The Greatest Night in Pop

The untold story behind "We Are the World."

On a January night in 1985, music's biggest stars gathered to record "We Are the World." This documentary goes behind the scenes of the historic event.

Documentary Music

Lionel Richie

Bruce Springsteen

Dionne Warwick

Kenny Loggins

Huey Lewis

Cyndi Lauper

Sheila E.

Smokey Robinson

Michael Jackson

(Self (archive footage))

Stevie Wonder

(Self (archive footage))

Quincy Jones

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Tina Turner

(Self (archive footage))

Paul Simon

(Self (archive footage))

Kenny Rogers

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James Ingram

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Billy Joel

(Self (archive footage))

Diana Ross

(Self (archive footage))

Willie Nelson

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Al Jarreau

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Steve Perry

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Daryl Hall

(Self (archive footage))

Kim Carnes

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Bob Dylan

(Self (archive footage))

Ray Charles

(Self (archive footage))

Dan Aykroyd

(Self (archive footage))

Harry Belafonte

(Self (archive footage))

Lindsey Buckingham

(Self (archive footage))

Bob Geldof

(Self (archive footage))

Jackie Jackson

(Self (archive footage))

Jermaine Jackson

(Self (archive footage))

La Toya Jackson

(Self (archive footage))

Marlon Jackson

(Self (archive footage))

Randy Jackson

(Self (archive footage))

Tito Jackson

(Self (archive footage))

Waylon Jennings

(Self (archive footage))

Anita Pointer

(Self (archive footage))

Ruth Pointer

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Bonnie Pointer

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Jeffrey Osborne

(Self (archive footage))

John Oates

(Self (archive footage))

Bette Midler

(Self (archive footage))

Ken Woo

Tom Bähler

David Breskin

Robert A. Dickinson

Wendy Garfield-Ferris Rees

Humberto Gatica

Steven Ivory

Larry Klein

Harriet Sternberg

Prince

(Self (archive footage))

Madonna

(Self (archive footage))