"Missed Opportunity: Lionel Richie's Regret Over Excluding Madonna from 'We Are the World'"
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Lionel Richie regrets not asking Madonna to sing on the 1985 charity track "We Are the World," choosing Cyndi Lauper instead, but now realizes he made a mistake. He explained that they needed recognizable voices for the song and that Lauper had that quality. Richie admitted his regret during an interview with Jimmy Kimmel and acknowledged that they should have included both Madonna and Lauper.
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