Endless Love

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single song

Endless Love is a romantic ballad famously performed as a duet by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross, widely regarded as one of the most iconic love songs of the 1980s.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Endless Love (1981 film) 1
Endless Love: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 1
“Endless Love” 1

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedAct The Commodores (via Lionel Richie) ⓘ
basedOn Endless Love (novel) ⓘ
certification RIAA Platinum (single) ⓘ
surface form: RIAA Platinum
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 7 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 1 ⓘ
composer Lionel Richie ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
decade 1980s ⓘ
describedAs one of the most iconic love songs of the 1980s ⓘ
featuredInFilm Endless Love self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Endless Love (1981 film)
genre R&B ⓘ
romantic ballad ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasCoverVersionBy Luther Vandross ⓘ
Mariah Carey ⓘ
Shania Twain ⓘ
includedOnAlbum Endless Love self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Endless Love: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
language English ⓘ
length approximately 4 minutes 26 seconds ⓘ
lyricist Lionel Richie ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
notableFor commercial success as a duet ⓘ
signature song for Diana Ross ⓘ
signature song for Lionel Richie ⓘ
performer Diana Ross ⓘ
Lionel Richie ⓘ
producer James Anthony Carmichael ⓘ
Lionel Richie ⓘ
recordLabel Motown ⓘ
releaseYear 1981 ⓘ
theme romantic love ⓘ
vocalType duet ⓘ
weeksAtNumberOneUSBillboardHot100 9 ⓘ
writerForFilm Franco Zeffirelli ⓘ

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

Endless Love → featuredInFilm → Endless Love self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Endless Love (1981 film)
Endless Love → includedOnAlbum → Endless Love self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Endless Love: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Diana Ross → notableWork → Endless Love ⓘ
this entity surface form: “Endless Love”
Lionel Richie → notableWork → Endless Love ⓘ
Richie → notableWork → Endless Love ⓘ
subject surface form: Lionel Richie