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You left out Bruce Sprinsteen in the soloist list. 2600:1009:B14B:B799:DBB:2E52:5365:DCA9 (talk) 05:40, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Bob Geldof talks about his involvement in USA for Africa in a BBC interview with Alan Yentob:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001dr0s/in-conversation-with-alan-yentob-series-1-2-sir-bob-geldof

42:38 timesetamp for Bob's initial phone call from Harry Belafonte and Michael Jackson about making an American version. 86.189.141.96 (talk) 14:08, 5 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The statement that it has raised "more than $63 million ($156 million today)" has been marked as dubious. I don't know when that figure relates to, possibly early after its release, but the exective producer Ken Kragen states in this presumably more recent video that it has raised $80 million so far. ^[1] Natahmad (talk) 06:44, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It feels weird to single out Prince for not participating. Suggest removing that section. Anyone have any thoughts? 2601:280:4D81:5F20:0:0:0:1 (talk) 07:37, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Greatest Night in Pop (2024) proves otherwise. ShiranuiAensland (talk) 15:11, 8 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

4 x Platinum is not 8 million sales, it's 4 million; see the RIAA site itself. After platinum sales (2 million at the time) the shorthand for N millions of sales is just N x Platinum, even though that would seem to imply math, it's not real math. Otherwise there's no way to say 3 million sales or any other odd number. The RIAA site clearly states 4 million in sales, which is written as 4xPlatinum 128.255.234.12 (talk) 04:30, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sales are not certifications. If the song sold 8 million copies, it is the job of Columbia Records to contact the RIAA and get the song certified. They haven't. (CC) Tbhotch^™ 05:16, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The hyperlink for musician / keyboardist John Barnes is incorrect. It links to a John Barnes page which states he was a British saxophone player. This must be a different John Barnes as the one on this records was a LA musician and not British who started his career with Motown and collaborated with Michael Jackson ~2026-72546-6 (talk) 16:51, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Removed. Tbhotch^™ (CC BY-SA 4.0) 18:23, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]