All Night Long (All Night)

"All Night Long (All Night)" is a hit single by American singer Lionel Richie from 1983. Taken from his second solo album, Can't Slow Down (1983), it combined Richie's soulful Commodores style with Caribbean influences. This new, more dance music, pop-inspired approach proved popular, as the single reached number one on three Billboard charts (pop, R&B and adult contemporary).[4] In the UK, it peaked at number two on the singles chart.[5]

"All Night Long (All Night)"
7" cover
Single by Lionel Richie
from the album Can't Slow Down
B-side"Wandering Stranger"
ReleasedAugust 31, 1983[1]
Format
Genre
Length
  • 4:20 (single edit)
  • 6:19 (album version)
LabelMotown
Songwriter(s)Lionel Richie
Producer(s)
  • Lionel Richie
  • James Anthony Carmichael
Lionel Richie singles chronology
"My Love"
(1983)		 "All Night Long (All Night)"
(1983)		 "Running with the Night"
(1983)
Music video
"All Night Long (All Night)" on YouTube

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 made-up gibberish of his own invention.[6] 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.[7]

Music video

An accompanying music video was produced by former Monkee and TV video pioneer Michael Nesmith and directed by Bob Rafelson.[8][9]

Notable performance

Richie performed the song at the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[10]

Charts and certifications

Personnel

Personnel as listed in the album's liner notes are:[39]

  • Lionel Richie – lead vocals, producer, vocal arrangements, rhythm arrangements, backing vocals, Yamaha GS1 synthesizer, chant vocals
  • Greg Phillinganes – Yamaha GS1 synthesizer, gibberish vocals
  • Darryl Jones – guitar, gibberish vocals
  • Carlos Rios – guitar, gibberish vocals
  • Tim May – guitar
  • Abraham Laboriel – bass guitar
  • John "J.R." Robinson – drums
  • Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
  • Melinda Chatman – vocal sound effects, chant vocals, gibberish vocals
  • David Cochrane – background vocals, chant vocals
  • Calvin Harris – backing vocals, chant vocals
  • Richard Marx – backing vocals, chant vocals
  • Deborah Thomas – backing vocals, chant vocals
  • Kin Vassy – backing vocals
  • Diane Burt – chant vocals
  • Dr. Lloyd Byro Greig – chant vocals
  • Brenda Harvey-Richie – chant vocals
  • Jeanette Hawes – chant vocals
  • Janice Marie Johnson – chant vocals
  • Deborah Joyce Richie – chant vocals
  • Suzanne Stanford – chant vocals and gibberish vocals
  • Marilyn Ammons – gibberish vocals
  • Sue Ann Butler – gibberish vocals
  • Sheldon J. Cohn, Esq. – gibberish vocals
  • Sandy Dent-Crimmel – gibberish vocals
  • Ruth Diaz – gibberish vocals
  • Sylvia Genauer – gibberish vocals
  • Rejauna Lynn Green – gibberish vocals
  • Gabrielle Greig – gibberish vocals
  • Sally Greig – gibberish vocals
  • Tanya Greig – gibberish vocals
  • David Malvin – gibberish vocals
  • Alison Maxwell – gibberish vocals
  • Jerry Montes – gibberish vocals
  • John Michael Montes – gibberish vocals
  • Billy "Bass" Nelson – gibberish vocals
  • Randy Stern – gibberish vocals
  • Wilbert Terrell – gibberish vocals
  • Susan Wood – gibberish vocals
Production
  • James Anthony Carmichael – producer, chant vocals
  • Steve Crimmel – second recording engineer
  • David Egerton – second recording engineer, gibberish vocals
  • Mark Ettel – second recording engineer

2011 version (with Guy Sebastian)
"All Night Long (All Night)"
Single by Lionel Richie featuring Guy Sebastian
Released18 March 2011[40]
FormatDigital download
Recorded2011
GenrePop
Length4:11
Songwriter(s)Lionel Richie
Producer(s)RedOne
Lionel Ritchie singles chronology
"Just Go"
(2009)		 "All Night Long (All Night)"
(2011)		 "Endless Love"
(2012)
Guy Sebastian singles chronology
"Who's That Girl"
(2010)		 "All Night Long"
(2011)		 "Don't Worry Be Happy"
(2011)

Richie recorded a new version of the song with Australian singer Guy Sebastian in 2011. All proceeds went towards the Queensland floods and New Zealand earthquake appeal.[41] The re-recorded version was produced by RedOne[41] and was released to iTunes Stores in Australia and New Zealand on 18 and 16 March, respectively.[42][43]

Charts

It debuted on the New Zealand Singles Chart at number twelve on 21 March 2011[44] and on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart at number twenty-six on 28 March 2011.[45]

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[45] 26
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[44] 12

Jacob Collier version

In 2018, English singer, arranger, composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier collaborated with Take 6 and the Metropole Orkest on a version of "All Night Long". Collier's arrangement won the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals.

Benjamin Ingrosso version
"All Night Long (All Night)"
Single by Benjamin Ingrosso
ReleasedMarch 2019
FormatStreaming
Recorded2019
StudioSpotify Studios, Stockholm
GenrePop
Length3:08
Songwriter(s)Lionel Richie
Producer(s)Hampus
Benjamin Ingrosso singles chronology
"Behave"
(2018)		 "All Night Long (All Night)"
(2019)		 "Happy Thoughts"
(2019)

In 2019, Swedish singer Benjamin Ingrosso 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.[46]

Charts
Chart (2019) Peak
position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[47] 5

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Sweden (GLF)[48] Platinum 8,000,000
Norway (IFPI Norway)[49] Gold 30,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Samplings

Parts of the song were used in "I Like It", a 2010 song composed by Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull, and RedOne with samplings from Lionel Richie as the 1983 classic is interpolated after the first and third choruses.[50][51] The release was a big hit for Enrique Iglesias featuring Pitbull. The song was also included in Iglesias's 2010 album Euphoria.

The Tanzanian singer Diamond Platnumz samples part of the song in his 2016 hit single "Kidogo" that features Nigerian duo P-Square.[52]

"Liar" by Camila Cabello sampled the classic song of Lionel Richie by interpolation of the melody accompanying the lyrics "Fiesta, forever".

See also

References
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  49. {{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/TENMusicGroup/status/1225048708011778048%7Ctitle="All Night Long (All Night)" and "I'll Be Fine Somehow" are both certified Gold in Norway|website=Twitter|date=6 February 2020|accessdate=15 June 2020
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  52. Diamond Platnumz YouTube channel - Diamond Platnumz ft P'square - "KIDOGO" (Official Video)
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