"Deep River Woman" | |||||||||||
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Single by Lionel Richie with Alabama | |||||||||||
from the album Dancing on the Ceiling | |||||||||||
A-side | "Ballerina Girl" | ||||||||||
Released | December 6, 1986 | ||||||||||
Genre | country pop | ||||||||||
Length | 4:35 | ||||||||||
Label | Motown | ||||||||||
Writer(s) | Lionel Richie | ||||||||||
Producer(s) | Lionel Richie James Anthony Carmichael |
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"Deep River Woman" is a single written by American artist Lionel Richie and recorded by Richie with American country music group Alabama. It was released in December 1986 as the fourth single from Richie's album Dancing on the Ceiling. The song peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and number 71 on the Hot 100.
On Richie's 2012 duets album, Tuskegee, he re-recorded the song with Little Big Town. It charted on the Hot Country Songs chart from unsolicited airplay at number 60 for the week of June 16, 2012, spending only one week on the chart.