Frankie_Violet - Hello
Frankie_Violet
May 05, 2025 04:15am
<p><strong style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">"Hello" is a song by American singer and songwriter </strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Richie" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><strong>Lionel Richie</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">. Taken as the third single from his second solo album, </strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can%27t_Slow_Down_(Lionel_Richie_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><strong><em>Can't Slow Down</em></strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> (1983), the song was released in 1984 and reached number one on three </strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><strong><em>Billboard</em></strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> music charts: the </strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><strong>pop chart</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> (for two weeks), the </strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><strong>R&B chart</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> (for three weeks),</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_(Lionel_Richie_song)#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><sup><strong>[4]</strong></sup></a><strong style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> and the </strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_Contemporary_(chart)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><strong>Adult Contemporary chart</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> (for six weeks). The song also went to number one on the </strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><strong>UK Singles Chart</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> for six weeks. </strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_Box" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><strong><em>Cash Box</em></strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> said that the song "is as melodic and heartwrenching as anything [Ritchie] has done previously and that’s saying something."</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_(Lionel_Richie_song)#cite_note-cb-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><sup><strong>[7]</strong></sup></a> <strong style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">The song is written in the key of </strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_minor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><strong>A minor</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">.</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_(Lionel_Richie_song)#cite_note-8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><sup><strong>[8]</strong></sup></a><strong style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> The verses follow the </strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chord_progression" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><strong>chord progression</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> of Am</strong><sub style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"><strong>9</strong></sub><strong style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">—Cmaj</strong><sub style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"><strong>7</strong></sub><strong style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">/G—Fmaj</strong><sub style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"><strong>7</strong></sub><strong style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">—C</strong><sub style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"><strong>6</strong></sub><strong style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">/G—Fmaj</strong><sub style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"><strong>7</strong></sub><strong style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">. The chorus features a </strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neapolitan_chord" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><strong>Neapolitan chord</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> (Bb). </strong></p><p><strong style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">The </strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_video" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><strong>music video</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> for "Hello", directed by </strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Giraldi" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><strong>Bob Giraldi</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">, features the story of Richie as a theater and acting teacher having a seemingly unrequited love for a blind student (Laura Carrington) until he discovers she shares the feeling as demonstrated by the discovery that she is sculpting a likeness of his head in clay. </strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">The song is memorable for the line "Hello, is it me you're looking for?" The phrase started the song's composition, as when </strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Anthony_Carmichael" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><strong>James Anthony Carmichael</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"> visited Richie, the singer greeted him that way, to which Carmichael replied, "Finish that song." Richie initially felt that the song was "corny" but ultimately "by the time I finished the verse, I fell in love with the song again." </strong></p><p><strong style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">Several publications have commented on similarities in the theme of the song and accompanying video with that of "</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_(Adele_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><strong>Hello</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">" by British singer </strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adele" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><strong>Adele</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">.</strong></p><p><strong style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78);"><span class="ql-cursor"></span></strong></p>