Lionel Richie's Top Ten Rejected Song Lyrics | Letterman

The multi Grammy-winning singer-songwriter brings down the house with a special Top Ten List.
(From "Late Show," air date: 6/15/12)
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[@pauld205]

Lionel nailed it, and dave clearly loved it. So did the audience

[@robwinder4218]

Olive Garden REALLY dropped the ball by not having Lionel sing "Endless Breadsticks" in a commercial.

[@pcs56]

I thought the same thing! LOL!

[@TheLadsBandLive]

This proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that Lionel Richie could sing the phonebook.

[@ahveekhy]

Absolutely

[@ArtificialBanana]

The debt ceiling is a perennial hit!

[@Tommyr]

It's VERY timely!

[@hinthegroove9740]

This makes today worth it.

[@juanitoblanco1133]

Lionel is a music legend and a wonderful human being. We are lucky to have him in our lives.

[@jekyllynch6168]

Lionel looks great!

[@deidragreer2691]

Yes he does!😊

[@Atari5732]

Top ten of the Top ten list!

[@PilotsWorld]

Agreed.

[@steved.9645]

You always know when its a great Top Ten - Dave just loves them.

[@pendesign7086]

If this were a cd i would totally buy it 😅

[@deidragreer2691]

Me too!😂😂😂😂

[@CaesarDarias]

He totally committed. So good. Very funny.

[@tomhamby118]

Classic Dave! I miss it so much.

[@user-hm5zb1qn6g]

No. 10 alone makes for a killer Top 10.

[@stebstebanesier6205]

I wish Dave could give us his Top 10 Top 10 list.

[@Wolfie66]

Lionel could sing the phone book and it would sound amazing!

[@Wolfie66]

@@geetarman Indeed! LOL!

[@KentAJDK]

Best top teen ever 😊 love you Lionel ❤

[@random22026]

Easily, EASILY, my all-time, ALL-TIME Fave-Rave Dave Top 10 Countdown. Missed 'Once, Twice, Three Times a Lady' though! 😂😎😎

[@TimothyATaylor]

Judge Judy!

[@stevenpinkerton777]

Could be the best Top 10 ever!

[@sunflower1129]

I think Dave blushed during the Judge Judy one.

[@marktatum2592]

Way to go Dave. 👏

[@sammylangford8858]

That was great I loved it❤

[@oceanwoods]

Cultural gold!

[@MIKERUPTION]

That was great all around! Give Lionel credit for being a good sport and nailing it.

[@bsquared4604]

He's a legend. This was a real get.

[@wilkiedriver]

Good grief, the audience really can't help themselves clapping along.

[@video2000ification]

I remember when this aired. It was SOOOO legendary

[@rollotomassi6374]

This is as smooth as it gets…..BRAVO !!!

[@JoeyIndolos]

LOL at Letterman wondering what was wrong with the lyrics. I’m sure they might have looked lame when the scriptwriters put them on paper, but it was a different thing altogether when Richie sang them 😄

[@5454randy]

Hilariously brilliant!

[@bossfan49]

Could have made a Top 20 with all this brother's great songs!

[@Ricanfrom860]

That was brilliant 😂

[@cablecoshow]

Looks like someone searched Don's database for "debt ceiling."

[@garysmith9858]

One of the greats and Lionel has a beautiful house on a golf course.

[@realandrewhatfield]

Classic!

[@deidragreer2691]

I love this!😂😂😂😂

[@loginregional]

I do not use this word lightly: *EPIC*

[@yardarm5]

Omg that’s the talent combined in clusive 😂

[@NHRebelsthoughts]

Iconic

[@mhmrules]

He had a dream. He had an AWESOME dream.

[@landyachtfan79]

"Top 10's in the park................"

[@andreaskohaus9909]

Wow!

[@user-mf7nk6se1q]

Great!

[@christophers.1517]

Legend!

[@ludovik14]

Literally LOL

[@mysharyna1741]

OMG...It's my uncle Lionel from my cassette deck...IYKYK

[@rha101]

#7!😃

[@slc2466]

I know it's another song, but everything is awesome here.

[@Chuckson56]

This was brilliant and Lionel to go along with it was awesome.

[@jmyramila]

That's what I thought...what a good sport! I love it! Hahaha

[@marred2277]

Anybody else see this pop up and immediately go check to see if he died?

[@DaneOrschlovsky]

RIP to his vocal chords

[@pendesign7086]

Oh my gosh we do that too 😂

[@DaneOrschlovsky]

@@pendesign7086 this channel is notorious, it's a natural reaction to do so 🤣

[@robbernath]

Let us know when the album is available for download. 👏

[@JustMe327]

Mr. Sail ⛵on, Mr. All night 🌃 long. 😂

[@Vidiot25]

Remarkable😂

[@zenseed75]

OMG 😹😹

[@ahveekhy]

Too funny! 🤣

[@ruthecker399]

love dave

[@inrainbowman]

RIP 😢😮

[@JamesPlatt88]

HE IS ALIVE

[@checkmatekingtwothisiswhit7685]

It's once, twice, 10 rejected song lyrics later.

[@TFinSF]

One of Paul's better jackets!

[@holton345]

Judge Judy broke Dave up.

[@stephenkehl7158]

He Weird Al’d it!

[@glenngrinter6818]

😁🎼😁🎼😁🎼😁🎼😁🎼😁

[@robmagu65]

Best top 10?

[@joshuabrooks4907]

How funny.

[@BigDust200]

Shalom! This was great! Made my day when I saw this video.

[@ceciliarauth9481]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@S1L3NTG4M3R]

:)

[@TOPOM42]

Sorry to here he passed

[@oldmoviesinbwwithsubtitles3501]

Not dead!