A new documentary called “The Greatest Night in Pop”, will get into the history of the 1985 charity hit “We Are the World.”
The film will have its premiere at Sundance on January 19 and then will be available on Netflix not long after on January 29.
Directed by Bao Nguyen, The Greatest Night in Pop will feature a plethora of previously-unseen footage as it traces the “We Are the World” story from the planning stages through the all-star recording session. The movie will offer a glimpse at Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson’s writing sessions and all the work that went into getting 46 of the globe’s biggest music stars in the same studio on the same day to record the hit track. (Producer Quincy Jones famously placed a sign on the door to the studio: “Check your egos at the door.”)
The Greatest Night in Pop will feature interviews with several of the artists who appeared on the song, including Richie, Bruce Springsteen, Smokey Robinson, Cyndi Lauper, Dionne Warwick, Huey Lewis, and Kenny Loggins. Other personnel, including the session musicians, engineers, and production crew, will also share their recollections.
Here the trailer:
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