All Night Long (All Night)

"All Night Long (All Night)" is a hit single by American singer-songwriter Lionel Richie from 1983. Taken from his second solo album, Can't Slow Down (1983), it combined Richie's soulful Commodores style with Caribbean influences. 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). Richard Marx contributed backing vocals as an unknown until his 1987 debut album appeared.

In the UK, the song was kept off of the top spot by Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl", peaking at number two on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks.

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 made-up gibberish of his own invention. 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.

Music video
An accompanying music video was produced by former Monkee and TV video pioneer Michael Nesmith and directed by Bob Rafelson.

Notable performance
Richie performed the song at the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Weekly charts
Original 1983 version

Personnel
Personnel as listed in the album's liner notes are:
 * Lionel Richie – lead vocals, producer, vocal arrangements, rhythm arrangements, backing vocals, Yamaha GS1 synthesizer, chant vocals
 * Greg Phillinganes – Yamaha GS1 synthesizer, hoopa holler vocals
 * Darryl Jones – guitar, hoopa holler vocals
 * Carlos Rios – guitar, hoopa holler vocals
 * Tim May – guitar
 * Abraham Laboriel – bass guitar
 * John "J.R." Robinson – drums
 * Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
 * Melinda Chatman – vocal sound effects, chant vocals, hoopa holler vocals
 * David Cochrane – background vocals, chant vocals
 * Calvin Harris – backing vocals, chant vocals
 * Richard Marx – backing vocals, chant vocals
 * Deborah Thomas – backing vocals, chant vocals
 * Kin Vassy – backing vocals
 * Diane Burt – chant vocals
 * Dr. Lloyd Byro Greig – chant vocals
 * Brenda Harvey-Richie – chant vocals
 * Jeanette Hawes – chant vocals
 * Janice Marie Johnson – chant vocals
 * Deborah Joyce Richie – chant vocals
 * Suzanne Stanford – chant vocals & hoopa holler vocals
 * Marilyn Ammons – hoopa holler vocals
 * Sue Ann Butler – hoopa holler vocals
 * Sheldon J. Cohn, Esq. – hoopa holler vocals
 * Sandy Dent-Crimmel – hoopa holler vocals
 * Ruth Diaz – hoopa holler vocals
 * Sylvia Genauer – hoopa holler vocals
 * Rejauna Lynn Green – hoopa holler vocals
 * Gabrielle Greig – hoopa holler vocals
 * Sally Greig – hoopa holler vocals
 * Tanya Greig – hoopa holler vocals
 * David Malvin – hoopa holler vocals
 * Alison Maxwell – hoopa holler vocals
 * Jerry Montes – hoopa holler vocals
 * John Michael Montes – hoopa holler vocals
 * Billy "Bass" Nelson – hoopa holler vocals
 * Randy Stern – hoopa holler vocals
 * Wilbert Terrell – hoopa holler vocals
 * Susan Wood – hoopa holler vocals


 * Production
 * James Anthony Carmichael – producer, chant vocals
 * Steve Crimmel – second recording engineer
 * David Egerton – second recording engineer, hoopa holler vocals
 * Mark Ettel – second recording engineer

2011 version (with Guy Sebastian)
Richie recorded a new version of the song with Australian singer-songwriter Guy Sebastian in 2011. All proceeds went towards the Queensland floods and New Zealand earthquake appeal. The re-recorded version was produced by RedOne and was released to iTunes Stores in Australia and New Zealand on 18 and 16 March, respectively.

Charts
It debuted on the New Zealand Singles Chart at number twelve on 21 March 2011 and on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart at number twenty-six on 28 March 2011.

Benjamin Ingrosso version
In 2019, Swedish singer Benjamin Ingrosso recorded a version at the Spotify studios, Stockholm. It was released in March 2019 and peaked at number 5 on the Swedish charts and was certified gold on 16 April 2019.

Samplings
Parts of the song were used in "I Like It", a 2010 song composed by Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull, and RedOne with samplings from Lionel Richie as the 1983 classic is interpolated after the first and third choruses. The release was a big hit for Enrique Iglesias featuring Pitbull. The song was also included in Iglesias's 2010 album Euphoria.