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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_in_the_Key_of_Life" title="Songs in the Key of Life – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="Songs in the Key of Life" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_in_the_Key_of_Life" title="Songs in the Key of Life – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Songs in the Key of Life" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_in_the_Key_of_Life" title="Songs in the Key of Life – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Songs in the Key of Life" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_in_the_Key_of_Life" title="Songs in the Key of Life – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="Songs in the Key of Life" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_in_the_Key_of_Life" title="Songs in the Key of Life – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="Songs in the Key of Life" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_in_the_Key_of_Life" title="Songs in the Key of Life – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Songs in the Key of Life" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_in_the_Key_of_Life" title="Songs in the Key of Life – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Songs in the Key of Life" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_in_the_Key_of_Life" title="Songs in the Key of Life – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Songs in the Key of Life" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja 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data-file-height="300" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Album" title="Album">Studio album</a> by <div class="contributor" style="display:inline"><a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data published">September 28, 1976<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1976-09-28</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">1974–1976</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Studio</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"> <ul><li>Crystal Sound, Hollywood</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Record_Plant#Los_Angeles" title="Record Plant">Record Plant</a>, Los Angeles</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Record_Plant#Sausalito" title="Record Plant">Record Plant</a>, Sausalito</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Hit_Factory" title="The Hit Factory">The Hit Factory</a>, New York City</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">R&B</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soul_music" title="Soul music">soul</a><sup id="cite_ref-Orion_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Orion-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">pop</a><sup id="cite_ref-Orion_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Orion-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_soul" title="Progressive soul">progressive soul</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soul_jazz" title="Soul jazz">soul jazz</a><sup id="cite_ref-Breihan_2019_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Breihan_2019-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="duration"><span class="min">85</span>:<span class="s">43</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Motown" title="Motown">Tamla</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist">Stevie Wonder</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a> chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="color:inherit; background: transparent; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0"><i><a href="/wiki/Fulfillingness%27_First_Finale" title="Fulfillingness' First Finale">Fulfillingness' First Finale</a></i><br />(1974) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em"><i><b>Songs in the Key of Life</b></i><br />(1976) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em"><i><a href="/wiki/Looking_Back_(Stevie_Wonder_album)" title="Looking Back (Stevie Wonder album)">Looking Back</a></i><br />(1977) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: lightsteelblue;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Singles</a> from <i> Songs in the Key of Life </i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align:left"> <ol><li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="/wiki/I_Wish_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="I Wish (Stevie Wonder song)">I Wish</a>"</span><br />Released: December 1976</span></li> <li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="/wiki/Isn%27t_She_Lovely" title="Isn't She Lovely">Isn't She Lovely</a>"</span><br />Released: February 1977 (non-US single)</span></li> <li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="/wiki/Sir_Duke" title="Sir Duke">Sir Duke</a>"</span><br />Released: March 1977</span></li> <li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="/wiki/Another_Star" title="Another Star">Another Star</a>"</span><br />Released: August 1977</span></li> <li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="/wiki/As_(song)" title="As (song)">As</a>"</span><br />Released: October 1977</span></li></ol> </div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Songs in the Key of Life</b></i> is the eighteenth studio album by American singer, songwriter and musician <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a>. A <a href="/wiki/Double_album" title="Double album">double album</a>, it was released on September 28, 1976, by <a href="/wiki/Tamla_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamla Records">Tamla Records</a>, a division of <a href="/wiki/Motown" title="Motown">Motown</a>. It was recorded primarily at Crystal Sound studio in <a href="/wiki/Hollywood,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Hollywood, California">Hollywood</a>, with some sessions recorded at the <a href="/wiki/Record_Plant#Los_Angeles" title="Record Plant">Record Plant</a> in Hollywood, the <a href="/wiki/Record_Plant#Sausalito" title="Record Plant">Record Plant</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sausalito,_California" title="Sausalito, California">Sausalito</a>, and <a href="/wiki/The_Hit_Factory" title="The Hit Factory">The Hit Factory</a> in New York City; final mixing was conducted at Crystal Sound.<sup id="cite_ref-Buskin2007_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buskin2007-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album has been regarded by music journalists as the culmination of Wonder's "classic period" of recording.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 1974, Wonder was one of the most successful figures in <a href="/wiki/Popular_music" title="Popular music">popular music</a>; his previous albums <i><a href="/wiki/Music_of_My_Mind" title="Music of My Mind">Music of My Mind</a></i> (1972), <i><a href="/wiki/Talking_Book" title="Talking Book">Talking Book</a></i> (1972), <i><a href="/wiki/Innervisions" title="Innervisions">Innervisions</a></i> (1973), and <i><a href="/wiki/Fulfillingness%27_First_Finale" title="Fulfillingness' First Finale">Fulfillingness' First Finale</a></i> (1974) were all back-to-back critical successes. However, by March 1975, Wonder seriously considered quitting the music industry and emigrating to <a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a> to aid children with disabilities. When plans for a <a href="/wiki/Farewell_tour" class="mw-redirect" title="Farewell tour">farewell concert</a> had already begun, Wonder changed his mind and signed a new contract with Motown on August 5, 1975. This outlined a seven-year, seven-album deal, with full artistic control. This deal included $13 million upfront, a potential bonus of up to $20 million, 20% of the royalties, and ownership of the publishing rights. At the time, it was the biggest recording deal in history.<sup id="cite_ref-Lundy_pp._14/15_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lundy_pp._14/15-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Songs in the Key of Life</i> was released as a <a href="/wiki/Double_album" title="Double album">double LP</a> with a four-song bonus <a href="/wiki/Extended_play" title="Extended play">EP</a>. It debuted at number one on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a> chart, becoming only the third album to achieve that feat, and the first by an American artist.<sup id="cite_ref-Lundy_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lundy-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both the lead single "<a href="/wiki/I_Wish_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="I Wish (Stevie Wonder song)">I Wish</a>" and follow-up single "<a href="/wiki/Sir_Duke" title="Sir Duke">Sir Duke</a>" reached number one on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a>. The album spent thirteen consecutive weeks at number one on the <i>Billboard</i> 200, becoming the album with the most weeks at number one during the year, and was the second-best-selling album of 1977 in the US. In 2005, the album was certified <a href="/wiki/RIAA_certification" title="RIAA certification">Diamond</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">Recording Industry Association of America</a> (RIAA), indicating sales of 5 million units for a double album. </p><p>The album won <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Album_of_the_Year" title="Grammy Award for Album of the Year">Album of the Year</a> at the <a href="/wiki/19th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="19th Annual Grammy Awards">19th Grammy Awards</a> and is the best-selling and most critically acclaimed album of Wonder's career. It is widely regarded as one of the greatest albums in history, and many musicians have remarked on its influence on their own work. It was voted number 89 in <a href="/wiki/Colin_Larkin" title="Colin Larkin">Colin Larkin</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/All_Time_Top_1000_Albums" title="All Time Top 1000 Albums">All Time Top 1000 Albums</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and ranked number 4 on <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i>'s 2020 list of the "<a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone%27s_500_Greatest_Albums_of_All_Time" title="Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time">500 Greatest Albums of All Time</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-Rolling_Stone_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rolling_Stone-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2002, the album was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Hall_of_Fame" title="Grammy Hall of Fame">Grammy Hall of Fame</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 2005 it was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/National_Recording_Registry" title="National Recording Registry">National Recording Registry</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a>, which deemed it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Songs_in_the_Key_of_Life&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By 1976, Stevie Wonder had become one of the most popular figures in R&B and pop music, not only in the U.S., but worldwide. Within a short space of time, the albums <i><a href="/wiki/Talking_Book" title="Talking Book">Talking Book</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Innervisions" title="Innervisions">Innervisions</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Fulfillingness%27_First_Finale" title="Fulfillingness' First Finale">Fulfillingness' First Finale</a></i> were all back-to-back-to-back top five successes, with the latter two winning the <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Album_of_the_Year" title="Grammy Award for Album of the Year">Grammy Award for Album of the Year</a> in 1974 and 1975, respectively. In 1975, Wonder became serious about quitting the music industry and emigrating to <a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a> to work with handicapped children. He had expressed his anger with the way the <a href="/wiki/U.S._government" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. government">U.S. government</a> was running the country.<sup id="cite_ref-Lundy_pp._14/15_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lundy_pp._14/15-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lundy_p119_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lundy_p119-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A farewell concert was being considered as the best way to bring down the curtain on his career. Wonder changed his mind and signed a new contract with Motown on August 5, 1975, thinking he was better off making the most of his career. At the time, rival labels such as <a href="/wiki/Arista_Records" title="Arista Records">Arista</a> and <a href="/wiki/Epic_Records" title="Epic Records">Epic</a> were also interested in him. The contract was laid out as a seven-year, seven LP, $37 million deal ($216,210,884 in 2024 dollars<sup id="cite_ref-inflation-US_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-US-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) and gave Wonder full artistic control, making this the largest deal made with a recording star up to that point.