David Cochrane – background vocals, chant vocals.

Melinda Chatman – vocal sound effects, chant vocals, gibberish vocals.

Darryl Jones – guitar, gibberish vocals.

Greg Phillinganes – Yamaha GS1 synthesizer, gibberish vocals.

Lionel Richie – lead vocals, producer, vocal arrangements, rhythm arrangements, backing vocals, Yamaha DX7 synthesizer, chant vocals.

Personnel as listed in the album's liner notes are: Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard) Īll-time charts Chart (1958–2018) UK Singles ( The Official Charts Company) Original 1983 version Weekly charts Chart (1983–84) While Richie was supposed to appear in the episode to sing it, he was on tour at the time and couldn't make it to the filming location an unnamed band plays the song in the episode. The song was used in the pilot episode for Miami Vice, ' Brother's Keeper'. Richie performed the song at the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Īn accompanying music video was produced by former Monkee and TV video pioneer Michael Nesmith and directed by Bob Rafelson.

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. 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 'Tom bo li de say de moi ya' and 'Jambo jumbo', were in fact his sui generis dialects. In the UK, it peaked at number two on the singles chart. This new, more dance music, pop-inspired approach proved popular, as the single reached number one on three Billboard charts (pop, R&B and adult contemporary). Taken from his second solo album, Can't Slow Down (1983), it combined Richie's soulful Commodores style with Caribbean influences. ' All Night Long (All Night)' is a hit single by American singer Lionel Richie from 1983.

Lionel richie all night long lyrics