Comments on: Why Wasn’t Madonna Included In ‘We Are the World’? https://popculturereferences.com/why-wasnt-madonna-included-in-we-are-the-world/ Brian Cronin takes a look at interesting pieces of pop culture history from the worlds of TV, film, music and more. Mon, 13 Oct 2025 06:02:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Brian Cronin https://popculturereferences.com/why-wasnt-madonna-included-in-we-are-the-world/#comment-77638 Mon, 13 Oct 2025 06:02:31 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=3653#comment-77638 In reply to Frankie.

Fair enough, Frankie. I was saying it more in terms of this article is just about why she wasn’t included, and not me asking for people to feel pity for her or whatever.

]]> By: Frankie https://popculturereferences.com/why-wasnt-madonna-included-in-we-are-the-world/#comment-76929 Fri, 03 Oct 2025 17:07:19 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=3653#comment-76929 Brian Cronin, I do care about Madonna’s feelings. Everybody has feelings. It’s what separates us from automatons. She was young, just starting out, and had just had her first Number One hit. The fact is that they backhanded her in a bad way, despite the fact that she was gracious enough to wait for an invitation rather than ask to join. But in the end, “Crazy For You” ended up knocking “We Are the World” off the Number One spot. Poetic justice. And recently, Lionel Richie admitted it was a mistake not to include her. Full circle.

]]> By: bwin https://popculturereferences.com/why-wasnt-madonna-included-in-we-are-the-world/#comment-36643 Tue, 19 Nov 2024 05:36:21 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=3653#comment-36643 บีวิน easy to play get real money

]]> By: Ellie https://popculturereferences.com/why-wasnt-madonna-included-in-we-are-the-world/#comment-30052 Sun, 22 Sep 2024 14:54:54 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=3653#comment-30052 Seems it was a little more than choosing Cyndi Lauper over Madonna even if there wasn’t room for 2 female solo lines… which there probably was but maybe not. My guess is what’s unsaid that Ken didn’t like Madonna because she’s often “not nice”, herself. I think he didn’t want to work with her. Michael Jackson has said as much too about Madonna being unkind, but not sure if that was before the inception of We are the World or years after. I get it. They knew Prince was a diva too and still wanted him so there’s that…but I guess I would have pushed for Prince too regardless and risked him not showing up.

]]> By: Floyd Eberhard https://popculturereferences.com/why-wasnt-madonna-included-in-we-are-the-world/#comment-20442 Fri, 22 Mar 2024 07:46:51 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=3653#comment-20442 Rick is Australian, not American

]]> By: Sally S https://popculturereferences.com/why-wasnt-madonna-included-in-we-are-the-world/#comment-19488 Sat, 02 Mar 2024 22:34:35 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=3653#comment-19488 Does anyone know if Rick Springfield was asked to be in We Are The World? Or was he asked and decline? I am a fan, I have been since the early 80s. I have just always been curious as to why he wasn’t included. Ironically, he is in the Netflix special, The Greatest Night in Pop. Just 2 really quick shots of him at the AMA before the filming of We Are The World. So, that just has me curious. I haven’t found anything on the Internet as to why he wasn’t involved.

]]> By: Hambone Jenkins https://popculturereferences.com/why-wasnt-madonna-included-in-we-are-the-world/#comment-18749 Sat, 17 Feb 2024 11:56:23 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=3653#comment-18749 To answer Super Nova’s question: Yes, there was a metal collaboration called Hear n’ Aid. The main song, written by Ronnie James Dio, was called “We’re Stars”

]]> By: Brian Cronin https://popculturereferences.com/why-wasnt-madonna-included-in-we-are-the-world/#comment-18359 Mon, 12 Feb 2024 20:07:24 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=3653#comment-18359 What isn’t true?

I say in the above piece:

That makes no sense. “We Are the World” was recorded in an all-night recording session following the 1985 American Music Awards, under the theory that a lot of the people who would be performing in the song were there already as performers or presenters (like Lionel Richie, Cyndi Lauper, The Pointer Sisters, Huey Lewis, Hall and Oates, Kenny Loggins, Tina Turner, Diana Ross, Kenny Rogers, Al Jarreau, James Ingram, Quincy Jones and Stevie Wonder), and Madonna was a presenter at the award ceremony. So obviously, Madonna could have easily recorded the song and continued her concert tour.

]]> By: Dean https://popculturereferences.com/why-wasnt-madonna-included-in-we-are-the-world/#comment-18324 Mon, 12 Feb 2024 03:28:04 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=3653#comment-18324 This isn’t true because she was at the American Music Awards the night the song was recorded!

]]> By: Brian Cronin https://popculturereferences.com/why-wasnt-madonna-included-in-we-are-the-world/#comment-17785 Mon, 05 Feb 2024 06:59:10 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=3653#comment-17785 In reply to Peter Rees.

Agreed, it’s silly to not just invite them both. As for LaToya, well, I mean, her brother was a key part of the production, so I think his siblings being there made sense.

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