All Night Long (Mary Jane Girls song)

"All Night Long" is a song written, arranged and produced by American musician Rick James for the Mary Jane Girls.

"All Night Long"
A-side label of U.S. vinyl single
Single by Mary Jane Girls
from the album Mary Jane Girls
ReleasedFebruary 6, 1983
Recorded1982
StudioRecord Plant
(Sausalito, California)
Genre
Length5:34 (album version)
3:55 (single version)
LabelGordy
Songwriter(s)Rick James
Producer(s)Rick James

In the U.S. the song enjoyed success on the Hot Black Singles Chart peaking at #11; on the Dance Chart it peaked at #8, but the song failed to succeed in the general public peaking only at #101 on the Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart. It is their only hit song on the UK charts peaking at #13.

The bassline interpolates Keni Burke's 1982 single "Risin' to the Top". The song has been heavily sampled since its inception, including by artists Groove Theory, LL Cool J and Mary J. Blige.

The song was included in the soundtrack of the 2002 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

Billboard named the song #61 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time.[1]

Sampling

References
  1. "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks". Billboard. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  2. https://www.whosampled.com/sample/11459/Jeru-the-Damaja-Da-Bichez-Mary-Jane-Girls-All-Night-Long/
  3. https://www.whosampled.com/sample/647900/MC-Zappa-All-Night-Long-(Bit-Hop-Mix)-Mary-Jane-Girls-All-Night-Long/



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