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"All Night Long (All Night)" is a hit single by American singer and songwriter Lionel Richie from 1983. Taken from his second solo album, ''
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'' (1983), it combined Richie's soulful
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style with Caribbean influences. This 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. '' Cash Box'' summed up its review of the single saying "Richie’s command of these diverse musical elements and shifts in melodic direction is as impressive as it is pleasureable."


Music video

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for "All Night Long (All Night)" was produced by former
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and TV video pioneer
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and directed by
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.


Notable uses

Richie performed the song at the closing ceremonies of the
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. The song was used in the pilot episode for ''
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'', " 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
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are: * Lionel Richie – lead and backing vocals, Yamaha GS-1 synthesizer, rhythm and vocal arrangements *
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– Yamaha GS-1 synthesizer * Darrell Jones – guitar * Carlos Rios – guitar * Tim May – guitar *
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– bass guitar * John "J.R." Robinson – drums * Paulinho da Costa – percussion * Melinda Chatman – vocal sound effects *
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– backing vocals; horn, rhythm and string arrangements * David Cochrane – backing vocals * Calvin Harris – backing vocals * Richard Marx – backing vocals * Deborah Thomas – backing vocals *
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– backing vocals Chant vocals * Diane Burt, James Anthony Carmichael, Melinda Chatman, David Cochrane, Dr. Lloyd Byro Greig, Calvin Harris, Brenda Harvey-Richie, Jeanette Hawes, Janice Marie Johnson, Richard Marx, Deborah Joyce Richie, Lionel Richie, Suzanne Stanford and Deborah Thomas Hoopa hollers * Marilyn Ammons, Sue Ann Butler, Melinda Chatman, Sheldon J. Cohn, Esq., Sandy Dent-Crimmel, Ruth Diaz, David Egerton, Sylvia Genauer, Rejauna Lynn Green, Gabrielle Greig, Sally Greig, Tanya Greig, Darrell Jones, David Malvin, Alison Maxwell, Jerry Montes, John Michael Montes, Billy "Bass" Nelson, Greg Phillinganes, Carlos Rios, Suzanne Stanford, Randy Stern, Wilbert Terrell and Susan Wood Production * Lionel Richie – producer * James Anthony Carmichael – producer * Calvin Harris – recording engineer * 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
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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
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s 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
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collaborated with
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and the Metropole Orkest on a version of "All Night Long". Collier's arrangement won the 2020
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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
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and
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.


Benjamin Ingrosso version

In 2019, Swedish singer
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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) 020 Edit was released on 17 July 2020.


Charts


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


Certifications


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Samplings

Parts of the song were used in " I Like It", a 2010 song composed by Enrique Iglesias,
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, and RedOne with samplings from Lionel Richie as the 1983 classic is
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after the first and third choruses.


See also

*
List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1983 (U.S.) These are the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number one hits of 1983. The longest running number-one single of 1983 is "Every Breath You Take" by the Police at eight weeks. That year, 9 acts reached number one for the first time: Toto, Patti Austin, Ja ...
* List of number-one R&B singles of 1983 (U.S.) *
List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1983 (U.S.) Adult Contemporary is a chart published by ''Billboard'' ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in the adult contemporary music (AC) market. In 1983, 18 songs topped the chart, based on playlists submitted by radio stations. In t ...


References


External links


List of cover versions of "All Night Long (All Night)"
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