# What is the order of the volices in "We Are the World"?

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**Created:** [December 13, 2002, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-order-of-the-volices-in-we-are-the-world/142475 "2002-12-13T09:02:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-order-of-the-volices-in-we-are-the-world/142475/1 "2002-12-13T09:02:54Z")

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As simple as that. What is the order of the voices in “We are the World”? I can figure most of them out but some of them overlap and I lose track.

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**Author:** ![lesa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/34f0e0/32.png) [@lesa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lesa)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-order-of-the-volices-in-we-are-the-world/142475/2 "2002-12-13T11:34:37Z")

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This link spells it out nicely:

[http://www.kinderkulturkarawane.de/english/world.htm](http://www.kinderkulturkarawane.de/english/world.htm)

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**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-order-of-the-volices-in-we-are-the-world/142475/3 "2002-12-13T11:59:27Z")

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The one who sounds like a cat in heat is Cyndi Lauper.

Does that help? 🙂

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**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-order-of-the-volices-in-we-are-the-world/142475/4 "2002-12-13T16:19:15Z")

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Wow, I don’t recall Kenny Loggins being on there.  
When was “We are the World” ever on a movie soundtrack???

🙂