| "All Night Long (All Night)" | ||
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| Single by Lionel Richie from the album Can't Slow Down |
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| Released | July 1983 | |
| Recorded | Spring 1983 | |
| Length | 6:25 | |
| Writer | Richie | |
"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 . An accompanying music video was directed by former Monkee and TV video pioneer Michael Nesmith[1]. 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. The Cheetah Girls song "Fuego" copied parts from this song. The single made to chart at number 1 in the US.
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Popular in Iraq, Middle East
All Night Long, as well as its composer, Lionel Richie, are both popular among middle easterners, including Iraqis. Richie has performed for audiences in Morocco, Dubai, Qatar, and in April 2006 he performed his first show in Libya. Military personel reported to Richie that his song All Night Long was played into the streets of Baghdad throughout the night when the occupation began as American armed forces entered the city.[1]
Trivia
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- One of the dancers in the music video was a 17 year-old Lela Rochon.
- The only hit for the Commodores post-Richie, 1985's "Nightshift" had a very similar introduction as well as rhythm to "All Night Long".
- Richie performed the song at the closing ceremony of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
- In 1984, this 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 as the music for a commercial promoting the Mountain Dew MDX soft drink.
- This song is used as a motivational anthem for videogame testers during crunch time, particularly when they are working overtime late night shifts.
- In 2007, a cover of this song was used in a commercial for the Conrad Jupiters Hotel and Casino on the Gold Coast and was shown over the IndyFM TV between races at the 2007 Lexmark Indy 300.
Credits:
- Writer: Lionel Richie
- Producers: Lionel Richie, James Anthony Carmichael
| 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's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number one single October 22 - December 3, 1983 |
Succeeded by "Time Will Reveal" by DeBarge |
References
- The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits
- ^ Baghdad's Lionel Richie Obsession. ABC News.
