Lisa Lavie's 'We Are The World: YouTube Edition' Keeps Focus On Haiti

Diane Sawyer conducted an online interview today with Lisa Lavie, producer and editor behind the YouTube phenomenon, We Are The World: YouTube Edition. Lavie found individuals to play each of the 57 parts in Lionel Richie and Quincey Jones' original "We Are The World" video, and she encourages those who enjoyed her rendition to donate to Haiti relief through the We Are The World Foundation.

Lavie also links to the YouTube pages of all the individual artists who lent their vocals to this version.

Watch Sawyer's interview with Lavie from "World News Tonight":

Lavie's "We Are The World" has been viewed over 1.6 million times since it was first uploaded on February 20.

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Comments

[Paradigm Opinions]

07:54 AM on 03/21/2010

Lisa Lavie is amazing. This collaboration of We are the world, is out of this world. And her version of other songs is special. Hope she makes it big. Well done girl!

[ohjodi]

03:04 AM on 03/20/2010

WOW! ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!
So many incredible voices...........this makes the celebrity remake sound even worse than before, lol

[mawrm]

02:36 AM on 03/21/2010

No kidding, this ought to be the official We Are The World remix. That celebrity remake was a hot mess compared to this.