1985年，迈克尔•杰克逊和莱昂纳尔•里奇共同谱写，由美国45位歌星联合演唱，昆西•琼斯负责制作的，为求援非洲饥民而义卖的唱片《天下一家》(We Are The World),震撼了亿万人的心，风靡全球。
《We Are The World》
词曲:Michael Jackson & Lionel Rich
歌词及演唱者如下：
There comes a time when we heed a certain call (Lionel Richie 莱昂纳尔.里奇)
When the world must come together as one (Lionel Richie 莱昂纳尔.里奇& Stevie Wonder史蒂夫.汪德)
T
here are people dying (Stevie Wonder史蒂夫.汪德)
Oh, and it\\\\\\"s time to lend a hand to life (Paul Simon保罗西蒙)
The greatest gift of all(Paul Simon保罗西蒙/Kenny Rogers肯尼.洛杰斯)
We can\\\\\\"t go on pretending day by day (Kenny Rogers肯尼.洛杰斯)
That someone, somehow will soon make a change (James Ingram詹姆斯殷格朗)
We\\\\\\"re all a part of God\\\\\\"s great big family (Tina Turner蒂娜.特纳) And the truth (Billy Joel比利.乔)
Y***now love is all we need (Tina Turner蒂娜.特纳/Billy Joel比利.乔) ( 合唱 )
*We are the world, we are the children We are the ones who make a brighter day so let\\\\\\"s
start giving (Michael Jackson迈克•杰克逊)
There\\\\\\"s a choice we\\\\\\"re making we\\\\\\"re saving our own lives (Diana Ross黛安娜•罗斯)
It\\\\\\"s true we\\\\\\"ll make a better day just you and me (Michael Jackson迈克•杰克逊/Diana ross黛安娜•罗斯)
Well, send\\\\\\"\\\\\\"em you your heart so they know that someone cares (Dionne Warwick狄昂华薇克)
And their lives will be stronger and free (Dionne Warwick狄昂华薇克/
Willie Nelson威利.纳尔逊)
As God has shown us by turning stone to bread (Willie Nelson威利.纳尔逊)
And so we all must lend a helping hand (Al Jurreau) (合唱重复 )
We are the world, we are the children (Bruce Springsteen布鲁斯.斯普林斯汀)
We are the ones who make a brighter day so let\\\\\\"s start giving (Kenny Logins肯尼.罗杰斯)
There\\\\\\"s a choice we\\\\\\"re making we\\\\\\"re saving our own lives (Steve Perry史蒂夫.佩里)
It\\\\\\"s true we\\\\\\"ll make a better day just you and me (Daryl Hall达瑞.霍尔) )
When you\\\\\\"re down and out there seems no hope at all (Michael Jackson迈克•杰克逊)
But if you just believe there\\\\\\"s no way we can fall (Huey Lewis休路易斯)
Well, well, well, let\\\\\\"s realize that a change can only come (Cyndi Lauper) When we (KimCarnes金康恩丝)
stand together as one (Kim Carnes/Cyndi Lauper/Huey Lewis)
