From Wikipedia:
"Hello" is a song by Lionel Richie. It was released as a single in 1984 and reached number one in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and UK singles chart.
Arguably the music video attracted more attention than the song, for its story of a blind arts student sculpting a likeness of Richie's head. The video has been parodied a number of times including a Starburst commercial when the sculpture is made from Starburst.
The song is particularly memorable for the line "Hello, is it me you're looking for?" In an interview broadcast in the UK on Channel 4's Top 100 Number One Hits, Richie said he had been thanked by a large number of normally tongue-tied men who had proposed marriage after a slow dance to the song.
It was featured in the 2005 film The 40-Year-Old Virgin, as well as Roman Polański's 1992 film Bitter Moon.
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bamdrewholy crap! this wasn't on the sift already!? good call, fozi!
theo47For some reason, I saw an interview he gave recently, and he said he still gets asked to this day if the girl in this video is really blind (she isn't).
LadyBuglionel richie was the first concert i ever went to .... i was 9!
great tune ... he sounded as good as ever when he performed this at the grammys the other night!!
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siftbotDiscarding this video. It was flagged as dead but not flagged undead within 7 days.
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