<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Endless Love" Diana Ross and Lionel Richie "Endless Love" from Endless Love: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Problems playing this file? See media help . </Td> </Tr> <P> "Endless Love" is a song written by Lionel Richie and originally recorded as a duet between Richie and fellow soul singer Diana Ross . In this ballad, the singers declare their "endless love" for one another . It was covered by soul singer Luther Vandross with R&B singer Mariah Carey and also by country music singer Shania Twain . Richie's friend (and sometimes co-worker) Kenny Rogers has also recorded the song . Billboard has named the original version as the greatest song duet of all - time . </P> <P> Ross and Richie recorded the song for Motown, and it was used as the theme for the Franco Zeffirelli's film adaptation of Scott Spencer's novel Endless Love . Produced by Richie and arranged by Gene Page, it was released as a single from the film's soundtrack in 1981 . While the film Endless Love was a modest box - office success, the song became the second biggest - selling single of the year (first was "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes) in the U.S. and reached number 1 on the Hot 100, where it stayed for nine weeks from August 15 to October 10, 1981 . It also topped the Billboard R&B chart and the Adult Contemporary chart, and reached number 7 in the UK . It also became the most successful duet of the rock era, surpassing the Everly Brothers' 1957 hit "Wake Up Little Susie," which spent four weeks at number one . Both songs spent six months on the chart, with "Endless Love" eclipsing the Everly's hit by one week . </P>

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