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All Night Long (All Night)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = All Night Long (All Night)
| cover = All Night Long All Night.jpg
| alt =
| caption = 7" cover
| type = single
| artist = Lionel Richie
| album = Can't Slow Down
| B-side = Wandering Stranger
| released = August 31, 1983
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre =
* Reggae
* calypso
* pop
| length = * 4:20
* 6:25
| label = Motown
| writer = Lionel Richie
| producer = * Lionel Richie
* James Anthony Carmichael
| prev_title = My Love
| prev_year = 1983
| next_title = Running with the Night
| next_year = 1983
| misc =
}}
"'All Night Long (All Night)'" is a hit single by American singer and songwriter Lionel Richie from 1983. Taken from his second solo album, 'Can't Slow Down' (1983), it combined Richie's soulful Commodores style with Caribbean influences. This new, more dance music, pop-inspired approach proved popular, as the single reached number one on three 'Billboard' charts (pop, R&B and adult contemporary). In the UK, it peaked at number two on the singles chart.
The song lyrics were written primarily in English, but Richie has admitted in at least one press interview that "African" lyrics in the song, such as "Tom bo li de say de moi ya" and "Jambo jumbo", were in fact his sui generis dialects. Richie has described these portions of the song as a "wonderful joke", written when he discovered that he lacked the time to hire a translator to contribute the foreign-language lyrics he wished to include in the song.Id.
'Cash Box' summed up its review of the single saying "Richies command of these diverse musical elements and shifts in melodic direction is as impressive as it is pleasureable."
Music video
An accompanying music video for "All Night Long (All Night)" was produced by former Monkee and TV video pioneer Michael Nesmith and directed by Bob Rafelson.
Notable uses
Richie performed the song at the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
The song was used in the pilot episode for 'Miami Vice', "Brother's Keeper". While Richie was supposed to appear in the episode to sing it, he was on tour at the time and couldn't make it to the filming location; an unnamed band plays the song in the episode.
Charts and certifications
'Original 1983 version'
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
All-time charts
Certifications
Personnel
Personnel as listed in the album's liner notes are:
* Lionel Richie lead vocals, producer, vocal arrangements, rhythm arrangements, backing vocals, Yamaha DX7 synthesizer, chant vocals
* Greg Phillinganes Yamaha GS1 synthesizer, gibberish vocals
* Darryl Jones guitar, gibberish vocals
* Carlos Rios guitar, gibberish vocals
* Tim May guitar
* Abraham Laboriel bass guitar
* John "J.R." Robinson drums
* Paulinho Da Costa percussion
* Melinda Chatman vocal sound effects, chant vocals, gibberish vocals
* David Cochrane background vocals, chant vocals
* Calvin Harris backing vocals, chant vocals
* Richard Marx backing vocals, chant vocals
* Deborah Thomas backing vocals, chant vocals
* Kin Vassy backing vocals
* Diane Burt chant vocals
* Dr. Lloyd Byro Greig chant vocals
* Brenda Harvey-Richie chant vocals
* Jeanette Hawes chant vocals
* Janice Marie Johnson chant vocals
* Deborah Joyce Richie chant vocals
* Suzanne Stanford chant vocals and gibberish vocals
* Marilyn Ammons gibberish vocals
* Sue Ann Butler gibberish vocals
* Sheldon J. Cohn, Esq. gibberish vocals
* Sandy Dent-Crimmel gibberish vocals
* Ruth Diaz gibberish vocals
* Sylvia Genauer gibberish vocals
* Rejauna Lynn Green gibberish vocals
* Gabrielle Greig gibberish vocals
* Sally Greig gibberish vocals
* Tanya Greig gibberish vocals
* David Malvin gibberish vocals
* Alison Maxwell gibberish vocals
* Jerry Montes gibberish vocals
* John Michael Montes gibberish vocals
* Billy "Bass" Nelson gibberish vocals
* Randy Stern gibberish vocals
* Wilbert Terrell gibberish vocals
* Susan Wood gibberish vocals
;Production
* James Anthony Carmichael producer, chant vocals
* Steve Crimmel second recording engineer
* David Egerton second recording engineer, gibberish vocals
* Mark Ettel second recording engineer
2011 version (with Guy Sebastian)
Richie recorded a new version of the song with Australian singer Guy Sebastian in 2011. All proceeds went towards the Queensland floods and New Zealand earthquake appeal. The re-recorded version was produced by RedOneAdams, Cameron (26 February 2011) [http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/lionel-ritchie-and-guy-sebastian-have-teamed-up-to-record-a-charity-single-for-earthquake-relief/story-e6frewz0-1226012196472 Lionel Richie and Guy Sebastian have teamed up to record a charity single for earthquake relief]. 'The Daily Telegraph' (Sydney). Retrieved 27 February 2011 and was released to iTunes Stores in Australia and New Zealand on 18 and 16 March, respectively.
Charts
It debuted on the New Zealand Singles Chart at number twelve on 21 March 2011 and on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart at number twenty-six on 28 March 2011.Jacob Collier version
In 2018, English singer, arranger, composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier collaborated with Take 6 and the Metropole Orkest on a version of "All Night Long". Collier's arrangement won the 2020 Grammy Award for 'Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals'. The version was included on Collier's studio album, 'Djesse Vol. 1' (2018). The album peaked at number six on the Billboard Top Classical Albums and Top Jazz Albums.
Benjamin Ingrosso version
In 2019, Swedish singer Benjamin Ingrosso recorded a version at the Spotify studios, Stockholm. It was released in March 2019 and peaked at number 5 on the Swedish charts and was certified platinum in June 2019. The rearranged version of the song, titled as "All Night Long (All Night) [2020 Edit]" was released on 17 July 2020.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
[https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/search?query=benjamin%20ingrosso Sverigetopplistan]
Samplings
Parts of the song were used in "I Like It", a 2010 song composed by Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull, and RedOne with samplings from Lionel Richie as the 1983 classic is interpolated after the first and third choruses.
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.)
References
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