Just Go

Album: Just Go (2009)
Charted: 52
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Songfacts®:

  • This calypso-flavored cut features Richie's song-writing collaborator Akon on background vocals. The former Commodore told Spin magazine that "Akon, believe it or not, is a melody-smith. He knows how to take just that little thing and make it a karaoke sound, a sing-along, in five minutes."

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