| "Truly" | ||||
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| Single by Lionel Richie | ||||
| from the album Lionel Richie | ||||
| B-side | "Just Put Some Love in Your Heart" | |||
| Released | September 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 3:26 | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Lionel Richie | |||
| Producer(s) | Lionel Richie, James Anthony Carmichael | |||
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| "Truly" on YouTube | ||||
"Truly" is the debut solo single by American singer-songwriter Lionel Richie. Resuming where he left off with D-flat major tunes "Sail On" and particularly "Still" when he was lead for the Commodores, Richie wrote the song and co-produced it with James Anthony Carmichael.
Released as the first single from his self-titled debut album in 1982, "Truly" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 on 9 October 1982 and climbed to No. 1 on 27 November – 4 December 1982.[1] It also spent four weeks at No. 1 on the adult contemporary chart,[2] and logged nine weeks at No. 2 on the R&B chart, behind Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing". In addition, "Truly" made the top 10 in United Kingdom, where the song peaked at No. 6.[3] The song won a Grammy Award for Richie in the category Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.
Billboard called it a "moving ballad with all the drama and poignance of 'Still', 'Three Times a Lady' and 'Endless Love'."[4]
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1991). The Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Eighties (9 October 1982 – 5 February 1983). Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research, Inc. ISBN 0-89820-079-2.
- ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of No. 1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)
- ^ "Lionel Richie – Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ "Top Single Picks". Billboard. 9 October 1982. p. 63. Retrieved 7 February 2023.