Endless Love (song)

"Endless Love"
Cover art for UK, Italian, and Greek vinyl releases
Single by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
from the album Endless Love: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
B-side"Endless Love" (instrumental)
Released26 June 1981 (US)[1]
Recorded1981
GenreR&B
Length4:24
LabelMotown
Songwriter(s)Lionel Richie
Producer(s)Lionel Richie and James Anthony Carmichael
Diana Ross singles chronology
"Cryin' My Heart Out for You"
(1981)
"Endless Love"
(1981)
"Why Do Fools Fall in Love"
(1981)
Lionel Richie singles chronology
"Endless Love"
(1981)
"Truly"
(1982)

"Endless Love" is a song written by Lionel Richie and originally recorded as a duet between Richie and singer/actress Diana Ross. In this ballad, the singers declare their "endless love" for one another. It was covered by Luther Vandross with R&B-pop singer Mariah Carey, and also by country music singer Shania Twain. Billboard has named the original version as the greatest song duet of all time.[2]

  1. ^ "Lionel Richie singles". Archived from the original on March 20, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  2. ^ "The 40 Biggest Duets of All Time". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2015.