I’m Released as the follow-up single to his number-one hit song “Truly“, “You Are” reached the top five on three major Billboard music charts. On the Billboard Hot 100pop chart, the song spent two weeks at number four in early 1983.
It peaked at number two on the R&B chart(behind “Billie Jean” by Michael Jackson), and spent six weeks at number one on the adult contemporary chart. In the United Kingdom, the song reached number 43 on the British pop chart.
Billboard said that it has a faster tempo than “Truly” and that it has “an inventive vocal arrangement, with deft harmonies and resonant bass rumbles.”
“You Are” is a romantic song, although it has a more upbeat arrangement than many of Richie’s slower ballads, including a horn section. Before achieving popularity for his own music, singer Richard Marx was a studio musician who can be heard singing backing vocals on “You Are” as well as other songs from Richie’s debut album.
Richie re-worked the song as a duet with country singer Blake Shelton for Richie’s 2012 Tuskegee album. cc
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