What the hell was the name of that 80's metal charity single that was released around the same time as We Are The World?

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And does anyone remember who performed on it? My girlfriend and I started talking about this over the weekend and neither of us could remember the name of the song. This is killing me - please help.

― darin (darin), Monday, 10 January 2005 23:56 (twenty years ago)

"hear'n aid"

and a google search will turn up the names of dio and 8,000 other metal gods who played on it, but i'm too lazy to do it myself.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 10 January 2005 23:58 (twenty years ago)

God bless ya, FCC.

In case anyone besides me cares:

TOMMY ALDRIDGE backing vocals
DAVID ALFORD backing vocals
CARMINE APPICE backing vocals
VINNIE APPICE drums, backing vocals
JIMMY BAIN bass, backing vocals
FRANKIE BANALI drums, backing vocals
ERIC BLOOM lead vocals
MICK BROWN backing vocals
VIVIAN CAMPBELL guitar, backing vocals
CARLOS CAVAZO guitar, backing vocals
AMIR DERAKH backing vocals
RONNIE JAMES DIO lead vocals
DON DOKKEN lead vocals
KEVIN DUBROW lead vocals
BRAD GILLIS guitar, backing vocals
CRAIG GOLDIE guitar, backing vocals
CHRIS HAGER backing vocals
ROB HALFORD lead vocals
CHRIS HOLMES backing vocals
BLACKIE LAWLESS backing vocals
GEORGE LYNCH guitar, backing vocals
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN guitar, backing vocals
MICK MARS guitar, backing vocals
DAVE MENIKETTI lead vocals
DAVE MURRAY guitar melody lines, backing vocals
VINCE NEIL backing vocals
TED NUGENT backing vocals
EDDIE OJEDA guitar, backing vocals
JEFF PILSON backing vocals
DONALD "BUCK DHARMA" ROESER guitar, backing vocals
DAVID ST. HUBBINS backing vocals
RUDY SARZO backing vocals
CLAUDE SCHNELL keyboards, backing vocals
NEIL SCHON guitar, backing vocals
PAUL SHORTINO lead vocals
DEREK SMALLS backing vocals
ADRIAN SMITH guitar melody lines, backing vocals
MARK STEIN vocals, backing vocals
GEOFF TATE lead vocals
MATT THORR backing vocals

And here are the somewhat narcissistic lyrics from the single "Stars":

Who cries for the children?
I do
Some time in the night
When you're feeling the cold
Take a look at the sky above you
Those are faces in the light
If the story were told
They are calling you, calling you
Yeah

We are magic in the night
We are shadow, we are light
We are forever you and I
We're stars
We're stars

We can be strong
We are fire and stone
And we all want to touch a rainbow
But singers and songs
Will never change it alone
We are calling you, calling you

We're the beating of a heart
The beginning we're the start
Forever we will shine
Yeah

We're stars
We're stars
We're stars
We're stars

We are magic in the night
We are shadow, we are light
We are forever you and I

We're stars
We're stars
We're stars
We're stars
We're stars, yeah
We're stars
We are shadow, we are light
We're stars
We are magic in the night
We're stars, oh yeah
We're stars
We're stars
We are magic in the night
We're stars
We are shadow, we are light

We're stars
We're stars
We're stars
We're the magic
We're stars
We're stars
We're the beating of a heart

We're stars
Forever we will shine
We're stars
We're stars
We're stars
We're stars

― darin (darin), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 00:09 (twenty years ago)

"DEREK SMALLS backing vocals"

No way.

― Nanker Phelge, Tuesday, 11 January 2005 00:18 (twenty years ago)

It's got like 40 minutes of solos, right?

― American Apparel and Jeanne-Claude (deangulberry), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 00:24 (twenty years ago)

My drummer has this one on mp3. For some strange reason, I haven't downloaded it from him yet.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 00:31 (twenty years ago)

It's awful.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 01:44 (twenty years ago)

Lock thread

― Gator Magoon (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 03:55 (twenty years ago)

There was also "Voices That Care," but I think that was a few years later.

― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 03:58 (twenty years ago)

DAVID ST. HUBBINS backing vocals

YES WAY!

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 05:06 (twenty years ago)

I've been trying to find this online for ages, to no avail. It's horrid, but worth having for sure.

― derrick (derrick), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 07:59 (twenty years ago)

There was also "Voices That Care," but I think that was a few years later.
-- Hurting (Hurtingchie...), January 11th, 2005.

we were made to sing that in third grade!

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 08:47 (twenty years ago)

I also remember the "Mod" charity single "All or Nothing"

Where way too many 'scenesters' turned up and all had to get a line to themselves. Which meant the single lasted six minutes (or longer, so it seemed)

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 09:40 (twenty years ago)

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