First Time Hearing ‘WE ARE THE WORLD’ By USA FOR AFRICA
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- čas přidán 17. 09. 2023
- Today I'm reacting to USA FOR AFRICA - WE ARE THE WORLD for the first time.
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You will never see that amount of TALENT in one room ever again.
Especially working for free
Bruce Springsteen and Stevie Wonder together is like fire and Ice Just Beautiful ❤....
Sobrang gwapo at galing ni bruce springteen nakaka inlove sya
Ye, the raspi voice of Springsteen and the soul sound of Wonder. Pure beauty
I’m so proud of you knowing the artists!!! I’ve seen reactions of this song done by people twice your age who have no clue who any of the artist are.
already impressed by you. Obviously young and already know more artists than most reactors. Kudos to you.
Thank you very much!
Im almost 48 and i REMEMBER when this song came out i still cry.. baby boy if u got goosebumps than it hit your soul as it should ❤❤❤❤Thank you sweetie
I'm 45...and it makes my eyes water everytime I see the younger people react and appreciate...we need something like this now more than ever ❤
I'm 29 and the first time I heard it was just to sa 10 years ago and even I was crying every time I hear it just makes me smile every time I hear this song
It was a massive hit song
Just saying hi as a fellow 48 year old. Lol. Be well.
Haha I haven’t heard it in years and just sang the whole thing 🙂
Rip to all of the amazing artists that have passed. God blessed me with a musical family and have shown me how important music is.
salute on knowing so many artists
I'm in my 40s now. I was in primary school in Ireland when that song came out first in the 1980s. We saved every penny we had to send to Africa that Christmas. The whole world came together to help the famine in Africa. It was really bad in Africa. Every single school and college raised money also. We sold milk, we sold toys, we made cakes, we did unimaginable things to get money. It brings back some memories to me. Sad and good , I know all those artists. Bob geldof started that movement.
Wow. You surprised me with the number of people that you recognized because you're so young. I'm truly impressed. ❤
Such an amazing song. There's a great video "The Making of 'We Are the World'" I would encourage watching. So beautiful to watch everyone "check their Egos at the door" and be enamored of each other, getting autographs and everything! I'm so happy you knew so many singers. Goodness, I've watched Reactions from folks older than you who had zero idea who anyone was except MJ. Thank you! You were great. (Have to throw my PLEASE WATCH in here: Queen! Your channel will swell greatly with all of us Queenies! Most of all, keep having fun!)
Everyone always smiles when Michael appears on this footage
Filmed after an awards ceremony where all these artists skipped the after party to collaborate
So glad you are listening to all the past legends. Their voices will never be forgotten. All are fantastic but I personally like MJ, Stevie wonder , The Voice Steve Perry and cyndi lauper
I am a 44 year old mom of 2 boys who are 22 and 20 and I while I raised them I played this song often.... when I was in elementary school we had to perform it lol...... Damn how times have changed in such a short time..
This song was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie. On youtube is also Michael's solo version. ❤️
I did wonder why a lot of people thought this was a Michael Jackson song. Good to know
@@MollyBoyTV This is everybody's song.
You are correct the quality of singer was better back then
And so was the music
Since you're not familiar with some of those who were singing in this song, let me give you some numbers which may help. Here are the rough number of records each soloing singer in this song has actually sold...
Lionel Ritchie - 100,000,000+ records sold
Stevie Wonder - 100,000,000+ records sold
Paul Simon - 7,000,000+ records sold
Kenny Rogers - 120,000,000+ records sold
James Ingram - 1,000,000+ records sold
Tina Turner - 100,000,000+ records sold
Billy Joel - 150,000,000+ records sold
Michael Jackson - 1,000,000,000+ records sold (yes, over a BILLION sold!)
Diana Ross - 100,000,000+ records sold
Dionne Warwick - 100,000,000+ records sold
Willie Nelson - 40,000,000+ records sold
Al Jarreau - 4,760,000+ records sold
Bruce Springsteen - 150,000,000+ records sold
Kenny Loggins - 25,000,000+ records sold
Steve Perry - 49,730,000+ records sold (47,000,000 as part of Journey, with 2,730,000 as a solo artist)
Daryl Hall - 60,000,000+ records sold (as part of Daryl Hall & John Oates - aka "Hall & Oates")
Huey Lewis - 30,000,000+ records sold
Cyndi Lauper - 50,000,000+ records sold
Kim Carnes - 1,588,000+ records sold
Bob Dylan - 145,000,000+ records sold
Ray Charles - 10,465,695+ records sold
So, to put it mildly, 2,344,543,950 albums have been sold between all of the artists who had singing roles outside of the chorus. These were all giants in the industry at time that they recorded this song - which, by the way, they did right after the Grammy Awards that particular year.
