Released: January 1, 1986

Featuring: Eric Bloom Tommy Aldridge Yngwie Malmsteen Ted Nugent Spinal Tap Night Ranger W.A.S.P. Journey Giuffria Rough Cutt Y&T Vanilla Fudge Queensrÿche Twisted Sister Mötley Crüe Dokken Quiet Riot Iron Maiden Judas Priest Dio

Songwriter: Dio Jimmy Bain Vivian Campbell

Producer: Dio

[Intro: Ronnie James Dio]
Who cries for the children? I do...

[Verse 1]
Dave Meniketti (Y&T):
Sometime in the night, when you're feeling the cold
Ronnie James Dio:
Take a look at the sky above you
Rob Halford (Judas Priest):
Those are faces in the light, if the story were told
Ronnie James Dio:
They are calling you, calling you
Yeah

[Pre-Chorus 1]
We are magic in the night
Kevin DuBrow (Quiet Riot):
We are shadow, we are light
Dave Meniketti:
We are forever you and I

[Chorus (vocal lead: Rob Halford)]
We're stars
We're stars

[Verse 2]
Eric Bloom (Blue Öyster Cult):
We can be strong, we are fire and stone
Paul Shortino (Quiet Riot, Rough Cutt):
And we all want to touch a rainbow
Geoff Tate (Queensrÿche):
But singers and songs will never change it alone
We are calling you, calling you

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Don Dokken (Dokken):
We're the beating of a heart
The beginning we're the start
Paul Shortino:
Forever we will shine
Yeah

[Chorus (vocal leads: Paul Shortino, Don Dokken, Ronnie James Dio, Geoff Tate)]
We're stars
We're stars
We're stars
We're stars

[Guitar solos]
1st solo: Craig Goldie/Eddie Ojeda
2nd solo: Vivian Campbell/Brad Gillis
3rd solo: Neal Schon/George Lynch
4th solo: Yngwie Malmsteen/Vivian Campbell
5th solo: George Lynch/Carlos Cavazo
6th solo: Brad Gillis/Craig Goldie/Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser

[Pre-Chorus 3]
Kevin DuBrow:
We are magic in the night
Rob Halford:
We are shadow, we are light
Geoff Tate:
We are forever you and I

[Chorus (vocal leads: Dave Meniketti, Eric Bloom, Rob Halford)]
We're stars
We're stars
We're stars
We're stars

[Outro Chorus]
We're stars, yeah
We're stars
We are shadow, we are light
We're stars
We are magic in the night
We're stars, oh yeah
We're stars
We're stars
We are magic in the night
We're stars
We are shadow, we are light

We're stars
We're stars
We're stars
We're the magic
We're stars
We're stars
We're the beating of a heart

We're stars
Forever we will shine
We're stars
We're stars
We're stars
We're stars

Hear ’N Aid

Hear ‘N Aid was a one-off project that was a collaboration of various heavy metal/hard rock artists in 1985 gathered to raise money for famine relief in Africa. It was made in response to other charity collabs such as Band Aid and USA For Africa. They produced one compilation album, Stars, which contained the title track by the band as well as various live cuts and studio recordings by other bands.

The many, many bands and artists that participated in this project included:

Dio

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