Record Details

Artist:	USA For Africa
Title:	We Are The World
Format:	12"
Label:	CBS
Cat No:	CBS 26454
Released:	1985
Country:
Genres:	Pop RockSoulRhythm & BluesVocalGospel
Status	Have
Added To List	12th February 2026

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First edition orange/yellow “sunburst” center label used by CBS from 1976 until 1985. Issued with: Gatefold sleeve: inside USA For Africa information, 25 session photos Inner sleeve: track-by-track credits, general credits, thank you's, session photo of all/most artists On back cover and inner sleeve the tracklist is in a different order: B3, B6, A2, A3, B2, B5, A4, B4, B1, A1 Release titles as they appear: Front cover: The historic recording We Are The World Plus nine new superstar songs Spine: We Are The World USA For Africa/ The album Labels: USA For Africa We Are The World Back cover: © 1985 United Support Of Artists For Africa ℗ 1985 United Support Of Artists For Africa A1: ℗ 1985 United Support Of Artists For Africa A2: ℗ 1985 CBS Inc. A3: ℗ 1985 Planet Records A4: ℗ 1985 Bruce Springsteen B1: ℗ 1985 Northern Lights For Africa Society B2, B3: ℗ 1985 Warner Bros. Records Inc. B4: ℗ 1985 Capitol Records Inc. B5: ℗ 1985 RCA Records B6: ℗ 1985 Chrysalis Records CBS & [Walking Eye logo] ® CBS Inc. Made in Holland Labels: Publishers: A1 Mijac Music/Brockman Music A2 Random Notes/Street Talk Tunes A3 MCA Music, a Div. of MCA, Inc./Music Corporation of America Inc. A4 Island Music B1 Foster Frees Music, Inc./Adams Communication, Inc./Calypso Toonz/Irving Music Inc. B2 Controversy Music B3 Security Hogg Music, Inc./Fin De Siecle Musique/Foster Frees Music, Inc. B4 Frettsongs/Clean Sheets Music B5 Debdave Music Inc./Briarpatch Music Inc./Good Sport Music/Montage Music Inc. B6 Hulex Music Inc. Inner Sleeve: Publishers: A1 © 1985 Mijac Music (BMI) and Brockman Music (ASCAP) A2 © 1985 Random Notes (ASCAP) and Street Talk Tunes (ASCAP) A3 © 1984 MCA Music, a Div. of MCA, Inc. (ASCAP)/Music Corp. of America, Inc. (BMI) A4 © 1972 Island Music (BMI) B1 © 1985 Foster Frees Music, Inc. (BMI)/Adams Communications, Inc. (BMI)/Calypso Toonz (PROC)/Irving Music, Inc. (BMI) B2 © 1985 Controversy Music (ASCAP) B3 © 1985 Security Hogg Music (ASCAP), Fin De Siecle Musique (ASCAP) and Foster Frees Music, Inc. (BMI) B4 © 1979 Frettssongs/Clean Sheets Music (BMI) B5 © 1984 Debdave Music Inc. (BMI)/Briarpatch Music Inc (BMI)/Good Sport Music (ASCAP)/Montage Music Inc. (ASCAP) B6 © 1979 Hulex Music, Inc. (ASCAP) Publisher Differences: "Security Hogg Music" on inner sleeve - "Security Hogg Music, Inc." on label "Frettssongs" on inner sleeve - "Frettsongs" on label "Adams Communications, Inc." on inner sleeve - "Adams Communication, Inc." on label A1 Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering A2 recorded at Record One, Los Angeles, CA A3 recorded and mixed at Studio 55, Los Angeles, CA A4 recorded live at the Meadowlands, August 6, 1984 on the Record Plant (L.A.) remote truck. Mixed at Clover Recorders, Los Angeles, CA B1 recorded at Manta Sound, Toronto and Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver B2 recorded at Record Plant, New York and Black Truck, New Orleans B3 recorded and mixed at Lion Share Studios, Los Angeles, CA B4 recorded at Sunset Sound Studios, Los Angeles, CA B5 recorded at Lion Share Studios and Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, CA. Mixed at Lion Share Studios. B6 recorded live in San Francisco on February 21, 1985 on the Westwood One remote truck Runouts: First part of the runouts (PxL 40043-xx) is etched, while the second part (01-26454-1x-1 x) is stamped on all variants.

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