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AchievementMarch 7, 1985· music

Lionel Richie co-writes 'We Are the World'

Co-written by Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson and produced by Quincy Jones, 'We Are the World' assembled 45 of America's biggest recording artists and raised over $63 million for African famine relief. It became the fastest-selling American pop single in history and demonstrated pop music's capacity for humanitarian mobilization.