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"Hello" is a song by American singer and songwriter Lionel Richie. Taken as the third single from his second solo album, Can't Slow Down (1983), the song was released in 1984 and reached number one on three Billboard music charts: the pop chart (for two weeks), the R&B chart (for three weeks), [4] and the Adult Contemporary chart (for six weeks).
Written by Commodores lead singer Lionel Richie, the song is a slow ballad expressing a man's relief as a relationship ends. Rather than being depressed about the break-up, he states that he is instead "easy like Sunday morning"—something that Richie described as evocative of "small Southern towns that die at 11:30pm" on a Saturday night, such as his hometown Tuskegee, Alabama. [6]
Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality. He rose to fame in the 1970s as a songwriter and the co-lead singer of the Motown group Commodores; writing and recording the hit singles "Easy", "Sail On", "Three Times a Lady" and "Still" with the group before his departure.
I’m walking down the street and every day someone says [the name of his 1984 hit] “Hello.” I walk into a doctor’s office and they “Hello—oh, I’m sorry, Mr. Richie. I didn’t mean ...
"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.
Hello (Lionel Richie song) Heroes (Commodores song) Hey Ma (Cam'ron song) I. I Forgot; I Like It (Enrique Iglesias song) I Miss You (Webbie song) Into You (Fabolous ...
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. [38]
"Say You, Say Me" is a song written and recorded by American singer and songwriter Lionel Richie for the film White Nights. [2] The single hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 [3] and on the Hot Black Singles chart [4] in December 1985.