"Say You, Say Me" is an Oscar winning song, written and recorded by Lionel Richie for the film White Nights, starring Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines.^[1] The single hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B singles charts^[2] in December 1985. It became Richie's ninth number one on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.^[3] The track is not available on the soundtrack album to the film, because Motown did not want Richie's first single since the Can't Slow Down album to appear on another record label. It finally appeared on the Dancing on the Ceiling album released in 1986.

The track won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1985.^[1]

In 2008, the song was ranked at #74 of the top songs of all time on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, commemorating the first 50 years of the chart.^[4]

• Richie partially parodied his own song to "Hey You, Beer Me" for Homer Simpson when he guest starred as himself on The Simpsons.
• Parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic featured a segment of the song in his "Polka Party!" polka medley.
• Richie parodied his own song in an advert for British crisp manufacturers Walkers.
• This song was also featured twice in Rio when Blu tries to make a move on Jewel, and when Tulio and Linda look at each other in macaw costumes (disguised as performers).

In 20i2, the Danish star Rasmus Seebach recorded the song in English with Lionel Richie. The duet will be featured on Richie's upcoming album, for which Richie has picked a host of best-selling singers from around the world in collaborations.^[5]

• List of number-one hits in Norway
• List of number-one hits (Sweden)
• List of number-one hits of 1986 (Switzerland)
• List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1985 (U.S.)
• List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1985 (U.S.)
• List of number-one R&B singles of 1986 (U.S.)