All Night Long (Mary Jane Girls song)
| "All Night Long" | |
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 A-side label of U.S. vinyl single | |
| Single by Mary Jane Girls | |
| from the album Mary Jane Girls | |
| Released | February 6, 1983 |
| Recorded | 1982 |
| Studio | Record Plant (Sausalito, California) |
| Genre | |
| Length | 5:34 (album version) 3:55 (single version) |
| Label | Gordy |
| Songwriter(s) | Rick James |
| Producer(s) | Rick James |
"All Night Long" is a song written, arranged and produced by American musician Rick James for the Mary Jane Girls.
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[]
- The Black Eyed Peas sampled "All Night Long" in their song "Audio Delite at Low Fidelity" from their album Monkey Business.
- American entertainer Jennifer Lopez sampled "All Night Long" in the Murder Remix for her song "I'm Real."
- LL Cool J sampled "All Night Long" (along with the song from which "All Night Long"'s bassline was taken, Keni Burke's "Risin' to the Top") in his song "Around the Way Girl" from the 1990 album Mama Said Knock You Out, and also in the song "Paradise" featuring Amerie from his album "10".
- Mary J. Blige sampled the group's "All Night Long" for her song "Mary Jane (All Night Long)" on her 1994 album My Life.
- Jay-Z sampled "All Night Long" on a song called "Only A Customer", which appeared on the 1998 soundtrack Streets is Watching.
- Big Daddy Kane sampled "All Night Long" in his 1989 song "Smooth Operator".
- Groove Theory sampled "All Night Long" for their song, "Tell Me."
- Jeru the Damaja (via DJ Premier) sampled the drums of “All Night Long” (which were programmed on an Oberheim DMX) on the song “Da Bitchez” from the album The Sun Rises in the East.[2]
- Onar sampled "All Night Long" for the song "Klubing" on his 2003 album Wszystko co mogę mieć.
- Redman sampled "All Night Long" for the songs "Tonight's da Night" and Can't Wait.
- DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince sampled "All Night Long" on the track "I Wanna Rock" from their 1993 final studio album Code Red.
- covered/sampled "All Night Long" on his debut album It's All A Game.[3]
References[]
- ^ "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks". Billboard. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
- ^ https://www.whosampled.com/sample/11459/Jeru-the-Damaja-Da-Bichez-Mary-Jane-Girls-All-Night-Long/
- ^ https://www.whosampled.com/sample/647900/MC-Zappa-All-Night-Long-(Bit-Hop-Mix)-Mary-Jane-Girls-All-Night-Long/
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- 1983 singles
- 1983 songs
- Songs written by Rick James
- Mary Jane Girls songs
- Disco songs
- Song recordings produced by Rick James
- Gordy Records singles
- 1980s single stubs