First Time Hearing ‘WE ARE THE WORLD’ By USA FOR AFRICA 

You will never see that amount of TALENT in one room ever again.

Bruce Springsteen and Stevie Wonder together is like fire and Ice Just Beautiful ❤....

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.

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

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. ❤️

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.

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.

You are adorable. Great reaction video. My dad introduced me to all of these artists.

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. ❤❤❤❤

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

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

These were the best artists in the world at that 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

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 …

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 😅

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.

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....

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.

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

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