<sup id="cite_ref-Lundy_pp._14/15_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lundy_pp._14/15-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shortly after signing the contract, Wonder took a year off from music.<sup id="cite_ref-Songs_in_the_Key_of_Life_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Songs_in_the_Key_of_Life-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There was huge anticipation for the new album, which was initially scheduled for release around October 1975. It was delayed on short notice when Wonder felt that further remixing was essential. According to him, Motown's marketing campaign decided to take advantage of the delay by producing "We're almost finished" T-shirts.<sup id="cite_ref-Davis_p._112_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Davis_p._112-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Work on the new album continued into early 1976. The working title was <i>Let's See Life the Way It Is</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-Lundy_p8_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lundy_p8-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before Wonder settled on <i>Songs in the Key of Life</i>. The title would represent the formula of a complex "key of life" and the proposals for indefinite success.<sup id="cite_ref-Lundy_pp._8/9_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lundy_pp._8/9-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album was released on September 28, 1976, after a two-year wait as a double LP album plus a bonus 7-inch EP titled <i>A Something's Extra</i> (which featured "Saturn", "Ebony Eyes", "All Day Sucker", and "Easy Goin' Evening (My Mama's Call)"), and included a 24-page lyric and credit booklet.<sup id="cite_ref-Davis_p._112_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Davis_p._112-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lundy_p16_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lundy_p16-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recording">Recording</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Songs_in_the_Key_of_Life&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Recording"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stevie_Wonder_1973.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Stevie_Wonder_1973.JPG/220px-Stevie_Wonder_1973.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="252" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Stevie_Wonder_1973.JPG/330px-Stevie_Wonder_1973.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Stevie_Wonder_1973.JPG/440px-Stevie_Wonder_1973.JPG 2x" data-file-width="760" data-file-height="872" /></a><figcaption>Wonder used an <a href="/wiki/Electro-Voice_RE20" title="Electro-Voice RE20">Electro-Voice RE20</a> microphone (<i>pictured</i>) to record his voice for upbeat songs such as "<a href="/wiki/I_Wish_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="I Wish (Stevie Wonder song)">I Wish</a>". A variety of microphones were used for other songs.<sup id="cite_ref-Buskin2007_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buskin2007-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Wonder recorded the great majority of the album at Crystal Sounds in Hollywood, with Gary Olazabal and studio owner John Fischbach as engineers.<sup id="cite_ref-Buskin2007_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buskin2007-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some material was recorded at the Record Plant in Hollywood and the Record Plant in Sausalito. During a period when Crystal Sounds had a prior obligation to record another artist, the production team traveled to the Hit Factory in New York City to work for about six weeks, but only used one basic track from those sessions.<sup id="cite_ref-Buskin2007_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buskin2007-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a perfectionist, Wonder spent long hours in the studio for almost every track he recorded. He was "not eating or sleeping, while everyone around him struggled to keep up."<sup id="cite_ref-Songs_in_the_Key_of_Life_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Songs_in_the_Key_of_Life-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Wonder, "If my flow is goin', I keep on until I peak."<sup id="cite_ref-RS2016_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RS2016-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bassist <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Watts" title="Nathan Watts">Nathan Watts</a> remembered getting home at 3 am after very long hours in the studio, only to have Wonder phone to request him return immediately to help with "I Wish".<sup id="cite_ref-RS2016_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RS2016-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A total of 130 people worked on the album, but Wonder's preeminence remains evident. Among the musicians who contributed were some legendary figures of R&B, soul, and jazz music: <a href="/wiki/Herbie_Hancock" title="Herbie Hancock">Herbie Hancock</a> played Fender Rhodes on "As", <a href="/wiki/George_Benson" title="George Benson">George Benson</a> played electric guitar on "Another Star", and <a href="/wiki/Minnie_Riperton" title="Minnie Riperton">Minnie Riperton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Deniece_Williams" title="Deniece Williams">Deniece Williams</a> added backing vocals on "Ordinary Pain". <a href="/wiki/Mike_Sembello" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Sembello">Mike Sembello</a> is a prominent personality throughout the album, playing guitar on several tracks and also co-writing "Saturn" with Wonder. While Wonder wrote most of the songs on the album himself, some of the album's most socially-conscious songs had co-writers: Wonder wrote "Village Ghetto Land" and "Black Man" with <a href="/wiki/Gary_Byrd" class="mw-redirect" title="Gary Byrd">Gary Byrd</a>, and he wrote "Have a Talk with God" with his brother Calvin Hardaway. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Critical_reception">Critical reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Songs_in_the_Key_of_Life&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Critical reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable floatright" style="width:24.2em;font-size:88%;text-align:center;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em;padding:0;border-spacing:0"><caption style="font-size:115%">Professional ratings</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:#202122;background:#d1dbdf;font-size:100%">Review scores</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">Source</th><th scope="col">Rating</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="5/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="5/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" 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href="/wiki/Christgau%27s_Record_Guide:_Rock_Albums_of_the_Seventies" title="Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies">Christgau's Record Guide</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">A<sup id="cite_ref-CG_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CG-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Encyclopedia of Popular Music">Encyclopedia of Popular Music</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="4/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="4/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" 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class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="5/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="5/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" 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Stone Album Guide">The Rolling Stone Album Guide</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="5/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="5/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Considine_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Considine-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>At the time of the album's release, reporters and music critics, and everyone who had worked on it, traveled to <a href="/wiki/Long_View_Farm" class="mw-redirect" title="Long View Farm">Long View Farm</a>, a recording studio in <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, for a press preview. Everybody received autographed copies of the album and Wonder gave interviews. Critical reception was immediately positive. The album was viewed as a guided tour through a wide range of musical styles and the life and feelings of the artist. It included recollections of childhood, of first love and lost love. It contained songs about faith and love among all peoples and songs about social justice for the poor and downtrodden.<sup id="cite_ref-steviewonder.org.uk_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-steviewonder.org.uk-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <i><a href="/wiki/The_Village_Voice" title="The Village Voice">The Village Voice</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s annual <a href="/wiki/Pazz_%26_Jop" title="Pazz & Jop">Pazz & Jop</a> critics poll, it was voted as the best album of the year. </p><p>From 1973, Wonder's presence at the <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards" title="Grammy Awards">Grammy Awards</a> ceremonies was consistent – he attended most of the ceremonies and also often performed on stage – but in 1976 he did not attend and was not nominated for any awards, as he had not released any new material during the previous year. When <a href="/wiki/Paul_Simon" title="Paul Simon">Paul Simon</a> accepted the award for <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Album_of_the_Year" title="Grammy Award for Album of the Year">Album of the Year</a> at the <a href="/wiki/18th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="18th Annual Grammy Awards">18th Grammy Awards</a> (for <i><a href="/wiki/Still_Crazy_After_All_These_Years" title="Still Crazy After All These Years">Still Crazy After All These Years</a></i>), he jokingly thanked Stevie for not releasing an album that year,<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as Wonder had won the award at the two preceding ceremonies (for <i>Innervisions</i> and <i>Fulfillingness' First Finale</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-Lundy_p16_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lundy_p16-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When, a year later, Wonder was again nominated in the category for <i>Songs in the Key of Life</i> (which also received six other nominations), the album was seen as the favorite by many critics to take the award. The other nominees were <i><a href="/wiki/Breezin%27" title="Breezin'">Breezin'</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/George_Benson" title="George Benson">George Benson</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_X" title="Chicago X">Chicago X</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Chicago_(band)" title="Chicago (band)">Chicago</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Silk_Degrees" title="Silk Degrees">Silk Degrees</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Boz_Scaggs" title="Boz Scaggs">Boz Scaggs</a>, and the other favorite, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Frampton" title="Peter Frampton">Peter Frampton</a>’s <i><a href="/wiki/Frampton_Comes_Alive!" title="Frampton Comes Alive!">Frampton Comes Alive!</a></i>, which was also a huge critical and commercial success. </p><p>Wonder was again absent from the <a href="/wiki/19th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="19th Annual Grammy Awards">19th Grammy Awards</a> ceremony, as he was visiting <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a>. In February 1977, he traveled to <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a> for two weeks, primarily to explore his musical heritage, as he put it. A satellite hook-up was arranged so he could accept his Grammys from across the sea, but when <a href="/wiki/Bette_Midler" title="Bette Midler">Bette Midler</a> announced the results during the ceremony, the audience was only able to see Wonder at a phone smiling and giving thanks,<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as the video signal was poor and the audio inaudible. <a href="/wiki/Andy_Williams" title="Andy Williams">Andy Williams</a> went on to make a public blunder when he asked the blind-since-birth Wonder, "Stevie, can you see us?"<sup id="cite_ref-steviewonder.org.uk_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-steviewonder.org.uk-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In all, Wonder won in four out of the seven categories in which he was nominated at the Grammys that year: <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Album_of_the_Year" title="Grammy Award for Album of the Year">Album of the Year</a>, <a href="/wiki/Producer_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Producer of the Year">Producer of the Year</a>, <a href="/wiki/Best_Male_Pop_Vocal_Performance" class="mw-redirect" title="Best Male Pop Vocal Performance">Best Male Pop Vocal Performance</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Best_Male_R%26B_Vocal_Performance" class="mw-redirect" title="Best Male R&B Vocal Performance">Best Male R&B Vocal Performance</a> (for "I Wish"). