Tears Are Not Enough opens with footage from Brian Stewart's original CBC News report on the Eithopian famine, and then cuts to the performers singing the song in a studio. Near the end of the video, footage also appears from the 1985 NHL All-Star game in Calgary, depicting the players singing along as the audience waves flags and banners in the air. The chorus members include Paul Anka, Liona Boyd, John Candy, Tom Cochrane, Tommy Hunter, Martha Johnson, Eugene Levy, Frank Mills, Kim Mitchell, Oscar Peterson, Paul Shaffer, Jane Siberry, and Sylvia Tyson.