Jay-Z sampled "All Night Long" on a song called "Only A Customer", which appeared on the 1998 soundtrack Streets is Watching.Blige sampled the group's "All Night Long" for her song " Mary Jane (All Night Long)" on her 1994 album My Life. LL Cool J sampled "All Night Long" (along with the song from which "All Night Long"'s bassline was taken, Keni Burke's "Risin' to the Top") in his song " Around the Way Girl" from the 1990 album Mama Said Knock You Out, and also in the song " Paradise" featuring Amerie from his album " 10".American entertainer Jennifer Lopez sampled "All Night Long" in the Murder Remix for her song " I'm Real.".The Black Eyed Peas sampled "All Night Long" in their song "Audio Delite at Low Fidelity" from their album Monkey Business.The song was included in the soundtrack of the 2002 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.īillboard named the song #61 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time.
The song has been heavily sampled since its inception, including by artists Groove Theory, LL Cool J and Mary J. The bassline interpolates Keni Burke's 1982 single " Risin' to the Top". It is their only hit song on the UK charts peaking at #13. the song enjoyed success on the Hot Black Singles Chart peaking at #11 on the Dance Chart it peaked at #8, but the song failed to succeed in the general public peaking only at #101 on the Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart. "All Night Long" is a song written, arranged and produced by American musician Rick James for the Mary Jane Girls.