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commercial_performance">Commercial performance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Songs_in_the_Key_of_Life&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Commercial performance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Highly anticipated, the album surpassed all commercial expectations. It debuted at number 1 on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> Pop Albums Chart</a> on October 8, 1976, becoming only the third album in history to achieve that feat (after British singer/composer <a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a>'s albums <i><a href="/wiki/Captain_Fantastic_and_the_Brown_Dirt_Cowboy" title="Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy">Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Rock_of_the_Westies" title="Rock of the Westies">Rock of the Westies</a></i>, both from 1975), and the first by an American artist. In <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, it achieved the same feat, entering the <i><a href="/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" title="RPM (magazine)">RPM</a></i> national albums chart at number one on October 16.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album spent thirteen consecutive weeks at number one in the US, eleven of which were in 1976, making it the album with the most weeks at number one during that year. During those eleven weeks, <i>Songs in the Key of Life</i> managed to block four other albums from reaching the top: <a href="/wiki/Boz_Scaggs" title="Boz Scaggs">Boz Scaggs</a>’s <i><a href="/wiki/Silk_Degrees" title="Silk Degrees">Silk Degrees</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Earth,_Wind_%26_Fire" title="Earth, Wind & Fire">Earth, Wind & Fire</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Spirit_(Earth,_Wind_%26_Fire_album)" title="Spirit (Earth, Wind & Fire album)">Spirit</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Led_Zeppelin" title="Led Zeppelin">Led Zeppelin</a>'s <a href="/wiki/The_Song_Remains_the_Same_(album)" title="The Song Remains the Same (album)">soundtrack</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Song_Remains_the_Same_(film)" title="The Song Remains the Same (film)">The Song Remains the Same</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/Rod_Stewart" title="Rod Stewart">Rod Stewart</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/A_Night_on_the_Town_(Rod_Stewart_album)" title="A Night on the Town (Rod Stewart album)">A Night on the Town</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 15, 1977, the album finally dropped to number two behind <a href="/wiki/Eagles_(band)" title="Eagles (band)">Eagles</a>' <i><a href="/wiki/Hotel_California_(Eagles_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hotel California (Eagles album)">Hotel California</a></i>, and it fell to number four the following week, but on January 29 it returned to the top for a fourteenth and final week. By the end of its run, it had spent 35 weeks inside the top ten of the <i>Billboard</i> albums chart and was on the chart for a total of 80 weeks. The album also saw longevity atop the <i>Billboard</i> <a href="/wiki/Top_R%26B_Albums" class="mw-redirect" title="Top R&B Albums">R&B/Black Albums</a> chart, spending 20 non-consecutive weeks at number one. </p><p>The album became the second-best selling album of 1977 in the US (behind only <a href="/wiki/Fleetwood_Mac" title="Fleetwood Mac">Fleetwood Mac</a>'s blockbuster <i><a href="/wiki/Rumours_(album)" title="Rumours (album)">Rumours</a></i>), and was the highest selling R&B/Soul album on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Year-End" title="Billboard Year-End"><i>Billboard</i> Year-End</a> chart that same year.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was certified <a href="/wiki/RIAA_certification" title="RIAA certification">Diamond</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">RIAA</a> in 2005, indicating sales of 5 million copies in the US alone (though a Diamond certification is awarded for sales of 10 million units, the RIAA counts each individual record or disc included with an album as a separate unit).<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Songs in the Key of Life</i> was also the most successful of Wonder's albums in terms of singles, the first of which, the upbeat "<a href="/wiki/I_Wish_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="I Wish (Stevie Wonder song)">I Wish</a>", was released in November 1976, more than a month after the album was released. On January 15, 1977, the song reached number one on the <i>Billboard</i> R&B chart, where it spent five weeks. Seven days after, it also reached the summit of the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a>, although it spent only one week at number one. The track became an international top 10 single, and reached number five in the UK. "I Wish" became one of Wonder's standards and remains one of his most sampled songs. The follow-up single, the jazzy "<a href="/wiki/Sir_Duke" title="Sir Duke">Sir Duke</a>", was released in March 1977 and surpassed the commercial success of "I Wish". It also reached number one on the <i>Billboard</i> Hot 100 (where it spent three weeks, starting on May 21) and the R&B chart (for one week, starting on May 28), but it reached number two in the UK, where it was kept from the top spot by the song "<a href="/wiki/Free_(Deniece_Williams_song)" title="Free (Deniece Williams song)">Free</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Deniece_Williams" title="Deniece Williams">Deniece Williams</a>, who provided backing vocals on Wonder's album. </p><p>Released during the second half of 1977, as sales for the album began to decline, the last two singles from <i>Songs in the Key of Life</i> failed to match the success of "I Wish" and "Sir Duke". "<a href="/wiki/Another_Star" title="Another Star">Another Star</a>" was released in August and reached number 32 on the Hot 100 (number 18 on the R&B chart, and number 29 in the UK), and "<a href="/wiki/As_(song)" title="As (song)">As</a>" came out two months later, peaking at number 36 on both the Pop and R&B charts. Though not released as a single, "<a href="/wiki/Isn%27t_She_Lovely" title="Isn't She Lovely">Isn't She Lovely</a>" received wide radio airplay and became one of Wonder's most popular songs. <a href="/wiki/David_Parton" title="David Parton">David Parton</a>'s cover of the song, recorded and released soon after Wonder's album, gave him a top 10 hit in the UK in early 1977. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy_and_influence">Legacy and influence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Songs_in_the_Key_of_Life&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Legacy and influence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Over time, <i>Songs in the Key of Life</i> became a standard, and it is considered Wonder's signature album, even by Wonder himself: "Of all the albums," he told <i>Q</i> magazine for their April 1995 issue, "<i>Songs in the Key of Life</i> I'm most happy about. Just the time, being alive then. To be a father and then… letting go and letting God give me the energy and strength I needed." It has been cited as one of the greatest albums in popular music history. For example, in 2001, the <a href="/wiki/TV_network" class="mw-redirect" title="TV network">TV network</a> <a href="/wiki/VH1" title="VH1">VH1</a> named it the seventh greatest album of all time; in 2003, it was ranked number 56 on <i>Rolling Stone</i> Magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time (it was number 57 on the 2012 version of the list,<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and number 4 on the 2020 edition);<sup id="cite_ref-Rolling_Stone_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rolling_Stone-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it was included in the book <i><a href="/wiki/1001_Albums_You_Must_Hear_Before_You_Die" title="1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die">1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die</a></i>;<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in April 2008, it was voted the "Top Album of All Time" by the <a href="/wiki/Yahoo!" class="mw-redirect" title="Yahoo!">Yahoo!</a> Music Playlist Blog, using a formula that combined four parameters – "Album Staying Power Value + Sales Value + Critical Rating Value + Grammy Award Value".<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many musicians have remarked on the quality of the album and its influence on their own work. <a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a> said, in his notes about Wonder for <i>Rolling Stone<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span></i>s 2003 list of "The Immortals – The Greatest Artists of All Time" (in which Wonder was ranked number 15): "Let me put it this way: wherever I go in the world, I always take a copy of <i>Songs in the Key of Life</i>. For me, it's the best album ever made, and I'm always left in awe after I listen to it."<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an interview with <i><a href="/wiki/Ebony_(magazine)" title="Ebony (magazine)">Ebony</a></i> magazine, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> called <i>Songs in the Key of Life</i> his favorite Stevie Wonder album. Distinguished heavy metal drummer <a href="/wiki/Gene_Hoglan" title="Gene Hoglan">Gene Hoglan</a> has said Stevie Wonder invented the <a href="/wiki/Blast_beat" title="Blast beat">blast beat</a>. <a href="/wiki/Mastodon_(band)" title="Mastodon (band)">Mastodon</a> drummer <a href="/wiki/Brann_Dailor" title="Brann Dailor">Brann Dailor</a> has named Wonder as a major influence on his playing. <a href="/wiki/George_Michael" title="George Michael">George Michael</a> cited the album as his favorite of all time.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He released a live recording of "<a href="/wiki/Love%27s_in_Need_of_Love_Today" title="Love's in Need of Love Today">Love's in Need of Love Today</a>" as a B-side to "<a href="/wiki/Father_Figure_(George_Michael_song)" title="Father Figure (George Michael song)">Father Figure</a>" in 1987 and performed the song on his <a href="/wiki/Faith_(George_Michael_album)" title="Faith (George Michael album)">Faith</a> tour the next year, performed "Village Ghetto Land" at the <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Mandela_70th_Birthday_Tribute" title="Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute">Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute</a> in 1988, covered "<a href="/wiki/Pastime_Paradise" title="Pastime Paradise">Pastime Paradise</a>" and "Knocks Me Off My Feet" on his 1991 <a href="/wiki/Cover_to_Cover_tour" title="Cover to Cover tour">Cover to Cover tour</a>, and (with <a href="/wiki/Mary_J._Blige" title="Mary J. Blige">Mary J. Blige</a>) had a hit single in 1999 with a cover of "As". </p><p>Many R&B singers have praised the album: <a href="/wiki/Mariah_Carey" title="Mariah Carey">Mariah Carey</a> generally names it as one of her favorites, and <a href="/wiki/Whitney_Houston" title="Whitney Houston">Whitney Houston</a> remarked on its influence on her singing (at Houston's request, the album was played throughout the photo sessions for her compilation album <i><a href="/wiki/Whitney:_The_Greatest_Hits" title="Whitney: The Greatest Hits">Whitney: The Greatest Hits</a></i>, as can be seen on the <a href="/wiki/Home_video" title="Home video">home video</a> release that accompanied that album). Its importance has also been recognized by <a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">heavy metal</a> musicians, with singer <a href="/wiki/Phil_Anselmo" title="Phil Anselmo">Phil Anselmo</a> describing a live performance of <i>Songs in the Key of Life</i> as "a living, breathing miracle".<sup id="cite_ref-Pessaro2016_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pessaro2016-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The album's tracks have provided numerous <a href="/wiki/Sampling_(music)" title="Sampling (music)">samples</a> for rap and hip-hop artists. "<a href="/wiki/Pastime_Paradise" title="Pastime Paradise">Pastime Paradise</a>" was reworked by <a href="/wiki/Coolio" title="Coolio">Coolio</a> as "<a href="/wiki/Gangsta%27s_Paradise_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gangsta's Paradise (song)">Gangsta's Paradise</a>" in 1995. That same year, <a href="/wiki/Smooth_jazz" title="Smooth jazz">smooth jazz</a> artist <a href="/wiki/Najee" title="Najee">Najee</a> recorded a cover album titled <i>Najee Plays Songs from the Key of Life</i>, which is based entirely on Wonder's album. In 1999, <a href="/wiki/Will_Smith" title="Will Smith">Will Smith</a> used "I Wish" as the base for his US number-one single "<a href="/wiki/Wild_Wild_West_(Will_Smith_song)" title="Wild Wild West (Will Smith song)">Wild Wild West</a>" (Smith's song repeated the main melody of "I Wish" as a riff and re-formed some of Wonder's lyrics). </p><p>In December 2013, Wonder did a live concert performance of the entire album at the <a href="/wiki/Nokia_Theatre_L.A._Live" class="mw-redirect" title="Nokia Theatre L.A. Live">Nokia Theater</a> in Los Angeles. The event was his 18th annual House Full of Toys Benefit Concert, and featured some of the singers and musicians who are featured on the original album, as well as several from the contemporary music scene.