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Tears Are Not Enough
1985 single by Northern Lights
Tears Are Not Enough
"Tears Are Not Enough" is a 1985 charity single recorded by a supergroup of Canadian artists, under the name Northern Lights, to raise funds for relief of the 1983–85 famine in Ethiopia. It was one of a number of charity singles of that time frame such as "Do They Know It's Christmas?", "We Are the World", "Cantaré, cantarás" , "Éthiopie" and "Les Yeux de la faim". Although recorded independently of the USA for Africa project, it was included on the full-length We Are the World album. The project was organized by Bruce Allen, who brought together a large group of artists to record a song written by David Foster, Jim Vallance, Bryan Adams, Rachel Paiement, Paul Hyde and Bob Rock. Foster and Vallance wrote the music and initial lyrics, Adams completed the English-language lyrics, Paiement wrote the one French-language verse, Rock & Hyde contributed the song title. The song was recorded on February 10, 1985, at Manta Sound studios in Toronto. Foster revealed the melody of the song was originally...
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