美国歌星重录《天下一家》为海地募捐

Music stars including Kanye West, Pink, Barbra Streisand and Celine Dion have re-recorded the 1985 charity hit We Are the World to raise money for Haiti.

包括坎耶·维斯特、芭芭拉·史翠珊和席琳·迪翁在内的美国歌星重新录制1985年的慈善歌曲《天下一家》，以此为海地地震募捐。

The song has been re-recorded 25 years after the original was made

More than 75 singers gathered on Monday to record the track together at Henson Recording¹ Studios in Hollywood, the same studio the original was made.

Rapper 'Lil Wayne said he felt blessed to be involved, but admitted: " I don't know how to sing."

The song will air for the first time on 12 February on US TV channel NBC.

It will be shown during the coverage² of the opening ceremony of the Vancouver温哥华 Winter Olympics.

Academy award-winning director Paul Haggis has recorded the session to create the accompanying video.

The group of pop stars broke into an acapella无伴奏和声 version of the song Lean On Me during the recording.

Quincy Jones, who produced the 1985 original, announced last week that the song would be re-recorded to help the people of Haiti in the wake of作为……的结果 the earthquake last month.

The song was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie.

Other artists singing on the new track include Carlos Santana, Jennifer Hudson, Natalie Cole, Justin Bieber, Brian Wilson, Miley Cyrus, Usher³, Enrique Iglesias, Josh Groban, Harry⁴ Connick Jr, Akon, Celine Dion, Snoop Dogg and Tony Bennett.

None of the original performers returned for the re-recording.

Lil' Wayne said he had friends in Miami who had lost relatives in the disaster.

"I think it's amazing what's been done for Haiti, but I think it's amazing what hasn't been done for New Orleans," he said.

Money raised from the original single - which topped $30m - went to USA for Africa to fund hunger relief救济，安慰 in Africa.