Meer dan 36 jaar geleden werd het mooiste fondsenwerving liedje ooit uitgebracht: We Are the World, van de gelegenheidsformatie USA for Africa. De opbrengsten van de single gingen naar de slachtoffers van de hongersnood in Ethiopië. Bij gebrek aan eindejaarsborrels lijkt het me een heel goed plan om in je laatste Teams of Zoom meeting We are the world te zingen. Voor een nog leuker effect verdeel je de rollen per zanger(es)! Dus zet je speakers op 10 en zing uit volle borst mee. Fijne feestdagen en tot 2022!

Lionel Richie: There comes a time | When we heed a certain call
Lionel Richie/Stevie Wonder: When the world must come together as one
Stevie Wonder: There are people dying
Paul Simon: Oh, and it's time to lend a hand to life
Paul Simon/Kenny Rogers: The greatest gift of all

Kenny Rogers: We can't go on | Pretending day by day
James Ingram: That someone, somewhere will soon make a change
Tina Turner: We're all a part of God's great big family
Billy Joel: And the truth
Tina Turner/Billy Joel: You know, love is all we need

Michael Jackson: We are the world | We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let's start giving
Diana Ross: There's a choice we're making | We're saving our own lives
Michael Jackson/Diana Ross: It's true we'll make a better day, just you and me

Dionne Warwick: Well, send them your heart | So they know that someone cares
Dionne Warwick/Willie Nelson: And their lives will be stronger and free
Willie Nelson: As God has shown us by turning stone to bread
Al Jurreau: And so we all must lend a helping hand

Bruce Springsteen: We are the world | We are the children
Kenny Logins: We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let's start giving
Steve Perry: There's a choice we're making | We're saving our own lives
Daryl Hall: It's true we'll make a better day, just you and me

Michael Jackson: When you're down and out, there seems no hope at all
Huey Lewis: But if you just believe there's no way we can fall
Cyndi Lauper: Well, well, well, let's realize that a change can only come
Kim Carnes: When we
Kim Carnes/Cyndi Lauper/Huey Lewis: stand together as one, yeah, yeah, yeah

All: We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day so let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day, just you and me

All: We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let's start giving
Bob Dylan: There's a choice we're making | We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day just you and me

All: We are the world (are the world)
We are the children (are the children)
We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let's start giving (so let's start giving)
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
Bob Dylan: It's true we'll make a better day just you and me

Ray Charles: Oh, let me hear you!

All: We are the world
Ray Charles: We are the world
All: We are the children
Ray Charles: We are the children
All: We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let's start giving
Ray Charles: So let's start giving
There's a choice we're making | We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day just you and me

Ray Charles: Come on now, let me hear you!

Stevie Wonder: We are the world
Bruce Springsteen: We are the world
Stevie Wonder: We are the children
Bruce Springsteen: We are the children
Stevie Wonder: We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let's start giving
Bruce Springsteen: So let's start giving
Stevie Wonder: There's a choice we're making | We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day just you and me

Stevie Wonder: We are the world
Bruce Springsteen: We are the world
Stevie Wonder: We are the children
Bruce Springsteen: We are the children
Stevie Wonder: We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let's start giving
Bruce Springsteen: So let's start giving
There's a choice we're making | We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day just you and me

All: We are the world (are the world)
We are the children (are the children)
We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let's start giving (so let’s start giving)
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day, just you and me

James Ingram: We are the world
All / Ray Charles: We are the world
James Ingram: We are the children
All: We are the children
James Ingram: We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let's start giving
Ray Charles: There's a choice we're making | We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day just you and me

All: We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day so let's start giving
Ray Charles: There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day, just you and me (faded)

Dirigent • Quincy Jones

Solisten (in volgorde van solo) • Lionel Richie • Stevie Wonder • Paul Simon • Kenny Rogers • James Ingram • Tina Turner • Billy Joel • Michael Jackson • Diana Ross • Dionne Warwick • Willie Nelson • Al Jarreau • Bruce Springsteen • Kenny Loggins • Steve Perry • Daryl Hall • Huey Lewis • Cyndi Lauper • Kim Carnes • Bob Dylan • Ray Charles

Koor (alfabetisch) • Dan Aykroyd • Harry Belafonte • Lindsey Buckingham • Mario Cipollina (Huey Lewis and the News) • Johnny Colla (Huey Lewis and the News) • Sheila E. • Bob Geldof • Bill Gibson (Huey Lewis and the News) • Chris Hayes (Huey Lewis and the News) • Sean Hopper (Huey Lewis and the News) • Jackie Jackson • La Toya Jackson • Marlon Jackson • Randy Jackson • Tito Jackson • Waylon Jennings • Bette Midler • John Oates • Jeffrey Osborne • Anita Pointer (The Pointer Sisters) • June Pointer (The Pointer Sisters) • Ruth Pointer (The Pointer Sisters) • Smokey Robinson

Songwriters: • Michael Jackson • Lionel Richie