"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).[5] In the UK, it peaked at number two on the
singles chart.[6]
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.[7] 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.[8]
Reception
Cash Box summed up its review of the single saying "Richie’s command of these diverse musical elements and shifts in melodic direction is as impressive as it is pleasureable."[9]
The song was used in the pilot episode for Miami Vice, "
Brother's Keeper". While Richie was supposed to appear in the episode to sing it, he was on tour at the time and could not make it to the filming location; an unnamed band plays the song in the episode.[citation needed]
Diane Burt, James Anthony Carmichael, Melinda Chatman, David Cochrane, Dr. Lloyd Byro Greig, Calvin Harris, Brenda Harvey-Richie, Jeanette Hawes, Janice Marie Johnson, Richard Marx, Deborah Joyce Richie, Lionel Richie, Suzanne Stanford and Deborah Thomas
Hoopa hollers
Marilyn Ammons, Sue Ann Butler, Melinda Chatman, Sheldon J. Cohn, Esq., Sandy Dent-Crimmel, Ruth Diaz, David Egerton, Sylvia Genauer, Rejauna Lynn Green, Gabrielle Greig, Sally Greig, Tanya Greig, Darrell Jones, David Malvin, Alison Maxwell, Jerry Montes, John Michael Montes, Billy "Bass" Nelson, Greg Phillinganes, Carlos Rios, Suzanne Stanford, Randy Stern, Wilbert Terrell and Susan Wood
Production
Lionel Richie – producer
James Anthony Carmichael – producer
Calvin Harris – recording engineer
Steve Crimmel – second recording engineer
David Egerton – second recording engineer, gibberish vocals
It debuted on the New Zealand Singles Chart at number twelve on 21 March 2011[52] and on the Australian
ARIA Singles Chart at number twenty-six on 28 March 2011.[53]
In 2018, English singer, arranger, composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist
Jacob Collier collaborated with
Take 6 and the
Metropole Orkest on a version of "All Night Long". Collier's arrangement won the 2020
Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals. The version was included on Collier's studio album, Djesse Vol. 1 (2018). The album peaked at number six on the
BillboardTop Classical Albums and
Top Jazz Albums.
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 platinum in June 2019.[54][55] The rearranged version of the song, titled as "All Night Long (All Night) [2020 Edit]" was released on 17 July 2020.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. † Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.
Thijs Boontjes Version
“Deze Nacht” is a song by the Dutch musician
Thijs Boontjes [
nl][61] from 2020. The song is a Dutch-language adaptation of "All Night Long (All Night)" by
Lionel Richie.
Boontjes first performed "Deze Nacht" on the morning show Sanders Vriendenteam on NPO 3FM. Due to enthusiastic responses, Boontjes decided to record a studio version of the song and release it as a single. The song reached 7th position in the Dutch Tip Parade. This was Boontjes' first hit. The song also reached the Tipparade in Flanders.