"We Are the World 25 for Haiti " is a charity single recorded by Supergroup Artists for Haiti in 2010. It is a remake of the 1985 hit song "We Are the World", written by American Musician Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, and recorded by the United States for Africa to benefit hunger aids in Africa. Initially, at the end of 2009, it has been suggested to Richie and Quincy Jones - original producer of "We Are the World" - that the re-cut version of the song will be re-released under the title "Live 25". Following the earthquake of 7.0 M w in Haiti, which destroyed the area and killed thousands of people, it was agreed that the song would be re-recorded by new artists, in the hope that it would reach a new generation and help give benefit for the people of Haiti.
The song was recorded within fourteen and a half hours by over eighty artists on February 1, 2010. The song was produced by Quincy Jones, and was sequentially produced by Lionel Richie, and Haitian-American musician Wyclef Jean. A music video directed by Paul Haggis was released to accompany and promote the song. The song is also recorded in Spanish by a Latin supergroup and named Somos el Mundo. The song was directed by Emilio Estefan and his wife, Gloria Estefan.
"We Are the World 25 for Haiti" has a musical structure similar to "We Are the World", but includes rap verses written by some hip hop song artists. Michael Jackson died a few months before the release of the song, but material from the 1985 recording sessions was incorporated into songs and music videos, at the request of his mother, Katherine. Her sister Janet dueted with her on the song, and her nephew Taj, TJ, and Taryll - collectively known as 3T - a feature on the chorus of the song.
"We Are the World 25 for Haiti" was released on February 12, 2010, during the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics, as a single CD and music download. Critically, "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" received generally negative reviews by contemporary music reviewers, with critics focused on the addition of the song's new music, as well as the choice of artists that appeared on the track. However, the song was commercially successful worldwide, charting in the top 20 in several countries.
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In 1985, "We Are the World", a song and charity originally recorded by the US for Africa was released. It was written by American musicians Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, and produced by Quincy Jones and Michael Omartian for the We Are the World album. The song is well received by music critics and is a recipient of several awards. This song is a commercial success worldwide, as it topped the music charts around the world and became America's best-selling pop singles in history, as well as the first multi-platinum certified single by the Recording Industry Association of America. "We Are the World" was the best-selling pop singer of all time until it lost its prestige by the 1997 version of Elton John's "Candle in the Wind".
On January 12, 2010, Haiti was hit by an earthquake of magnitude 7.0 M w . It was the country's worst earthquake for more than 200 years and caused extensive damage. Epicenter of the earthquake just outside the capital of Haiti Port-au-Prince. It is estimated that the death toll could reach 200,000. Before the earthquake, Jones and Richie had planned to re-record "We Are the World" on January 28, 2010 - the 25th anniversary of the original recording of the song. Randy Phillips, a key figure in re-published songs, said Ken Kragen's "We Are The World" producer suggested cutting back "We Are the World" and titled "Live 25". However, Lionel Richie and Jones were "very lukewarm" about the idea. Phillips commented that,
"[They feel] that what happened 25 years ago was an icon and they did everything they could for Africa at that time, and they did not feel the re-cut the song really made sense.Basically, Lionel did not really want do it, and we kinda let it die by not issuing the publishing license, because Lionel owns the copyright along with the real Michael Jackson.It was in November/December [2009].They have gotten Visa as the underwriter of that effort, and I think they will try and put it in the World Cup. "
However, due to the devastation caused in Haiti, this plan was postponed. Phillips said that Jones had telephoned Lionel and said, "this is what this song is written, as a fundraiser for causes, tragedies, disasters like this.Why do not we take over the process, call our friends, and actually do this?" Lionel understood the urgency of Haiti, and in January 2010 it was agreed that "We Are the World" would be re-recorded to help benefit Haiti, similar to how the original footage helped famine in Africa. Richie commented, "Unfortunately, sometimes it takes a record to get someone to decide to save lives, I want this song to be a war cry again, every now and then, you have to wake the world.We sleep through Katrina.If we're not a socially conscious culture, we will fail. "
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Recording
A new version of the song was recorded on February 1, 2010, in a session that lasted 14 hours. Eighty-five musicians were reportedly involved in the recording of the song, held in the same place as the original, at Henson Recording Studio at La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles, California. Also similar to the 1985 process, some of the participating musicians are already in Los Angeles to attend the award ceremony: the 52nd Grammy Prize. Jones said of the recording session, "This is a big challenge, it takes a serious army and serious emotional architecture, I have never seen such a diverse group of people, and they come for the right reasons." The recording process brings together a variety of artists, with the oldest being 83-year-old Tony Bennett and the youngest being 9-year-old Ethan Bortnick.
This new version features updated lyrics and music, such as the rap segment including LL Cool J, will.i.am, Snoop Dogg & amp; 7 others related to Haiti, described as "Greek chorus extension", written by will.i.am. Other authors including Kanye West, Jones and LL Cool J. Lionel Richie and Jones revealed that Janet's sister Michael Jackson was making out with her brother, as requested by their mother, Katherine. In the official video, there is a recording of Michael Jackson's archive from the original recordings of 1985. Richie says that he agrees with Katherine's request, remarking, "It makes me feel more secure about this.We really feel the emptiness.He is the other parent [to song]." The production team for the song included Humberto Gatica, RedOne, Mervyn Warren, Patti Austin, and Rickey Minor. RedOne says it takes a week to make a new setting for the song. He commented that he wanted to keep the "original class" and did not want to "screw it up, because it was too good." He noted that he wanted to make the song "sound more current and current" while preserving the original "whole chord progression, feelings and vibrations, but bring more fresh sound now."
