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The new song and video of We Are The World were broadcast on television last Friday. The song features more than 80 singers. Also, a shared harmony between Michael and Janet can be heard in this song. Lionel, who collaborated with Michael on writing this song 25 years ago, appeared on Oprah Winfrey’s show last Friday and said that working on the new song brought back memories of his past with Michael.

"We were at Michael’s house, busy writing We Are The World. I was lying on the floor when, all of a sudden, I saw out of the corner of my eye that some phonograph records had fallen on the ground. There was a python there." Lionel was scared. But Michael said excitedly: "Oh, there it is, Lionel. I found the snake." "It was a white python that Michael had been unable to find in the house no matter how much he searched." Lionel talks about placing Michael’s voice and image in the new version of the song: "Michael had to be there. We added Michael’s voice reading the same lines from the old song. Janet sings along with him." Source: eMJey / Oprah