more than 20 million stars recorded ` ` We Are the World January 28 , 1985 on 30 years ago . The single , credited to USA for Africa , sold more than 20 million copies and topped the charts for four weeks in April and May . `` We Are the World '' was meant to raise money to fight a famine in Africa .
more than 20 million stars recorded ` ` We Are the World January 28 , 1985 on 30 years ago . `` We Are the World '' was meant to raise money to fight a famine in Africa .