Tina hovers closer to 150 million with global recertifications.
It was actually just after the American Music Awards show, which Lionel Richie hosted. There is an amazing documentary out now that gives greater insight to this one night of amazing music.
For a young fella, you knew a lot of the musical artists. Well done.
It kinda sad, that no one who reacts to this recognizes Bob Dylan, on of the greatest poets of our times.
And one of those Wilburys known to travel.
Ikr….. I’ve seen some respond to him as that funny sounding guy….. effing heretics.
You are adorable. Great reaction video. My dad introduced me to all of these artists.
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed the video!
You sure need to jump down the rabbit hole to the golden years of older and of beautiful and fun music. You will fall in love with music when you begin listening to the older music. I'm going to subscribe to your channel and give you a thumbs up everytime you listen to the older music.
Welcome to our decades of music.......no auto-tune, all talent. ❤❤❤❤
True. There was a lot less faking it with technology and cost of recording and distribution made talent a necessity.
Pure Talent! Nothing like it! Authentic and Individuality. You know the singers when they song. No guess work like I have to do today.
I feel fortunate to have been able to grow up experiencing music as it should be: natural talent and no auto tune.
Nice reaction!! Most young people light up yelling “MJ” on this song. Yes he was big BUT all these artists were huge and are legends today. Something like this will never happen again. What a great time it was for music back then.
There’s a brilliant doc of the making of this. I think you’d really enjoy it.
If you watch the credits at the end of the song it has all that performed listed. Lionel and Michael Jackson wrote this song. It was to ward off famine relief in South Africa and raised $50 million dollars
I too was surprised at how many artists you knew. Great job
This video is just a time machine for me. Taking me back to my teens when the world was so much better.
the banger is Kenny Loggins, Highway to the Danger Zone
And ‘I’m free (Heaven helps the man)’
Here is the order for you
“We Are the World” Soloists (in order of appearance)
Time codes indicate start of first solo
Lionel Richie - 0:26
Stevie Wonder - 0:39
Paul Simon - 0:43
Kenny Rogers - 0:53
James Ingram - 0:59
Tina Turner - 1:06
Billy Joel - 1:13
Michael Jackson - 1:19
Diana Ross - 1:32
Dionne Warwick - 1:48
Willie Nelson - 2:02
Al Jarreau - 2:09
Bruce Springsteen - 2:15
Kenny Loggins - 2:21
Steve Perry - 2:28
Daryl Hall - 2:36
Huey Lewis - 2:48
Cyndi Lauper - 2:54
Kim Carnes - 3:02
Bob Dylan - 3:48
Ray Charles - 4:27
“We Are the World” Chorus (alphabetically)
Dan Aykroyd
Harry Belafonte
Lindsey Buckingham
Mario Cipollina
Johnny Colla
Sheila E.
Bob Geldof
Bill Gibson
Chris Hayes
Sean Hopper
Jackie Jackson
La Toya Jackson
Marlon Jackson
Randy Jackson
Tito Jackson
Waylon Jennings
Bette Midler
John Oates
Jeffrey Osborne
The Pointer Sisters
Smokey Robinson
“We Are the World” Instrumentalists
David Paich - synthesizers
Michael Boddicker - synthesizers, programming
Paulinho da Costa - percussion
Phil Collins - percussion
Louis Johnson - synth bass
Michael Omartian - keyboards
Greg Phillinganes - keyboards
John Robinson - drums
OMG Thank you... for years I didn't know who came after Kenny... James Ingram... I knew every other singer... thank you so much for your post. I needed it.. lol You solved a question I've had since 1985
@@michellejackson6679 lol, glad I could help, I knew most when it came out but the same thing over the years I forgot a couple of names and they didnt sound familiar, so I had to look it up
These were the best artists in the world at that time
But this generation is full of trash so they’re still the greatest of all time
"The Greatest Night In Pop" (Netflix) is a documentary about this once in a lifetime performance, and will give you a better understanding on who the performers were and what it was all about. I remember when it was released, and still get the feels watching & listening. Thank you for this one. (I've thought more than once that the video should be updated with the performers' names, but you did great!)
I watched a documentary on Netflix yesterday about how this song came to life. Amazing! “the greatest night in pop”. Highly recommend it. If you cry now to that song, You will need tissues for the documentary 😊 enjoy
That documentary answered so many questions for me. I'm obsessed by this song in it's entirety. I'm mean how did that guy know which order to feature each singer? Crazy talent
Others in the crowd are Bette Midler, Oates from Hall & Oats, various Jackson siblings, Smokey Robinson, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Dan Ackroyd, Harry Belafonte, the Pointer Sisters …
I mean he knew a lot more than most people who react to this do
Love that you LOVE MJ💜I got to see him twice when he came to Aotearoa, New Zealand in 1996💜 impressed that you were able to name a few artists🥳Well Done U!!
