I have a list of songs to be played in the not-too-distant-future, but tonight … I wanted one to lift my own spirits, to bring a smile to my own face, so this one’s for me! (Sorry, Clive … I know you don’t care for Lionel, but you’ll get Juice Newton in the next day or two!)
Lionel wrote You Are with his then-wife, Brenda Harvey Richie, and it was his second ‘solo’ after leaving the Commodores. Truly, also released in 1982, was his first, and this was a follow-up. There isn’t a lot of background that I could find about this song, but according to Richard Marx who sang backup on this song …
“Every session I ever did with Lionel, or for him, was a very fun atmosphere. I’ve been on so many sessions where it’s a downer, and you just try to get through it and…
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