Hello

Name: Hello
Duration: 4 min 9 s

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#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
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1.8	Hello	4:08	Lionel Richie	Can’t Slow Down	Lionel Richie	Album	US1983-10-11	Motown
1.8	Hello	4:08	Lionel Richie	Can't Slow Down	Lionel Richie	Album	GB1983	Motown	STMA 8041
1.8	Hello	4:08	Lionel Richie	Can't Slow Down	Lionel Richie	Album	JP1983	Motown	VIL-6070
1.8	Hello	4:08	Lionel Richie	Can't Slow Down	Lionel Richie	Album	XE1983	Motown	ZL 72020
1.8	Hello	4:08	Lionel Richie	Can't Slow Down	Lionel Richie	Album	US1983	Motown	3746360592
1.8	Hello	4:08	Lionel Richie	Can't Slow Down	Lionel Richie	Album	FR1983	Disques Vogue (1947–1973; for more recent releases please use their newer label Vogue)	542049
1.8	Hello	4:12	Lionel Richie	Can't Slow Down	Lionel Richie	Album	US1983	Motown	3746360592
1.8	Hello	4:11	Lionel Richie	Can't Slow Down	Lionel Richie	Album	CA1983	Motown, MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)	MD-6059, PCN-DIDX14
1.8	Hello	4:08	Lionel Richie	Can’t Slow Down	Lionel Richie	Album	CA1983	Motown	M4-6059
1.8	Hello	4:08	Lionel Richie	Can’t Slow Down	Lionel Richie	Album	US1983	Motown	6059 ML
1.8	Hello	4:11	Lionel Richie	Can’t Slow Down (golden coloured CD)	Lionel Richie	Album	XE1983 DE1983	Motown	MCD06059MD
1.8	Hello	4:12	Lionel Richie	Can’t Slow Down (CRC Club Edition)	Lionel Richie	Album	US1983	Motown	6059MD
1.1	Hello	4:07	Lionel Richie	Hello	Lionel Richie	Single	GB1983	Motown	TMGT 1330
1.1	Hello	4:07	Lionel Richie	Hello	Lionel Richie	Single	FR1983	Motown France	ZB 61337
1.8	Hello	4:12	Lionel Richie	Now That′s What I Call Music 4	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1984-11-26	Virgin EMI (80s–early 00s UK compilations)	TC NOW 4
1.8	Hello	4:12	Lionel Richie	Now That′s What I Call Music 4	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1984-11-26	Virgin EMI (80s–early 00s UK compilations)	NOW 4
1.8	Hello	4:09	Lionel Richie	Can't Slow Down	Lionel Richie	Album	US1984	Motown	MCD06059MD
1.8	Hello	4:08	Lionel Richie	Can’t Slow Down	Lionel Richie	Album	JP1984	Motown	VDP-3
1.7	Hello	4:08	Lionel Richie	Love Classics, Vol. 2	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1988	EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only, see annotation)	7910522
1.1	Hello	4:10	Lionel Richie	The Greatest Love	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1988	Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations)	Set TCD 2316, CD1 TCD 2316 A, CD2 TCD 2316 B
1.1	Hello	4:10	Lionel Richie	The Greatest Love (special platinum edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1988	Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations)	TCD 2316, TCD 2316 A, TCD 2316 B
2.3	Hello	4:08	Lionel Richie	Kuschelrock 3	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1989-10-12	CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)	465948 2
2.3	Hello	4:08	Lionel Richie	Kuschelrock 3	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1989	Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	COL 465948 2
2.9	Hello	?:??	Lionel Richie	Kuschelrock 3	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-1989	CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)	465948 1, CBS 465948 1
1.7	Hello	4:09	Lionel Richie	The Greatest Hits of the 80s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1989	Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations)	TCD 2382
1.7	Hello	4:09	Lionel Richie	The Greatest Hits of the Eighties	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-1989	Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations)	TCD 2382
1.1	Hello	4:10	Lionel Richie	Twenty Motown Heartbreakers	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1989	Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations)	TCD 2343
1.1	Hello	4:09	Lionel Richie	Forever Love / אהבה לנצח	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	IL1990	הד ארצי (Hed Arzi, Israeli label)	ARTON 19431-2
