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Netflix’s ‘We Are The World’ Documentary Is Both Nostalgic And Timely

Netflix's The Greatest Night in Pop tells the story of how Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, and Quincy Jones came together to create "We Are The World."

The celebrities who took part in the production—that list includes dozens of the biggest names in music in the mid-’80s, such as Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Tina Turner, Ray Charles, Cyndi Lauper, and the men who were behind the track, Lionel Richie, Quincy Jones, and Michael Jackson—made it look so easy, but that was far from the truth. Our amazing archive producer, Lina [Caicedo], called one day and said, “I've tracked down the journalist who wrote the Life magazine article,” who ultimately ended up being in the film, David Breskin. Like, “Oh, I was in a choir.” “I was at karaoke night and I tried to sing it but failed because the range is so massive.” What we found now that we've been screening the film and talking to audiences is… There was a really sweet lady that came up to me and was like, “I met my husband two days after the song was released.

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