song should be a daily requirement for every citizen of the United States like a daily vitamin🌈🙏😌
All this singers are legends this is just amazing
Watching Donna light up with each new artist made my day ❤
After the Events in PA, yesterday, this song , again , sends message and hope, for everyone. ❤️
beautiful reaction, especially the girl, all wonderful, I congratulate you from CL
This is one that needs preserving in the National Archives and the Smithsonian
These singers I believe represent some of the best years of music from the 70's and 80's and we had the BEST music!
R.I.P To Some Of The Singer's,Who We're On This Great Amazing Song,Are No Longer With Us, Still Miss You All, Always 😢,Gone To Soon & R.I.P To Quincy Jones You Will Be Missed
Another notch of greatness to add to your belts ladies! Keep it rolling.
Thank you! Will do!
Yes Donna, yes...that is why you are the patriarch! ...love the love in the generations in music , and in that room. And your Room as well. ❤❤.much love to you 3 . Donna, Kathy , and Lulu. Thats how America rolls! ✌️😎
Thank you so much
@@KathyLuluandDonna ❤️
I think I watch this video 1000x over the years.
The song was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie in a couple of hours, arranged by Quincy Jones and recorded over night. The location was Kenny Roger's recording studio in Hollywood. Waylon Jennings was invited but left before they shot the video. When he found out the song was going to be a pop song, he said, "this country boy don't sing pop music" and left. Friendships were formed here, many of these artists never met before. Steve Perry and Kenny Loggins later did a duet together. Lionel Richie wrote "Lady" for Kenny Rogers. Billy Joel and Ray Charles did a duet together. Kenny Rogers and Kim Carnes had a duet, Stevie Wonder and Dionne Warwick, both here sang "That's what friends are for" along with Gladys Knight and Elton John who were not here. Harry Belafonte came up with the idea of bringing everyone together on this night. Harry's manager called Quincy Jones first, Quincy said you better call Michael because he's leaving town right after the Grammys, Michael postponed his flight, Lionel was second. Kenny Roger's studio was used because it was the only studio that can fit everyone. Finally, there was a sign on the door that read, "Leave your egos at the door", meaning once you enter this studio, we are all on equal ground. Nobody is more important than someone else. They were in the studio until about 4 AM. They had to get the song done because they had other engagements to get to.
There was a similar gathering in 1991, the talent wasn't on this level but still special. It was to show support for the troops during Desert Storm. "Voices that care" by Various Artists. The video can be found on RUclips.
I always thought this was a Beautiful song. You guys did a Great reaction 🤌🏼
I agree with Donna, I can't imagine how much Money was in that room.
But it was Awesome !
I was only 10 in 1985 when this came out and being blown away by who was on this, this vid was shown on top of the pops I believe and our family like yours was naming all involved. This was Americas response to the UK/Irelands ‘feed the world’ and what a response it was…amazing
This was recorded in one night (5 hours) after The American Music Awards. They did it at AnM Studios in Burbank (Hollywood) California. From what I recall in the documentary, it was Michael Jacksons idea and he called Lionel Richie and they met at a restaurant. Jackson told Ritchie his idea, and then they called Quincy Jones and Stevie Wonder.
Michael had to miss the AMA's because of this. He was at the studio getting everything prepared.
True
It was actually Harry Belafonte's idea. He recruited Jackson and Ritchie to write the song. It's in the Netflix documentary "The Greatest Night in Pop"
@@scoutmomskf It was neither of their ideas. It was a copy Americanized of the Band Aid song to raise money for African Famine by Bono & Bob Geldof
This video is flawless in its flow, and it seems seemless, but in reality its spliced together really well. It took them 8 hours to record. Each person basically recorded a part then they took all the video and splced it to seem as if they were a choir. Whoever matched the singers together was a genius though.
Donna was feeling it, man. Love this.
Dan Aykroyd was representing The Blues Brothers. From my understanding, he was on the studio lot conducting other business and just happened to walk into the studio. He was given the sheet music and was told to join in the chorus.
I had to sing this song so many times in school. We did it for three to four years straight and about once a month.
Just about everybody on that song were Grammy Award winners.
when MJ and Diana ross sing together i swear its like one person singing 😊 amazing
Donna, I know exactly how you feel. I can’t stop smiling and tearing up every time I hear it. And I’m so glad that the kids I see reacting to the song get it too! Bruce & Stevie was my favorite duo too 😊
Cyndis part is like goose bumps all over my body everytime , and of course bruce absolut legend
Ronnie James Dio and metal music stars made their own video to help the people of Africa called "Were Stars " by Hear 'n aid . There are around 40 metal singers & musicians, check it out.
For the top Canadian singers, watch Tears Are Not Enougn. The Canadian talent came together like We Are the World to raise money and awareness in Ethiopia and as a group, they called themselves Northern Lights.
Even Michael J. Fox took part in Tears Are Not Enough.
@@NelsonVlog66 John Candy and Wayne Gretzky as well.
