Originally Posted by Captain_jovi

Well, he never said he played lead, just that he played on it. I've been curious what part he played exactly because the main riff sounds in Richie's style, sounds exactly like the earlier version of the song and there's pictures of Richie playing guitar in the studio with the capo on the 8th fret so while I don't doubt Phil played on it, I don't think it's that riff.