The song was also the last of Richie's eleven number ones on the Adult Contemporary.
The format switched back to Adult Contemporary with the change of ownership.
One reason is that Adult Contemporary, despite its large audience, doesn't play individual cuts often enough for them to make a strong impression on listeners.
A year later it also appeared in Adult Contemporary, Reaching number 27.
By 1978, the station was a mix of Country and Light Adult Contemporary.
In the 1990s it later switched to Adult Contemporary.
It also became their fifteenth and final number one Adult Contemporary hit.
In 1980, the format was changed to Adult Contemporary.
Both singles reached number one on country charts and two on Adult Contemporary.
In the spring of 1985 the format was changed to Adult Contemporary.