@g.o.a.t.songs: In 1985, Eddie Murphy set out to prove he could be taken seriously as a musician. After telling Richard Pryor he planned to make an album, Pryor reportedly bet him $100,000 that he couldn’t make a completely serious record without relying on comedy. Murphy accepted the challenge and teamed up with Rick James, who wrote and produced “Party All the Time.” The song became an unexpected success, climbing to No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spending three weeks there. What began as a wager between two comedy legends ultimately became one of the most recognizable hits of Murphy’s career. Murphy later revealed that Pryor never actually paid him the $100,000.