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Then, in November 2014, Wonder began performing the entire album in a <a href="/wiki/Songs_in_the_Key_of_Life_Tour" title="Songs in the Key of Life Tour">series of concert dates</a> in the US and Canada. The start of the tour coincided with the 38th anniversary of the release of <i>Songs in the Key of Life</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Track_listing">Track listing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Songs_in_the_Key_of_Life&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Track listing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Original_release">Original release</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Songs_in_the_Key_of_Life&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Original release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236635009">.mw-parser-output .tracklist{border-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr{background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr:nth-child(2n-1){background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist caption{text-align:left;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .tracklist td,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"]{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="col"]{text-align:left;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th.tracklist-length-header,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th.tracklist-number-header,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"],.mw-parser-output .tracklist-length,.mw-parser-output .tracklist-total-length td{padding-right:10px;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"]{font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-number-header{width:2em;padding-left:10px}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-length-header{width:4em}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr.tracklist-total-length{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tracklist .tracklist-total-length th{padding:0;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-total-length th>span{float:right;padding:0 10px;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-total-length td{background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);font-weight:bold;padding:0 10px 0 0}</style><div class="track-listing"><p>All tracks are written by <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a>, unless otherwise noted.</p><table class="tracklist"><caption>Side one</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:60%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Writer(s)</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Love%27s_in_Need_of_Love_Today" title="Love's in Need of Love Today">Love's in Need of Love Today</a>"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">7:06</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"Have a Talk with God"</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Wonder</li><li>Calvin Hardaway</li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">2:42</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"Village Ghetto Land"</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Wonder</li><li><a href="/wiki/Imhotep_Gary_Byrd" title="Imhotep Gary Byrd">Gary Byrd</a></li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:25</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"Contusion" (instrumental)</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">3:46</td></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Sir_Duke" title="Sir Duke">Sir Duke</a>"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">3:52</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="3" scope="row"><span>Total length:</span></th><td>20:51</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009"><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Side two</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:100%">Title</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/I_Wish_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="I Wish (Stevie Wonder song)">I Wish</a>"</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:12</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Knocks_Me_Off_My_Feet" title="Knocks Me Off My Feet">Knocks Me Off My Feet</a>"</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:36</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Pastime_Paradise" title="Pastime Paradise">Pastime Paradise</a>"</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:27</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"Summer Soft"</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:14</td></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"Ordinary Pain"</td><td class="tracklist-length">6:16</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="2" scope="row"><span>Total length:</span></th><td>21:45</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009"><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Side three</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:60%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Writer(s)</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Isn%27t_She_Lovely" title="Isn't She Lovely">Isn't She Lovely</a>"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">6:34</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"Joy Inside My Tears"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">6:30</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Black_Man_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Man (Stevie Wonder song)">Black Man</a>"</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Wonder</li><li>Byrd</li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">8:27</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="3" scope="row"><span>Total length:</span></th><td>21:31</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009"><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Side four</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:100%">Title</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"Ngiculela – Es Una Historia – I Am Singing" (translation by Thoko Mdalose Hall, Raymond Maldonado)</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:48</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"If It's Magic"</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:12</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/As_(song)" title="As (song)">As</a>"</td><td class="tracklist-length">7:08</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Another_Star" title="Another Star">Another Star</a>"</td><td class="tracklist-length">8:28</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="2" scope="row"><span>Total length:</span></th><td>22:16</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="A_Something's_Extra_EP"><span id="A_Something.27s_Extra_EP"></span><i>A Something's Extra</i> EP</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Songs_in_the_Key_of_Life&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: A Something's Extra EP"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Original LP editions included a bonus 7-inch EP, titled "A Something's Extra", containing four bonus tracks. These songs were later included as bonus tracks on CD and streaming versions of the album. </p><p>Initial CD reissues (1984 to 1997) have a slightly altered running order, with two bonus tracks per disc. Disc one ends with "Saturn" & "Ebony Eyes", while disc two ends with "All Day Sucker" & "Easy Goin Evening".<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>CD reissues from 2000 to the present day now contain all four bonus tracks at the end of Disc two, thus reverting to the original running order of the 1976 2xLP+7" first edition issue.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009"><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Side one</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:60%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Writer(s)</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"Saturn"</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Wonder</li><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Sembello" title="Michael Sembello">Michael Sembello</a></li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:54</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"Ebony Eyes"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">4:11</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="3" scope="row"><span>Total length:</span></th><td>9:05</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009"><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Side two</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:100%">Title</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"All Day Sucker"</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:06</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"Easy Goin' Evening (My Mama's Call)" (instrumental)</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:55</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="2" scope="row"><span>Total length:</span></th><td>9:01</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Songs_in_the_Key_of_Life&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Credits adapted from <i>Songs in the Key of Life</i> liner notes. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a> – <a href="/wiki/Singing" title="Singing">lead vocals</a>, keyboards, harmonica, drums, percussion, synth bass, <a href="/wiki/Arrangement" title="Arrangement">arrangement</a>, <a href="/wiki/Composer" title="Composer">composer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">producer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Watts" title="Nathan Watts">Nathan Watts</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bass_guitar" title="Bass guitar">bass guitar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Percussion_instrument" title="Percussion instrument">percussion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clapping" title="Clapping">handclaps</a></li> <li>Raymond Pounds – <a href="/wiki/Drum_kit" title="Drum kit">drums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Phillinganes" title="Greg Phillinganes">Greg Phillinganes</a> – <a href="/wiki/Synthesizer" title="Synthesizer">keyboards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Sembello" title="Michael Sembello">Michael Sembello</a> – <a href="/wiki/Lead_guitar" title="Lead guitar">lead guitar</a></li> <li>Ben Bridges – <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_guitar" title="Rhythm guitar">rhythm guitar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Brown_(musician)" title="Eddie Brown (musician)">Eddie "Bongo" Brown</a> – timbrophone</li> <li>Shirley Brewer – vocals, handclaps, percussion</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josie_James" title="Josie James">Josie James</a> – backing vocals</li> <li>Michael Gray – backing vocals</li> <li>Artece May – backing vocals, handclaps</li> <li>Hank Redd – <a href="/wiki/Alto_saxophone" title="Alto saxophone">alto saxophone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Lawrence_(musician)" title="Trevor Lawrence (musician)">Trevor Lawrence</a> – <a href="/wiki/Tenor_saxophone" title="Tenor saxophone">tenor saxophone</a></li> <li>Raymond Maldonado – <a href="/wiki/Trumpet" title="Trumpet">trumpet</a>, percussion</li> <li>Steve Madaio – trumpet</li> <li>Renee Hardaway – backing vocals, percussion</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobbye_Hall" title="Bobbye Hall">Bobbye Hall</a> – percussion</li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Angeles_Church_of_God_in_Christ" title="West Angeles Church of God in Christ">West Angeles Church of God</a> Choir – backing vocals</li> <li>Hare Krishna – backing vocals</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Foster" title="Ronnie Foster">Ronnie Foster</a> – organ</li> <li>Nastee Latimer – percussion</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnie_Riperton" title="Minnie Riperton">Minnie Riperton</a> – backing vocals</li> <li>Mary Lee Whitney – backing vocals</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deniece_Williams" title="Deniece Williams">Deniece Williams</a> – backing vocals</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syreeta_Wright" title="Syreeta Wright">Syreeta Wright</a> – backing vocals</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynda_Laurence" title="Lynda