--- title: Adele Hello Video: Lionel Richie Mashup description: This was inevitable canonical: https://time.com/4084903/adele-hello-lionel-richie-mashup/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-23T15:28:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:51.879Z og:title: Someone Mashed Up Adele's 'Hello' With the Lionel Richie Song og:description: This was inevitable og:url: https://time.com/4084903/adele-hello-lionel-richie-mashup/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Someone Mashed Up Adele's 'Hello' With the Lionel Richie Song twitter:description: This was inevitable twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Someone Already Mashed Up Adele's 'Hello' With Lionel Richie's Song of the Same Name by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Oct 23, 2015 3:28 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Oct 23, 2015 3:28 PM CUT On Thursday, Adele released [the video](http://time.com/4084687/adele-hello-video/ "undefined") for her new single, “Hello.” Fans were quick to point out that this song reminded them of Lionel Richie’s 1984 tune of the same name. Some people even said they [wished](https://twitter.com/GuyLodge/status/657540895470977024 "undefined") Adele’s song had actually just been [a cover](https://twitter.com/hellerNYT/status/657524196990451716 "undefined") of Lionel Richie’s. And then, of course, came the people desperately [crying out](https://twitter.com/pissedachios/status/657465144075620352 "undefined") for a mashup of the two. And now, unsurprisingly, a few mashups have arrived. They’re short, but they’re still pretty great: > [](https://twitter.com/iambrettcullen/status/657468596474499076) Now we just have to wait for someone to release a full-length mashup. People [really](https://twitter.com/iamdanparry/status/657559694643470336 "undefined"), [really](https://twitter.com/mikeconway03/status/657559544420110338 "undefined") want this to happen. Can anybody out there make it happen? Please? Hello? ### See Adele’s Life in Pictures  Adele performs on the MTV2 Gonzo On Tour stage during the Great Escape Festival in Brighton, England, on May 19, 2007. Dave Etheridge-Barnes—Getty Images  Adele receives the Critic's Choice Awards at The Brit Awards 2008 at Earls Court in London on Feb. 20, 2008 . Jon Furniss—WireImage/Getty Images  Adele attends the "Late Show with David Letterman" at Ed Sullivan Theatre in New York City on June 16, 2008. Ray Tamarra—Getty Images  Adele performs at the 9:30 Club in Washington on Jan. 17, 2009. Michael Loccisano—Getty Images  Adele arrives at the 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 8, 2009. Kevin Mazur—WireImage/Getty Images  Adele visits the "Late Show with David Letterman" at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City on March 30, 2009. Ray Tamarra—Getty Images  Jennifer Hudson, Adele, and Leona Lewis pose onstage during the 2009 VH1 Divas at Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York City on Sept. 17, 2009. Christopher Polk—Getty Images  Adele performs a Live Lounge Special for BBC Radio 1 at BBC Maida Vale Studios in London on Jan. 27, 2011. Andy Sheppard—Redferns  Adele performs on stage at the The 28th Annual MTV Video Music Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles on Aug. 28, 2011. Kevin Mazur—WireImage  Adele performing "Rolling in the Deep" on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars - the Results Show," on May 10, 2011. Adam Taylor—ABC/Getty Images  Adele at The BRIT Awards in London on Feb. 21, 2012. Eamonn McCormack—WireImage/Getty Images  Adele poses in the press room at the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 12, 2012. Dan MacMedan—WireImage/Getty Images  Adele sits down with Matt Lauer to discuss her upcoming NBC special "Adele Live in London with Matt Lauer" on May 2, 2012. NBC/Getty Images  Adele arrives at The 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 10, 2013. Jon Kopaloff—FilmMagic  Paul Epworth and Adele, winners of the Best Original Song award for "Skyfall," pose with presenter Richard Gere pose during the Oscars at Loews Hollywood Hotel in Hollywood, on Feb. 24, 2013. 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