"1980s ballads" . . "Music videos directed by Bob Giraldi" . "%22Hello%22 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 Billboard music 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 number one in the UK Singles Chart. The song later inspired a lawsuit by songwriter Marjorie Hoffman White, who accused Richie of plagiarizing her composition %22I'm Not Ready to Go%22.The song is memorable for the line %22Hello, is it me you're looking for?%22. That phrase started the song's composition, as James Anthony Carmichael visited Richie, and once the singer greeted him that way Carmichael replied %22Finish that song.%22 Richie initially felt that the song was %22corny%22 but ultimately %22by the time I finished the verse, I fell in love with the song again.%22 The guitar solo on the song was played by session guitarist Louis Shelton." . "Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles" . . . "-0.020752"^^ . "USIR20200919" . "Motown singles" . "false"^^ . . "1137669" . "2002-08-23"^^ . "Hello" . "Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one singles" . "TRRUXAH128E078FECB" . "UK Singles Chart number-one singles" . "1984-02-13"^^ . "5714ded925ac0d8aee48cdca" . "Lionel Richie" . "Bachata songs" . "RPM Top Singles number-one singles" . "Motown" . "Number-one singles in Switzerland" . "Soft rock songs" . "-9.4"^^ . "132.0"^^ . "Number-one singles in New Zealand" . . "Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one singles" . . "true"^^ . "110000.0"^^ . "Kikki Danielsson songs" . "1984 singles" . . . "Number-one singles in Australia" . "-0.191167"^^ . "eng" . "true"^^ . "Dutch Top 40 number-one singles" . . "1983 songs" . "European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles" . "2"^^ . "Pop ballads" . "Songs written by Lionel Richie" . "6aa575e3-6772-4e5b-a09a-d274d14fb415" . . . "Rhythm and blues ballads" . "James Anthony Carmichael" . "Lionel Richie songs" . "3445" . "english" . "293966"^^ . "Hello" . . . "0"^^ .