Laurence">Lynda Laurence</a> – backing vocals</li> <li>Terry Hendricks – backing vocals</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundray_Tucker" title="Sundray Tucker">Sundray Tucker</a> – backing vocals</li> <li>Charity McCrary – backing vocals</li> <li>Linda McCrary – backing vocals</li> <li>Madelaine "Gypsie" Jones – backing vocals</li> <li>Josette Valentino – handclaps, percussion</li> <li>Dave Henson – handclaps</li> <li>Brenda Barrett – handclaps</li> <li>Colleen Carleton – handclaps</li> <li>Carole Cole – handclaps</li> <li>Nelson Hayes – handclaps</li> <li>Edna Orso – handclaps</li> <li>Tucker – handclaps</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susaye_Greene" title="Susaye Greene">Susaye Greene</a> – backing vocals</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Bohanon" title="George Bohanon">George Bohanon</a> – <a href="/wiki/Trombone" title="Trombone">trombone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Ferris" title="Glenn Ferris">Glenn Ferris</a> – trombone</li> <li>Al Fann Theatrical Ensemble – <a href="/wiki/Call_and_response_(music)" title="Call and response (music)">verbal replies</a></li> <li>Charles Brewer – percussion</li> <li>Nelson Hayes – percussion</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marietta_Waters" title="Marietta Waters">Marietta Waters</a> – percussion</li> <li>John Fischbach – percussion</li> <li>Amale Mathews – percussion</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Ashby" title="Dorothy Ashby">Dorothy Ashby</a> – <a href="/wiki/Harp" title="Harp">harp</a></li> <li>Greg Brown – drums</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbie_Hancock" title="Herbie Hancock">Herbie Hancock</a> – keyboards, handclaps</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Parks" title="Dean Parks">Dean Parks</a> – guitar</li> <li>Yolanda Simmons – handclaps</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobbi_Humphrey" title="Bobbi Humphrey">Bobbi Humphrey</a> – <a href="/wiki/Flute" title="Flute">flute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Benson" title="George Benson">George Benson</a> – guitar, backing vocals</li> <li>Nathan Alford, Jr. – percussion</li> <li>Carmello Hungria Garcia – <a href="/wiki/Timbales" title="Timbales">timbales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Horn" title="Jim Horn">Jim Horn</a> – <a href="/wiki/Saxophone" title="Saxophone">saxophone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sneaky_Pete_Kleinow" title="Sneaky Pete Kleinow">Peter "Sneaky Pete" Kleinow</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pedal_steel_guitar" title="Pedal steel guitar">steel guitar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._G._Snuffy_Walden" title="W. G. Snuffy Walden">W. G. Snuffy Walden</a> – lead guitar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolyn_Dennis" title="Carolyn Dennis">Carolyn Dennis</a> – backing vocals</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Charts">Charts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Songs_in_the_Key_of_Life&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Weekly_charts">Weekly charts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Songs_in_the_Key_of_Life&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Weekly charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Chart (1976–77) </th> <th scope="col">Position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Kent_Music_Report" title="Kent Music Report">Australian Kent Music Report</a><sup id="cite_ref-auchart_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auchart-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Austrian Albums Chart<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" title="RPM (magazine)">Canadian RPM Albums Chart</a><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Albums_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="Dutch Albums Chart">Dutch Albums Chart</a><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Japanese Oricon Albums Chart<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>40 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/RIANZ" class="mw-redirect" title="RIANZ">New Zealand Albums Chart</a><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/VG-lista" title="VG-lista">Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart</a><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Swedish_Albums_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="Swedish Albums Chart">Swedish Albums Chart</a><sup id="cite_ref-sechart_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sechart-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums Chart</a><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Media_Control" class="mw-redirect" title="Media Control">West German Media Control Albums Chart</a><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>23 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Year-end_charts">Year-end charts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Songs_in_the_Key_of_Life&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Year-end charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Chart (1976) </th> <th scope="col">Position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Australian Albums Chart<sup id="cite_ref-auchart_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auchart-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>49 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/RPM_Year-End" title="RPM Year-End">Canadian Albums Chart</a><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Dutch Albums Chart<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">French Albums Chart<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">UK Albums Chart<sup id="cite_ref-UKYE_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UKYE-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>21 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Chart (1977) </th> <th scope="col">Position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Australian Albums Chart<sup id="cite_ref-auchart_47-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auchart-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>39 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canadian Albums Chart<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Dutch Albums Chart<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">German Albums Chart<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>34 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">UK Albums Chart<sup id="cite_ref-UKYE_61-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UKYE-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <i>Billboard</i> 200<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>2 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Certifications">Certifications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Songs_in_the_Key_of_Life&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Certifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Region </th> <th scope="col">Certification</th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/List_of_music_recording_certifications" title="List of music recording certifications">Certified units</a>/sales </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Australia (<a href="/wiki/Australian_Recording_Industry_Association" title="Australian Recording Industry Association">ARIA</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-aus77_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aus77-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Platinum </td> <td>50,000<sup>^</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada (<a href="/wiki/Music_Canada" title="Music Canada">Music Canada</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-CanadaStevie_WonderSongs_in_the_Key_of_LifealbumCertRef_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CanadaStevie_WonderSongs_in_the_Key_of_LifealbumCertRef-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>2× Platinum </td> <td>200,000<sup>^</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">France (<a href="/wiki/Syndicat_National_de_l%27%C3%89dition_Phonographique" class="mw-redirect" title="Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique">SNEP</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-FranceStevie_WonderSongs_in_the_Key_of_LifealbumCertRef_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FranceStevie_WonderSongs_in_the_Key_of_LifealbumCertRef-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>100,000<sup>*</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United Kingdom (<a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">BPI</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-United_KingdomStevie_WonderSongs_in_the_Key_of_LifealbumCertRef_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_KingdomStevie_WonderSongs_in_the_Key_of_LifealbumCertRef-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Platinum </td> <td>300,000<sup>^</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United States (<a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">RIAA</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-United_StatesStevie_WonderSongs_in_the_Key_of_LifealbumCertRef_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_StatesStevie_WonderSongs_in_the_Key_of_LifealbumCertRef-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Diamond </td> <td>5,000,000<sup>^</sup> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align: center;"> <td colspan="3"> <p><small><sup>*</sup> Sales figures based on certification alone.</small><br /><small><sup>^</sup> Shipments figures based on certification alone.</small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Songs_in_the_Key_of_Life&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Billboard_200_number-one_albums_of_1976" title="List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1976">List of <i>Billboard</i> 200 number-one albums of 1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Billboard_200_number-one_albums_of_1977" title="List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1977">List of <i>Billboard</i> 200 number-one albums of 1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Billboard_number-one_R%26B_albums_of_1976" title="List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1976">List of <i>Billboard</i> number-one R&B albums of 1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Billboard_number-one_R%26B_albums_of_1977" title="List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1977">List of <i>Billboard</i> number-one R&B albums of 1977</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Songs_in_the_Key_of_Life&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 25,</span> 2021</span> – via World Radio History.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Cash+Box&rft.atitle=Stevie+Goes+Platinum&rft.pages=49&rft.date=1977-07-30&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fworldradiohistory.com%2FArchive-All-Music%2FCash-Box%2F70s%2F1977%2FCB-1977-07-30.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASongs+in+the+Key+of+Life" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CanadaStevie_WonderSongs_in_the_Key_of_LifealbumCertRef-67"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-CanadaStevie_WonderSongs_in_the_Key_of_LifealbumCertRef_67-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://musiccanada.com/gold-platinum/?_gp_search=Songs+in+the+Key+of+Life%20Stevie+Wonder">"Canadian album certifications – Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of Life"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Music_Canada" title="Music Canada">Music Canada</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Canadian+album+certifications+%E2%80%93+Stevie+Wonder+%E2%80%93+Songs+in+the+Key+of+Life&rft.pub=Music+Canada&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmusiccanada.com%2Fgold-platinum%2F%3F_gp_search%3DSongs%2Bin%2Bthe%2BKey%2Bof%2BLife%2520Stevie%2BWonder&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASongs+in+the+Key+of+Life" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FranceStevie_WonderSongs_in_the_Key_of_LifealbumCertRef-68"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FranceStevie_WonderSongs_in_the_Key_of_LifealbumCertRef_68-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.infodisc.fr/Album_Certifications.php">"French album certifications – Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of Life"</a> (in French). 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Bloomsbury Publishing USA. