All Night Long (All Night)
"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). In the UK, it peaked at number two on the singles chart.
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| Single by Lionel Richie | ||||
| from the album Can't Slow Down | ||||
| B-side | "Wandering Stranger" | |||
| Released | August 31, 1983 | |||
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| Label | Motown | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Lionel Richie | |||
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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. 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.