The Definitive Collection (different Cover, different ISBN)

~ Release by Stevie Wonder (see all versions of this release, 10 available)

Tracklist

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1Fingertips, Part 2
producer:
Berry Gordy
bass:
James Jamerson (on 1962-06-01) and Larry Moses (bass player) (on 1962-06-01)
bongos, harmonica and lead vocals:
Stevie Wonder (on 1962-06-01)
drums (drum set):
Marvin Gaye (on 1962-06-01)
arranger:
Clarence Paul
recorded at:
Regal Theater in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1962-06-01)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1963 (number: 13)
live partial recording of:
Fingertips (on 1962-06-01)
writer:
Henry Cosby and Clarence Paul
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc. and Stone Agate Music
53:11
2Uptight (Everything’s Alright)
producer:
Henry Cosby and William Stevenson (Motown songwriter)
lead vocals:
Stevie Wonder (in 1965)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Company (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1965)
recording of:
Uptight (Everything’s Alright) (in 1965)
lyricist and composer:
Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy and Stevie Wonder
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc., Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.), Jobete Music Co., Inc., Sawandi Music and Stone Agate Music
4.652:54
3Hey Love
producer:
Clarence Paul
bass guitar:
James Jamerson (from 1965 until 1966)
drums (drum set):
Benny Benjamin (US drummer) (from 1965 until 1966)
lead vocals:
Stevie Wonder (from 1965 until 1966)
recording of:
Hey Love (from 1965 until 1966)
writer:
Morris Broadnax (Soul and R&B music songwriter), Clarence Paul and Stevie Wonder
4.52:44
4I Was Made to Love Her
producer:
Henry Cosby
bass:
James Jamerson (on 1967-03-31)
electric sitar:
Eddie Willis (on 1967-03-31)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Stevie Wonder (on 1967-03-31)
instruments:
The Funk Brothers (on 1967-03-31)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Company, L.P. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1966) and Motown Record Corporation (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1967)
recorded at:
Hitsville (Motown recording and mastering studios in Detroit, Michigan) in Detroit, Michigan, United States (on 1967-03-31)
recording of:
I Was Made to Love Her (on 1967-03-31)
writer:
Henry Cosby, Lula Mae Hardaway (songwriter), Sylvia Moy and Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Inc., EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Jobete Music Co., Inc., Sawandi Music, Stone Agate Music and 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music)
4.652:37
5For Once in My Life
producer:
Henry Cosby
lead vocals:
Stevie Wonder (in 1967)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Corporation (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1968)
cover recording of:
For Once in My Life (in 1967)
lyricist:
Ronald Miller (Motown songwriter Ronald Norman Miller)
composer:
Orlando Murden
publisher:
Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.), Jobete Music Co., Inc., Jobette Music (UK) Ltd., Stein & Van Stock, Inc., Stone Diamond Music Corporation and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division)
4.12:49
6My Cherie Amour
producer:
Henry Cosby
lead vocals:
Stevie Wonder (from 1967 until 1968)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Corporation (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1969)
recorded at:
Hitsville (Motown recording and mastering studios in Detroit, Michigan) in Detroit, Michigan, United States (from 1967 until 1968)
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 399)
recording of:
My Cherie Amour (from 1967 until 1968)
writer:
Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy and Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.), Jobete Music Co., Inc., Sawandi Music, Stone Agate Music and 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music)
4.352:53
7Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m Yours
producer:
Stevie Wonder
lead vocals:
Stevie Wonder (in 1970)
arranger:
Paul Riser
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Records (not for label use; use “Motown” instead) (in 1970)
part of:
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1970 (number: 31)
recording of:
Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours (in 1970)
writer:
Lee Garrett, Lula Mae Hardaway (songwriter), Syreeta (US singer‐songwriter active 1970s–80s) and Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.), Jobete Music Co., Inc., Sawandi Music, Stone Agate Music and 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music)
4.32:40
8You Are the Sunshine of My Life
Moog programming and associate producer:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
engineer:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
producer:
Stevie Wonder
bass guitar:
Scott Edwards (bassist) (in 1972)
congas:
Daniel Ben Zebulon (in 1972)
background vocals:
Gloria Barley (in 1972), Jim Gilstrap (in 1972) and Lani Groves (in 1972)
lead vocals:
Stevie Wonder (in 1972)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1972)
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 83), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 183) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 281)
recording of:
You Are the Sunshine of My Life (in 1972)
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Inc., Jobete Music Co., Inc. (in 1972) and Stein & Van Stock, Inc. (in 1972)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
4.32:58
9Superstition
recording engineer:
Joan DeCola and Austin Godsey
Moog programming:
Malcolm Cecil (in 1972) and Robert Margouleff (in 1972)
associate producer:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
producer:
Stevie Wonder
mixer:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
clavinet, drums (drum set) and Moog:
Stevie Wonder (in 1972)
saxophone:
