When you get some of the music world's biggest names into one room, a sing-along is bound to happen. That's what went down when an 80-celeb-strong group gathered to re-record the 1985 charity single
"We Are the World" for Haitian earthquake relief on Monday.
"I was standing there, and an artist, Melanie Fiona, she was leaning on me — literally leaning on me — and I said, 'This is "We Are the World," not "Lean on Me"!' And then Celine Dion just started going on, actually," Musiq Soulchild told MTV News of how the impromptu "Lean on Me" sing-along kicked off. "Everybody started chiming in. It was very organic and not planned at all, and I kind of, like, huddled back, like, 'What just started?' "
Fiona said she had gotten a little restless after the marathon recording session. "We were standing for quite a while, and my feet started to hurt a little bit," she said. "So I said [to Musiq], 'I'm just going to lean on you,' and he said, 'This isn't "Lean on me," ' " she recalled. "And then Celine started singing, and the rest of what you saw is on camera, history."
Soulchild apologized to anyone who thought the sing-along was out of place. "It was a beautiful moment," he said. "It was wonderful, and I apologize if it was inappropriate. My bad. I'm sincere."
This report is from MTV News.
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