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Final Research Project Presentation By: Surina Dhanota Arth 273 The 1980s and Music

Music in the 1980s was something that was so iconic and this generation of it will be remembered for decades to come. The music that was created during this time period was so different than other generations and had its own uniqueness to it as well. The most well known musicians during this time produced new sounds and styles that had changed the music industry forever. To this day those famous artists and their songs are played and still loved by so many people. The 1980s time period paved the way for new ideas and challenges that many people took on and become successful at. Research Question

For my question I wanted to look at en event that many people remember and see what kind of impact the event had made. For my question I decided to research What historical music event happened that impacted the 1980s? Event

The event I chose was the which was released on March 7th, 1985 and had involved the most famous musicians of the 1980s at the time. It was also a song for charity. Why was the event created?

This purpose of this event and song as well as why it was created to help raise money and relief for . The reason why they wanted to raise money for africa is because of famine relief. Impact it had?

The impact of this event was huge. When looking back at the history of the 1980s this is for sure an event that people will remember and look back at for ages. With the most famous artist at the time all being apart of this song it really brought so many people to one place, helped make a huge and lasting impact in the world, as well as especially helping Africa out. Having to bring all of the most popular artists there were at the time and putting them all in one spot it brought the whole world together. Video

Here is the official video of We Are The World with over 59 million views! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AjkUyX0rVw and

This song was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie. Both of the artist were thriving in the 1980s and were having songs and albums going platinum. To have them write We are the World was iconic and loved by many. Criticism and Issues of We are the World

A big issue that had happened with We are the World is that the well known artist backed out of singing the song. The song had all of the most famous singers at the time but Prince decided to reject the song. Many of the artist had tried to convince him to stay but Prince wanted to do things his way or play the guitar. He also mentioned that he did not like the song at all so that was another reason he decided not the participate. The Making of We are the World

Here is the making of We are the World and the behind the scenes of how it all went. We get to see all of the artist who are in the song work together and in ways we have never seen before. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqprpo6GJjE Citations https://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/04/movies/tv-how-the-hit-we-are-the-wo rld-was-made.html?searchResultPosition=1 https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/we-are-the-world-a-minu te-by-minute-breakdown-54619/ https://ultimateprince.com/prince-ama-we-are-the-world/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_World