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Song Analysis: We Are The World 25 For Haiti
We Are the World 25 for Haiti We Are the World 25 for Haiti is a song that was used to campaign and help the people in Haiti. The earthquake that struck Haiti was a horrible disaster that took place in the year of 2010. It killed over 300,000 people and injured around the same amount of people. Once this happened to Haiti, everyone knew that something had to be done to help out. A group of singers came to together and agreed to sing a song that symbolizes helping out the world and uniting as a whole.
Around 80 skilled artists came together to vocalize this empowering song to help the Haitians of Haiti. The producers of the song consisted of Lionel Richie and Quincy Jones. This song wasn’t made to benefit the singers but made to help others


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