# Se La

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{{short description|1987 single by Lionel Richie}}
{{Infobox song
| name       = Se La
| cover      =
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [Lionel Richie](/source/Lionel_Richie)
| album      = [Dancing on the Ceiling](/source/Dancing_on_the_Ceiling)
| B-side     = "Serves You Right"
| released   = March 1987
| recorded   = Fall 1985
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = 
*[Pop](/source/Pop_music)
*[soul](/source/Soul_music)
*[reggae](/source/reggae)
| length     =
| label      = [Motown](/source/Motown)
| writer     = [Greg Phillinganes](/source/Greg_Phillinganes)<br/>Lionel Richie
| producer   = Lionel Richie<br/>[James Anthony Carmichael](/source/James_Anthony_Carmichael)
| prev_title = "[Ballerina Girl](/source/Ballerina_Girl)" (1986) /
| prev_year  = 1987
| next_title = [Do It to Me](/source/Do_It_to_Me)
| next_year  = 1992
}}

"'''Se La'''" is a track from [Lionel Richie](/source/Lionel_Richie)'s 1986 album ''[Dancing on the Ceiling](/source/Dancing_on_the_Ceiling)''.  The song was written by Richie and Greg Phillinganes, and produced by Richie and [James Anthony Carmichael](/source/James_Anthony_Carmichael). Released in 1987 as the final single from the album, it would be Richie's last single of the 1980s.

==Track listing==
'''7" single'''
#"Se La"  – 4:20
#"Serves You Right"  – 4:52

'''12" single / CD Single'''
#"Se La"  – 8:12
#"Se La"  – 4:20
#"Serves You Right"  – 4:52
Note: track 1 remixed by [Steve Thompson](/source/Steve_Thompson_(musician)) and [Michael Barbiero](/source/Michael_Barbiero)

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
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! scope="col"| Chart (1987)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|Flanders|2|artist=Lionel Richie|song=Se La|rowheader=true|access-date=September 26, 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Dutch40|8|year=1987|week=17|rowheader=true|access-date=September 26, 2021}}
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{{single chart|Dutch100|12|artist=Lionel Richie|song=Se La|rowheader=true|access-date=September 26, 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|UK|43|date=19870412|rowheader=true|access-date=September 26, 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|20|artist=Lionel Richie|rowheader=true|access-date=September 26, 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|5|artist=Lionel Richie|rowheader=true|access-date=September 26, 2021}}
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{{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|12|artist=Lionel Richie|rowheader=true|access-date=September 26, 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|West Germany|41|songid=11836|artist=Lionel Richie|song=Se La|rowheader=true|access-date=September 26, 2021}}
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1987)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1987|title=Jaaroverzichten 1987|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=September 26, 2021|archive-date=October 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013001941/https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1987|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 32
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! scope="row"| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1987|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1987|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=September 26, 2021|archive-date=January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118130545/https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1987|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 67
|-
! scope="row"| Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1987&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1987|website=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=September 26, 2021|archive-date=March 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324171826/https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1987&cat=s|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 71
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Discogs master|type=single|125704|name=Se La}}

{{Lionel Richie}}

Category:1987 singles
Category:Lionel Richie songs
Category:Songs written by Lionel Richie
Category:Songs written by Greg Phillinganes
Category:1986 songs
Category:Motown singles
Category:Song recordings produced by James Anthony Carmichael

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