That part in the end where you said, that guy's got a good voice too...James Ingram RIP!! What a soulful voice!!
Im 48 and was in 3rd grade when this came out. We sang it in a school assembly. The whole school did
Michael and Lionel wrote the song, with some help from Stevie and Kenny Rogers. I know it doesn't get any better than orgasmic.
You need to hear Bee Gees. Anything you pick will be amazing!
well done young man, along your reaction journey you come across some of these artists eventually, then revisit this song.
Awesome 👍
So great to see youth being introduced to what we oldies grew up with
Band-Aid, Live-Aid and this song all created a world wide phenomenon and 2 Christmas anthems
It wasn't just the songs or the music! It was the feeling at that time! In the 80's there was this overwhelming feeling of everyone loving everyone and coming together. It was a special time to live
Great reaction bro ✌️
PS. Can't believe you didn't know Bob Dylan 😅
Yep. Wouldn't trade getting to be young in the 80s for all the tech and social media of today. Especially social media. I had friends in real life.
Tina Turner and Bob Dylan. Legends
Great reaction! I'm so impressed that you knew so many of the singers!
I'm from that generation- astounding to hear "who's that" when Bob Dylan sings. But glad you enjoyed it.
Rip
Waylon Jennings 1937-2002
Ray Charles 1930-2004
June Pointer 1953-2006
Michael Jackson 1958-2009
Louis Johnson 1955-2015
Prince 1958-2016
Al Jarreau 1940-2017
James Ingram 1952-2019
Kenny Rogers 1938-2020
Ken Kragen 1936-2021
Anita Pointer 1948-2022
Harry Belafonte 1927-2023
and Tina Turner 1939-2023
We all have goosebumps , can't be helped ❤❤
Now that you have been introduced to so many great voices, it is time to listen to "The Voice", Steve Perry and Journey. 1981 Concert recorded live. "Don't stop believing" and "Mother, Father". Steve Perry's voice will blow you away.
This song is fantastic and so iconic ! All this artists are legends 🙏🤗
..Lo bonito q nos dejó michael❤❤ unico...esto es cantar y en 10 horas d grabacion👏👏
When I was a boy and this came out I just accepted it for what it was but later on when I started researching the history of different record companies I realized that the reason why this happened was all these artists were Columbia Records people Or people who were managed by people who managed Columbia Records artist ha ha... It helps you understand why certain people were not in this song right ha ha ha....
I laugh when you say..who is that!🤣🤣🤣
Some in the background without solos are.Smokey Robinson,. The Pointer Sisters, Dan Akaroyd, Harry Belafonte, Beth Midler, Hall and Oats, Mike Jackson's Siblings, Lead.Singer of LTD Jeffery Osborn..and more.
Bette midler
You are correct.Yes,that’s Diana Ross.
You actually have lotts of artist right very impressive at your age... this was epic even for us old People
You are wise beyond your years, friend. Well done.
Times may not be correct but these are the order of the solos
Lionel Richie - 0:26
Stevie Wonder - 0:39
Paul Simon - 0:43
Kenny Rogers - 0:53
James Ingram - 0:59
Tina Turner - 1:06
Billy Joel - 1:13
Michael Jackson - 1:19
Diana Ross - 1:32
Dionne Warwick - 1:48
Willie Nelson - 2:02
Al Jarreau - 2:09
Bruce Springsteen - 2:15
Kenny Loggins - 2:21
Steve Perry - 2:28
Daryl Hall - 2:36
Huey Lewis - 2:48
Cyndi Lauper - 2:54
Kim Carnes - 3:02
Bob Dylan - 3:48
Ray Charles - 4:27
“We Are the World” Chorus (alphabetically)
Dan Aykroyd
Harry Belafonte
Lindsey Buckingham
Mario Cipollina
Johnny Colla
Sheila E.
Bob Geldof
Bill Gibson
Chris Hayes
Sean Hopper
Jackie Jackson
La Toya Jackson
Marlon Jackson
Randy Jackson
Tito Jackson
Waylon Jennings
Bette Midler
John Oates
Jeffrey Osborne
The Pointer Sisters
Smokey Robinson
Goosebumps everytime
Michael Jackson Huey Lewis Cyndi Lauper and Kim carnes killed it
I love your reaction! Saluti from Italy❤
Loved your reaction! Great job.