2.3	Hello	4:08	Lionel Richie	Knuffelrock 1	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	BE1990	Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	466992 2
1.11	Hello	4:10	Lionel Richie	Back to Front (made in Germany)	Lionel Richie	Album + Compilation	XE1992	Motown	530 018-2
1.11	Hello	4:10	Lionel Richie	Back to Front	Lionel Richie	Album + Compilation	FR1992	Motown	530 018 - 2
1.10	Hello	4:09	Lionel Richie	Back to Front	Lionel Richie	Album + Compilation	US1992	Motown	374636338-2
1.10	Hello	4:09	Lionel Richie	Back to Front	Lionel Richie	Album + Compilation	US1992	Motown	MOTD 6338, MOTD-6338
1.11	Hello	4:10	Lionel Richie	Back to Front	Lionel Richie	Album + Compilation	AU1992	Motown	530 018-2
1.11	Hello	4:10	Lionel Richie	Back to Front (made in U.K. by PDO)	Lionel Richie	Album + Compilation	XE1992 GB1992	Tamla Motown (for non-US releases only)	530 018-2
1.10	Hello	4:09	Lionel Richie	Back to Front	Lionel Richie	Album + Compilation	CA1992	Motown	MOTD 6338
1.14	Hello	4:07	Lionel Richie	De Pre Historie 1984, Volume 1	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	BE1992	BMG Ariola Belgium NV/SA (do not use this as an imprint!)	261.784
4.4	Hello	4:09	Lionel Richie	Great Original Hits of the 80’s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	BE1993	Reader’s Digest
1.2	Hello	4:10	Lionel Richie	Musiques Gauloises Blondes Emotions	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-1993	PolyGram
1.5	Hello	4:08	Lionel Richie	Reasons to Believe: Love Songs	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	CA1993
1.22	Hello	4:10	Lionel Richie	Motown: The Ultimate Hits Collection	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1994-10-21	Motown	530 465-2
2.3	Hello	4:08	Lionel Richie	KuschelRock 3 (Gold-Edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1994	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	465948 9
1.14	Hello	4:11	Lionel Richie	Motown Magic: The Ultimate Hits Collection	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1994	Motown	530457-2
1.3	Hello	4:08	Lionel Richie	Radio City Love Songs 3	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	SE1994	Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	478098-2
2.19	Hello	4:09	Lionel Richie	The Hitsound of Motown	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1994	Polydor B.V. (not an imprint; NL subsidiary company of Polydor International)	530 453-2
2.3	Hello	4:08	Lionel Richie	Knuffelrock 1	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	BE1995
1.12	Hello	4:07	Lionel Richie	Nighthawk	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE1995	Star Pool (German compilations)	525522-2
1.2	Hello	4:09	Lionel Richie	Don’t Wanna Lose You	Lionel Richie	Single	DE1996	Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)	852 821-2
1.2	Hello	4:09	Lionel Richie	Pure Love	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	FR1996
1.1	Hello	4:09	Lionel Richie	Truly: The Love Songs	Lionel Richie	Album + Compilation	US1997-11-25	Motown	314530846-2
1.5	Hello	4:10	Lionel Richie	Truly: The Love Songs	Lionel Richie	Album + Compilation	DE1997-12-08	Motown
2.19	Hello	4:08	Lionel Richie	Heart & Soul (40 Smooth Soul Grooves)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1997	PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.)	555 063-2
1.5	Hello	4:10	Lionel Richie	Truly: The Love Songs	Lionel Richie	Album + Compilation	BR1997	Motown
1.5	Hello	4:10	Lionel Richie	Truly: The Love Songs	Lionel Richie	Album + Compilation	GB1997	Motown	530 843-2
3.7	Hello	4:08	Lionel Richie	Back to the 80’s: De hits uit de jaren ’80, volume 3	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1998-11-18	Sony Music Media	491879-2
4.2	Hello	4:08	Lionel Richie	100 Hits of Romance	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-1998
1.1	Hello	4:11	Lionel Richie	Body + Soul: Smooth Jams (yellow cover)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1998	Time-Life Records (Time-Life Music subsidiary)	R794-05