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781441170125" title="Special:BookSources/9781441170125"><bdi>9781441170125</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Songs+in+the+Key+of+Life&rft.pub=Bloomsbury+Publishing+USA&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=9781441170125&rft.aulast=Lundy&rft.aufirst=Zeth&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASongs+in+the+Key+of+Life" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNathan_BrackettChristian_Hoard2004" class="citation book cs1">Nathan Brackett; Christian Hoard (2004). <a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone_Album_Guide" class="mw-redirect" title="Rolling Stone Album Guide"><i>The New Rolling Stone Album Guide</i></a> (Completely revised and updated 4th ed.). <a href="/wiki/Simon_%26_Schuster" title="Simon & Schuster">Simon and Schuster</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7432-0169-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-7432-0169-8"><bdi>0-7432-0169-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+New+Rolling+Stone+Album+Guide&rft.edition=Completely+revised+and+updated+4th&rft.pub=Simon+and+Schuster&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=0-7432-0169-8&rft.au=Nathan+Brackett&rft.au=Christian+Hoard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASongs+in+the+Key+of+Life" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFColin_Larkin2002" class="citation book cs1">Colin Larkin (2002). <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music"><i>Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music</i></a> (4th ed.). <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Books" title="Virgin Books">Virgin Books</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85227-923-0" title="Special:BookSources/1-85227-923-0"><bdi>1-85227-923-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Virgin+Encyclopedia+of+Popular+Music&rft.edition=4th&rft.pub=Virgin+Books&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=1-85227-923-0&rft.au=Colin+Larkin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASongs+in+the+Key+of+Life" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Songs_in_the_Key_of_Life&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> 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<li><i><a href="/wiki/Where_I%27m_Coming_From" title="Where I'm Coming From">Where I'm Coming From</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Music_of_My_Mind" title="Music of My Mind">Music of My Mind</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Talking_Book" title="Talking Book">Talking Book</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Innervisions" title="Innervisions">Innervisions</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fulfillingness%27_First_Finale" title="Fulfillingness' First Finale">Fulfillingness' First Finale</a></i></li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Songs in the Key of Life</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hotter_than_July" title="Hotter than July">Hotter than July</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_Square_Circle" title="In Square Circle">In Square Circle</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Characters_(Stevie_Wonder_album)" title="Characters (Stevie Wonder album)">Characters</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Conversation_Peace" title="Conversation Peace">Conversation Peace</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Time_to_Love_(album)" title="A Time to Love (album)">A Time to Love</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Recorded_Live:_The_12_Year_Old_Genius" title="Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius">Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder_Live" title="Stevie Wonder Live">Stevie Wonder Live</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_the_Talk_of_the_Town_(Stevie_Wonder_album)" title="Live at the Talk of the Town (Stevie Wonder album)">Live at the Talk of the Town</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Natural_Wonder" title="Natural Wonder">Natural Wonder</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Soundtracks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder%27s_Journey_Through_%22The_Secret_Life_of_Plants%22" title="Stevie Wonder's Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants"">Stevie Wonder's Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants"</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Woman_in_Red_(soundtrack)" title="The Woman in Red (soundtrack)">The Woman in Red</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Dragon_(soundtrack)" title="The Last Dragon (soundtrack)">The Last Dragon</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jungle_Fever_(soundtrack)" title="Jungle Fever (soundtrack)">Jungle Fever</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Looking_Back_(Stevie_Wonder_album)" title="Looking Back (Stevie Wonder album)">Looking Back</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder%27s_Original_Musiquarium_I" title="Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I">Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Song_Review:_A_Greatest_Hits_Collection" title="Song Review: A Greatest Hits Collection">Song Review: A Greatest Hits Collection</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/At_the_Close_of_a_Century" title="At the Close of a Century">At the Close of a Century</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Definitive_Collection_(Stevie_Wonder_album)" title="The Definitive Collection (Stevie Wonder album)">The Definitive Collection</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Complete_Stevie_Wonder" title="The Complete Stevie Wonder">The Complete Stevie Wonder</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Fingertips" title="Fingertips">Fingertips</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hey_Harmonica_Man" title="Hey Harmonica Man">Hey Harmonica Man</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Uptight_(Everything%27s_Alright)" title="Uptight (Everything's Alright)">Uptight (Everything's Alright)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/With_a_Child%27s_Heart" title="With a Child's Heart">With a Child's Heart</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Blowin%27_in_the_Wind" title="Blowin' in the Wind">Blowin' in the Wind</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Place_in_the_Sun_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="A Place in the Sun (Stevie Wonder song)">A Place in the Sun</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Someday_at_Christmas_(song)" title="Someday at Christmas (song)">Someday at Christmas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hey_Love_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="Hey Love (Stevie Wonder song)">Hey Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Was_Made_to_Love_Her_(song)" title="I Was Made to Love Her (song)">I Was Made to Love Her</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Wondering" title="I'm Wondering">I'm Wondering</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" title="Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day">Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Met_Your_Match" title="You Met Your Match">You Met Your Match</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Alfie_(Burt_Bacharach_song)" title="Alfie (Burt Bacharach song)">Alfie</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/For_Once_in_My_Life" title="For Once in My Life">For Once in My Life</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Don%27t_Know_Why" title="I Don't Know Why">I Don't Know Why</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Cherie_Amour_(song)" title="My Cherie Amour (song)">My Cherie Amour</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Yester-Me,_Yester-You,_Yesterday" title="Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday">Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Never_Had_a_Dream_Come_True_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="Never Had a Dream Come True (Stevie Wonder song)">Never Had a Dream Come True</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Signed,_Sealed,_Delivered_I%27m_Yours" title="Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours">Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Heaven_Help_Us_All" title="Heaven Help Us All">Heaven Help Us All</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Can_Work_It_Out" title="We Can Work It Out">We Can Work It Out</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Never_Dreamed_You%27d_Leave_in_Summer" title="Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer">Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/If_You_Really_Love_Me" title="If You Really Love Me">If You Really Love Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What_Christmas_Means_to_Me" title="What Christmas Means to Me">What Christmas Means to Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Superwoman_(Where_Were_You_When_I_Needed_You)" title="Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)">Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Superstition_(song)" title="Superstition (song)">Superstition</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Are_the_Sunshine_of_My_Life" title="You Are the Sunshine of My Life">You Are the Sunshine of My Life</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Higher_Ground_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder song)">Higher Ground</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Living_for_the_City" title="Living for the City">Living for the City</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_You_Worry_%27bout_a_Thing" title="Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing">Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/He%27s_Misstra_Know-It-All" title="He's Misstra Know-It-All">He's Misstra Know-It-All</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Haven%27t_Done_Nothin%27" title="You Haven't Done Nothin'">You Haven't Done Nothin'</a><span style="padding-left:.15em;">"</span></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Boogie_On_Reggae_Woman" title="Boogie On Reggae Woman">Boogie On Reggae Woman</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Wish_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="I Wish (Stevie Wonder song)">I Wish</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sir_Duke" title="Sir Duke">Sir Duke</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Another_Star" title="Another Star">Another Star</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/As_(song)" title="As (song)">As</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pops,_We_Love_You_(song)" title="Pops, We Love You (song)">Pops, We Love You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Send_One_Your_Love" title="Send One Your Love">Send One Your Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Master_Blaster_(Jammin%27)" title="Master Blaster (Jammin')">Master Blaster (Jammin')</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Ain%27t_Gonna_Stand_for_It" title="I Ain't Gonna Stand for It">I Ain't Gonna Stand for It</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lately_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="Lately (Stevie Wonder song)">Lately</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Happy_Birthday_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="Happy Birthday (Stevie Wonder song)">Happy Birthday</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/That_Girl_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="That Girl (Stevie Wonder song)">That Girl</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ebony_and_Ivory" title="Ebony and Ivory">Ebony and Ivory</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Do_I_Do" title="Do I Do">Do I Do</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ribbon_in_the_Sky" title="Ribbon in the Sky">Ribbon in the Sky</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Front_Line_(song)" title="Front Line (song)">Front Line</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Just_Called_to_Say_I_Love_You" title="I Just Called to Say I Love You">I Just Called to Say I Love You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_Light_in_Flight" title="Love Light in Flight">Love Light in Flight</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Part-Time_Lover" title="Part-Time Lover">Part-Time Lover</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/That%27s_What_Friends_Are_For" title="That's What Friends Are For">That's What Friends Are For</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Go_Home_(song)" title="Go Home (song)">Go Home</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Overjoyed_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="Overjoyed (Stevie Wonder song)">Overjoyed</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Stranger_on_the_Shore_of_Love" title="Stranger on the Shore of Love">Stranger on the Shore of Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Skeletons_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="Skeletons (Stevie Wonder song)">Skeletons</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Will_Know" title="You Will Know">You Will Know</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Get_It_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="Get It (Stevie Wonder song)">Get It</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Gotta_Have_You_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="Gotta Have You (Stevie Wonder song)">Gotta Have You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/For_Your_Love_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="For