Endless Love (song) explained

Endless Love
Cover:Diana-Ross-Endless-Love.jpg
Caption:Cover art for UK, Italian, and Greek vinyl releases
Type:single
Artist:Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
B-Side:"Endless Love" (instrumental)
Released:26 June 1981 (US)[1]
Recorded:1981
Genre:R&B
Length:4:24
Label:Motown
Producer:Lionel Richie and James Anthony Carmichael

"Endless Love" is a song written by Lionel Richie and originally recorded as a duet between Richie and singer/actress Diana Ross. In this ballad, the singers declare their "endless love" for one another. It was covered by Luther Vandross with R&B-pop singer Mariah Carey, and also by country music singer Shania Twain. Richie's friend (and sometimes co-worker) Kenny Rogers also recorded the song. Billboard has named the original version as the greatest song duet of all time.[2]

About the record

Ross and Richie recorded the song for Motown, and it was used as the theme for Franco Zeffirelli's film adaptation of Scott Spencer's novel Endless Love. (Jamie Bernstein, as the character Susan, sings the song during the course of the movie.) Produced by Richie and arranged by Gene Page, it was released as a single from the film's soundtrack in 1981. While the film Endless Love was a modest box-office success, the song became the second-biggest selling single of the year (first was "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes) in the United States and reached number one on the Hot 100, where it stayed for nine weeks from August 15 to October 10, 1981. It also topped the Billboard R&B chart and the Adult Contemporary chart, and reached number seven in the United Kingdom. It also became the most successful duet of the rock era, surpassing the Everly Brothers' 1957 hit "Wake Up Little Susie", which spent four weeks at number one. Both songs spent six months on the chart, with "Endless Love" eclipsing the Everlys' hit by one week.[3]

Record World called it a "super ballad" that is "overflowing with drama and tenderness".[4]

The soulful composition became the biggest-selling single of Ross's career, and her 18th and final career number-one single in the USA (including her work with the Supremes). It is also Richie's best-charting single, and the first of several hits for him during the 1980s. The song was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for Richie, and was the second song with which Ross was involved that was nominated for an Oscar. It also won a 1982 American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Single. Ross recorded a solo version of the song for her first RCA Records album, Why Do Fools Fall in Love, the duet version being her last hit on Motown. Richie's solo version was released as track 10 on the 2003 remastered bonus edition of his 1982 album.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1981–1982)!scope="col"
Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 1
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[6] 1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[7] 6
Italy (Musica e dischi)[8] 24
South Africa (Springbok)[9] 1
US Hot Soul Singles (Billboard)[10] 1
US Cash Box Top 100[11] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1981)!scope="col"
Rank
Australia (Kent Music Report)[12] 8
Canada[13] 3
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[14] 48
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[15] 87
New Zealand[16] 42
South Africa[17] 6
UK[18] 76
US Billboard Hot 100[19] 2
US Cashbox[20] 1

All-time charts

Chart (1958–2018)!scope="col"
Position
US Billboard Hot 100[21] 18

Credits

Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey version

Endless Love
Cover:Endlesslove.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey
Album:Songs
Genre:
Length:4:21
Label:
Producer:Walter Afanasieff
Chronology:Luther Vandross
Prev Title:Never Let Me Go
Prev Year:1993
Next Title:Always and Forever
Next Year:1994

Walter Afanasieff produced Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey's cover of the song for Vandross' album Songs (1994), and it is known for being Carey's first "high-profile" duet (an earlier duet, "I'll Be There", was with the then-unknown background singer Trey Lorenz). At the 1995 Grammy Awards, the song was nominated in the new category of Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals, losing to "Funny How Time Slips Away" by Al Green and Lyle Lovett. Columbia Records later included the song on Carey's compilation album Greatest Hits (2001) and then again on her next compilation album, The Ballads (2008). It was released as the second single on August 26, 1994, from Songs, and on the 30th Anniversary Edition of Carey’s “Music Box” (2023).

Recording

Sony Music Entertainment President Tommy Mottola suggested that Vandross record Songs, an album of cover versions. Featuring Vandross' versions of songs like Stephen Stills' "Love the One You're With", Heatwave's "Always and Forever", and Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly", the album was shaping up to be a major career accomplishment. To give the album a bigger boost, Mottola's then-wife, Mariah Carey, came up with the idea to remake "Endless Love" as a duet with her. Lionel Richie and Diana Ross had originally recorded "Endless Love" in 1981, and the song spent nine weeks at number 1. Although Luther's album was already set to contain one Lionel Richie composition, "Hello", it was obvious that having the most-popular female artist on the Sony label singing on the album would be a benefit.[22]

