Faced with the disasters caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Lionel Richie does not intend to sit idly by. The interpreter of Hello announced to work on a new version of We Are the World .
According to him, the song, which he co-wrote with Michael Jackson, is more relevant than ever, especially because of this specific sentence: "There's a choice we're making, we're saving our own lives" ("We make a choice, that of saving our own lives", in French).
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“This sentence came while Michael (Jackson) and I were chatting. We said that we could say both "I save my life" or "We save our lives". "We Are the World" is the message we wanted to get across. What are we doing to save ourselves? (…) What happened in China, in Europe, happens here (in the United States). So if we don't save the lives of our brothers there, it will happen at home. It's all of us. We are all in the same boat, "he told People.
The original title celebrates its 35th anniversary this year, an anniversary that Lionel Richie did not wish to celebrate because of the unfavorable world situation. "But the message is so clear," he added, explaining that he was trying to write new lyrics, "but it's the same words that keep coming back."
It remains to be seen which artists would participate in 2020 in this choral song. In 1985, in addition to Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, all the biggest American stars found themselves in the studio: Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Diana Ross, Bruce Springsteen, Cyndi Lauper, Ray Charles, Kenny Rogers, but also (especially?) Bob Dylan who marked the memory of the most cynical because of his cheerful air during the recording.
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