What 1985 song featured dozens of famous artists and raised $100 million for charity in Africa?
1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia £8 million for famine relief within twelve months of its release. Other charity singles soon followed; "We Are the World" by USA for Africa was the most successful of these, selling 20 million copies worldwide. Live Aid, a 1985 fund-raising effort headed by Geldof, induced millions of people in the West to donate money and to urge their governments to participate in the relief effort in Ethiopia. Some of the proceeds also went to the famine hit areas of Eritrea. The event raised £145 million. In America, the supergroup USA for Africa released the single "We Are the World", written
Song for Africa – Rwanda: Rises Up! in early 2010, and was released on iTunes only on June 15, 2010, following the release of the documentary on June 12, 2010. Song for Africa – Rwanda: Rises Up! Song for Africa – Rwanda: Rises Up! is a Canadian charity album by the Song for Africa organization. The album is an accompanying soundtrack to the charity fund's latest Rwanda documentary which documents the visit to Rwanda by the Canadian super group of Steve Bays of Hot Hot Heat, Tim Edwards of Crash Parallel, Sarah Slean, Damhnait Doyle and John-Angus MacDonald of the Trews. Other Canadian artists featured on the