We Are the World (album)

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We Are the World
We Are the World cover
Studio album by USA for Africa, various artists
Released early April 1985
Recorded various
Genre various
Label Columbia Records
Producer various

We Are the World was a 1985 album that contained USA for Africa's "We Are the World" superstar charity recording for famine relief efforts in Ethiopia.

In addition to the title track, the album included nine previously unreleased songs by donating artists, including Prince (who had not participated in "We Are the World"), Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (an agonized rendition of Jimmy Cliff's obscure "Trapped", recorded live at Meadowlands Arena on their Born in the U.S.A. Tour, which achieved considerable album-oriented rock radio airplay), Tina Turner and others. The album also included another famine relief fundraising song, "Tears Are Not Enough", which was performed by Canadian supergroup Northern Lights.

The album sold over 3 million copies.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

  1. USA for Africa - "We Are the World" (Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie) – 7:02
  2. Steve Perry - "If Only for the Moment, Girl" (Randy Goodrum, Steve Perry) – 3:44
  3. The Pointer Sisters - "Just a Little Closer" (Robbie Nevil, M. Mueller) – 3:53
  4. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - "Trapped" (Jimmy Cliff) – 5:11

[edit] Side two

  1. Northern Lights - "Tears Are Not Enough" (David Foster, Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance) – 4:21
  2. Prince and the Revolution - "4 the Tears in Your Eyes" (Prince) – 2:45
  3. Chicago - "Good for Nothing" (Richard Marx, Robert Lamm, David Foster) – 3:35
  4. Tina Turner - "Total Control" (M. Davis, J. Jourard) – 3:38
  5. Kenny Rogers - "A Little More Love" (T. Schuyler, F. Knobloch) – 2:54
  6. Huey Lewis & The News - "Trouble in Paradise" (Huey Lewis, J. Colla) – 4:34

[edit] Chart positions

Year Chart Position
1985 Billboard 200 1

[edit] Production credits

Preceded by
No Jacket Required by Phil Collins		 Billboard 200 number-one album
April 27 - May 17, 1985		 Succeeded by
Around the World in a Day by Prince and The Revolution