USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa), is the name under which several North American artists, led by Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, Harry Belafonte, and Kenny Rogers, recorded the single "We Are The World" in 1985. .
The song reached number one on both the US and UK charts in April of that year.
USA for Africa also held a charity event, Hands Across America, in which approximately 7 million people held their hands on a human chain for 15 minutes, on a path that stretched across the United States.
Participants paid $10 to join the queue. The money raised also helped alleviate hunger and homelessness in Africa.
Combined revenue from sales of "We Are the World" and the "Hands Across America" ​​event totaled approximately $100 million.
The song "We are the world" was composed by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, produced by Quincy Jones and recorded on January 28, 1985 at A&M Studios in Hollywood, California.
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