Vocon is an architecture and interior design firm based in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded in 1987, the firm is led by siblings Debbie Donley and Paul Voinovich.
A 30-minute video detailing the making of this song called We Are The World - The Video Event was sold on VHS, with proceeds going to USA for Africa. A DVD was issued in 2004, this time with extras like a Karaoke track, Michael Jackson's guide vocal, and solo tracks from Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan.
The song was directed by Emilio Estefan and his wife, Gloria Estefan. We Are the World 25 for Haiti is musically structured similar to We Are the World, but includes a rap verse which was written by some of the song's hip hop artists.