| "All Night Long (All Night)" | ||||||||
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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 (Radio 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)" was a 1983 hit single for Lionel Richie. Taken from his second solo album Can't Slow Down, it combined Richie's soulful Commodores style with Caribbean influences and contains an old Jamaican chant. This new, more dance approach proved popular, as the single reached number one on both the soul singles and Billboard Hot 100 [1]. and number two on the UK Singles Chart (for 3 weeks) being kept off by Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl". According to an episode of Reading Rainbow in which Richie guest-starred, the song's theme is about a party that lasts all night long.
An accompanying music video was produced by former Monkee and TV video pioneer Michael Nesmith[2].
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Charts
| Chart (1983) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Black Singles | 1 |
| U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 1 |
| UK Singles Chart | 2 |
| German Singles Chart | 2 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart | 3 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 8 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 8 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 8 |
Notable performances and other uses
Richie performed the song at the closing ceremony of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. He also performed the song as the concert's finale at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in 2006 in Oslo, Norway.
The song was featured in the pilot of Miami Vice as Ricardo Tubbs (Philip Michael Thomas) walks across the dance floor to the boss that killed his brother. In 2006, this song was used in a commercial promoting Mountain Dew MDX. In 2007, a cover of this song was used in a commercial for the Conrad Jupiters Hotel and Casino; it was also broadcast over IndyFM TV between races at the 2007 Gold Coast Indy 300. The Cheetah Girls song "Fuego" sampled parts from this song.
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]
He performed the song to a television audience of over 28 million at the American Idol 2009 grand finale, alongside 3rd-placed contestant, Danny Gokey.
The song is briefly played in the movie, The Fifth Element.
The song was used multiple times in the October 4 episode of The Cleveland Show.
References
Specific 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.
General references:
- The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits
External links
| Preceded by "Islands in the Stream" by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton |
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single November 12, 1983 – December 3, 1983 |
Succeeded by "Say Say Say" by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson |
| Preceded by "Ain't Nobody" by Rufus and Chaka Khan |
Billboard Hot Black Singles number-one single October 22, 1983 – December 3, 1983 |
Succeeded by "Time Will Reveal" by DeBarge |
| Preceded by "Islands in the Stream" by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton |
Australian Kent Music Report number-one single December 19, 1983 – January 23, 1984 |
Succeeded by "Original Sin" by INXS |
| Preceded by "Karma Chameleon" by Culture Club |
Dutch Top 40 number one single October 29, 1983 – November 19, 1983 |
Succeeded by "(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew" by Rock Steady Crew |
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