'We Are the World': 30 Years After Recording the Classic Song

Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie are too easy, who else?

ByABC News

January 28, 2015, 12:26 PM

Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie at the 28th Annual Grammy Awards, Feb. 25, 1986.
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 -- "We Are the World" was recorded 30 years ago today in 1985.

The single was created and written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and sold more than 20 million copies for charity. The album later won three Grammys and raised more than $60 million for work in Africa and the states.

What sticks in memory about "We Are the World" is the insane amount of celebrities that sang. The likes of Jackson, Richie, Stevie Wonder and Paul Simon all got together for a great cause.

According to Songfacts.com, here is a quicklist of some of the biggest names for "We Are the World." How many do you remember? There's a lot, it was a 7-minute single!

Solos

Lionel Richie

Stevie Wonder

Paul Simon

Kenny Rogers

James Ingram

Billy Joel

Tina Turner

Michael Jackson

Diana Ross

Dionne Warwick

Willie Nelson