“We are the world” is a song written and composed by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie at Michael’s home.
Michael Jackson and 44 other artists gathered secretly for 10 hours at A&M Recording Studios in Los Angeles to record the song, which is a charity single
On March 7th, 1985 ‘We Are the World’ was released and made music history. It entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the biggest-selling single of all time.
‘We Are the World’ won 4 Grammy Awards for Song Of The Year, Record Of The Year, Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group, and Best Music Video.
USA for Africa [United Support of Artists for Africa] raised a record of 200 million dollars. The money was given to Ethiopia to fight famine.
On January 12, 2010, Haiti was struck by an earthquake, which devastated the country and resulted in a death toll of approximately 200,000. A new version of the song was recorded on February 1st, 2010 to raise funds for the suffering Haitians.

LET’S SING: Listen to this song and fill the gaps with one of the words from the box.

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We are the world

children        change          better            stronger        hand(x2)        world     

gift           together       day (x2)        heart             choice           love

brighter             bread             family            believe

 

There comes a time when we hear a certain call
When the ___________ must come together as one

There are people dying
and it’s time to lend a   _____________ to life
There greatest  _____________ of all

We can’t go on pretending ___________  by ___________
That someone, somewhere will soon make a _____________
We are all a part of God’s great big ____________
And the truth, you know,
­­­­­­____________  is all we need

[Chorus]
We are the world, we are the ___________
We are the ones who make a ______________day
So let’s start giving
There’s a _____________we’re making
We’re saving our own lives
it’s true we’ll make a _____________ day
Just you and me
Send them your heart so they’ll know that someone cares
And their lives will be _____________ and free
As God has shown us by turning stones to __________
So we all must lend a helping __________

[Chorus]

When you’re down and out, there seems no hope at all
But if you just ____________ there’s no way we can fall
Let us realize that a change can only come
When we stand ______________ as one

[Chorus]