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Michelle Obama creates song to aid young women's education

Obama recently asked Kelly Clarkson, Missy Elliott, and Janelle Monae to work on the song, 'This Is For My Girls.' The track will help raise money for the 'Let Girls Learn' program.

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First lady Michelle Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington in 2016.

Michelle Obama鈥檚 husband isn鈥檛 the only one getting involved with music, with President Obama recently appearing as "Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda rapped.

Obama recently ordered a song, 鈥淭his Is For My Girls,鈥 from songwriter Diane Warren, who has written the Oscar-nominated Lady Gaga song 鈥淭il It Happens To You鈥 and the Celine Dion song 鈥淏ecause You Loved Me.鈥澛

鈥淕irls,鈥 which is now available for download, features turns by singers including Kelly Clarkson, Missy Elliott, Janelle Monae, Zendaya, and many more.

The proceeds from the song will help with the Peace Corps Let Girls Learn Fund. The Peace Corps Let Girls Learn Program was created in 2015 by the Peace Corps and Mrs. Obama and works to help young women seek secondary education.聽

In about the creation of 鈥淕irls,鈥 Warren referenced a past song that was created to help a cause.

鈥淚t's kind of like 'We Are the World' meets 'Lady Marmalade' with these strong voices and strong women,鈥 Warren said. 鈥淲hen was the last time you heard a song like this or a record that had this many amazing divas on it? I'm really proud.鈥澛

In addition to 鈥淲e Are the World,鈥 which was recorded in 1985 with artists including Bruce Springsteen, Huey Lewis, and Cyndi Lauper and raised funds for the organization USA for Africa to battle poverty, 鈥淕irls鈥 also evokes the holiday-themed track 鈥淒o They Know it鈥檚 Christmas?鈥澛

鈥淐hristmas鈥 was first recorded in 1984 to attempt to help with hunger in Ethiopia and included work by U2 singer Bono, Phil Collins, and Sting, among many others.聽

Both were successes financially, with 鈥淐hristmas鈥 raising 拢8 million the year it was recorded and USA for Africa, the organization that benefited from 鈥淲orld,鈥 going on to raise more than $75 million.聽

Both 鈥淐hristmas鈥 and 鈥淲orld鈥 would go on to be re-recorded.聽

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