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The Greatest Night in Pop ()

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On January 28th 1985, dozens of the era's most popular musicians gathered in Los Angeles to record a charity single for African famine relief. Setting egos aside, they collaborated on a song that would make history.
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  • Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 3 wins & 11 nominations.
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Cast

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Harriet Sternberg ...
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Directed by

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Bao Nguyen

Produced by

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Paul Brownstein ... executive producer: for USA for Africa
Lina Caicedo ... archive producer
Jackie Clary ... additional archive producer
Amit Dey ... executive producer
Rich Eckersley ... story producer
Erin Elliott ... field producer: LA
Bruce Eskowitz ... producer
Lindsey Michelle Gardner ... line producer: NY (as Lindsey Gardner)
Piper Gates ... associate producer
Eden Hastings ... post producer
George Hencken ... producer
Melissa Jacobson ... additional archive producer
Larry Klein ... producer
Kent Kubena ... co-producer
Terry Leonard ... co-producer
Joyce Liu ... associate producer (as Joyce Liu-Countryman) / associate producer
Danielle Mandel ... field producer
Lena Mesiano ... line producer: LA
Julia Nottingham ... producer
Reed Penney ... field producer
Becky Read ... executive producer
Lionel Richie ... producer
Matthew Sanderson ... post producer
Richard Sterling ... field producer
Harriet Sternberg ... producer
Lisa Stevens ... story producer
Angus Wall ... executive producer
Ariane Wu ... executive producer

Music by

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Darren Morze
Goh Nakamura

Cinematography by

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Caleb Heller ... director of photography

Editing by

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David Brodie
Nic Zimmermann
Will Znidaric

Editorial Department

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Emma Comans ... post production supervisor
Ric Crossley ... first assistant editor
Michael Engelken ... additional editor
Stephen Erdmann ... assistant editor (as Steve Erdmann)
Steve Erdmann ... assistant editor
Tom Fenaille ... digital imaging technician
George Geanopulos ... assistant editor
Katy Gorman ... di assistant
Carlos Haynes ... additional editor
Caroline Hodge ... additional editor
Stacy Kessler-Aungst ... post production supervisor: US
Jennie Millar ... di assistant
Luke Peckham ... digital imaging technician
Mohammed Rahman ... additional editor
Elliot Riella ... Flame Artist / on-line editor
Eli Schwartz ... post-production coordinator
Joe Stabb ... digital intermediate colorist
David Weitzel ... post-production assistant: US
Dora Siyi Wu ... assistant editor (as Dora Wu)

Art Direction by

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Hanrui Wang

Makeup Department

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Sarah Ault ... hair stylist
Maxine Christians ... hair & make up artist: LA
Nil Muir ... hair & make up artist: LA
Torsten Witte ... glam to Lionel Richie

Production Management

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Ella Cook ... head of production
Donna Ferry ... executive in charge of production
Kara Rozansky ... production executive
Louise Shrimpton ... production manager (as Lou Shrimpton)

Art Department

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Mauricio Marces ... art production assistant
Kristen Nelson ... art production assistant
Heather Uroff ... art assistant / art production assistant

Sound Department

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Gavin Allingham ... re-recording mixer
Delroy Cornick ... sound recordist
Richard Gallagher ... dialogue editor
Adam Grass ... audio supervisor
Filip Stefanowski ... foley mixer
Michal Wilczewski ... foley mixer
Jacek Wisniewski ... foley artist

Visual Effects by

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Chris Chalklen ... motion graphics designer

Camera and Electrical Department

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Justin Bennett ... lighting director
Kevin Chiu ... best boy grip
Nausheen Dadabhoy ... camera operator
Sunil Devadanam ... first assistant camera
Rob Exner ... key grip
Eric Fahey ... gaffer
Tom Fenaille ... second assistant camera
John Fisher ... g&e swings
Joseph Kosty ... g&e swings / gaffer
Felipe Larrondo ... first assistant camera
Jun Li ... camera operator
Adam LoNigro ... best boy
Hayden Miller ... grip
Kenneth Nguyen ... still photographer
Luke Peckham ... second assistant camera
Jake Reeder ... key grip
Andres Reynoso ... g&e swings
Rich Robles ... key grip
Nobuyoshi Sakurai ... first assistant camera
Brandon Taylor ... key grip
Isaak van der Meulen ... gaffer
Brandon W. Ziegenfuss ... camera operator

