All Night Long (All Night)
| "All Night Long (All Night)" | ||||
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 7" cover |
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| Single by Lionel Richie | ||||
| from the album Can't Slow Down | ||||
| B-side | "Wandering Stranger" | |||
| Released | October 1983 | |||
| Format | 7", 12" | |||
| Recorded | Spring 1983 | |||
| Genre | Pop, world beat | |||
| Length | 4:16 (Single edit) 6:25 (Album version) |
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| Label | Motown | |||
| Writer(s) | Lionel Richie | |||
| Producer | Lionel Richie James Anthony Carmichael |
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"All Night Long (All Night)" is a hit single for Lionel Richie from 1983. Taken from his second solo album, Can't Slow Down, it combined Richie's soulful Commodores style with Caribbean influences. This new, more dance approach proved popular, as the single reached number one on three Billboard charts (pop, R&B and adult contemporary).[1] In the UK, it was kept off the top spot by Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl", peaking at number two on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks.
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[edit] Music video
An accompanying music video was produced and directed by former Monkee and TV video pioneer Michael Nesmith.[2]
[edit] Notable performances
Richie performed the song at the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. He performed the song at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in 2006 in Oslo, Norway as the concert's finale. He has also performed the song on the American Idol 2009 grand finale and at the 2010 AFL Grand Final Replay.
Jason Mraz performs a cover of the song on his album, Jason Mraz's Beautiful Mess - Live On Earth.
Denton, Texas, rock band South San Gabriel covered the song on the EYAS split EP with Centro-matic. Their version is a deconstructed, stripped-down cover, hardly recognizable from the original.
- Sampling
- The Cheetah Girls song "Fuego" sampled parts from the song.
- The bridge section of the song was also sampled heavily in Cry India, a 1995 hit by UK dance act Umboza.
- Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias sampled the song on his song, "I Like It" featuring Pitbull, from his album, Euphoria.
[edit] In popular culture
- U.S. military personnel told Richie that "All Night Long (All Night)" was playing in the nighttime streets of Baghdad during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.[3]
[edit] Versions
1 - The original album version which clocks at 6:25.
2 - The version that was released as a single in 1983 was an edit version. For this commercial release it was decided that the album version was too long and therefore the song (just like the guitarsolo in "Running with the night" single version) was cut shorter. For instance the xylophone part was cut out. The single version clocks at 4:19
3 - In 1983, at the same time as the 7"edit, the album version was released as a 12" version.
4 - On the 2003 release "Can't slow down - Deluxe version" a "real" 12" version was released which clocks at 6:42. This version actually has additional lyrics (a.o. "What more can I say, let the music play") at the end of the song. This version had not been released before.
[edit] Remix version
Richie recorded a remix of the song with Australian singer-songwriter Guy Sebastian in 2011. All proceeds will go towards the Queensland Floods and New Zealand Earthquake Appeal.[4] The re-recorded version was produced by RedOne[4] and was released to iTunes Stores in Australia and New Zealand on March 18 and 16 respectively.[5][6]
It debuted on the New Zealand Singles Chart at number twelve on March 21, 2011[7] and on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart at number twenty-six on March 28, 2011.[8]
[edit] Charts
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Original 1983 version
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2011 version (featuring Guy Sebastian)
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[edit] See also
- List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1983 (U.S.)
- List of number-one R&B singles of 1983 (U.S.)
- List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1983 (U.S.)
[edit] References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 492.
- ^ "Classic Motown: Lionel Richie". http://classic.motown.com/artist.aspx?ob=ros&src=lb&aid=37. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
- ^ John Berman. "Baghdad's Lionel Richie Obsession". Nightline. ABC News. http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=1974794&page=1.
- ^ a b Adams, Cameron (26 February 2011)Lionel Richie and Guy Sebastian have teamed up to record a charity single for earthquake relief. Daily Telegraph, Sydney. Retrieved 27 February 2011
- ^ "All Night Long (2011 Mix) feat. Guy Sebastian - Single". iTunes Store Australia. http://itunes.apple.com/au/album/all-night-long-2011-mix-feat/id426295932. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
- ^ "All Night Long (2011 Mix) feat. Guy Sebastian - Single". iTunes Store New Zealand. http://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/all-night-long-2011-mix-feat/id426294473. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
- ^ a b "Charts.org.nz – Lionel Richie feat. Guy Sebastian – All Night Long 2011". Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 March, 2011.
- ^ a b "Australian-charts.com – Lionel Richie feat. Guy Sebastian – All Night Long 2011". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 March, 2011.
- ^ "Lionel Richie – All Night Long (All Night) – Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
- ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche – musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Lionel Richie – All Night Long (All Night)" (in Dutch). Mega Single Top 100. Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
- ^ "Charts.org.nz – Lionel Richie – All Night Long (All Night)". Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
- ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Lionel Richie – All Night Long (All Night)". VG-lista. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
- ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Lionel Richie – All Night Long (All Night)". Singles Top 60. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
- ^ "Lionel Richie – All Night Long (All Night) – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
- ^ "Chart Stats - Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night)". UK Singles Chart. Chart Stats. http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=10824. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
- ^ "Lionel Richie Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Lionel Richie. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
- ^ "Lionel Richie Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Adult Contemporary Songs for Lionel Richie. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
- ^ "Lionel Richie Album & Song Chart History" Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for Lionel Richie. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
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- 1983 singles
- Lionel Richie songs
- Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
- Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one singles
- Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one singles
- Number-one singles in Australia
- Dutch Top 40 number-one singles
- RPM Top Singles number-one singles
- Songs written by Lionel Richie
- Multilingual songs
