"Endless Love" | ||||
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Single by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie | ||||
from the album Endless Love: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||||
B-side | "Endless Love" (instrumental) | |||
Released | 26 June 1981 (US)[1] | |||
Recorded | 1981 | |||
Genre | R&B | |||
Length | 4:24 | |||
Label | Motown | |||
Songwriter(s) | Lionel Richie | |||
Producer(s) | Lionel Richie and James Anthony Carmichael | |||
Diana Ross singles chronology | ||||
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Lionel Richie singles chronology | ||||
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"Endless Love" is a song written by Lionel Richie and originally recorded as a duet between Richie and singer/actress Diana Ross. In this ballad, the singers declare their "endless love" for one another. It was covered by Luther Vandross with R&B-pop singer Mariah Carey, and also by country music singer Shania Twain. Billboard has named the original version as the greatest song duet of all time.[2]