Can't Slow Down (Lionel Richie album)

Can't Slow Down
Studio album by Lionel Richie
Released	October 11, 1983
Recorded	March-September 1983
Genre	Pop,R&B, Soul, World
Length	40:56
Label	Motown
Producer	James Anthony Carmichael, David Foster, Lionel Richie
Lionel Richie chronology
Lionel Richie (1982) Can't Slow Down (1983) Dancing on the Ceiling (1986)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Robert Christgau	(B+)
Rolling Stone

Can't Slow Down is the title of Lionel Richie's second solo album, which was released on October 11, 1983. The album reached #1 on the Billboard album chart on December 3, 1983, where it stayed for three weeks once it did. It also spent 59 consecutive weeks inside the Top 10 (including the whole year of 1984) and a total of 160 weeks (over three years) on the Billboard 200. After being the third best-selling album of 1984, it went on to win a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1985 and sold over 15 million copies worldwide by 1986.

Can't Slow Down achieved the feat of having every single released hit the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Two songs, "Hello" and "All Night Long (All Night)", both went to #1. Other hits include "Stuck on You" (US #3), "Running With the Night" (US #7), and "Penny Lover" (US #8).

The single "Stuck on You" also reached #24 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart (now Hot Country Songs).

Appearances in popular culture

• In 2002, the song "Running with the Night" appeared in the soundtrack for the popular video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, on the in-game pop radio station Flash FM.
• The song "Love Will Find a Way" has been sampled in the track "I Don't Like to Dream About Gettin' Paid" by Long Beach rap duo Tha Dogg Pound.
• "Hello" was covered by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes on their album Take a Break. It has also been covered by Paul Anka on his album Rock Swings and Luther Vandross on his album Songs (Luther Vandross album).
• Can't Slow Down is shown on the Family Guy episode "Stewie Kills Lois", where Peter says to Lois Griffin, "Great album Lois, great album. I didn't know who I was until I heard this album," after buying her the album for her birthday. The song he was listening to in the cutaway scene was "Hello."
• Steve Lukather performs the long guitar solo on Running With The Night.

Track listing

• All Songs Copyright Brockman Music, except where noted.

1. "Can't Slow Down" (David Cochrane, Richie) – 4:43
2. "All Night Long (All Night)" (Richie) – 6:25
3. "Penny Lover" (Brenda Harvey Richie, Richie) – 5:35
4. "Stuck on You" (Richie) – 3:15
5. "Love Will Find a Way" (Greg Phillinganes, Richie; Copyright WB Music/Poopy's Music, Brockman Music) – 6:16
6. "The Only One" (David Foster, Richie; Copyright Foster Frees Music, Brockman Music) – 4:24
7. "Running with the Night" (Richie, Cynthia Weil; Copyright Brockman Music, Dyad Music) – 6:02
8. "Hello" (Richie) – 4:11

Personnel

• Israel Baker – Concert Master
• Brian Banks – Synthesizer Programming
• Harry Bluestone – Concert Master
• Michael Boddicker – Synthesizer, Vocoder
• Sonny Burke – Keyboards, Fender Rhodes
• Diane Burt – Vocals, Chant
• James Anthony Carmichael – Arranger, Vocals, Background Vocals, Producer, Chant
• Jim Cassell – Engineer
• Melinda Chatman – Sound Effects, Vocals
• Joe Chemay – Bass
• Terry Christian – Engineer
• Jane Clark – Engineer
• David Cochrane – Synthesizer, Guitar, Arranger, Background Vocals, Chant, Vocoder, Synthesizer Bass, Synthesizer Programming
• Steve Crimmel – Engineer
• Paulinho Da Costa – Percussion
• Nathan East – Bass
• David Egerton – Engineer
• Mark Ettel – Engineer
• Larry Ferguson – Engineer
• David Foster – Bass, Keyboards, Producer
• Humberto Gatica – Engineer, Mixing
• Dr. Lloyd Byro Greig – Vocals, Chant
• Bernie Grundman – Mastering
• Calvin Harris – Background Vocals, Engineer, Chant, Mixing
• Brenda Harvey Richie – Vocals, Chant, Production Assistant
• Jeanette Hawes – Vocals, Background Vocals, Chant
• John Hobbs – Piano, Fender Rhodes
• Mitch Holder – Guitar
• Janice Marie Johnson – Vocals, Chant
• Darryl Jones – Guitar
• Abraham Laboriel – Bass
• Fred Law – Mixing
• Paul Leim – Drums
• Steve Lukather – Guitar
• Anthony Marinelli – Synthesizer Programming
• Richard Marx – Vocals, Background Vocals, Chant
• Tim May – Acoustic Guitar
• Greg Phillinganes – Synthesizer, Vocals
• Jeff Porcaro – Drums
• Deborah Joyce Richie – Vocals, Chant
• Lionel Richie – Arranger, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals, Background Vocals, Producer, Chant
• Carlos Rios – Guitar
• John "J.R." Robinson – Drums
• Louie Shelton – Guitar
• Karen Siegel – Mixing
• Suzanne Stanford – Vocals, Chant
• Fred Tackett – Acoustic Guitar
• Deborah Thomas – Vocals, Background Vocals, Chant
• Kin Vassy – Vocals

Chart positions

Chart (1983-1984)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	1
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	55
UK Albums Chart	1
Australian Albums Chart	1
Media Control Charts	2

See also

• List of best-selling albums worldwide
• List of best-selling albums in the United States

References

Preceded by Metal Health by Quiet Riot	Billboard 200 number-one album December 3 – December 23, 1983	Succeeded by Thriller by Michael Jackson
Preceded by Colour by Numbers by Culture Club Human's Lib by Howard Jones	UK number one album November 12, 1983 – November 18, 1983 March 31, 1984 – April 13, 1984	Succeeded by Colour by Numbers by Culture Club Now That's What I Call Music II by Various Artists
Preceded by Throbbin' '84 by Various artists	Australian Kent Music Report number-one album June 18 – July 8, 1984	Succeeded by Breaking Hearts by Elton John