{"id":116845,"date":"2024-01-24T12:00:47","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T12:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/01\/24\/lionel-richie-says-we-are-the-world-doc-brings-tears-to-my-eyes\/"},"modified":"2024-01-24T12:00:47","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T12:00:47","slug":"lionel-richie-says-we-are-the-world-doc-brings-tears-to-my-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/01\/24\/lionel-richie-says-we-are-the-world-doc-brings-tears-to-my-eyes\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Richie says ‘We Are the World’ doc brings “tears to my eyes”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Greatest Night In Pop,<\/em>\u00a0a new documentary<\/a> about the making of the star-studded 1985 charity single “We Are the World,” will hit Netflix on January 29. And\u00a0Lionel Richie<\/strong>, who co-wrote the song with\u00a0Michael Jackson<\/strong>, says witnessing the film being put together has made him cry.<\/p>\n

“It just brings tears to my eyes because some of us are not here anymore,” Lionel\u00a0told\u00a0Variety<\/em><\/a>. Some of those who sang on “We Are the World” have since passed away \u2014\u00a0Ray Charles<\/strong>,\u00a0Kenny Rogers<\/strong>,\u00a0Tina Turner\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Harry Belafonte<\/strong>, to name a few \u2014 but for Lionel, one particular loss hurts the most.<\/p>\n

\u201cMichael\u2019s not here,\u201d Lionel said. “There should be another guy sitting here … I need him here to tell you the funny parts about it. Because in all of this, we were just two creatives having the best time of our lives, pulling from the universe.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to Lionel, the documentary features interviews with many of the other participants, including\u00a0Huey Lewis<\/strong>,\u00a0Kenny Loggins<\/strong>,\u00a0Smokey Robinson<\/strong>,\u00a0Bruce Springsteen<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Dionne Warwick<\/strong>, as well as never-before-heard recordings of Lionel and Michael writing the song, which raised millions for famine relief in Africa.<\/p>\n

“We actually\u00a0were<\/em>\u00a0making a difference,” Lionel noted. “So to see the naive version of ourselves, when we actually had an ‘aha moment’ that we might take all this celebrity and change the world \u2026 I\u2019m just emotional about it, because I get to watch my kid being born again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked who he’d like to put in a new version of “We Are the World” today, Lionel said it would have to be not just a singer, but a stylist \u2014 someone who you’d recognize right away. He came up with just two names:\u00a0Beyonc\u00e9<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Bruno Mars<\/strong>.<\/p>\n