Deep River Woman

1986 single by Lionel Richie and Alabama

"Deep River Woman"

Single by Lionel Richie with Alabama

from the album Dancing on the Ceiling

A-side

"Ballerina Girl"

Released

November 1986

Genre

Country pop

Length

4:35

Label

Motown

Songwriter(s)

Lionel Richie

Producer(s)

Lionel Richie
James Anthony Carmichael

Lionel Richie singles chronology

"Love Will Conquer All"
(1986)

"Deep River Woman"
(1986)

"Se La"
(1987)

Alabama singles chronology

"Touch Me When We're Dancing"
(1986)

"Deep River Woman"
(1986)

""You've Got" the Touch"
(1986)

"Deep River Woman" is a song written by American R&B artist Lionel Richie and recorded by Richie with American country music band Alabama. It was released in November 1986 as the fourth single from Richie's album Dancing on the Ceiling as double A-side with "Ballerina Girl". The song peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and number 71 on the Hot 100.^[1]

Chart performance

Chart (1986–1987)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100^[2]	71
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[3]	28
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	10
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	10

Cover versions

On Richie's 2012 duets album, Tuskegee, he re-recorded the song with Little Big Town. It charted on the Hot Country Songs chart from unsolicited airplay at number 60 for the week of June 16, 2012, spending only one week on the chart.^[5]

References

^ "Lionel Richie singles". Allmusic. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
^ "Lionel Richie Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "Lionel Richie Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
^ "Lionel Richie Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "Lionel Richie: Album & Song Chart History". Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

Lionel Richie

Studio albums

Lionel Richie (1982)
Can't Slow Down (1983)
Dancing on the Ceiling (1986)
Louder Than Words (1996)
Time (1998)
Renaissance (2000)
Just for You (2004)
Coming Home (2006)
Sounds of the Season (2006)
Just Go (2009)
Tuskegee (2012)

Live albums

Encore (2002)

Compilation albums

Back to Front (1992)
Truly: The Love Songs (1997)
The Definitive Collection (2003)
Gold (2006)

Singles

"Endless Love" (with Diana Ross) (1981)
"Truly" (1982)
"You Are" (1983)
"My Love" (1983)
"All Night Long (All Night)" (1983)
"Running with the Night" (1983)
"Hello" (1984)
"Stuck on You" (1984)
"Penny Lover" (1984)
"Say You, Say Me" (1985)
"Dancing on the Ceiling" (1986)
"Love Will Conquer All" (1986)
"Ballerina Girl" (1986)
"Deep River Woman" (1987)
"Se La" (1987)
"Do It to Me" (1992)
"My Destiny" (1992)
"Don't Wanna Lose You" (1996)
"Angel" (2000)
"Don't Stop the Music" (2001)
"Tender Heart" (2001)
"I Forgot" (2001)
"Cinderella" (2001)
"To Love a Woman" (2003)
"Just for You" (2004)
"Long, Long Way to Go" (2004)
"I Call It Love" (2006)
"What You Are" (2006)
"Why" (2006)
"Reason to Believe" (2007)
"Good Morning" (2008)
"Just Go" (2009)

Songwriting

"Lady" (1980)
"Missing You" (1984)
"We Are the World" (1985)
"I Like It" (2010)

Tours

All the Hits, All Night Long
All the Hits Tour

v t e Alabama 1977–1989 singles
My Home's in Alabama	"I Wanna Come Over" "My Home's in Alabama" "Tennessee River" "Why Lady Why"
Feels So Right	"Old Flame" "Feels So Right" "Love in the First Degree"
Mountain Music	"Mountain Music" "Take Me Down" "Close Enough to Perfect"
The Closer You Get...	"Dixieland Delight" "The Closer You Get" "Lady Down on Love"
Roll On	"Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)" "When We Make Love" "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)" "(There's A) Fire in the Night"
40-Hour Week	"There's No Way" "40 Hour Week (For a Livin')" "Can't Keep a Good Man Down"
Greatest Hits	"She and I"
The Touch	"Touch Me When We're Dancing" ""You've Got" the Touch"
Just Us	"Tar Top" "Face to Face" "Fallin' Again"
Southern Star	"Song of the South" "If I Had You" "High Cotton" "Southern Star"
Other singles	"Christmas in Dixie" "Deep River Woman"