Your Love (Stevie Wonder song)">For Your Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/So_What_the_Fuss" title="So What the Fuss">So What the Fuss</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/From_the_Bottom_of_My_Heart_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="From the Bottom of My Heart (Stevie Wonder song)">From the Bottom of My Heart</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/All_About_the_Love_Again" title="All About the Love Again">All About the Love Again</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Faith_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="Faith (Stevie Wonder song)">Faith</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Can%27t_Put_It_in_the_Hands_of_Fate" title="Can't Put It in the Hands of Fate">Can't Put It in the Hands of Fate</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Featured singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Love_(Julio_Iglesias_song)" title="My Love (Julio Iglesias song)">My Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/How_Come,_How_Long" title="How Come, How Long">How Come, How Long</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/California_Roll_(song)" title="California Roll (song)">California Roll</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/You_and_I_(We_Can_Conquer_the_World)" title="You and I (We Can Conquer the World)">You and I (We Can Conquer the World)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Believe_(When_I_Fall_in_Love_It_Will_Be_Forever)" title="I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)">I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Golden_Lady_(song)" title="Golden Lady (song)">Golden Lady</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/All_in_Love_Is_Fair" title="All in Love Is Fair">All in Love Is Fair</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/They_Won%27t_Go_When_I_Go" title="They Won't Go When I Go">They Won't Go When I Go</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love%27s_in_Need_of_Love_Today" title="Love's in Need of Love Today">Love's in Need of Love Today</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Knocks_Me_Off_My_Feet" title="Knocks Me Off My Feet">Knocks Me Off My Feet</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pastime_Paradise" title="Pastime Paradise">Pastime Paradise</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Isn%27t_She_Lovely" title="Isn't She Lovely">Isn't She Lovely</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Black_Man_(song)" title="Black Man (song)">Black Man</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Are_the_World" title="We Are the World">We Are the World</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Just_Good_Friends_(song)" title="Just Good Friends (song)">Just Good Friends</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Seasons_of_Love" title="Seasons of Love">Seasons of Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/True_to_Your_Heart" title="True to Your Heart">True to Your Heart</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Stop_Trying_to_Be_God" title="Stop Trying to Be God">Stop Trying to Be God</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Songwriting credits</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/It%27s_a_Shame_(The_Spinners_song)" title="It's a Shame (The Spinners song)">It's a Shame</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Tears_of_a_Clown" title="The Tears of a Clown">Tears of a Clown</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tell_Me_Something_Good" title="Tell Me Something Good">Tell Me Something Good</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Uptown_Festival_(song)" title="Uptown Festival (song)">Uptown Festival</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Get_Serious_(song)" title="Let's Get Serious (song)">Let's Get Serious</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You%27re_Supposed_to_Keep_Your_Love_for_Me" title="You're Supposed to Keep Your Love for Me">You're Supposed to Keep Your Love for Me</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tours</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Songs_in_the_Key_of_Life_Tour" title="Songs in the Key of Life Tour">Songs in the Key of Life Tour</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lula_Mae_Hardaway" title="Lula Mae Hardaway">Lula Mae Hardaway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syreeta_Wright" title="Syreeta Wright">Syreeta Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KJLH" title="KJLH">KJLH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder%27s_Superego" title="Stevie Wonder's Superego">SuperEgo</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wonderin%27" title="Wonderin'">Wonderin'</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wonder-ful" title="Wonder-ful">Wonder-ful</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXIII_halftime_show" title="Super Bowl XXXIII halftime show">Super Bowl XXXIII halftime show</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" 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(album)">Come Dance with Me!</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a> (1959)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Button-Down_Mind_of_Bob_Newhart" title="The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart">The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Newhart" title="Bob Newhart">Bob Newhart</a> (1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Judy_at_Carnegie_Hall" title="Judy at Carnegie Hall">Judy at Carnegie Hall</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Judy_Garland" title="Judy Garland">Judy Garland</a> (1961)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_First_Family_(album)" title="The First Family (album)">The First Family</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Vaughn_Meader" title="Vaughn Meader">Vaughn Meader</a> (1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Barbra_Streisand_Album" title="The Barbra Streisand Album">The Barbra Streisand Album</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Barbra_Streisand" title="Barbra Streisand">Barbra Streisand</a> (1963)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Getz/Gilberto" title="Getz/Gilberto">Getz/Gilberto</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Stan_Getz" title="Stan Getz">Stan Getz</a> & <a href="/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Gilberto" title="João Gilberto">João Gilberto</a> (1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/September_of_My_Years" title="September of My Years">September of My Years</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a> (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Man_and_His_Music" title="A Man and His Music">A Man and His Music</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a> (1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Sgt._Pepper%27s_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band" title="Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band">Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a> (1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/By_the_Time_I_Get_to_Phoenix_(Glen_Campbell_album)" title="By the Time I Get to Phoenix (Glen Campbell album)">By the Time I Get to Phoenix</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Glen_Campbell" title="Glen Campbell">Glen Campbell</a> (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Blood,_Sweat_%26_Tears_(Blood,_Sweat_%26_Tears_album)" title="Blood, Sweat & Tears (Blood, Sweat & Tears album)">Blood, Sweat & Tears</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Blood,_Sweat_%26_Tears" title="Blood, Sweat & Tears">Blood, Sweat & Tears</a> (1969)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Bridge_over_Troubled_Water" title="Bridge over Troubled Water">Bridge over Troubled Water</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Simon_%26_Garfunkel" title="Simon & Garfunkel">Simon & Garfunkel</a> (1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Tapestry_(Carole_King_album)" title="Tapestry (Carole King album)">Tapestry</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Carole_King" title="Carole King">Carole King</a> (1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Concert_for_Bangladesh_(album)" title="The Concert for Bangladesh (album)">The Concert for Bangladesh</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/George_Harrison" title="George Harrison">George Harrison</a> & Friends (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Innervisions" title="Innervisions">Innervisions</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a> (1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Fulfillingness%27_First_Finale" title="Fulfillingness' First Finale">Fulfillingness' First Finale</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Still_Crazy_After_All_These_Years" title="Still Crazy After All These Years">Still Crazy After All These Years</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Simon" title="Paul Simon">Paul Simon</a> (1975)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Songs in the Key of Life</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Rumours_(album)" title="Rumours (album)">Rumours</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Fleetwood_Mac" title="Fleetwood Mac">Fleetwood Mac</a> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Fever_(soundtrack)" title="Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack)">Saturday Night Fever</a></i> – Various Artists (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/52nd_Street_(album)" title="52nd Street (album)">52nd Street</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Billy_Joel" title="Billy Joel">Billy Joel</a> (1979)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Cross_(album)" title="Christopher Cross (album)">Christopher Cross</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Cross" title="Christopher Cross">Christopher Cross</a> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Double_Fantasy" title="Double Fantasy">Double Fantasy</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/John_Lennon" title="John Lennon">John Lennon</a> & <a href="/wiki/Yoko_Ono" title="Yoko Ono">Yoko Ono</a> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Toto_IV" title="Toto IV">Toto IV</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Toto_(band)" title="Toto (band)">Toto</a> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Thriller_(album)" title="Thriller (album)">Thriller</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Can%27t_Slow_Down_(Lionel_Richie_album)" title="Can't Slow Down (Lionel Richie album)">Can't Slow Down</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Richie" title="Lionel Richie">Lionel Richie</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/No_Jacket_Required" title="No Jacket Required">No Jacket Required</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Phil_Collins" title="Phil Collins">Phil Collins</a> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Graceland_(album)" title="Graceland (album)">Graceland</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Simon" title="Paul Simon">Paul Simon</a> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Joshua_Tree" title="The Joshua Tree">The Joshua Tree</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/U2" title="U2">U2</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Faith_(George_Michael_album)" title="Faith (George Michael album)">Faith</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/George_Michael" title="George Michael">George Michael</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Nick_of_Time_(album)" title="Nick of Time (album)">Nick of Time</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt" title="Bonnie Raitt">Bonnie Raitt</a> (1989)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Back_on_the_Block" title="Back on the Block">Back on the Block</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Quincy_Jones" title="Quincy Jones">Quincy Jones</a> and Various Artists (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Unforgettable..._with_Love" title="Unforgettable... with Love">Unforgettable... with Love</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Natalie_Cole" title="Natalie Cole">Natalie Cole</a> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Unplugged_(Eric_Clapton_album)" title="Unplugged (Eric Clapton album)">Unplugged</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Eric_Clapton" title="Eric Clapton">Eric Clapton</a> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bodyguard_(soundtrack)" title="The Bodyguard (soundtrack)">The Bodyguard</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Whitney_Houston" title="Whitney Houston">Whitney Houston</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/MTV_Unplugged_(Tony_Bennett_album)" title="MTV Unplugged (Tony Bennett album)">MTV Unplugged</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Tony_Bennett" title="Tony Bennett">Tony Bennett</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Jagged_Little_Pill" title="Jagged Little Pill">Jagged Little Pill</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Alanis_Morissette" title="Alanis Morissette">Alanis Morissette</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Falling_into_You" title="Falling into You">Falling into You</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Celine_Dion" title="Celine Dion">Celine Dion</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Time_Out_of_Mind_(Bob_Dylan_album)" title="Time Out of Mind (Bob Dylan album)">Time Out of Mind</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Miseducation_of_Lauryn_Hill" title="The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill">The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Lauryn_Hill" title="Lauryn Hill">Lauryn Hill</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Supernatural_(Santana_album)" title="Supernatural (Santana album)">Supernatural</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Santana_(band)" title="Santana (band)">Santana</a> (1999)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Two_Against_Nature" title="Two Against Nature">Two Against Nature</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Steely_Dan" title="Steely Dan">Steely Dan</a> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/O_Brother,_Where_Art_Thou%3F_(soundtrack)" title="O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack)">O Brother, Where Art Thou?