At the time of recording, many artists commented on the process, the 1985 version of the song and co-author Michael Jackson. R & amp Singers B, Jordin Sparks revealed that, despite being born after the original release, the song had a "big impact" on it. Celine Dion says that the release of the song will not only benefit Haitians, but also serves as a reminder of Jackson's "passion for helping those in need". Lionel Richie and Quincy Jones echoed Dion's sentiments and further stated that if the singer were alive, he would want to be as involved as it was a quarter of a century ago. According to Phillips, there are "some" musicians who refuse or can not rearrange their schedules for recordings, including country singer Taylor Swift, who will tour Australia for his Fearless Tour.
Artists for Haiti
- Conductor
- Quincy Jones
- Lionel Richie
- Mervyn Warren
- Soloists (in order of appearance)
- Chorus
Release and promotion
The 2010 version of "We Are the World", released under the name of Artist for Haiti, debuted on the NBC television network on February 12th during their coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony. When the song aired on a paid spot, the video was edited long, because of the time spent introducing the song. However, a full-length music video was shown on NBC the next day during the daytime Olympic coverage.
Similar to "We Are the World" marketing, the music video of the song was filmed and released. This music video was directed by Academy Award-winning film director Paul Haggis. Haggis said that he completed the video 12 hours earlier. Haitian film students are involved in the video as part of the production crew. The official video for the song is formatted similar to the original; the video opens with the title song with the recording artists' signature around it, as well as clips from the artists doing their part in the recording studio and including the Michael Jackson archive recording doing its part of the song. The video was joined by a clip that showed people in Haiti after the earthquake.
Reviews and critical responses
"We Are the World 25 for Haiti" received a very negative review from contemporary music critics. The song was criticized for the use of Auto-Tune, a selection of recording artists, and for rap songs. Chris Richards, a writer for The Washington Post , described the song as "terrible". Richards commented that the most "disappointing" thing about the song was "there is too little noise from the country, rock and the Latin music community." He also noted that "nobody can argue with noble cause" because the song's outcome was for help in Haiti, but said that the song lacked the "original" World "" original sensation "because of the song" complete weaponry "sound". Jon Pareles, a writer for The New York Times, says that while the song "Hollywood gloss" is "durable", it has "all the pitfalls of a Hollywood remake". Parales commented that the song's quality and performance "went up or down in his talent pool" and criticized the choice of male musicians as compared to the original "We Are the World" male artist.
The US magazine mentions that "this version presents an unexplained second-by-second failure, including Justin Bieber given the opening verse, Nicole Scherzinger and other Z-listers assigning more than one main slot, and the unintelligible yodesling Wyclef Jean ". Maura Johnston, a writer for MTV, wrote more positively about the song, commenting on the performance of contemporary artists in life up to his predecessors. "Despite the different faces, the overall feel is similar to the original," Johnston wrote. Simon Vozick-Levinson, a writer for Entertainment Weekly, gave this song a mixed review, noting that We Are the World 25 for Haiti is not as good as the original: "Overall, I can not say this 'We Are the World' as measured up to the 1985 version. "
Eight days after the Artist for the 2010 Haitian celebrity remake was released, the "video response" to the official YouTube video of the song was posted by the Internet personality and singer-songwriter Lisa Lavie, and "favorites" on YouTube channel We Are The World Foundation. Lavie's "We Are the World 25 for Haiti (YouTube Edition)" excludes the rap segment and minimizes Auto-tune being the subject of critical reviews of the celebrity version. Lavie's video, an Internet collaboration of 57 unregistered or independent geographically-distributed YouTube musicians around the world, received a positive reception from the media, including CNN ("must be a sign of time") and ABC World News with Diane Sawyer (" people from Sunday "..." basically saying, We are the world, also ... proving that the song is not just for glittering names. ") Second the video linked to Us is the World Foundation for donations.
Rolling Stone says its readers "most agree" with the judgment of the parody of Saturday Night Live February 27, 2010: "Recently, the music world came together to record 'We Are the World 2' a song to raise awareness of the devastating earthquake of Haiti; unfortunately, the song itself is a disaster, "with some imitators calling the parody" We Are the World 3: Raising Awareness About 'We Are the World 2' Disaster. "
Performance chart
"We Are the World 25 for Haiti" debuted in the top 30 in some areas. "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" charted at number 27 on the Spanish Singel Ladder on the charts of February 14, 2010. The song debuted at number 17 in New Zealand on the February 15th, 2010 chart date. "We Are World 25 for Haiti "peaked in the top five, charting at number three in Norway on the date of the graphic publication of February 16, 2010; the chart position is currently the highest international area since its release. The song debuted at number 25 in France at the date of issuance on 13 February.
"We are World 25 for Haiti" charted at number two on Hot 100's Billboard, behind Kesha's "Tok Tok". "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" charted higher in its debut week than the original version, which entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 21. According to Billboard, the track was primarily charting comes from the sale of downloads, with 96% reporting of the song charts coming from the sale. Following the debut of the song during the Olympics, 246 radio stations took track samples in the United States. Radio stations in New York state that they will often play songs to raise awareness of Haitians in need. Other radio stations throughout the United States echoed the same response to the song being played.
The song also sold over 267,000 downloads in three days. "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" debuted at number eight on the Canadian Hot 100 on February 27th. The song also debuted at number six in Belgian Wallonia and Flanders, and debuted at number 17 in Sweden. The song also charted at number 28 in Denmark. The song entered the Irish charts at number nine. In the second week of the Norwegian song launch, "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" climbed two spaces, topping the charts. Unlike the performance of the track charts in a region like Norway, the song dropped four places on Hot 100's Billboard to sixth place and remained on the charts for just over five weeks.
Diagram
Weekly
End of year
Track list
See also
- "Somos El Mundo 25 Por Haiti"
- "We Are the World 25 for Haiti (YouTube Edition)"
References
External links
- Official website
- Official music videos on YouTube
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