| "Truly" | ||||
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| Single by Lionel Richie | ||||
| from the album Lionel Richie | ||||
| A-side | "Wandering Stranger" | |||
| Released | November 5, 1982 | |||
| Format | 7" (45 rpm) | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
| Genre | Pop, R&B | |||
| Length | 3:26 | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
| Writer(s) | Lionel Richie | |||
| Producer | Lionel Richie James Anthony Carmichael |
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"Truly" is the title of the debut solo single by R&B singer-songwriter Lionel Richie in 1982 (see 1982 in music). 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" went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for two weeks near the end of 1982.[1] It also spent four weeks at #1 on the adult contemporary chart[2] and logged nine weeks at #2 on the R&B chart. In addition, "Truly" made the Top 10 in United Kingdom, where the song peaked at #6.[3] The song won a Grammy Award for Richie in the category Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.
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In the treatment of the music video, Lionel Richie offers a live performance, the song with a piano.[4]
| Chart (1982/83) | Peak position |
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| New Zealand Singles Chart | 21 |
| UK Singles Chart | 6 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| US Billboard Adult Contemporary | 1 |
| US Billboard Black Singles | 2 |
| Preceded by "Up Where We Belong" by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single November 27, 1982 – December 4, 1982 |
Succeeded by "Mickey" by Toni Basil |
| Preceded by "Dirty Laundry" by Don Henley |
Canadian "RPM" Singles Chart number-one single December 18, 1982 |
Succeeded by "Mickey" by Toni Basil |
| "Truly" | ||||
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| Single by Steven Houghton | ||||
| from the album Steven Houghton | ||||
| Released | March 6, 1998 | |||
| Format | CD | |||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 3:20 | |||
| Label | Bertelsmann Music Group | |||
| Writer(s) | Lionel Richie | |||
| Producer | Steven Houghton | |||
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British singer and actor Steven Houghton released a cover version of the same single in March 1998 which reached the Top-30 on the UK pop chart. Unlike the cover of the song Wind Beneath My Wings was this cover of the songs truly successful lean, it is also very pop-heavy.[5]
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| Chart (1998) | Peak position |
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| UK Singles Chart | 23 |
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