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We Are the World (album)

We Are the World is a 1985 album that contains USA for Africa's "We Are the World", a superstar charity recording for famine relief efforts in Ethiopia. The album was released on April 1, 1985, by Columbia Records.

Critical reception
The album sold over three million copies. On April 27, 1985, it reached number one on Billboard's Top Pop Albums in only two weeks, something that had last been accomplished in 1981 by the Rolling Stones album Tattoo You. ==Track listing==
Track listing
USA for Africa – "We Are the World" (Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie) – 7:02Steve Perry – "If Only for the Moment, Girl" (Randy Goodrum, Steve Perry) – 3:44The Pointer Sisters – "Just a Little Closer" (Robbie Nevil, Mark Mueller) – 3:53Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – "Trapped" (Live at Meadowlands, August 6, 1984) (Jimmy Cliff) – 5:11Northern Lights – "Tears Are Not Enough" (David Foster, Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance) – 4:21Prince & The Revolution – "4 the Tears in Your Eyes" (Prince) – 2:45Chicago – "Good for Nothing" (Richard Marx, Robert Lamm, David Foster) – 3:35Tina Turner – "Total Control" (Martha Davis, Jeff Jourard) – 3:38Kenny Rogers – "A Little More Love" (Thom Schuyler, J. Fred Knobloch) – 2:54Huey Lewis and the News – "Trouble in Paradise" (Live in San Francisco on February 21, 1985) (Johnny Colla, Bill Gibson, Chris Hayes, Sean Hopper, Huey Lewis, Mario Cipollina) – 4:34 ==Personnel==
Personnel
• Executive producer: Ken Kragen • Album supervisor: Humberto Gatica ==Charts==
Charts
Weekly charts Year-end charts ==Certifications and sales==
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