I'm probably closest in age to Donna, I'm 50. Iconic song from my youth. I'm surprised Lulu was the first to mention Tina Turner and that no one mentioned Paul Simon! Loved the reaction though!
It was a joy watching you guys watch this.
You also know this track was written by MJ and Lionel Ritchie? And produced by MJ's producer Quincy Jones. Fun fact, the year before (1984) there was Band Aid, in which this was inspired by. Band Aid was the same idea but then the greatest British and Irish singers in it. Song was called Do They Know It's Christmas.
We Are the World” Soloists (in order of appearance)
Time codes indicate start of first solo
Lionel Richie - 0:26
Stevie Wonder - 0:39
Paul Simon - 0:43
Kenny Rogers - 0:53
James Ingram - 0:59
Tina Turner - 1:06
Billy Joel - 1:13
Michael Jackson - 1:19
Diana Ross - 1:32
Dionne Warwick - 1:48
Willie Nelson - 2:02
Al Jarreau - 2:09
Bruce Springsteen - 2:15
Kenny Loggins - 2:21
Steve Perry - 2:28
Daryl Hall - 2:36
Huey Lewis - 2:48
Cyndi Lauper - 2:54
Kim Carnes - 3:02
Bob Dylan - 3:48
Ray Charles - 4:27
“We Are the World” Chorus (alphabetically)
Dan Aykroyd
Harry Belafonte
Lindsey Buckingham
Mario Cipollina
Johnny Colla
Sheila E.
Bob Geldof
Bill Gibson
Chris Hayes
Sean Hopper
Jackie Jackson
La Toya Jackson
Marlon Jackson
Randy Jackson
Tito Jackson
Waylon Jennings
Bette Midler
John Oates
Jeffrey Osborne
The Pointer Sisters
Smokey Robinson
“We Are the World” Instrumentalists
David Paich - synthesizers
Michael Boddicker - synthesizers, programming
Paulinho da Costa - percussion
Phil Collins - percussion
Louis Johnson - synth bass
Michael Omartian - keyboards
Greg Phillinganes - keyboards
John Robinson - drums
(classicsdujour.com/we-are-the-world/)
Actually, before there was this "We Are the World", there was Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas", which was just as chock full of legendary talent as this one was. If you haven't seen it, then you need to find it and watch it.
And followed by the Canadian Northern Lights singing Tears Are Not Enough, which is the best of the three songs.
I remember the Live Aid concert on the television, it looked amazing.
@@vampfashionsis no it isn't
@@vampfashionsno it isnt
this song was the brain child of Harry Belafonte. He had the idea and approached Lionel RItchie and Quincy Jones to produce it. Lionel called Michael Jackson to co write the song and the rest is history. The song raised over 50 million dollars
Love it! Im 56 generation x
I remember when this song was first played on the radio, before the video came out. It was fun seeing how many we could recognize just by hearing their voices. I think that is how/why most of these singers were included in this recording. For those of us who lived during the golden age of radio, ALL these artists' had songs we heard every day on the radio. Their names and music were part of our everyday lives. Now you have to go searching for them.
Greatest duet was Kenny Rogers and Lionel Richie singing "Lady" live. Must watch that!
A room full of many of musics greatest ever. Even Dan Aykroyd is in there with long hair up the back. The blues brother
It's beautiful family, good luck!!!!!
Bruce Springsteen recently did worldwide tour and was in Ireland few weeks ago. He is well into his 70s now still playing 3 hour sets and standing up for that long to. Thats still dedication for you when he could of retired years ago. Cyndi lauper also still going and played Glastonbury recently to
They were carted off to a secret location at the time right after the awards show...nobody knew until they were on the road... Springsteen just had a concert and flew cross country to be there, Madonna didn't do it because Lauper was involved, they were there so long Al got hammered, Simon was one of the first to be contacted and didn't want to do it until literally last minute...crazy night but one of the best groupings ever
I love this video. Thank you ladies
I think all the Jacksons were there. And I think Quincy Jones conducting.
When they broadcast the song worldwide in 1985 in so many countries simultaneously via some kind of Satellite Hook up, I swear the world was a t peace for 10 minutes. Now, no one gives a flying crap about each other.
Yup, that was a great moment
I would love a whole documentary on what their agents went through negotiating the various decrees to which each of their stars would be featured in this video.
This is amazing. To have that many great singers in one room is awesome! Love this song. Love your reactions!
Thanks
There was also one after this by hard rock and Metal musicians called “We’re Stars”.
Put together by Ronnie James Dio.
LuLu, baby girl.... this video came out when I was in highschool!! Around 1986!! ❤❤
Love Donna's reaction.
Great reaction overal.
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Those cartoons of you 3 in the intro are so funny and cute.😊
😊 thank you
This started in the UK, with Bob Geldof gathering the greatest British artists at the time, back in ‘84. They did the original «Do They Know It’s Christmas», which then inspired MJ and Lionel Ritchie do write this one and do this. Give it a shot - I KNOW you will recognize some of those artists, too😊
Everyone invited to sing on this was eager to help. Prince was the only one to refuse. The core writers considered Madonna, but decided she wasn’t strong enough. She was furious when she found out.
