All Night Long (All Night) Explained

All Night Long (All Night)
Cover:All Night Long All Night.jpg
Caption:7" cover
Type:single
Artist:Lionel Richie
Album:Can't Slow Down
B-Side:Wandering Stranger
Released:August 31, 1983[1]
Genre:
Length:
  • 4:20
  • 6:25
Label:Motown
Producer:
  • Lionel Richie
  • James Anthony Carmichael
Prev Title:My Love
Prev Year:1983
Next Title:Running with the Night
Next Year:1983

"All Night Long (All Night)" is a song by American singer and songwriter Lionel Richie from his second solo album, Can't Slow Down (1983). The song combined Richie's Commodores style with Caribbean influences. The single reached number one on three Billboard charts (pop, R&B and adult contemporary).[5] In the UK, it peaked at number two on the singles chart.[6]

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 "Tam bo li de say de moi ya" and "Jambo jumbo", were in fact gibberish.[7] 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.[8]

Reception

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."[9]

Music video

An accompanying music video for "All Night Long (All Night)" was produced by former Monkee and TV video pioneer Michael Nesmith and directed by Bob Rafelson.[10] [11]

Notable uses

Richie performed the song at the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[12]

The song was used in the pilot episode for Miami Vice, "Brother's Keeper". While Richie was supposed to appear in the episode to sing it, he was on tour at the time and could not make it to the filming location; an unnamed band plays the song in the episode.

The 1997 film The Fifth Element, introduces character Ruby Rhod singing a few notes of the song for his livestream broadcast. [13]

Richie performed the song live at the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize celebration.

In 2024, the song was featured in advertisements for Mattress Firm.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1983–1984)Peak
position
Argentina (CAPIF)[14] 3
Australia (Kent Music Report) [15] [16] 1
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[17] 1
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[18] 1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[19] 1
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[20] accessdate=17 January 2018
|align="center"|1|-|-|-|UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) [21] |align="center"|2|-|-|-|-|scope="row"|US Hot Black Singles (Billboard)[22] |align="center"|1|-|US Cash Box Top 100 [23] |align="center"|1|-|-|}

Year-end charts

Chart (1983)Rank
Australia (Kent Music Report)[24] 87
Canada[25] 18
South Africa[26] 6
UK[27] 10
US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[28] 5
US Cash Box[29] 6

All-time charts

Personnel

Personnel as listed in the album's liner notes are:[32]

Chant vocals

Hoopa hollers

Production

2011 version (with Guy Sebastian)

All Night Long (All Night)
Cover:All Night Long Lionel Ritchie and Guy Sebastian.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Lionel Richie featuring Guy Sebastian
Released:18 March 2011[33]
Recorded:2011
Genre:Pop
Length:4:11
Producer:RedOne
Chronology:Lionel Richie singles
Prev Title:Just Go
Prev Year:2009
Next Title:Endless Love
Next Year:2012

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. The re-recorded version was produced by RedOne[34] and was released to iTunes Stores in Australia and New Zealand on 18 and 16 March, respectively.[35] [36]

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 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. The version was included on Collier's studio album, Djesse Vol. 1 (2018). The album peaked at number six on the Billboard Top Classical Albums and Top Jazz Albums.

Benjamin Ingrosso version

All Night Long (All Night)
Cover:All Night Long 2020.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Benjamin Ingrosso
Released:March 2019
Recorded:2019
Studio:Spotify Studios, Stockholm
Genre:Pop
Length:3:08
Label:TEN Music Group
Producer:Hampus
Prev Title:Behave
Prev Year:2018
Next Title:Happy Thoughts
Next Year: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.[37] [38] The rearranged version of the song, titled as "All Night Long (All Night) [2020 Edit]" was released on 17 July 2020.

Charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Sverigetopplistan[40]

Thijs Boontjes Version

“Deze Nacht” is a song by the Dutch musician [41] from 2020. The song is a Dutch-language adaptation of "All Night Long (All Night)" by Lionel Richie.

Boontjes first performed "Deze Nacht" on the morning show Sanders Vriendenteam on NPO 3FM. Due to enthusiastic responses, Boontjes decided to record a studio version of the song and release it as a single. The song reached 7th position in the Dutch Tip Parade. This was Boontjes' first hit. The song also reached the Tipparade in Flanders.

