"Penny Lover" is the title of the fifth and final

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released from

Lionel Richie Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality. He rose to fame in the 1970s as a songwriter and the co-lead singer of funk band the Commodores; writing and recordi ...

's multi-platinum 1983 album, '' Can't Slow Down''. The song was written by Richie and his then-wife, Brenda Harvey Richie. As with all the other singles taken from ''Can't Slow Down'' (" All Night Long (All Night)", "

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", " Hello" and " Stuck on You"), "Penny Lover" was a top ten hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, spending two weeks at No. 8 in December 1984. The song reached an identical No. 8 peak position on the ''Billboard'' R&B chart, while on the ''Billboard''

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, the song logged four weeks at No. 1.Hyatt, Wesley (1999). ''The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits'' (Billboard Publications), page 288. On the UK Singles Chart, the song reached number 18. In Canada, it peaked at No. 12 on the '' RPM'' singles chart. In a song review printed in ''Billboard'' by an anonymous writer in 1984, "Penny Lover" was described as "another of his unfailingly effective universal-appeal ballads".

Music video

The music video was directed by Bob Giraldi, who had also directed "

" and " Hello".

Track listings

7" single # "Penny Lover" – 3:46 # "Tell Me" – 4:06 12" single # "Penny Lover" – 5:33 # "You Are" – 5:03 # "My Love" – 4:05

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Other versions

Jamaican reggae duo

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covered the song in 1997, from their album ''

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''. It features singer

Ambelique Owen George Anthony Silvera (born c.1956), better known as Ambelique, is a Jamaican reggae singer, primarily working in the lovers rock genre. Biography Born in Waltham Park, Kingston, Jamaica, Silvera began his career in the late 1960s, when he ...

, and the song also appears on his 1997 album ''Sings the Classics''. The single reached No. 94 on the UK Singles Chart.

References

External links

Single release info at Discogs
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See History 1983 songs 1984 singles Lionel Richie songs 1997 singles Sly and Robbie songs Music videos directed by Bob Giraldi Songs written by Lionel Richie Motown singles Song recordings produced by James Anthony Carmichael {{1980s-pop-song-stub