Step 1 : Introduction to the question "Who co-wrote the song "We are the World" with Michael Jackson?"
We Are the World" is a song originally recorded by the supergroup USA for Africa on this day in 1985. It was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, and produced by Quincy Jones. The first lines in the song's repetitive chorus proclaim, "We are the world, we are the children, we are the ones who make a brighter day, so let's start giving". In all, more than 45 of America's top musicians participated in the recording, and another 50 had to be turned away. With sales in excess of 20 million copies, "We Are the World" has raised over $63 million for humanitarian causes.