The guy that you said,’who is that?It’s BOB DYLAN (just the greatest song writer/poet of all time Nobel Laureate)with the fabulous Stevie Wonders,is Bruce Springsteen.Way to go man for knowing the people you did!🇨🇦
The order is:
Lionel Richie
Stevie Wonder
Paul Simon
Kenny Rogers
James Ingram
Tina Turner
Billy Joel
Then Michael & Diana Ross
Never knew that you needed a Stevie Wonder and Bruce Springsteen duet until this song.
These guys and gals are legends!!❤❤
There is a great netflix documentary about the making of this song. its called "The greatest night in pop" it's amazing to see.
Here's a list in order of appearance: Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Kenny Rogers, James Ingram, Tina Turner, Billy Joel, MJ, Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick, Willie Nelson,Al, Jarreau, Bruce Springsteen (The Boss), Kenny Logins, Stever Perry (Journey), Darryl Hall (Hall & Oats), Huey Lewis, Cindi Lauper, Kim Karns, Quincy Jones, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles.
You meant Live Aid , was during the same time, I watched it on TV from Holland...Was epic
There are so many different legends in this video It's unreal. Across all genres. No egos. Just really coming together for the people in Africa to get clean drinking water. Something that everyone else takes for granted. This is just awesome to a degree that is unheard of now.
There's a Netflix show on the making of this. It's definitely worth the watch.
Alright MollyBoy Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from Hollywood CA USA....
Happy holidays!
I don't think there aren't artists that can't sing. There are agents that don't recognize talent.
There is a making of we are the world video they did it one night after the Grammy awards I believe
The story behind why the blaring absence of Prince occurred is hilarious. I'm sure Prince regretted later on his actions.
Is it something to do with Michael Jackson because I’m sure people said they had didn’t get along at one point?
James Ingram...he is amazing 2 me...
Wow, I love all of this ❤
That bloke at 8:45 looks like the man with glasses from the office 😊
Have you seen Dimash? So fun! 'Across Endless Dimentions', etc. Rock On, from LA
This was a great collaboration with all those great singers
Later in July of 85 I went to Live Dude Philly.
Bob Dillon had issues on how he would sing his part. Stevie Wonder sang the part as Bob Dillan and you heard the end result.
The great part about older music is that all the artists had their own distinctive voices, now they are all auto tuned to death and mostly all sound the same.
Steve Perry ,"The Voice" and Bruce Springsteen,"The Boss".
When there was a devastating earthquake in Haiti back around 2009 or thereabout, Wyclef Jean pulled together a bunch of modern day artists and did a cover of this song to raise money for the people of Haiti.
Not as good as this version, but still well worth the listen; they even had Snoop Dogg arrange a rap section in the middle of the song.
I love the reactions by young people to hearing Bruce Springsteen.
All the artists coming together...no ego trips...RAY Charles is amazing.
This was to aid the Ethiopian Famine of 1984/85.
We were spoiled.
The difference back then they did nt auto tune to pretend to singer better they they really can
Michael and Lionel wrote it snd Michael didn’t want it to be overkill by him singing so much
The duet with Stevie is performed by Bruce Springsteen
I love your reactions and comments and goosebumps, lol❤❤
Siempre lo paran en lo mejor
I love a hour and a half from where the goonies was filmed. I’ve seen that movie probably 400 times. I’m 48
If you think this song was great, you need to check out the song, "Tears Are Not Enough" by Northern Lights. It's Canada's take on We Are The World. Written by David Foster, lyrics by Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance and Rachael Paiemont. It has pretty much every who's who artist in Canada.
So great u knew so many artist just by their apperance! The wonam je knew her face but could remember her face in the begiinning was Tina Turner. And the one singimg with Stevie at the and was Bruce Sprinsteen.. anyway great reactien
Very emotional song ... very memorable time.
I hate myself for enjoying all the artists the younger people miss. I then like it when they work out who the singers were. This song was played for months in the top 40 and we all loved it at the time.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Keep up the great Work
Thank you! Will do!
Even though he hasn’t got a solo part, Lindsey Buckingham from Fleetwood Mac is singing in the chorus. Would love to see you reacting to some Fleetwood Mac, especially “Dreams”, “The Chain” or “Sisters of the Moon” (just because they’re my faves 😊)❤
Brits got together a few months before and recorded 'Do They Know Its Christmas" by BandAid, all related to 'Live Aid' organization where Freddie sang so famously.
The bridge:
MJ (obvs!)
Huey Lewis
Cindi Lauper
Kim Carnes
If you were to do a deeper dive on just about every artist on this video, you wouldn't be disappointed.
This came on the back of Band Aid