You Are

~ Recording by Lionel Richie

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.7You Are5:06Lionel RichieLionel RichieLionel RichieAlbum
  • US1982-10-06
Motown6007ML
1.7You Are5:06Lionel RichieLionel RichieLionel RichieAlbum
  • GB1982-11-15
1.7You Are5:06Lionel RichieLionel RichieLionel RichieAlbum
MotownSTMA 8037
1.7You Are5:06Lionel RichieLionel RichieLionel RichieAlbum
  • -1982
Motown530 026-2
1.7You Are5:06Lionel RichieLionel RichieLionel RichieAlbum
MotownVIL-6011
1.7You Are5:06Lionel RichieLionel RichieLionel RichieAlbum
  • JP1984-07-21
MotownVDP-34
1.7You Are5:06Lionel RichieLionel RichieLionel RichieAlbum
MotownMCD06007MD
1.7You Are5:06Lionel RichieLionel RichieLionel RichieAlbum
Motown6007-2
1.7You Are5:01Lionel RichieLionel RichieLionel RichieAlbum
Motown
1.1You Are5:01Lionel Richie20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Lionel RichieLionel RichieAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-10-07
1.7You Are?:??Lionel RichieLionel RichieLionel RichieAlbum
Motown440 038 301-2
1.7You Are5:06Lionel RichieLionel Richie (remaster, bonus tracks)Lionel RichieAlbum
Motown038 301-2
2.8You Are5:01Lionel RichieThe Definitive CollectionLionel Richie & the CommodoresAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)986 139-4
1.10You Are5:03Lionel RichieOne Shot Presents Black ’80Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • IT2004-10-20
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)982 373-2
2.6You Are5:01Lionel RichieGoldLionel Richie/CommodoresAlbum + Compilation
  • US2006-01-10
Hip‐O RecordsB0005900-02
4.4You Are4:59Lionel RichieMotown Top 100 AllertijdenVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”)983 762-8
1.1You Are5:01Lionel Richie20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Lionel RichieLionel RichieAlbum + Compilation
  • CA2007-10-14
2.15You Are5:01Lionel RichieNOW That’s What I Call the 80s Hits (deluxe edition)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2008-03-11
Now Joint Venture (US Now compilation series)
2.6You Are5:01Lionel RichieGoldLionel Richie/CommodoresAlbum + Compilation
UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises)
4.4You Are4:59Lionel Richie100 Motown ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Motown531 671-2
1.32You Are5:01Lionel RichieNOW That’s What I Call the 80s Hits (deluxe edition)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2011-04-26
Now Joint Venture (US Now compilation series)
1.7You Are5:06Lionel RichieLionel Richie (remastered)Lionel RichieAlbum
  • JP2013-11-20
MotownUICY-75862
1.8You Are5:02Lionel RichieThe Ultimate CollectionLionel RichieAlbum + Compilation
  • AT2016-08-05
  • DE2016-08-05
  • CH2016-08-05
Motown
1.8You Are5:03Lionel RichieThe Ultimate CollectionLionel RichieAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2016-09-02
Universal Music Group International (manages UMG's offices in most countries outside of North America)0600753706824
1.7You Are5:01Lionel RichieLionel Richie (192kHz · 24bit)Lionel RichieAlbum
  • -2019-11-19
Motown
1.7You Are5:06Lionel RichieLionel RichieLionel RichieAlbumMotownMCD06007MD
1.7You Are5:06Lionel RichieLionel RichieLionel RichieAlbumMotownMD 6007

Relationships

recording engineer:Calvin Harris
engineer:Jim Cassell
assistant producer:Brenda Harvey–Richie
producer:James Anthony Carmichael
Lionel Richie
mixer:Calvin Harris
Michael Johnson (Motown related)
Fred Law
Stephan Smith (US 70s/80s soul/funk engineer)
double bass:Ray Brown (jazz bassist)
Morty Corb (bass, USA)
drums (drum set):John “JR” Robinson (session drummer)
electric guitar:David Cochrane
Darrell Jones
harp:Gayle Levant
percussion:Paulinho da Costa
saxophone and woodwind:Gary Herbig
strings:Rollice Dale
Assa Drori
Henry Ferber
Ronald Folsom
Allan Harshman
William Henderson (violinist, concertmaster and strings)
Armand Kaproff
Dennis Karmazyn
William Kurasch
Joy Lyle
Erno Neufeld
Nathan Ross
Myron Sandler
David Schwartz (violist)
Frederick Seykora
Paul Shure
David Speltz
Mari Tsumura
Tibor Zelig
synthesizer [bass [synthesized]]:David Cochrane
trombone:Lew McCreary
Bill Reichenbach, Jr. (jazz trombonist)
trumpet:Bob Findley
Gary Grant (brass)
Jerry Hey
Walter Johnson (trumpeter)
Warren Luening
viola:Allan Harshman
violin:Assa Drori
Joy Lyle
Paul Shure
vocoder:Michael Boddicker
background vocals:David Cochrane
Howard Kenney
Richard Marx
Lionel Richie
Deborah Thomas (soul/disco singer)
arranger:James Anthony Carmichael
vocals arranger:Lionel Richie
concertmaster:Harry Bluestone
recorded at:A&M Recording Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
mixed at:Motown / Hitsville U.S.A Recording Studios in West Hollywood, California, United States
recording of:You Are

You Are

writer:Brenda Harvey–Richie
Lionel Richie
publisher:Brenda Richie Publishing
Brockman Music
later translated versions:ユー・アー