All Night Long (All Night)
Lionel Richie | Artist Essentials
First released: 1983 (year verified)
Original 1983 full album studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The full album performance lets the layered percussion and answering voices develop around the refrain.
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First released: 1983 (year verified)
The original recording is documented in the 1983 release history of Can't Slow Down. Only year precision is assigned; later singles, charts, remasters and live versions do not establish its first release.
Recording: Original 1983 full album studio recording
Credit: Lionel Richie
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: Can't Slow Down
Can't Slow Down - original full album program
The original 1983 program identifies Hello, Stuck on You and the full All Night Long, Running with the Night and Penny Lover productions. Later 1984-1985 annual appearances do not date those recordings. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
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The selected full original 1983 album production is distinct in presentation from the shorter item on the official Motown anthology. The actual annual entry has no edition metadata, so its full-album link remains provisional.
Can't Slow Down - original full album program
The original 1983 program identifies Hello, Stuck on You and the full All Night Long, Running with the Night and Penny Lover productions. Later 1984-1985 annual appearances do not date those recordings. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Back to Front - original recording years and new 1992 songs
The program retains Endless Love in 1981 and Say You, Say Me in 1985. Do It to Me, My Destiny and Love, Oh Love belong to its new 1992 material. Short All Night Long, Running with the Night and Penny Lover presentations are separate from the selected full original album items; the anthology does not redate older tracks. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
About Lionel Richie
Lionel Richie is a singer and songwriter from Tuskegee, Alabama, whose work combines soul, pop and touches of country. He first developed his recording career as a saxophonist, singer and writer with the Commodores. Writing Lady for Kenny Rogers and recording Endless Love with Diana Ross preceded his self-titled solo album. Can't Slow Down brought together the ballad Hello and the rhythmic All Night Long (All Night). His later album Tuskegee revisited established songs as duets with country performers.
Artist background sources
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Lionel Richie, 2022 induction essay
Herb Powell essay supports Tuskegee origins, musical blend, Commodores history, named solo works and later duet project; solo profile does not absorb group or duet credits. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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