Lionel Richie《Running With The Night》

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永日不可暮，炎蒸毒我肠。

安得万里风，飘飖吹我裳。

——【唐】杜甫《夏夜叹》

歌名:《Running With The Night》

歌者：Lionel Richie

词曲：Cynthia Weil & Lionel Richie

流派： R&B  Disco 

推荐理由

这是一首来自霸榜达人的歌，他可是在当时跟正红的迈克尔杰克逊分天下的男人。这首歌的律动很舒服。

歌词

[Verse 1]

The heart of the city street was beating

Light 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

[Chorus]

We were running with the night

Playing in the shadows

Just you and I, 'til the morning light

We were running, running with the night

[Verse 2]

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 burning

We were going to go all the way and we never had a doubt

[Chorus]

We were running with the night

Playing in the shadows

Just you and I, 'til the morning light

We were running, running with the night

[Bridge]

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

[Chorus]

We were running with the night

Playing in the shadows

Just you and I, 'til the morning light

We were running, running with the night

We were running with the night

Playing in the shadows

Just you and I, 'til the morning light

We were running, running with the night

[Outro]

Just you and I, girl it was so right (We were running)

Girl so right (running with the night)

So right

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多添一点：

今天分享一首Lionel Richie 的《Running With The Night》。

人们普遍认为迈克尔·杰克逊是将黑人音乐和当代摇滚融合在一起的唯一。实际并非如此。今天带来另一位有这样作品的人。在杰克逊的《Thriller》专辑发行后不久。Lionel Richie 就发行了这张销量白金的专辑《Can’t Slow Down》。而今天这首歌曲也是这张专辑中比较火热的单曲之一。在公告牌百强单曲榜上排名第七，在公告牌成人当代和R&B排行榜上排名第六。这首歌夹在他的其他两首热门单曲之间:第一首单曲《All Night Long (All Night)》和第三首单曲《Hello》。这一系列的热门歌曲持续霸榜了6个月，1983年11月的《All Night Long (All Night)》登顶，1984年2月这首歌登顶第7名，1984年5月的《Hello》登顶第1名。可见歌好听谁也挡不住。

歌曲为Lionel Richie与作词人辛西娅·韦尔(Cynthia Weil)共同创作，并与詹姆斯·安东尼·卡迈克尔(James Anthony Carmichael)共同制作;火爆的吉他独奏由Toto乐队的Steve Lukather演奏。在摩城唱片公司发行，电台编辑为4分5秒，专辑版本为6分2秒。

这首歌很有都市气息，Lionel Richie唱的是他和爱人在城市的一个令人难忘的夜晚。歌词充满暗喻，富有诗意，留下了给听者自行填补的空间。

这首歌的伴唱是Richard Marx，当时，他正在为demo被拒而苦恼，Lionel Richie给了他机会来做这首歌曲的伴唱。

1985年1月28日，Richie在全美音乐奖开幕式上演唱了这首歌，他在颁奖礼上赢得了五项大奖。节目播出后，他的夜晚并没有结束。他和其他44位歌手前往A&M录音室录制他和迈克尔·杰克逊(Michael Jackson)合写的《We Are The World》。直到第二天早上才结束，对Richie来说，这是辛苦又荣耀的一晚。