'We Are the World' revived for Aid in HK
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-01-05 14:20

The 1985 African famine relief benefit song, "We Are the World," is being revived for tsunami relief efforts in a new Chinese version featuring Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung and other top Hong Kong stars.

The new rendition, titled "Love," will be the featured song in the Crossing Borders charity performance Friday organized by the Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild.

Organizers felt "We Are the World" captured their belief that disaster relief shouldn't discriminate by ethnicity or national boundary, guild official Patricia Ho said Tuesday.

More than 139,000 people are reported dead around southern Asia and eastern Africa, most killed by massive tsunamis that smashed coastlines after a Dec. 26 earthquake off Indonesia's coast.

"Love" retains the English chorus of the original song, but otherwise contains entirely new Chinese lyrics. Hong Kong's version will be sung in the Chinese dialects of Cantonese and Mandarin.

Unlike the original song, "Love" will not be released commercially, Ho said.

Meanwhile, director Stephen Chow successfully lobbied Columbia Pictures Industries Inc. to donate a portion of Thursday's earnings from his movie "Kung Fu Hustle" to relief efforts, a spokesman for Chow's production company said.

"We Are The World" There comes a time when we need a certain call When the world must come together as one There are people dying Oh, and it's time to lend a hand to life The greatest gift of all We can't go on pretending day by day That someone, somehow will soon make a change We're all a part of God's great big family And the truth - you know love is all we need We are the world, we are the children We are the ones who make a brighter day so let's start giving There's a choice we're making We're saving our own lives It's true we'll make a better day Just you and me Well, send'em you your heart So they know that someone cares And their lives will be stronger and free As God has shown us By turning stone to bread And so we all must lend a helping hand When you're down and out There seems no hope at all But if you just believe There's no way we can fall Well, well, well, let's realize That one change can only come When we stand together as one

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