Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey Version
| "Endless Love" | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Single by Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey | ||||||||||||||||||||
| from the album Songs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Released | August 29, 1994 (1994-08-29) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Format | CD single, cassette single, 7" single | |||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Pop, R&B | |||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 4:21 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Epic | |||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Lionel Richie | |||||||||||||||||||
| Producer | Walter Afanasieff | |||||||||||||||||||
| Certification | Platinum Gold |
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Walter Afanasieff produced Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey's cover of the song for Vandross' Epic Records-released album Songs, and it is known for being Carey's first "high-profile" duet (an earlier duet, "I'll Be There," was with the then-unknown background singer Trey Lorenz). At the 1995 Grammy Award's, the song was nominated in the new category of Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, losing to "Funny How Time Slips Away" by Al Green and Lyle Lovett. Columbia Records later included the song on Carey's compilation album Greatest Hits (2001) and then again on her next compilation album, The Ballads (2008). It was released as the second single from Songs in 1994.
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