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"Ballerina Girl" is a song written and recorded by Lionel Richie, from his 1986 album Dancing on the Ceiling. The song was written for Lionel's daughter, Nicole. [1] [2] [3] In the US and Canada, the song was released as a double A-side, with "Deep River Woman" entering the charts in January 1987.
Dancing on the Ceiling is the third solo studio album by American singer Lionel Richie, released on August 5, 1986. [2] The album was originally to be titled Say You, Say Me, after the Academy Award-winning track of the same name, but it was renamed to a different track's title after Richie rewrote several songs on the album.
In the video, which premiered on September 8, 1986, [6] Richie and friends attend a party and dance on the ceiling reminiscent of Fred Astaire's routine in Donen's 1951 film Royal Wedding. [3] Donen later said that Richie actually adapted easier and quicker to the rotating room used in the video than Astaire did while shooting Royal Wedding. [7]
Nicole Richie's parents, Lionel Richie and Brenda Harvey Richie, remember the first time they saw her ... Lionel famously wrote his 1986 hit “Ballerina Girl” — which cracked the top 10 on ...
If I’m in the middle of the stage and I forget the lyrics, there’s a wonderful period where I go “Come on, everybody.” And they’re singing louder than I am. That’s why you write the song.
“ ‘Ballerina Girl’ is a song that my dad wrote, and the song is after me,” she explained. Her dad, Lionel Richie, included the song on 1986’s Dancing on the Ceiling. But the screen name ...
Lionel Richie: Lionel Richie chronology; Louder Than Words (1996) Truly: The Love Songs (1997) Time (1998) ... "Ballerina Girl" "Still in Love" "Oh No" (The Commodores)
Richie became a grandfather in 2008 when Nicole Richie gave birth to a baby girl with Joel Madden, lead singer of the rock band Good Charlotte. Richie's second grandchild was born to the couple in 2009. [49] Richie is a Freemason. [50] Richie helped to raise over $3.1 million for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. [51]