All Night Long (All Night)
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"All Night Long" is a hit single for Lionel Richie
from 1983. Taken from his second solo album, Can't Slow Down, it combined Richie's soulful Commodores
style with Caribbean
influences. This new, more dance approach proved popular, as the single reached number one on three Billboard charts
(pop, R&B and adult contemporary). In the UK, it was kept off the top spot by Billy Joel
's "Uptown Girl
", peaking at number two on the UK Singles Chart
for three weeks.
and TV video pioneer Michael Nesmith
.
in Los Angeles, California
. He performed the song at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in 2006 in Oslo
, Norway
as the concert's finale. He has also performed the song on the American Idol
2009 grand finale and at the 2010 AFL Grand Final Replay.
Jason Mraz
performs a cover of the song on his album, Jason Mraz's Beautiful Mess - Live On Earth.
Denton, Texas, rock band South San Gabriel
covered the song on the EYAS split EP with Centro-matic. Their version is a deconstructed, stripped-down cover, hardly recognizable from the original.
Sampling
2 - The version that was released as a single in 1983 was an edit version. For this commercial release it was decided that the album version was too long and therefore the song (just like the guitarsolo in "Running with the night" single version) was cut shorter. For instance the xylophone part was cut out. The single version clocks at 4:19
3 - In 1983, at the same time as the 7"edit, the album version was released as a 12" version.
4 - On the 2003 release "Can't slow down - Deluxe version" a "real" 12" version was released which clocks at 6:42. This version actually has additional lyrics (a.o. "What more can I say, let the music play") at the end of the song. This version had not been released before.
in 2011. All proceeds will go towards the Queensland Floods and New Zealand Earthquake Appeal. The re-recorded version was produced by RedOne
and was released to iTunes Store
s in Australia and New Zealand on March 18 and 16 respectively.
It debuted on the New Zealand Singles Chart at number twelve on March 21, 2011 and on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart
at number twenty-six on March 28, 2011.
2011 version (featuring Guy Sebastian)
Lionel Richie
Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. , is an American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Since 1968, he has been a member of the musical group Commodores signed to Motown Records...
from 1983. Taken from his second solo album, Can't Slow Down, it combined Richie's soulful Commodores
Commodores
The Commodores are an American funk/soul band of the 1970s and 1980s. The members of the group met as mostly freshmen at Tuskegee Institute in 1968, and signed with Motown in November 1972, having first caught the public eye opening for The Jackson 5 while on tour...
style with Caribbean
Caribbean music
The music of the Caribbean is a diverse grouping of musical genres. They are each syntheses of African, European, Indian and native influences, largely created by descendants of African slaves...
influences. This new, more dance approach proved popular, as the single reached number one on three Billboard charts
Billboard charts
The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...
(pop, R&B and adult contemporary). In the UK, it was kept off the top spot by Billy Joel
Billy Joel
William Martin "Billy" Joel is an American musician and pianist, singer-songwriter, and classical composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, according to...
's "Uptown Girl
Uptown Girl
"Uptown Girl" is a song written and performed by musician Billy Joel, first released in 1983 on his album An Innocent Man. The lyrics describe a working-class "downtown man" attempting to woo a wealthy "uptown girl." The single peaked at #3 on the Billboard charts in the US, and #1 in the UK,...
", peaking at number two on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
for three weeks.
Music video
An accompanying music video was produced and directed by former MonkeeThe Monkees
The Monkees are an American pop rock group. Assembled in Los Angeles in 1966 by Robert "Bob" Rafelson and Bert Schneider for the American television series The Monkees, which aired from 1966 to 1968, the musical acting quartet was composed of Americans Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork,...
and TV video pioneer Michael Nesmith
Michael Nesmith
Robert Michael Nesmith is an American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, novelist, businessman, and philanthropist, best known as a member of the musical group The Monkees and star of the TV series of the same name...
.
Notable performances
Richie performed the song at the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...
in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
. He performed the song at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in 2006 in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
as the concert's finale. He has also performed the song on the American Idol
American Idol
American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
2009 grand finale and at the 2010 AFL Grand Final Replay.
Jason Mraz
Jason Mraz
Jason Thomas Mraz , also known as Mr. AZ and Mr. Raz, is an American singer-songwriter. Mraz released his debut album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come, which contained the hit single "The Remedy ", in 2002, but it was not until the release of his second album, "Mr. A-Z", in 2005, that Mraz achieved...
performs a cover of the song on his album, Jason Mraz's Beautiful Mess - Live On Earth.
Denton, Texas, rock band South San Gabriel
South San Gabriel (band)
South San Gabriel is an alternative country band based in Denton, Texas.The band is named after the San Gabriel river fork north of Austin, Texas. The group consists of the same players from Centro-matic with the inclusion of guests, but focuses on more introspective and subdued offerings from...
covered the song on the EYAS split EP with Centro-matic. Their version is a deconstructed, stripped-down cover, hardly recognizable from the original.
