Up All Night, from 2006's Coming Home, is great, eschewing Richie's quiet storm comfort zone for stammering, up-tempo 00s R&B, through which his voice glides with impressive ease.
Richie was commissioned to write a theme for White Nights on the condition it shared the movie's title. Instead, he submitted Say You, Say Me, a smart move that uncoupled the song from the film in the public imagination. For something apparently recorded in his living room, it's impressively epic, complete with a dramatic tempo change.
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