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<p><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">"Truly" is the debut solo single 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);">. Resuming where he left off with D-flat major tunes "</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sail_On_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><strong>Sail On</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">" and particularly "</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Still_(Commodores_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><strong>Still</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">" when he was lead for the&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodores" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><strong>Commodores</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, Richie wrote the song and co-produced it with&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Anthony_Carmichael" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><strong>James Anthony Carmichael</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">.</strong></p><p><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">Released as the first single 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 album</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;in 1982, "Truly" debuted on the&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><strong><em>Billboard</em>&nbsp;Hot 100</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;on 9 October 1982 and climbed to No. 1 on 27 November – 4 December 1982.</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truly_(Lionel_Richie_song)#cite_note-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 also spent four weeks at No. 1 on the&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_Contemporary_(chart)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><strong>adult contemporary chart</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">,</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truly_(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;and logged nine weeks at No. 2 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);">, behind&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Gaye" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><strong>Marvin Gaye</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">'s "</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_Healing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><strong>Sexual Healing</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">". In addition, "Truly" made the top 10 in United Kingdom, where the song peaked at No. 6.</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truly_(Lionel_Richie_song)#cite_note-occ-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">^{<strong>[3]</strong>}</a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;The song won a&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><strong>Grammy Award</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;for Richie in the category&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Male_Pop_Vocal_Performance" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><strong>Best Male Pop Vocal Performance</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">.</strong></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><strong><em>Billboard</em></strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;called it a "moving&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentimental_ballad" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><strong>ballad</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;with all the drama and poignance of '</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Still_(Commodores_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><strong>Still</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">', '</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Times_a_Lady" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><strong>Three Times a Lady</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">' and '</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endless_Love_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><strong>Endless Love</strong></a><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">'."</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truly_(Lionel_Richie_song)#cite_note-bb-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">^{<strong>[4]</strong>}</a></p>