Sampling
- The Cheetah GirlsThe Cheetah Girls (recording artists)The Cheetah Girls were an American girl group consisting of Adrienne Bailon, Sabrina Bryan and Kiely Williams. The group was created by The Walt Disney Company, and made famous by the eponymous Disney Channel original film and its sequels, The Cheetah Girls 2 and The Cheetah Girls: One World...
song "FuegoFuego (The Cheetah Girls song)"Fuego" is a song by The Cheetah Girls, and is the second single from their second studio album, TCG. On their official MySpace profile, the girls described the song as a "party anthem" with "Latin influences", and a sample of Lionel Richie's '80's hit single "All Night Long ". The song was...
" sampled parts from the song. - The bridge section of the song was also sampled heavily in Cry IndiaUmbozaUmboza were a house duo from Germany composed of Stuart Crichton and Michael Kilkie. They recorded for Positiva Records.Umboza released a single entitled "Cry India" in 1995 which was a hit both in the U.S. and the UK which was based around a sample of Lionel Richie's hit All Night Long. The song...
, a 1995 hit by UK dance act UmbozaUmbozaUmboza were a house duo from Germany composed of Stuart Crichton and Michael Kilkie. They recorded for Positiva Records.Umboza released a single entitled "Cry India" in 1995 which was a hit both in the U.S. and the UK which was based around a sample of Lionel Richie's hit All Night Long. The song...
. - Spanish singer Enrique IglesiasEnrique IglesiasEnrique Iglesias is a Spanish pop music singer, a son of singer Julio Iglesias.Enrique started his musical career on Mexican label Fonovisa...
sampled the song on his song, "I Like ItI Like It (Enrique Iglesias song)"I Like It" is a song performed by Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias taken from his first bilingual studio album, Euphoria. It was produced by RedOne and interpolates Lionel Richie's 1983 "All Night Long " as well as featuring American rapper Pitbull and was released on May 3, 2010. The song was also...
" featuring PitbullPitbull (rapper)Armando Christian Pérez , better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records...
, from his album, EuphoriaEuphoria (Enrique Iglesias album)Euphoria is the ninth studio album by Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias. The album is a joint-release by Universal Republic and Universal Music Latino and was released on July 5, 2010 internationally and in the US on July 6, 2010...
.
In popular culture
- U.S. military personnel told Richie that "All Night Long (All Night)" was playing in the nighttime streets of Baghdad during the 2003 invasion of Iraq2003 invasion of IraqThe 2003 invasion of Iraq , was the start of the conflict known as the Iraq War, or Operation Iraqi Freedom, in which a combined force of troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland invaded Iraq and toppled the regime of Saddam Hussein in 21 days of major combat operations...
.
Versions
1 - The original album version which clocks at 6:25.2 - The version that was released as a single in 1983 was an edit version. For this commercial release it was decided that the album version was too long and therefore the song (just like the guitarsolo in "Running with the night" single version) was cut shorter. For instance the xylophone part was cut out. The single version clocks at 4:19
3 - In 1983, at the same time as the 7"edit, the album version was released as a 12" version.
4 - On the 2003 release "Can't slow down - Deluxe version" a "real" 12" version was released which clocks at 6:42. This version actually has additional lyrics (a.o. "What more can I say, let the music play") at the end of the song. This version had not been released before.
Remix version
Richie recorded a remix of the song with Australian singer-songwriter Guy SebastianGuy Sebastian
Guy Theodore Sebastian is an Australian pop, R&B, and soul singer-songwriter who was the first winner of Australian Idol in 2003. He is currently a judge on the Australian version of The X Factor. Sebastian has released six top ten platinum/multi platinum albums, including a number-one and...
in 2011. All proceeds will go towards the Queensland Floods and New Zealand Earthquake Appeal. The re-recorded version was produced by RedOne
RedOne
Nadir Khayat , known by the stage name RedOne, is a Moroccan producer and songwriter. Renowned for co-producing hit singles such as "Just Dance", "Poker Face", "LoveGame", "Bad Romance", "Alejandro" and "Judas", he is attributed by some as the key to Lady Gaga's success...
and was released to iTunes Store
ITunes Store
The iTunes Store is a software-based online digital media store operated by Apple. Opening as the iTunes Music Store on April 28, 2003, with over 200,000 items to purchase, it is, as of April 2008, the number-one music vendor in the United States...
s in Australia and New Zealand on March 18 and 16 respectively.
It debuted on the New Zealand Singles Chart at number twelve on March 21, 2011 and on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
at number twenty-six on March 28, 2011.
Charts
Original 1983 version| Chart (1983) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Singles (The Official Charts Company UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... ) |
2 |
2011 version (featuring Guy Sebastian)
| Chart (2011) | Peak position |
|---|
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.)