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<p><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">"My Love" is a song by American singer-songwriter&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Richie" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><strong>Lionel Richie</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">. It was released in 1983 as the third and final&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_(music)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><strong>single</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;from his&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Richie_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><strong>self-titled debut solo album</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">. The song features harmony backing vocals by&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><strong>country music</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;singer&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Rogers" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><strong>Kenny Rogers</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">.</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Love_(Lionel_Richie_song)#cite_note-Hyatt-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">^{<strong>[1]</strong>}</a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;It reached the top 10 on three notable&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><strong><em>Billboard</em>&nbsp;magazine</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;charts in the spring of 1983: on the Billboard Hot 100 the song peaked at No. 5;</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Love_(Lionel_Richie_song)#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">^{<strong>[2]</strong>}</a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;on the&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Adult_Contemporary_Tracks" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><strong>Adult Contemporary chart</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, the song spent four weeks at No. 1;</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Love_(Lionel_Richie_song)#cite_note-Hyatt-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">^{<strong>[1]</strong>}</a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;and on the&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><strong>R&amp;B chart</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, the song topped out at No. 6.</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Love_(Lionel_Richie_song)#cite_note-Hyatt-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">^{<strong>[1]</strong>}</a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">"My Love" was not among Richie's more successful singles in the&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><strong>United Kingdom</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, where it only managed to reach No. 70 on the&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><strong>UK Singles Chart</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">.</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Love_(Lionel_Richie_song)#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">^{<strong>[3]</strong>}</a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;In Canada, it peaked at No. 28 on the&nbsp;<em>RPM</em>&nbsp;Top 100 Singles chart. </strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_Box" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><strong><em>Cash Box</em></strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;described "My Love" as being reminiscent of&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Commodores" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><strong>the Commodores</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">' single "</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy_(Commodores_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><strong>Easy</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">."</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Love_(Lionel_Richie_song)#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">^{<strong>[4]</strong>}</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">A remake of the song was recorded and included on Richie's 2012 album&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><strong><em>Tuskegee</em></strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, which features&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Chesney" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><strong>Kenny Chesney</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">.</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Love_(Lionel_Richie_song)#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">^{<strong>[5]</strong>}</a></p>