New 'We Are the World' to premiere during Olympics
LOS ANGELES -- The charity anthem "We Are the World" has been re-recorded by 80 artists who came together in the same Hollywood studio where the original was cut.
Pink, Natalie Cole, Kanye West, Jennifer Hudson and others stood shoulder-to-shoulder Monday night at Henson Recording studios to raise money for Haiti earthquake relief.
"This one, the enthusiasm, I've never seen anything like it," said Lionel Richie, who wrote the original with Michael Jackson and oversaw the new version with music mogul Quincy Jones.
Jones, who produced the 1985 anthem, announced last week that he planned to redo the song to benefit recovery efforts after the Jan. 12 quake.
"We Are the World -- 25 for Haiti" will premiere this month during coverage of the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics on NBC.
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