Hello (Lionel Richie song)

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"Hello"
Single by Lionel Richie
from the album Can't Slow Down
B-side(s)	You Mean More To Me
Released	1984
Genre	Pop
Length	4:07
Label	Motown
Writer(s)	Lionel Richie
Producer(s)	Lionel Richie, James Anthony Carmichael
Lionel Richie singles chronology
"Running With The Night" (1983)	"Hello" (1984)	"Stuck On You" (1984)

"Hello" is a song by Lionel Richie. It was released as a single in 1984 and reached number one in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and UK singles chart.

Arguably the music video attracted more attention than the song, for its story of a blind arts student sculpting an exact likeness of Richie. The video has been parodied a number of times including a Starburst commercial when the sculpture is made from Starburst.

The song is particularly memorable for the line "Hello, is it me you're looking for?" In an interview broadcast in the UK on Channel 4's Top 100 Number One Hits, Richie said he had been thanked by a large number of normally tongue-tied men who had proposed marriage after a slow dance to the song.

It was featured in the 2005 film The 40-Year-Old Virgin, as well as Roman Polański's 1992 film Bitter Moon.

Preceded by "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" by Phil Collins	Billboard Hot 100 number one single May 12, 1984- May 19, 1984	Succeeded by "Let's Hear It for the Boy" by Deniece Williams
Preceded by "99 Red Balloons" by Nena	UK number one single March 18, 1984	Succeeded by "The Reflex" by Duran Duran