Trevor Lawrence (70s–90s saxophonist & producer, father of Trevor Lawrence Jr.) (in 1972)
trumpet:
Steve Madaio (in 1972)
recorded at:
Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States (in 1972)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 12) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 74)
recording of:
Superstition
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music), Jobete Music Co., Inc. (in 1972) and Stein & Van Stock, Inc. (in 1972)
4.854:28
10Higher Ground
producer:
Stevie Wonder
arranger:
Stevie Wonder
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 113) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 261)
recording of:
Higher Ground
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Inc., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Jobete Music Co., Inc. and Stein & Van Stock, Inc.
4.53:44
11Living for the City
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 104)
recording of:
Living for the City
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Inc., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Jobete Music Co., Inc., Stein & Van Stock, Inc. and 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music)
4.53:41
12You Haven’t Done Nothin’
programming and engineer:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
associate producer:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
producer:
Stevie Wonder
bass guitar:
Reggie McBride
background vocals:
The Jacksons (formerly “The Jackson 5”)
lead vocals:
Stevie Wonder
arranger:
Stevie Wonder
recording of:
You Haven’t Done Nothin’
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher) and Jabete Music
version of:
Snyggare poliser
4.43:24
13Boogie On Reggae Woman
recording of:
Boogie On Reggae Woman
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Inc. and Jobete Music Co., Inc.
55:15
14I Wish
programming:
Charles Brewer, John Fischbach and Stevie Wonder
producer:
Stevie Wonder
alto saxophone:
Hank Redd
bass guitar:
Nathan Watts
drums (drum set):
Raymond Pounds and Stevie Wonder
Rhodes piano, synthesizer, vocoder and lead vocals:
Stevie Wonder
tenor saxophone:
Trevor Lawrence (70s–90s saxophonist & producer, father of Trevor Lawrence Jr.)
trumpet:
Steve Madaio and Raymond Maldonado
background vocals:
Renee Hardaway
arranger:
Stevie Wonder
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Records (not for label use; use “Motown” instead) (in 1976)
recording of:
I Wish
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
4.64:14
15Sir Duke
programming:
Charles Brewer, John Fischbach and Stevie Wonder
producer:
Stevie Wonder
alto saxophone:
Hank Redd
bass guitar:
Nathan Watts
drums (drum set):
Raymond Pounds
guitar:
Ben Bridges and Michael Sembello
percussion, Rhodes piano and lead vocals:
Stevie Wonder
tenor saxophone:
Trevor Lawrence (70s–90s saxophonist & producer, father of Trevor Lawrence Jr.)
trumpet:
Steve Madaio and Raymond Maldonado
arranger:
Stevie Wonder
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Records (not for label use; use “Motown” instead) (in 1976) and Island Records (NOT for release label use! A division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 2022)
recording of:
Sir Duke
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music and Jobete Music Co., Inc.
4.553:54
16Masterblaster (Jammin’)
assistant engineer:
Bob Harlan
engineer and mixer:
Gary Olazabal
producer:
Stevie Wonder
bass:
Nathan Watts
clavinet and Rhodes piano:
Stevie Wonder
drums (drum set):
Dennis Davis (drummer)
guitar:
Ben Bridges and Rick Zunigar
organ:
Isaiah Sanders
percussion:
Earl DeRouen (percussionist, composer)
saxophone:
Hank Redd
trumpet:
Larry Gittens
background vocals:
Shirley Brewer, Alex Brown (US soul vocalist, member of Raelets), Marva Holcolm and Angela Winbush
arranger:
Stevie Wonder
recorded at and mixed at:
Wonderland Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Master Blaster (Jammin’)
composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) and Jobete Music Co., Inc.
4.755:09
17That Girl
producer:
Stevie Wonder
lead vocals:
Stevie Wonder
arranger:
Stevie Wonder
recording of:
That Girl (by Stevie Wonder)
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
45:15
18Do I Do
producer:
Stevie Wonder
lead vocals:
Stevie Wonder
horn arranger:
Stevie Wonder
strings arranger:
Paul Riser
recording of:
Do I Do
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
4.55:05
19I Just Called to Say I Love You
producer:
Stevie Wonder
lead vocals:
Stevie Wonder
arranger:
Stevie Wonder
recording of:
I Just Called to Say I Love You
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Inc., Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Jobete Music Co., Inc. and 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music)
part of:
The 57th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1984 winner)
translated version of:
Hoe dan ook ... ik zal oe belle
4.354:24
20Overjoyed
associate producer:
Gary Olazabal
producer:
Stevie Wonder
guitar:
Earl Klugh
other instruments [ocean, pebbles in pond, stone dropped, crushing leaves], percussion [environmental percussion], piano and synthesizer [CS80], piano, synthesizer [CS80], lead vocals and other vocals [crickets, nightingale & additional bird sounds]:
Stevie Wonder
strings [string] arranger:
Paul Riser
arranger:
Stevie Wonder
recording of:
Overjoyed
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music and Jobete Music Co., Inc.
43:44
21Part-Time Lover
associate producer:
Gary Olazabal
producer:
Stevie Wonder
drums (drum set) and synthesizer and lead vocals:
Stevie Wonder
additional lead vocals:
Luther Vandross
background vocals:
Philip Bailey, Billy Durham, Renee Hardaway, Keith John (Soul vocalist, songwriter), Melody McCully, Peter Byrne (UK singer, in Naked Eyes), Darryl Phinnessee, Syreeta (US singer‐songwriter active 1970s–80s) and Luther Vandross
recording of:
Part‐Time Lover
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Jobete Music Co., Inc. and 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music)
54:15