Hello

Recorded at Ocean Way Studios in Los Angeles, this was the second #1 song from Richie's second solo album after leaving the Commodores. Can't Slow Down won the 1984 Grammy for Album of the Year, and is the biggest-selling album in the history of Motown Records.

When he was young, Richie watched beautiful women walk past but was too shy to talk to them. He thought to himself, "Hello, is it me you're looking for." Years later he started to write a song using the phrase but got stuck and gave up, but his record producer liked the line and urged him to finish it.

Richie had this song written for his first solo album, but he left it off. His wife Brenda loved the song, and insisted he include it on his second album, Can't Slow Down.