You saw Ray Charles before he was actually in the video... OOPS lol 😎🤦🏼♀️
Great reaction - haven't seen this in years. Definitely brought back memories of when it came out.
All that songwriting & signing talent in one room & Dan Aykroyd-who says he ended up there by walking into the wrong room, he was looking for a financial manager & encountered a talent agent putting this together instead.
Awesome
@daveborder7751, interestingly, you made a spelling mistake without making a spelling mistake, because you wrote "signing" instead of "singing", but "signing" is of course also a word.:)
Hello everyone what a gathering of such talented group of prefomers I have to agree with Donna on that me and Donna are in the same age group both of us were the same age when this song came out. But ladies did you get my message yesterday about the hurricane here in my town of Huntsville Texas that left a bunch of debris and I volunteered with others to help clean up the storm debris and pass out water and food to people that lost their homes too. It would make us all feel better if you are fellow Texans could react to Lulu's birthday requests for teemu mantyrsa wintersun demos the fortin evil pumpkin at NAMM 2020 video 1 and for jari of wintersuns former band ensiferum for ensiferum Lai Lai Hei live wacken by rammie 666 from 14 years ago 570 views which both bands use Viking folklore in their music which I know lulu will love. And my mother Cathy wishes that all of you react together to this special requests for this special reason. So send me back a reply to see what you think. Thank you so much you are all awesome. Wintersun Alex in Texas ❄️👋❤️
Literally you know its MJ from a millisecond after seeing his loafers. legend, miss him.
I was nine years old when this song was released, and it was at one point the most coveted hit single that everyone had to buy. Problem was the record stores ran into constant shortages due to beyond astronomical sales.
Mom and grandma May know a of the incredible arrest in this video more than the younger one but it is still incredible and fun watching your All reactions to this song and video.
What about BRUCE??? His voice is amazing, I think they missed to invite Linda Ronstadt
Firs off, i did not watch you guys or the video, just your mother, her reaction, and the memories flooding back in her face, when cindy came on, she was nearlly up out of the chair, back at the 80's disco
i hope you read this, Im around the same age as your mother, out of all the videos you have done, i could see her face, the memories, of the 80's come flooding back, it was my teen years, and to me and your mother the best era, in music, music videos, as there was no internet phones and the likes, a house phone was the best you had.
She probably as i did, met the love of her live through that era or maybe just before, im not going ask a ldy her age, Im old school, you dont do that, she probably remembers, not just this song, but sitting through the greatest world wide 16 hours concert there ever was, with the UK, the US australia and a couple of small contries gap filling, with star like this world wide, given there time for free
along with the disco era of the time, the fashion, shoulder pads, flight jackets, sunglasses, from major films of the day, which influenced fashion, and hair styles,
the greatest 20 minute live performance by queen at live aid, phil collins, who played in the air tonight at wembley, jumped on plane, and travelled against the time zones and played in philly, in the same 16 hour concert
all dont, with no internet, no mobile phones,
when you met the love of your life, we had no contact through the day, like today, house phone, but to expensive, you made the next date, before you left that date, see you friday, disco, 6pm hopes she or he would turn up, things were better, you missed each other more
a great time
This is an absolute Masterpiece! I DO want to point out that Band Aid had recorded "Do they know it's Christmas" only a few months earlier.
Wikipedia has some relevant info on both, including the performers, in the order in which they appeared!
Like Donna, and others, I too knew nearly all of the singers. I could name them AS THEY WERE SINGING, but like Kathy and Lulu, had a bit of a problem recalling them after the video was stopped!
There’s an excellent documentary on Netflix that came out recently that goes into how this song came together and how this was filmed/recorded. Highly recommend.
Now I wonder if Donna also recognized everyone in Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas
Nice reaction Ladies Brian Birch Ya missed Bob Dylan & Paul Simon...
Thank you!!
I remember when this was done and the newscaster that night said something that is so evident even today when you see this video and that was "all these superstars checked their egos at the door" when they got together for this fundraiser to aid the people of Africa who were going through a famine in Ethiopia.
@Kathy, Lulu & Donna Thanks for exposing Lulu tp the greatness that existed before the craziness of the current civilization lol. Even better to see she enjoys a lot of it. Keep it up! And Donna, you are awesome lol. As far as recommendations go, all of you might really enjoy Voiceplay - Valhalla Calling
Impressive Donna❤
Miss Donna is correct there wasnt more of a collection of artist as there was during this song, untill Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie did it again for the earthquake in Haiti. Quincy Jones was a genius.
I always thought that the day Quincy Jones came up with this concept , he jumped on the phone and asked the artists to participate. They replied, "When and where?" As a curiosity, I checked out the website(which is still active). They have raised over $100 million dollars.