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Originally Posted by bonjovi90
Richie couldn't sing it anymore. When being asked to do stuff from Stranger (like Ballad of Youth) in Melbourne 1998 he admitted during the concert that he couldn't handle those demanding vocals of the first album anymore properly. And in 1998 his vocal range was still pretty great. I think that One Light Burning might've been the toughest song for him to sing and I actually believe that they had some backing track for the chorus even back in 1991.
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Is that really the reason? Just had another listen at it and I don't find it particularly challenging for Richie's voice. IMHO he could've even hit those notes in 2012, if he wanted to. Ok, maybe not 100% like on the record, but the song seems very doable to me...