1.11	Hello	4:09	Lionel Richie	Dodatek nadzwyczajny do listy przebojów programu III	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	PL1998
1.5	Hello	4:05	Lionel Richie	Herzschmerz: The Real Sad Songs 2	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1998	Polystar (Germany)	565 246-2
1.2	Hello	?:??	Lionel Richie	Superploužáky 9	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	CZ1998	PolyGram s.r.o.
2.5	Hello	4:09	Lionel Richie	The Motown Story	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	FR1998	Motown	530 891-2
2.1	Hello	4:10	Lionel Richie	20 Jahre Radio 24	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	CH1999	Polydor (British label, see annotation)	564 651-2
1.19	Hello	4:10	Lionel Richie	Forever	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	HK1999	wea (has logo with just “wea” on it)
2.3	Hello	4:08	Lionel Richie	Kuschelrock 3	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1999	Sony Music Media	SMM 465948 2
2.20	Hello	4:08	Lionel Richie	Party Party Party: Die besten Party-Hits 66-99	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AT1999	Amadeo, Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)	541 145-2
1.7	Hello	4:10	Lionel Richie	Timeless 3: It’s a Long Road	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	HK1999	Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)	564805-2
1.14	Hello	4:08	Lionel Richie	A Perfect Love III	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2000-04-17	Global Television, Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures), Warner.ESP	RADCD149
2.1	Hello	4:11	Lionel Richie	The All Time Greatest Love Songs V	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2000-11-20	Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Sony Music TV	MOODCD71
2.20	Hello	4:05	Lionel Richie	Simply the Best	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2000	Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited), Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom	WSMCD021
2.13	Hello	4:08	Lionel Richie	Simply the Best Super Stars	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	JP2001-06-20	Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures), Warner Strategic Marketing	WPCR-10990/1
2.12	Hello	4:09	Lionel Richie	Ö3 Greatest Hits, Volume 15	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AT2001-09-24	Warner Music Austria	0927-40734-2
1.16	Hello	?:??	Lionel Richie	Simply the Best Superstars	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU2001	Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures), Warner Strategic Marketing	9548396162
1.17	Hello	4:07	Lionel Richie	Simply the Best Superstars	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	ZA2001	Gallo (South African label), Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures), Warner Strategic Marketing	CDESP 066
1.3	Hello	4:07	Lionel Richie	The All Time Greatest Love Songs, Volume II	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL2001	Sony Music Media	500535 9
2.4	Hello	4:05	Lionel Richie	Die 80er Show, die 2te	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2002-11-15	Polystar (Germany)	0440069979-2
1.6	Hello	4:08	Lionel Richie	Heartbeat	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DK2002	CMC Special	5373002
2.1	Hello	4:07	Lionel Richie	Liebeskummer	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2002	Universal Marketing Group (Division specialised in marketing compilations)	584 667-2
1.12	Hello	4:11	Lionel Richie	Sentimental Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-2002	Warner Strategic Marketing
1.2	Hello	4:09	Lionel Richie	Timeless Memories II	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	ZA2002	Universal Music South Africa	DGCD 026
1.1	Hello	4:09	Lionel Richie	The Definitive Collection	Lionel Richie	Album + Compilation	XW2003-02-04	Motown, UTV Records
1.1	Hello	4:09	Lionel Richie	The Definitive Collection (US version)	Lionel Richie	Album + Compilation	US2003-02-04	UTV Records	440 068 140-2
1.1	Hello	4:09	Lionel Richie	The Definitive Collection (US version, with bonus disc)	Lionel Richie	Album + Compilation	US2003-02-04	UTV Records	440 068 140-2
