Cinderella (Lionel Richie song)

"Cinderella"
Single by Lionel Richie
from the album Renaissance
Released21 May 2001 [1]
GenreLatin pop[2]
Length3:42
LabelIsland Def Jam
Songwriter(s)
  • Lionel Richie
  • Joe Wolfe
Producer(s)
  • Lionel Richie
  • Joe Wolfe
Lionel Richie singles chronology
"I Forgot"
(2001) 		"Cinderella"
(2001) 		"The One"
(2001)

"Cinderella" is a song by American singer Lionel Richie. It was written and produced by Richie along with Joe Wolfe for his sixth studio album Renaissance (2000). The latin pop song was released as the album's third single in Continental Europe in the second quartet of 2001. A minor commercial success, it peaked within the top fifty of the Swiss Singles Chart, while also reaching the charts in Germany and the Netherlands.

Track listings

CD maxi single[3]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Cinderella"
  • Lionel Richie
  • Joe Wolfe
  • Richie
  • Wolfe
3:42
2."Just Can't Say Goodbye"
4:08
3."Still" (Live)Richie
5:16
4."Don't Stop the Music" (Extended Album Version)
  • Richie
  • Taylor
  • Barry
  • Taylor
  • Rawling
6:12

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies a co-producer

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[4]

  • Alex Al – bass
  • Gary Bias – horns
  • Raymond Brown – horns, horns arrangement
  • Gerald Cox – background vocals
  • Jared Douglas – background vocals
  • James Hoover – engineering assistant
  • Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitar
  • Lionel Richie – producer, vocals, writer
  • Michael Stewart – horns
  • Dirk Vanoucek – recording
  • Kelly Wendall – horns
  • Joe Wolfe – keyboards, producer, programming, writer
  • Reginald Young – horns
  • Wassim Zriek – engineering assistant

Charts

Chart (2001) Peak
position
Germany (GfK)[5] 74
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] 82
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[3] 49

References

  1. ^ "Lionel Richie singles".
  2. ^ "Lionel Richie: Renaissance". allmusic.com.
  3. ^ a b "Lionel Richie – Cinderella". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  4. ^ Renaissance (booklet). Lionel Richie. Island Def Jam. 2000.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ "Lionel Richie – Cinderella" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  6. ^ "Lionel Richie – Cinderella" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 2017-06-17.