永远的经典----《WE ARE THE WORLD》

20年前----1985年1月28日，45位当红歌星云集洛杉矶的录音室，灌录了《We are the world》这首义卖单曲----所以今天特发此贴以志纪念，并向当年演唱、策划、制作这首歌的歌星和制作人表示敬意！
在1985“国际和平年”，为了救济救济埃塞俄比亚及非洲其他地区的饥民，由Michael Jackson与Quincy Jones召集了四十五位乡村、蓝调、民谣和摇滚等不同风格的重要歌手，由Quincy Jones担任制作人，合力创作了这张《We Are The World》单曲专辑，并成立专门的机构处理捐款和使用的事宜。

以下是歌词及其歌手:

There comes a time when we heed a certain call (Lionel Richie 莱昂纳尔.里奇)
When the world must come together as one (Lionel Richie 莱昂纳尔.里奇& Stevie Wonder史蒂夫.汪德)
There are people dying (Stevie Wonder史蒂夫.汪德)
Oh, and it"s time to lend a hand to life (Paul Simon保罗西蒙)
The greatest gift of all (Paul Simon保罗西蒙/Kenny Rogers肯尼.洛杰斯)

We can"t go on pretending day by day (Kenny Rogers肯尼.洛杰斯)
That someone, somehow will soon make a change (James Ingram詹姆斯殷格朗)
We"re all a part of God"s great big family (Tina Turner蒂娜.特纳)
And the truth (Billy Joel比利.乔)
You know love is all we need (Tina Turner蒂娜.特纳/Billy Joel比利.乔)

( 合唱 )
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day so let"s start giving (Michael Jackson迈克·杰克逊)
There"s a choice we"re making we"re saving our own lives (Diana Ross黛安娜·罗斯)
It"s true we"ll make a better day just you and me (Michael Jackson迈克·杰克逊/Diana Ross黛安娜·罗斯)

Well, send""em you your heart so they know that someone cares (Dionne Warwick狄昂华薇克)
And their lives will be stronger and free (Dionne Warwick狄昂华薇克/Willie Nelson威利.纳尔逊)
As God has shown us by turning stone to bread (Willie Nelson威利.纳尔逊)
And so we all must lend a helping hand (Al Jurreau)

(合唱重复 )
We are the world, we are the children (Bruce Springsteen布鲁斯.斯普林斯汀)
We are the ones who make a brighter day so let"s start giving (Kenny Logins肯尼.罗杰斯)
There"s a choice we"re making we"re saving our own lives (Steve Perry史蒂夫.佩里)
It"s true we"ll make a better day just you and me (Daryl Hall达瑞.霍尔)
)

When you"re down and out there seems no hope at all (Michael Jackson迈克·杰克逊)
But if you just believe there"s no way we can fall (Huey Lewis休路易斯)
Well, well, well, let"s realize that a change can only come (Cyndi Lauper)
When we (Kim Carnes金康恩丝)
stand together as one (Kim Carnes/Cyndi Lauper/Huey Lewis)