Video: 'The Making of "We Are the World" - USA for Africa - 1985'

(Monday, January 28, 1985, 10:30 p.m.-Tuesday, January 29, 1986, 8:00 a.m. PST) — 45 of the most famous artists in the music industry gathered tonight at A&M Recording Studios in Hollywood to record “We Are the World,” a song and charity single for African famine relief. It was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, and produced by Quincy Jones and Michael Omartian.