"All Night Long (All Night)" is a hit single by American singer and 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 single reached number one on three Billboard charts (pop, R&B and adult contemporary). In the UK, it peaked at number two on the singles chart. 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. 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. 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." Music video An accompanying music video for "All Night Long (All Night)" was produced by former Monkee and TV video pioneer Michael Nesmith and directed by Bob Rafelson. Notable uses Richie performed the song at the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. 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 couldn't make it to the filming location; an unnamed band plays the song in the episode. The song was used in the fourth episode of the fourth season of Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Charts Original 1983 version Weekly charts Year-end charts All-time charts Certifications Personnel Personnel as listed in the album's liner notes are: Lionel Richie – lead and backing vocals, Yamaha GS-1 synthesizer, rhythm and vocal arrangements Greg Phillinganes – Yamaha GS-1 synthesizer Darrell Jones – guitar Carlos Rios – guitar Tim May – guitar Abraham Laboriel – bass guitar John "J.R." Robinson – drums Paulinho da Costa – percussion Melinda Chatman – vocal sound effects James Anthony Carmichael – backing vocals; horn, rhythm and string arrangements David Cochrane – backing vocals Calvin Harris – backing vocals Richard Marx – backing vocals Deborah Thomas – backing vocals Kin Vassy – backing vocals Chant vocals Diane Burt, James Anthony Carmichael,