1.8	Hello	4:15	Lionel Richie	Can't Slow Down (Deluxe Edition)	Lionel Richie	Album	US2003-05-06 XE2003-06-16	Motown	440 018 120-2
1.8	Hello	4:09	Lionel Richie	Can’t Slow Down	Lionel Richie	Album	AL2003-05-20 DZ2003-05-20 (show 198 more) ZW2003-05-20	Motown
1.4	Hello	4:09	Lionel Richie	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Lionel Richie	Lionel Richie	Album + Compilation	US2003-10-07	Motown	B0001099-02
2.4	Hello	4:08	Lionel Richie	The Definitive Collection	Lionel Richie	Album + Compilation	-2003-11-10	Universal Music Group International (manages UMG’s offices in most countries outside of North America)
2.4	Hello	4:10	Lionel Richie	The Definitive Collection (international version)	Lionel Richie	Album + Compilation	DE2003-11-17	Motown	06024 981 420-3
2.11	Hello	4:08	Lionel Richie	Casting Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2003-12-22	Polystar (Germany)	981 451-9
2.18	Hello	4:11	Lionel Richie	#1’s: 38 of the Greatest No. 1 Singles of All Time	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU2003	EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)	9821425
1.7	Hello	4:10	Lionel Richie	I Love U	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2003	BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)
2.4	Hello	4:10	Lionel Richie	The Definitive Collection	Lionel Richie	Album + Compilation	AU2003	Motown	981 420-3
2.4	Hello	4:10	Lionel Richie	The Definitive Collection	Lionel Richie & the Commodores	Album + Compilation	GB2003	Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)	986 139-4
1.1	Hello	4:09	Lionel Richie	The Definitive Collection	Lionel Richie	Album + Compilation	CA2003	Motown, UTV Records	4400688152
1.11	Hello	4:09	Lionel Richie	The Power of Love 2 (DSD, remastered)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	ID2003	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Warner Strategic Marketing	512959.2
1.3	Hello	4:11	Lionel Richie	The Power of Love: Never Gonna Let You Go	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2003	Time–Life Music	B0000945-02
Bootleg
1.9	Hello	4:12	Lionel Richie	Romantic Collection, Volume 1	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	RU1995	Vital (unofficial Russian releases), VaKo Entertainment	AVA 052
Withdrawn
1.8	Hello	4:08	Lionel Richie	Can't slow down	Lionel Richie	Album	DE1983	Motown	ZD72020
(unknown)
1.1	Hello	4:07	Lionel Richie	Hello	Lionel Richie	Single	PT1984	Motown	01722MF
1.1	Hello	4:07	Lionel Richie	In Love With You (Musik für zärtliche Stunden)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE1985	Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past)	206 810, 206 810-502
1.4	Hello	4:06	Lionel Richie	The Greatest Love Songs ...Ever	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	FI2001	Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	COL 505231 2

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producer:	James Anthony Carmichael Lionel Richie
performer:	Ocobamba
brass [horn] arranger and strings [string] arranger:	James Anthony Carmichael
arranger:	James Anthony Carmichael Lionel Richie
vocals arranger:	Lionel Richie

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Motown Records (not for label use; use “Motown” instead) (in 1983)

has remixes:	Hello by Latin Line
mash-ups:	Wrapped Detective (Elvis Costello vs. The Police vs. Lionel Richie vs. Peggy Lee vs. Bob Marley vs. The Hollies vs. Led Zeppelin) by Go Home Productions

stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/track/6bDOgN7vxFzgfJ2W7gZDEI [info] https://www.deezer.com/track/394735672 [info]
streaming page:	https://music.apple.com/gb/song/1271518268 [info] https://tidal.com/track/77457569 [info]

recording of:	Hello

Hello

lyricist and composer:	Lionel Richie
additional writer:	James Anthony Carmichael

publisher:	Warner Brothers Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)

later translated versions:	Hallo Hallo Ik hou van jou

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