Almost 70 celebrities from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong united to record the newest version of We Are the World in Mandarin and Cantonese.
On the Amercian front, producer Jermaine Dupri, nominated for four Grammy Awards this year, told MTV that he would like to do another recording of this song following the ceremony on February 13, 2005.
As a way of commemorating the 20th anniversary of this song, Dupri would like to have it recorded by current singers, and call it We Are the Future. Money collected will be distributed to children in difficulty around the world.
In 1985, the organization USA for Africa, with singers such as Michael Jackson, Lionel Ritchie and Bruce Springsteen among others, had gathered millions of dollars to help those starving in Ethiopia.