Hello (Lionel Richie song)

"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), and the Adult Contemporary chart (for six weeks). The song also went to number one on the UK Singles Chart for six weeks.

"Hello"
Single by Lionel Richie
from the album Can't Slow Down
B-side"You Mean More to Me"
ReleasedFebruary 13, 1984 (1984-02-13)
Recorded1983
Genre
  • Pop
  • quiet storm
  • soft rock
Length4:08
LabelMotown
Songwriter(s)Lionel Richie
Producer(s)
Lionel Richie singles chronology
"Running with the Night"
(1983)
"Hello"
(1984)
"Stuck on You"
(1984)
Music video
"Lionel Richie - Hello (Official Music Video)" on YouTube

The song was subject to a lawsuit by songwriter Marjorie Hoffman White, who accused Richie of plagiarizing her 1978 composition "I'm Not Ready to Go".

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