Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night)

[Soulsista]

Released in the fall of 1983 as the first single from his Can't Slow Down album. This is one of his biggest hits, topping the Hot 100 for 4 weeks and the R&B chart for 7 weeks.

[Dreams]

I love Lionel's music and that whole album, but never *loved* this particular song. It's cool though and it sure gets you on your feet.

Diana Ross' "Touch By Touch" always sounded to me like a ripoff of this. Also, "All Night Long" was interpolated in Enrique Iglesias' 2010 hit "I Like It".

[Deleted]

I like it. One of my favorite solo singles by him.

[🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲]

Love it! Classic jam!!!

[disman00911]

Easily Lionel Richie's best song from the 80s.  Often heard it as an 80s flashback on Lite FM 93.9 and 100.3 when I was younger.

[🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲]

Music video:

[areyoureadytojump]

40 years ago this week, "All Night Long (All Night)" debuted at #62 on the September 17, 1983 Billboard Hot 100. It was the highest debut that week.

Live in 1984:



Lip-sync performance:



Live in 1987:



en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Night_Long_(All_Night)

#1 R&R: gghunt.utasites.cloud/charts/lrichie.html
#1 Cash Box
#1 Dance
#2 UK

[jdanton2]

Lionel is probably my favorite male artist of the 80's and this was his biggest solo song . however i think he had much better songs that are probably not as remembered now.

[🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲]

#277 on Billboard's 500 Greatest Pop Songs

You Know What It Is: The Caribbean-vibed generational hit that never fails to get the party started.

Who Put the Bomp: Boosting the track’s infectious energy are in-demand session/tour musicians like keyboardist Greg Phillinganes (Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson), Brazilian percussionist Paulinho da Costa (Earth, Wind & Fire, Madonna) and drummer John “JR” Robinson (Quincy Jones, Steve Winwood). And the back-up choir includes future hitmaker Richard Marx.

The Sun Always Shines on T.V.: After the Monkees’ Michael Nesmith produced and Bob Rafelson (Five Easy Pieces, The Last Picture Show) directed the 1983 track’s video, Richie sang the song during the closing ceremonies at the 1984 Olympics. A house band cover of “All Night Long” was also featured in the pilot episode of the pivotal ‘80s TV series Miami Vice.