Lionel Richie - Running With The Night

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Song background: "Lionel Richie unleashed Can't Slow Down, the multi-platinum album which features the uptempo smash hit "Running With The Night."
Richie co-wrote this with the lyricist Cynthia Weil, and co-produced it with James Anthony Carmichael; the blistering guitar solo is played by Steve Lukather of Toto. Released on the Motown label, the radio edit runs to 4 minutes 5 seconds, and the album version to 6 minutes 2 seconds. >>
This song has a very urban vibe, with Richie singing about an exciting and memorable night in the city with his lady love. The lyric is vague but poetic, leaving the listener to fill in the details as the couple roams the boulevard, wild and free. A key line comes after the title when we learn they were "playing in the shadows," enjoying everything a city at night has to offer until the sun comes up.
When a young Richard Marx moved from Chicago to Los Angeles and was amassing rejection letters for his demos, Lionel Richie gave him a shot, and had him sing backup on this track. Before he hit it big as a solo artist, Marx lent his vocals to several other Richie recordings, including "All Night Long (All Night)."
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"Running With The Night" written by Cynthia Weil and Lionel B. Richie, Jr.
Lyrics
"The heart of the city street was beating
Lights from the neons
Turned the dark to day
We were too hot to think of sleeping
We had to get out
Before the magic got away

We were running with the night
Playingin the shadows
Just you and i
Till the morning light
(we were running) oh, oh
Running with the night
You were looking so good girl
Heads were turning
You and me on the town
Ooh, we let it all hang out
The fire was in us, we were running
We were gonna go all the way
And we never had a doubt

We were running with the night
Playing in the shadows
Just you and i
Till the morning light
Running with the night
We were so in love you and me
On the boulevard wild and free
Giving all we got, we laid it down
Taking every shot, we took the town

We were running with the night
Playing in the shadows
Just you and i
Girl, it was so right
Girl, it was so right."

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