Released as the third single from Marx's self-titled debut album in January of 1988, "Endless Summer Nights" was written as a "theme to the summer love you cannot have because you go your separate ways in the fall," according to Billboard, which ranked the tune #6 on their list of "All-Time Hottest Songs of Summer."
"'Endless Summer Nights' was an old song, written around the same time that I wrote 'Should Have Known Better,'" Marx explained in a video commentary on his official YouTube channel.
Indeed, the lyrics say it all:
Clearly, the song was relatable to plenty of lovelorn listeners, since it peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. In a 2021 interview with Forbes, Marx opened up about how the success of his first album took him by surprise.
Lionel Richie discovered Richard Marx when he was still in high school
Marx was just a high school student with dreams of making it big as a musician when Lionel Richie got ahold of his demo tape. The star was so impressed with what he heard that he called the teenager, telling him to finish school and head straight to Los Angeles (he even spoke to Marx's parents about his career when they visited L.A.).
“He ended up spending his evening post-show on the floor of my parents' hotel room talking to them for over an hour — basically, make them feel more comfortable about their little boy going out to L.A. and the music biz," he continued. "I know how much that meant to my parents. Again, I could tell story after story about the kind of guy Lionel Richie is. That tells you everything about him.”
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