You Are (Lionel Richie song)

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Name = You Are


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Artist = Lionel Richie
Album = Lionel Richie
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Released = 1983
Format = 7" (45 rpm)
Recorded = 1982
Genre = R&B, Adult contemporary
Length = 5:05
Label = Motown Records
Writer = Lionel Richie, Brenda Harvey Richie
Producer = Lionel Richie, James Anthony Carmichael
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Last single = "Truly"
(1982)
This single = "You Are"
(1983)
Next single = "My Love"
(1983)
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"You Are" is the title of a popular song from 1983 (see 1983 in music) by the R&B singer-songwriter Lionel Richie. "You Are" was written by Richie and his then-wife, Brenda Harvey Richie. It appears on his self-titled debut solo album, which came out in 1982.

Released as the follow-up single to his #1 hit song "Truly", "You Are" reached the Top 5 on three major "Billboard" music charts. On the "Billboard" Hot 100 pop chart, the song spent two weeks at #4 in early 1983. [Whitburn, Joel (1996). "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits", 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)] It peaked at #2 on the R&B chart, while on the adult contemporary chart the song spent six weeks at #1. [Hyatt, Wesley (1999). "The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits" (Billboard Publications)] In the United Kingdom, the song reached #43 on the British pop chart. [ [http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=10395 British chart positions at chartstats.com] ]

"You Are" is a romantic song, although with a more upbeat arrangement than many of Richie's slower ballads, including a horn section. Before achieving popularity for his own music, singer Richard Marx was a studio musician who can be heard singing backing vocals on "You Are" as well as other songs from Richie's debut album.

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