Say You, Say Me

"Say You, Say Me"
Single by Lionel Richie
from the album Dancing on the Ceiling
B-side	Can't Slow Down
Released	November, 25 1985
Format	CD single, 7" single, 12" single
Recorded	1985
Genre	Pop, Adult contemporary
Length	4:03
Label	Motown
Writer(s)	Lionel Richie
Producer	Lionel Richie, Narada Michael Walden
Lionel Richie singles chronology

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"Say You, Say Me" is an Oscar winning song, written and recorded by Lionel Richie for the film White Nights, starring Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines.^[1] The single hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B singles charts^[2] in December 1985. It became Richie's ninth number one on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.^[3] The track is not available on the soundtrack album to the film, because Motown did not want Richie's first single since the Can't Slow Down album to appear on another record label. It finally appeared on the Dancing on the Ceiling album released in 1986.

In 2008, the song was ranked at #74 of the top songs of all time on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, commemorating the first 50 years of the chart.^[4]

[edit] Cultural references

Richie partially parodied his own song to "Hey You, Beer Me" for Homer Simpson when he guest starred as himself on The Simpsons.
Parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic featured a segment of the song in his "Polka Party!" polka medley.
Richie parodied his own song in an advert for British crisp manufacturers Walkers.
This song was also featured twice in Rio when Blu tries to make a move on Jewel, and when Tulio and Linda look at each other in macaw costumes (disguised as performers).

Chart (1985)	Peak position
Austrian Singles Chart	6
French Singles Chart	4
German Singles Chart	12
Japan Hot 100	25
Norwegian Singles Chart	1
Swedish Singles Chart	1
Swiss Singles Chart	1
UK Singles Chart^[1]	8
US Billboard Hot 100	1
US Billboard Hot Black Singles	1
US Billboard Adult Contemporary	1

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 136. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 492.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 204.
^ The Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs (80-71). Billboard.com.

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