Video: Lionel Richie: Singing with Michael Jackson
Andy Segal
CNN Senior Producer
In 1985, with famine ravaging parts of Africa, MJ and Lionel Richie teamed up to write a charity song for relief efforts. It was done on a tight deadline, with the biggest names in pop music adding their voices to what would inevitably be a hit single. But even before dealing with logistics, egos, and the technical challenges of making a record, Jackson and Richie first needed a song. And neither one could write or read music! So how did they do it? Lionel Richie explains.
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Two absolute musical geniuses on their own. Together – a powerhouse.
These artists are pioneers in projects with social objectives.
Beautiful memories! Lionel Lionel Richie was the soundtrack of my courtship with my husband! Fantastic! Amazing!
WOW!! STILL CAN'T BELIEVE HE'S GONE.
Lionel Richie is so great all by himself – combined with Jackson on "we are the world" was unbelievably good. He and Michael may have talked to the universe in writing this song but now the rest of us hear it in our minds too – its a song that never goes away.