"Hello" is a song by Lionel Richie. Taken as the third single from Richie's multi-platinum album Can't Slow Down, the song was released in 1984 and reached number one on three Billboardmusic charts: the pop chart (for two weeks), the R&B chart (for three weeks), and the adult contemporary chart (for six weeks). The song also went to #1 on the UK Singles Chart. It is considered by many as Richie's signature song.

The song is particularly memorable for the line "Hello, is it me you're looking for?". In an interview broadcast in the UK on Channel 4's Top 100 Number One Hits, Richie said he had been thanked by a large number of normally tongue-tied men who had proposed marriage after a slow dance to the song.

Arguably the music video attracted more attention than the song, for its story of Richie's character (a music teacher) having a seemingly unrequited love for a blind arts student (played by Laura Carrington, an actress who is not blind) until he discovers she shares the feeling as demonstrated by the discovery that she is sculpting a likeness of his head (which was actually created by a professional sculptor who never met Lionel). The video has been parodied a number of times including a Starburst commercial when the sculpture is made from Starburst candy. According to the video's appearance in VH1's Pop Up Video, the video was an adaptation of an unproduced screenplay called "Spaldeen Summers".

"Hello" was featured in the 2005 film The 40-Year-Old Virgin, as well as Roman Polański's 1992 film Bitter Moon. It was also parodied in the movie Scary Movie 4during the Brokeback Mountainparody. The intro was used during a stormy scene in Are We Done Yet?, only to be cut short by a lightning bolt.

The line "Hello, is it me you're looking for?" is sung by a male penguin in the film Happy Feet(2006). The line is also included with Richie's face on a t-shirt sold at kiosks in shopping malls.

Also, the Disney TV special DTV Valentinefeatured a music video of the song set to the "Twitterpated" scene from Bambi. Peter Griffin also listened to "Hello" in the Family Guyepisode "Stewie Kills Lois" repeatedly saying "Oh God, Lionel, you have been hurt. You have been hurt by somebody, that much is clear. Who hurt you? Who hurt you? Who hurt you, who hurt you". An excerpt was sung by Kristen Chenoweth in season 2, episode 11 of "Pushing Daisies." It was also used in several episodes of Seinfeld. This usually occurred when one of the characters went to the beach to make a big decision.

Lionel Richie(1982)  · Can't Slow Down(1983)  · Dancing on the Ceiling(1986)  · Louder Than Words(1996)  · Time(1998)  · Renaissance(2000)  · Just for You(2004)  · Coming Home(2006)  · Just Go(2009)

Encore(2002)  · Live in Paris(2007)  · Live - His Greatest Hits and More(2007)

Back to Front(1992)  · Truly: The Love Songs(1997)  · Gold(2006)  · Soul Legends(2006)  · Sounds of the Season(2006)  · The Definitive Collection(2007)  · Symphonica in Rosso(2008)

"Endless Love" (with Diana Ross) (1981)  ·"Truly" (1982)  ·"You Are" (1983)  ·"My Love" (1983)  ·"All Night Long (All Night)" (1983)  ·"Running with the Night" (1983)  ·" Hello " (1984)  ·"Stuck on You" (1984)  ·"Penny Lover" (1984)  ·"Say You, Say Me" (1985)  ·"Dancing on the Ceiling" (1986)  ·"Love Will Conquer All" (1986)  ·"Ballerina Girl" (1986)  ·"My Destiny" (1992)

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