Hello

E70708
single song

"Hello" is a 1984 soft rock ballad by Lionel Richie, renowned for its emotive lyrics, iconic music video, and enduring popularity as one of his signature songs.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Hello (Lionel Richie song) 0
Hello, is it me you’re looking for? 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Can’t Slow Down ⓘ
artist Lionel Richie ⓘ
bSide All Night Long (All Night) ⓘ
surface form: All Night Long (All Night) (live)
chartPositionAustraliaKentMusicReport 1 ⓘ
chartPositionCanadaRPMTopSingles 1 ⓘ
chartPositionIrelandSinglesChart 1 ⓘ
chartPositionNewZealandSinglesChart 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 1 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
famousLine Hello self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hello, is it me you’re looking for?
genre adult contemporary ⓘ
soft rock ⓘ
hasCoverVersionBy Luther Vandross ⓘ
Paul Anka ⓘ
Westlife ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact frequently referenced in popular culture ⓘ
widely used in film and television soundtracks ⓘ
hasMusicVideo Hello (Lionel Richie song) music video ⓘ
includedIn Lionel Richie live setlists ⓘ
instrumentation piano ⓘ
string arrangement ⓘ
synthesizer ⓘ
isSignatureSongOf Lionel Richie ⓘ
label Motown ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 4:08 ⓘ
musicVideoDirector Bob Giraldi ⓘ
narrativeTheme longing ⓘ
unrequited love ⓘ
partOf 1980s pop ballads ⓘ
performer Lionel Richie ⓘ
producer James Anthony Carmichael ⓘ
Lionel Richie ⓘ
recognition considered one of Lionel Richie’s signature songs ⓘ
regarded as a classic 1980s ballad ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1982–1983 ⓘ
releaseFormat 12-inch single ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ
releaseYear 1984 ⓘ
side A-side ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ
vocalist Lionel Richie ⓘ
vocalStyle emotive ballad ⓘ
writer Lionel Richie ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hello → famousLine → Hello self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Hello (Lionel Richie song)
this entity surface form: Hello, is it me you’re looking for?
Can’t Slow Down → hasPart → Hello ⓘ
subject surface form: Can't Slow Down
Lionel Richie → notableWork → Hello ⓘ
Richie → notableWork → Hello ⓘ
subject surface form: Lionel Richie
Can’t Slow Down → single → Hello ⓘ
subject surface form: Can't Slow Down