</a></i> – Various Artists (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Come_Away_with_Me" title="Come Away with Me">Come Away with Me</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Norah_Jones" title="Norah Jones">Norah Jones</a> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Speakerboxxx/The_Love_Below" title="Speakerboxxx/The Love Below">Speakerboxxx/The Love Below</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Outkast" title="Outkast">Outkast</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Genius_Loves_Company" title="Genius Loves Company">Genius Loves Company</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Charles" title="Ray Charles">Ray Charles</a> & Various Artists (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/How_to_Dismantle_an_Atomic_Bomb" title="How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb">How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/U2" title="U2">U2</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Taking_the_Long_Way" title="Taking the Long Way">Taking the Long Way</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/The_Chicks" title="The Chicks">Dixie Chicks</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/River:_The_Joni_Letters" title="River: The Joni Letters">River: The Joni Letters</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Herbie_Hancock" title="Herbie Hancock">Herbie Hancock</a> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Raising_Sand" title="Raising Sand">Raising Sand</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Robert_Plant" title="Robert Plant">Robert Plant</a> & <a href="/wiki/Alison_Krauss" title="Alison Krauss">Alison Krauss</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Fearless_(Taylor_Swift_album)" title="Fearless (Taylor Swift album)">Fearless</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a> (2009)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Suburbs" title="The Suburbs">The Suburbs</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Arcade_Fire" title="Arcade Fire">Arcade Fire</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/21_(Adele_album)" title="21 (Adele album)">21</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Adele" title="Adele">Adele</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Babel_(Mumford_%26_Sons_album)" title="Babel (Mumford & Sons album)">Babel</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Mumford_%26_Sons" title="Mumford & Sons">Mumford & Sons</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Random_Access_Memories" title="Random Access Memories">Random Access Memories</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Daft_Punk" title="Daft Punk">Daft Punk</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Morning_Phase" title="Morning Phase">Morning Phase</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Beck" title="Beck">Beck</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/1989_(album)" title="1989 (album)">1989</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/25_(Adele_album)" title="25 (Adele album)">25</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Adele" title="Adele">Adele</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/24K_Magic_(album)" title="24K Magic (album)">24K Magic</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Mars" title="Bruno Mars">Bruno Mars</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Golden_Hour_(Kacey_Musgraves_album)" title="Golden Hour (Kacey Musgraves album)">Golden Hour</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Kacey_Musgraves" title="Kacey Musgraves">Kacey Musgraves</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/When_We_All_Fall_Asleep,_Where_Do_We_Go%3F" title="When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?">When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Billie_Eilish" title="Billie Eilish">Billie Eilish</a> (2019)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Folklore_(Taylor_Swift_album)" title="Folklore (Taylor Swift album)">Folklore</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a> (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/We_Are_(Jon_Batiste_album)" title="We Are (Jon Batiste album)">We Are</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Jon_Batiste" title="Jon Batiste">Jon Batiste</a> (2021) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Harry%27s_House" title="Harry's House">Harry's House</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Harry_Styles" title="Harry Styles">Harry Styles</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Midnights" title="Midnights">Midnights</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a> (2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Cowboy_Carter" title="Cowboy Carter">Cowboy Carter</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé</a> (2024)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Grammy_Award_for_Best_Male_Pop_Vocal_Performance87" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#cedff2;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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(album)">Come Dance with Me!</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a> (1959)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Georgia_on_My_Mind" title="Georgia on My Mind">Georgia on My Mind</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Charles" title="Ray Charles">Ray Charles</a> / <i><a href="/wiki/The_Genius_of_Ray_Charles" title="The Genius of Ray Charles">The Genius of Ray Charles</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Charles" title="Ray Charles">Ray Charles</a> (1960)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lollipops_and_Roses_(song)" title="Lollipops and Roses (song)">Lollipops and Roses</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Jones_(American_singer)" title="Jack Jones (American singer)">Jack Jones</a> (1961)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Left_My_Heart_in_San_Francisco" title="I Left My Heart in San Francisco">I Left My Heart in San Francisco</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Tony_Bennett" title="Tony Bennett">Tony Bennett</a> (1962)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wives_and_Lovers" title="Wives and Lovers">Wives and Lovers</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Jones_(American_singer)" title="Jack Jones (American singer)">Jack Jones</a> (1963)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hello,_Dolly!_(song)" title="Hello, Dolly! (song)">Hello, Dolly!</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Louis_Armstrong" title="Louis Armstrong">Louis Armstrong</a> (1964)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It_Was_a_Very_Good_Year" title="It Was a Very Good Year">It Was a Very Good Year</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a> (1965)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Strangers_in_the_Night" title="Strangers in the Night">Strangers in the Night</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a> (1966)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/By_the_Time_I_Get_to_Phoenix" title="By the Time I Get to Phoenix">By the Time I Get to Phoenix</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Glen_Campbell" title="Glen Campbell">Glen Campbell</a> (1967)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Light_My_Fire#Jos.C3.A9_Feliciano_cover" title="Light My Fire">Light My Fire</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Feliciano" title="José Feliciano">José Feliciano</a> (1968)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Everybody%27s_Talkin%27" title="Everybody's Talkin'">Everybody's Talkin'</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Harry_Nilsson" title="Harry Nilsson">Harry Nilsson</a> (1969)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Everything_Is_Beautiful" title="Everything Is Beautiful">Everything Is Beautiful</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Stevens" title="Ray Stevens">Ray Stevens</a> (1970)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You%27ve_Got_a_Friend" title="You've Got a Friend">You've Got a Friend</a>" – <a href="/wiki/James_Taylor" title="James Taylor">James Taylor</a> (1971)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Without_You_(Badfinger_song)#Harry_Nilsson_version" title="Without You (Badfinger song)">Without You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Harry_Nilsson" title="Harry Nilsson">Harry Nilsson</a> (1972)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Are_the_Sunshine_of_My_Life" title="You Are the Sunshine of My Life">You Are the Sunshine of My Life</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fulfillingness%27_First_Finale" title="Fulfillingness' First Finale">Fulfillingness' First Finale</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Still_Crazy_After_All_These_Years" title="Still Crazy After All These Years">Still Crazy After All These Years</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Simon" title="Paul Simon">Paul Simon</a> (1975)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Songs in the Key of Life</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a> (1976)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Handy_Man_(song)" title="Handy Man (song)">Handy Man</a>" – <a href="/wiki/James_Taylor" title="James Taylor">James Taylor</a> (1977)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Copacabana_(song)" title="Copacabana (song)">Copacabana (At the Copa)</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Barry_Manilow" title="Barry Manilow">Barry Manilow</a> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/52nd_Street_(album)" title="52nd Street (album)">52nd Street</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Billy_Joel" title="Billy Joel">Billy Joel</a> (1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/This_Is_It_(Kenny_Loggins_song)" title="This Is It (Kenny Loggins song)">This Is It</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Loggins" title="Kenny Loggins">Kenny Loggins</a> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Breakin%27_Away_(album)" title="Breakin' Away (album)">Breakin' Away</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Al_Jarreau" title="Al Jarreau">Al Jarreau</a> (1981)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Truly_(Lionel_Richie_song)" title="Truly (Lionel Richie song)">Truly</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Richie" title="Lionel Richie">Lionel Richie</a> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thriller_(album)" title="Thriller (album)">Thriller</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> (1983)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Against_All_Odds_(Take_a_Look_at_Me_Now)" title="Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)">Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Phil_Collins" title="Phil Collins">Phil Collins</a> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/No_Jacket_Required" title="No Jacket Required">No Jacket Required</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Phil_Collins" title="Phil Collins">Phil Collins</a> (1985)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Higher_Love" title="Higher Love">Higher Love</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Winwood" title="Steve Winwood">Steve Winwood</a> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bring_On_the_Night" title="Bring On the Night">Bring On the Night</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Sting_(musician)" title="Sting (musician)">Sting</a> (1987)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Worry,_Be_Happy" title="Don't Worry, Be Happy">Don't Worry, Be 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