The world is in need of some unification amid the coronavirus pandemic — and Lionel Richie thinks a remake of “We Are the World” might be a great solution.

The Grammy award winner singer wrote the original lyrics to ‘We Are The World’ alongside the late Michael Jackson.

It has been 35 years since they gathered over 40 stars to sing the hit record, which resulted in them raising over 60 million dollars for African famine according to reports.

ET Reports:

“Every time I try and write another message, I write those same words,” he told People in an interview published on Sunday.

“Two weeks ago, we said we didn’t want to do too much [about the song’s 35-year anniversary] because this is not the time to sell an anniversary,” Richie added. “But the message is so clear.” 

It’s the chorus line, “There’s a choice we’re making, we’re saving our own lives,” that particularly sticks with Richie. 

“That line came about as Michael and I were sitting there talking. We said, you can either say, ‘I’m saving my life’ or ‘We’re saving our lives,'” Richie recalled. “‘We Are the World’ is a statement we wanted to make. What do we do to save our own?'” 

A version of “We Are the World” was released in 2010 to raise money for Haiti earthquake relief, and Richie is ready for that same kind of unity. 

“What happened in China, in Europe, it came here. So if we don’t save our brothers there, it’s going to come home. It’s all of us,” he said. “All of us are in this together.” 

We think that a remake of ‘We Are The World’ would be a wonderful idea!

This is definitely a time of need and we need to come together as one and lift each other up.

How do y’all feel about this idea? Do you think Mr. Richie should go forth with this idea or just leave it alone?

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