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.[42] [43]

See also

External links

Notes and References

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  2. Book: Johnson Publishing Company. Jet. 14 November 1983. Johnson Publishing Company. 54.
  3. Book: Billboard. 6 April 1985. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 105.
  4. Web site: Tom . Breihan . The Number Ones: Billy Ocean's "Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)" . . September 9, 2020. October 10, 2022.
  5. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004 . Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 492.
  6. Web site: UK singles chart details for 'All Night Long (All Night)' . officialcharts.com . 1 January 2020.
  7. News: Five surprising facts about Richie's classic 'All Night Long' . . Kirsten . Fleming . 21 September 2013.
  8. Id.
  9. Reviews. Cash Box. September 17, 1983. 2022-07-20. 10.
  10. Web site: Classic Motown: Lionel Richie . 24 February 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071018001701/http://classic.motown.com/artist.aspx?ob=ros&src=lb&aid=37 . 18 October 2007 . dmy-all.
  11. Web site: The Golden Age Of Music Video . 11 April 2012.
  12. Web site: HARRIS . RICKI . The Story of Cuba Gooding Jr.'s 1984 Olympic Break Dancing Performance . ABC News . 2 April 2019 . en . 22 August 2016.
  13. Web site: Le Cinquième Élément . .
  14. News: Las canciones más populares en Latinoamérica. La Opinión (Los Angeles). es. 14 April 1986. 20. 26 June 2024.
  15. Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W . 1993. 0-646-11917-6.
  16. Web site: Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 Singles 1984 . Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien . 12 February 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161231075129/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=27161&pages=2 . 31 December 2016 .
  17. Web site: RPM 50 Singles – November 26, 1983. RPM. 17 July 2013 . Library and Archives Canada. 3 April 2019.
  18. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 1983-11-19 . 2019-10-26.
  19. Book: Pennanen, Timo. Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021. 2021. Lionel Richie. 215. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. Helsinki. 4 July 2022. fi.
  20. http://www.rock.co.za/files/sa_charts_1969_1989_songs_(A-B).html
  21. Web site: The Official Charts Company - Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night) . . 28 March 2011.
  22. Lionel Richie Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs). Billboard. March 28, 2011.
  23. Web site: Cash Box Top 100 Singles, December 3, 1983 . 25 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150603033214/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19831203.html . 3 June 2015 . dead .
  24. Web site: Kent Music Report – National Top 100 Singles for 1983 . . Imgur.com . January 22, 2023.
  25. Web site: Top 100 Singles of 1983 – Volume 39, No. 17, December 24 1983 . . . March 3, 2018.
  26. Web site: Top 20 Hit Singles of 1983. 26 December 2018.
  27. Top 50 Singles of 1983 . . Spotlight Publications . London, England . 25 . 25 December 1983.
  28. Book: Whitburn, Joel . 1999 . Pop Annual . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin . Record Research Inc. . 0-89820-142-X.
  29. Web site: Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 31, 1983 . 25 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190516174621/https://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/1983YESP.html . 16 May 2019 . dead .
  30. Web site: Kent Music Report No 548 – 31 December 1984 > National Top 100 Singles for 1984. Kent Music Report. Imgur.com. 22 January 2023.
  31. Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart. Billboard. 10 December 2018.
  32. Can't Slow Down . 1983 . booklet . Motown.
  33. http://www.itunescharts.net/aus/artists/music/lionel-richie/songs/all-night-long-2011-mix-feat-guy-sebasti/ "iTunesCharts.net: 'All Night Long (2011 Mix) [feat. Guy Sebastian]' by Lionel Richie (Australian Songs iTunes Chart)"
  34. Adams, Cameron (26 February 2011) Lionel Richie and Guy Sebastian have teamed up to record a charity single for earthquake relief. The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Retrieved 27 February 2011
  35. Web site: All Night Long (2011 Mix) feat. Guy Sebastian - Single . iTunes Store Australia . 28 March 2011.
  36. Web site: All Night Long (2011 Mix) feat. Guy Sebastian - Single . iTunes Store New Zealand . 28 March 2011.
  37. TENMusicGroup. 1118080949042991104. BenjyIngrosso's single "All Night Long (All Night)" is certified Gold in Sweden. 16 April 2019.
  38. TENMusicGroup. 1138797642702630914. .@BenjyIngrosso's @spotify single "All Night Long (All Night)" is certified Platinum in Sweden Big congratulations Benjamin Raising hands #allnightlong. 12 June 2019. 2 December 2020.
  39. Web site: Årslista Singlar, 2019. Sverigetopplistan. 13 November 2021.
  40. Web site: Sverigetopplistan. Sverigetopplistan.
  41. Web site: 2021-03-07. 2021-01-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20210116150135/https://www.npo3fm.nl/nieuws/3fm/389392-van-cover-naar-3fm-megahit-deze-nacht-van-thijs-boontjes. Van cover naar 3FM Megahit: 'Deze nacht' van Thijs Boontjes.
  42. Web site: Enrique Iglesias announces new single. Copsey. Robert. 2010-04-28. Digital Spy. en-GB. 2019-07-04.
  43. Web site: Enrique Iglesias lanza su nueva canción 'I Like it' con Pitbull . 22 July 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110720143608/http://www.que.es/musica/201005011829-enrique-iglesias-pitbull-lanzan-i-like-it.html . 20 July 2011 . dead . dmy-all .

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