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‘I didn’t wish to disaster it up, since it’s as well great, ‘ the Lady Gaga hitmaker says of the original.
By Kelly Marino

Stars accumulate for “We Have been the World” remake

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LOS ANGELES — Grammy-winning writer RedOne has worked with a slew of tip artists, together with Akon, Shakira, Small Boots, Sean Kingston and, many particularly, Lady Gaga . But when he perceived a phone call from Lionel Richie and Quincy Jones, asking him to furnish a reconstitute of “We Have been the Universe, ” he was in finish shock.

“I was similar to, ‘Oh my God!’ ” RedOne told MTV News at the Henson Studios, where the lane was available final week . “This is Lionel and Quincy, you know, the fathers of strain, of hits, of strain, of gift, of all . It was big . So which night, prior to I proposed operative on it, I had nightmares about the total lane . ‘They didn’t similar to it . Oh, they need a brand brand brand new track.’ But, appreciate God, they desired it.”

Twenty-five years after the all-star recording of “We Have been the World” was put together to assistance fight African fast, a brand brand brand new pick up of stars came together Feb 2 to have their brand brand brand new chronicle for victims of the Haiti trembler . But RedOne was clever not to shift up the strange chronicle as well most . Instead, he opted to keep the strain the same but move a some-more stream receptive to advice to it.

“I only keep the category of the strange one, ” RedOne pronounced . “But I didn’t wish to shift any march . I didn’t wish to disaster it up, since it’s as well great . I attempted to keep it on the same turn and attempted to have it receptive to advice some-more right away and stream . I kept the total chord progressions, the feeling and the vibe, but brought fresher sounds which have been some-more now.”

Producing the lane was comparatively easy, RedOne pronounced, deliberation Richie and Jones had already picked the artists and comparison which tools of the strain the musicians would sing prior to bringing the hitmaker onboard.

“Everybody longed for to assistance, ” RedOne pronounced about the stars checking their egos at the doorway . “I recollect Jamie Foxx came to me and pronounced, ‘Red, do not be concerned about me . I am here . I can wait for . Do your thing . Whenever it is my time, I’ll be here . Do not think about it.’ So which was a pleasing pointer . It wasn’t about me as a writer or Quincy as a fable writer or Lionel or any artists . Celine Dion, Barbra Streisand, Akon, Enrique[ Iglesias] — everyone was there . And it was extraordinary and beautiful.”

After a week of fine-tuning the strain, RedOne couldn’t be happier with the result . “‘We Have been the World’ is finished, and it sounds implausible and the video is implausible, ” the writer betrothed . “So I think the universe will be overwhelmed by it, and hopefully people will be overwhelmed which most to assistance, since which is the total role for the song.

“It is so easy to dont think about about them for a small whilst, ” Red pronounced of gripping Haiti in people’s minds . “But strain goes on and on, so all the income which is going to be generated can be for Haiti, and it’s a pleasing thing . We try to lift the income to set up, similar to, 7 cities and assistance the young kids and schools and things, so it’s a great thing . I think you have been going to love it.”

The strain, accompanied by the video, is slated to premiere Friday night at the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics on NBC . All deduction will go to the newly shaped gift We Have been the Universe Foundation LLC and will afterwards be distributed to Haiti.

Learn some-more about what you can do to assistance with earthquake-relief efforts in Haiti, and for some-more report, see Think MTV . Visit HopeForHaitiNow.org or call( 877) 99-HAITI to have a concession now.

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