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Lionel RichieAll Night Long (All Night) Lyrics: [Ethereal "scream."]
Da-dai. Wo-oh oh-woh.
Well, my friends the time has come, Raise the roof and have some fun. Throw a-way de work to be done, Let the music play on. (Play on, play on, play on...) Everybody sing, everybody dance. Lose yourself in wild romance. We're go'ng to party, Karamu 1 , fiesta, forever. Come on and sing along. We're go'ng to party, Karamu 1 , fiesta, forever. Come on and sing a-long.
All night long (all night), all night (all night). All night long (all night), all night (all night). All night long (all night), all night (all night). All night long (all night), oh, yeah (all night).
People dancing all in the street. See the rhythm all in their feet. Life is good, wild and sweet, Let the music play on. (Play on, play on, play on, play on...) Feel it in your heart, And feel it in your soul. Let the music take control. We're go'ng to party, liming 2 , fiesta, forever. Come on and sing my song. 3
All night long (all night), ooh (all night). All night long (all night), yeaz (all night). All night long (all night), yeah (all night). [ Find more Lyrics on www.mp3lyrics.org/fRI ] All night long (all night), ah (all night).
Yeah, once you get started you can't sit down. Come join the fun, it's a merry-go-round. Everyone's dancing their troubles away. Come join our party, see how we play!
[Shouting.]
[Chants:]4 (Tom bo li de say de moi ya.) (Yeah, jambo, jumbo.) (Way to party o' we go'n',) (Oh, jambalai.) (Tom bo li de say de moi ya.) (Yeah, jumbo, jumbo.)
Oh-oh-oh-oh, yes. We're gonna have a party, yeah, ugh! All night long (all night), All night (all night). All night long (all night), All night (all night). All night long (all night), All night (all night). All night long (all night), ugh.
Everyone you meet (all night), They're jamming in the street (all night), All night long (all night). Yeah, (all night). I said, everyone you meet (all night) They're jamming in the street (all night), All night long. (all night).
Feel good, feel good.
(All night, all night.) (All night, all night.) [Fade.] (All night, all night.) (All night, all night.) (All night, all night.) (All night, all night.) Lyrics: All Night Long (All Night), Lionel Richie [end]
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Lionel Richie All Night Long (All Night) Lyrics Information:
ALL NIGHT LONG (ALL NIGHT)4
Written by: Lionel Richie
Produced by: Lionel Richie & James Anthony Carmichael
Performed by: Lionel Richie 5
First released: 6
Single: October 1983
Album: October 1983
1 Karamu (kah-RAH-moo) is the ritual feast of the Kwanzaa Festival,
held on December 31st, accompanied by partying and dancing.
2 Liming is a Trinidadian word that means to be social or to have a
good time with people, or to "hang out."
3 On some versions, especially the live recordings, Richie will sing
this couplet twice. On the studio version, he does not.
4 After exhaustive research, I still don't really know what this
chant means but I don't think it's gibberish. The language is Trini
(sort of an English slang used on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago).
Since the line, "Way to party o' we go'n'," is pretty easy to figure
out - "We are on our way to a party," I think that the rest of the
words have some meaning as well. For example, I was able to find a
Trinidadian dictionary that said "dey" means either "they" or "there."
So in the first line, "Tom bo li dey say dey moi, ya," I think the
sentence is something like, "Tom, boy, (Or the name, Tom Boli) says
there's more, yeah." Also, I think I have some clue as to the words
"jumba" and "jumbo." I found a definition for "jumba" that says it
refers to a spirit or a ghost and that during the festival people wear
costumes and walk on stilts as interpretations of the spirits. Jumbo,
is a word meaning, "I'm well" or "feeling good." I was unable to
find anything on the word, "jumbalai." Of course this is all
speculation, but I think it makes some sense. If anyone has any ideas
on this subject, please feel free to contact me, at
bri4daz@mp3lyrics.org.
5 "AllNight Long (All Night)," reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100
and #2 on the UK Singles Chart. An accompanying music video was
produced by former Monkee and TV video pioneer, Michael Nesmith. The
song was listed at #76 on Billboard's Greatest Songs of all time.
6 Covered by:
BB Band
Ricardo Caliente
The Countdown Singers
The Four Tops
Arturo Sandoval
The Starlite Orchestra & Singers
The Symphonic Rock Project
The Gary Tesca Orchestra
et al.
7 Appears on: *
Single(s):
(1) Lionel Richie
A-side: "All Night Long (All Night)"
B-side: "Wandering Stranger"
(a) Mowtown, 7-Inch, Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #1698, US-1983.
(b) Mowtown, 7-Inch, Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #1698-MF, Europe-1983.
(c) Mowtown, 7-In,Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #100-15-103, Germany-1983.
(2) Lionel Richie
A-side: "All Night Long (All Night)"
B-side: "All Night Long (All Night)" instrumental only
(a) Motown, Long Playing, 12-Inch, Disco Remix Single, #Unknown, US-1983.
* The albums and records listed here may have different versions of
the song than the one that was transcribed. Also, this list is not
intended to be the complete discography on which this song appears.
8 Transcribed from the track on this album.
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