Three dozen stars have Thirty years ago Wednesday , more than three dozen stars -- many fresh from the American Music Awards -- checked their egos at the door and piled into a recording studio to record `` We Are the World . '' ` ` We Are the World '' two years ago on January 28 , 2008 . ` ` We Are the World '' was recorded to raise money to fight a famine in Africa .
Three dozen stars have ` ` We Are the World '' two years ago on January 28 , 2008 . ` ` We Are the World '' was recorded to raise money to fight a famine in Africa .