Critical reception

AllMusic senior editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine highlighted the track.[23] Larry Flick from Billboard noted that it is "framed with beautiful, swelling strings (how 'bout those harps and rolling drums at the song's climax!)." He added, "Carey is at her most colorful and effective here, fluttering around Vandross' distinctive phrasing with ease and agility."[24] Steve Baltin from Cash Box deemed it "a guaranteed smash." He explained further, "The passionate song is the perfect vehicle for their emotive singing styles. In addition, they know not to argue with success, staying true to the original."[25] Entertainment Weeklys Jeremy Helligar wrote that the album might very will give Vandross a number one hit with "Endless Love" but still called the song "drippy."[26] A reviewer from Music & Media commented, "A compliment should go out to the casting director, who brought together two partners of equal magnitude to render the plush duet Diana Ross & Lionel Richie made famous."[27] Alan Jones from Music Week gave it four out of five, adding that the song "finds Vandross and Carey singing around each other, rather than with each other". He noted further, "They do so against a backing track that is almost identical to the original, and the result will be identical too – a Top 10 hit."[28]

Commercial performance

On the US Billboard Hot 100, "Endless Love" debuted on September 10, 1994, at number 31 and peaked at number two. The song became Luther Vandross' highest-charting pop hit ever and gave Lionel Richie his first top-10 single as a songwriter in seven years. It became Vandross's fifth top-10 single and Carey's 12th. It remained in the top 40 for 13 weeks and was ranked number 56 on the Hot 100 1994 year-end chart. It was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

The song was a success outside the United States, reaching the top of the chart in New Zealand (for five weeks) and the top five in the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, and the Netherlands. It also reached the top 20 in most of the countries. It was certified Platinum in Australia by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARUA) and in New Zealand by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ). The song has sold and streamed over 400,000 units in the UK.

Music video

Two music videos were released for the single; one features Carey and Vandross recording the song in a studio, and the other shows the two performing the song live at Royal Albert Hall. The latter performance is included on the Luther Vandross: From Luther with Love music video collection in DVD format.

Track listings

  1. "Endless Love" – 4:21
  2. "Endless Love" (instrumental) – 4:22
  1. "Endless Love" – 4:21
  2. "Endless Love" (Mariah only) – 4:22
  3. "Endless Love" (Luther only) – 4:22
  4. "Endless Love" (instrumental) – 4:22
  1. "Endless Love" – 4:21
  2. "Endless Love" (instrumental) – 4:22
  3. "Never Too Much (live) – 5:00
  4. "Any Love" (live) – 5:22
  5. "She Won't Talk to Me" (live) – 5:14

Personnel

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (1994)Peak
position
Canada Retail Singles (The Record)[29] 14
Canada Contemporary Hit Radio (The Record)8
Canada Pop Adult (The Record)[30] 4
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)[31] 7
Europe Adult Contemporary (Music & Media)[32] 3
Europe Dance Radio (Music & Media)[33] 4
Europe Hit Radio (Music & Media)[34] 3
Europe Airplay (Music & Media)[35] 7
Europe Airplay (Music & Media)3
Europe Airplay (Music & Media)2
Europe Airplay (Music & Media)[36] 1
Europe Airplay (Music & Media)[37] 12
Europe Airplay (Music & Media)[38] 4
Europe Airplay (Music & Media)3
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[39] 11
Germany (Official German Charts)[40] 14
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[41] 5
Italy (Musica e dischi)[42] 8
Poland (LP3)[43] 14
UK Airplay (Music Week)[44] 2
US Cash Box Top 100 Pop Singles[45] 3
US Adult Contemporary (Radio & Records)[46] 4
US CHR/Top 40 (Radio & Records)[47] 4
US Hot AC/Adult CHR (Radio & Records)[48] 12
US Urban Contemporary (Radio & Records)[49] 6

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)Rank
Australia (ARIA)[51] 27
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[52] 20
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[53] 56
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[54] 52
European Hot 100 Singles (Music & Media)43
European Hit Radio (Music & Media)[55] 36
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[56] 38
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[57] 62
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[58] 58
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[59] 10
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[60] 77
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[61] 49
UK Singles (OCC)[62] 44
US Billboard Hot 100[63] 56
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)88
US Adult Contemporary (Radio & Records)[64] 28
US Contemporary Hit Radio (Radio & Records)46
US Urban (Radio & Records)69

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)
United StatesAugust 26, 1994Columbia[66]
United KingdomSeptember 5, 1994Epic[67]

Lionel Richie and Shania Twain version

Endless Love
Cover:Lionel Richie & Shania Twain - Endless Love.png
Type:single
Artist:Lionel Richie featuring Shania Twain
Album:Tuskegee
Released:February 7, 2012
Recorded:2011
Length:4:18
Label:Universal Music Nashville
Chronology:Lionel Richie
Prev Title:All Night Long
Prev Year:2011
Next Title:Say You, Say Me
Next Year:2012

Lionel Richie re-recorded the song in 2011 as a duet with Canadian country pop singer Shania Twain. It was released as the lead single from his album Tuskegee on February 7, 2012. The recording process of the song was documented in the final episode of Twain's reality docudrama series, Why Not? with Shania Twain, which aired on June 12, 2011.

Music video

A music video for the song was recorded in The Bahamas in February 2012. Directed by Paul Boyd, the video was released to country music channels CMT and GAC on March 23, 2012.

Charts

Year-end charts

See also

External links

Notes and References

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