USA for Africa song

Question

What could be the probable reasons for Rod Stewart, Brian Adams , Elton John, Sting not in this beautiful song?

The reason being there nationality is not American?

Thanks & Regards,

Prashant S Akerkar

PiedPiper · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-18T20:31:05.123

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"USA for Africa" was the American response to the "Band Aid" project ( "Do They Know It's Christmas?", 1984) which featured mainly British and Irish artists, so almost all the artists on "We Are the World" are US-Americans (the founder of Band Aid, Bob Geldorf, who is Irish, sang in the chorus).
Rod Stewart, Elton John and Sting are British and Bryan Adams is Canadian.

edited Dec 18 '20 at 20:31

answered Dec 18 '20 at 19:44

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Thank you. I couldn't locate Bob Geldorf in the chorus. Can you assist? – Prashant Akerkar Dec 19 '20 at 13:41
@PrashantAkerkar He's listed on the Wikipedia page – PiedPiper Dec 19 '20 at 18:12

USA for Africa song

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