Picture this. It’s 1985. The superpowers are gripped by the Cold War, America has New Coke, and Michael J. Fox has a flux capicitor.
‘85 was also a landmark year for charitable music stylings as Michael Jackson and his supergroup of musicians releases the hugely popular “We Are The World”. The group going under the name USA for Africa included Bruce Springsteen, Lionel Ritchie, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, Tina Turner, Huey Lewis, Cyndi Lauper, Steve Perry, and Paul Simon to name a few. The song topped music charts worldwide and became the fastest selling single in music history. According to Wikipedia, as of 2009, the song has raised over $63 million in humanitarian aid in Africa.
But with Haiti fresh on everyone’s minds, original producer Quincy Jones is apparently shopping a remake around LA to raise money for the poverty-stricken country.
Who knows who they’ll ask, but we doubt Jack is on the short list.