Music Department

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Greg Ansin ... original music recording engineer
Tim Bulkley ... musician: drummer & percussionist
Karen Crossan ... music coordinator
Art Hirahara ... musician: keyboardist
Linden Joseph ... additional music
Shin Kawasaki ... audio assistant
Masaru Koga ... musician: saxophonist & flutist
Anthony J. Resta ... opening title production & mix engineer
Karyadi Sutedja ... opening title production & mix engineer
Gary Welch ... music supervisor
Gretchen O'Neal ... music research: 818 Music Group (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Anfernee Aguado ... production assistant: LA
Josh Braun ... sales agency: Submarine
David Breskin ... archival materials courtesy of: Cassette Tapes
Matt Burke ... sales agency: Submarine
Laura Centeno ... production accountant
Natalia Christabelle ... re-creation supporting artist
Marisa Cole ... re-creation supporting artist
Jay Cooper ... attorney: USA for Africa
Tae Daaz ... production assistant: LA
Rashpal Dhaliwal ... production executive
Henry Diltz ... archival materials courtesy of
Mehmet Edip ... re-creation supporting artist
Sam Emerson ... archival materials courtesy of (as Sam Emerson/Polaris)
Cameron Farmer ... re-creation supporting artist
Jonathan G. Fisher ... production legal services: Donaldson Callif Perez, LLP (as Jonathan Fisher)
Danielle Goking ... re-creation supporting artist (as Danielle 'Nellie' Goking)
Lloyd Grieg ... chair of board (USA for Africa) (as Dr. Lloyd Greig)
Fergus Haycock ... head of legal & business affairs
Jerry Johnson ... production coordinator: LA
Jvar ... re-creation supporting artist
James Kay ... production legal services: Sheridans
Sami Kelly ... archival researcher
Telma Lima ... production accountant
Eric Lipmann ... archival materials courtesy of
Serena Lung ... office production assistant
Mauricio Marces ... production assistant: LA
Don Marin ... pass van & set production assistant
Sonny Melendrez ... archival materials courtesy of
Bennett Melley ... eq truck & set production assistant
Logan Michelle ... production assistant: LA
Dale Nelson ... production legal services: Donaldson Callif Perez, LLP
Kenneth Nguyen ... production assistant: LA
Tanya Perera ... exec. committee member & board legal advisor: USA for Africa
Chris Polito ... production coordinator: LA
Ed Rada ... treasurer & exec. committee member: USA for Africa
Isabelle Rivera ... production assistant: LA
Rio Sato ... Dubbing Producer
Ann Scharnhorst ... production assistant: LA
Tara Smith ... production legal services: Sheridans
Marcia Thomas ... director: USA for Africa
Uriel Uribe ... production assistant: LA
Kelsey Van Den Bergh ... MRC Creative Executive
Syd Walsh ... producer's assistant: NY
Katie Witt ... production assistant: LA

Thanks

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Mark Aguilar ... special thanks
Zemetah Alemayo ... very special thanks
S.A. Baron ... thanks: archival materials
Harry Belafonte ... in loving memory of
Samantha Benson ... special thanks
Jeremy Berney ... special thanks
Nina Bombardier ... special thanks
Josh Braun ... special thanks
Christopher Buchanan ... thanks: archival materials
Chuong Bui ... special thanks
Ray Charles ... in loving memory of
Christina Chou ... special thanks
Amaya Crump ... special thanks
Emma Crump ... special thanks
Mika Crump ... special thanks
Taro Crump ... special thanks
Sam Emerson ... very special thanks
Bruce Eskowitz ... special thanks
Faryal Ganjehei ... special thanks
Craig Golin ... very special thanks
Mike Guastella ... special thanks to (creditOnly) / very special thanks
James Ingram ... in loving memory of
Michael Jackson ... in loving memory of
Kim Jakwerth ... special thanks
Al Jarreau ... in loving memory of
Michael Jensen ... special thanks
Rick Korn ... thanks: archival materials
Emma Kragen ... thanks: archival materials
Ken Kragen ... in loving memory of
Mark Kraus ... special thanks
Jon Landau ... special thanks
Aidan Vu Le ... special thanks
Anderson Le ... special thanks
Jenni Trang Le ... special thanks
Amanda Lebow ... special thanks
Duke Leonard ... special thanks
Lindsay Leonard ... special thanks
Phan Gia Nhat Linh ... special thanks (as Phan Nhat Linh)
April Grebb Malley ... very special thanks (as April Malley)
Kristin Malley ... special thanks
Mary Jo Mennella ... very special thanks
Giang Nguyen ... special thanks
Kenneth Nguyen ... special thanks
Lich Nguyen ... special thanks
Anita Pointer ... in loving memory of
June Pointer ... in loving memory of
Kelsey Porter ... special thanks
Phil Quartararo ... special thanks (as Phil Quateraro)
Kenny Rogers ... in loving memory of
Dawn Saltzman ... special thanks
Ham Tran ... special thanks
Mai Tran ... special thanks
Tom Trbovich ... very special thanks
Tina Turner ... in loving memory of
John Tynan ... special thanks
John Tynan ... special thanks
Cathy Worthington ... thanks: archival materials

Production Companies

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Distributors

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  • Netflix (2024) (United States) (video) (VOD)
  • Netflix (2024) (World-wide) (video) (VOD)

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Additional Details

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Also Known As
  • Greatest Night in Pop (United States)
  • Greatest Night of Pop (United States)
  • Check Your Ego at the Door (United States)
  • La gran noche del pop (Spain)
  • 流行乐最传奇一夜 (China, Mandarin title)
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Runtime
  • 96 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia The documentary goes into detailing several first-hand accounts of why Prince was not on the song. However, the documentary fails to include that Prince did, in fact, donate a song to the "We Are the World" album, (released April 23, 1985) "4 The Tears in Your Eyes", and made an accompanying live performance video for the song, which premiered on the "Live-Aid" concert broadcast on July 13, 1985. In addition, Prince detailed his "side of the story" with the song "Hello", a B-side to the "Pop Life" single in the US (released in July 1985), and the B-side to "Raspberry Beret" single in the UK. See more »
Goofs Bruce Springsteen's last concert before the recording was in Syracuse, not Buffalo . See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in Episode 929: Perfect Days + I.S.S. (2024). See more »
Quotes Paul Simon: If a bomb lands on this place, John Denver is back on top.
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