Songs in the Key of Life Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

Songs in the Key of Life is a landmark album by Stevie Wonder, released on September 28, 1976 (see 1976 in music). A highly ambitious and experimental double LP, Songs in the Key of Life became one of the best-selling albums of his career.

Songs in the Key of Life won a Grammy Award for Pop Male Vocal and Album of the Year. The album also topped Billboard's Pop Albums and Black Albums charts.

In 2003 the TV channel VH1 named Songs in the Key of Life the 7th greatest album of all time.

Table of contents

1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Cover Versions 4 Charting singles

Track listing

1. "Love's in Need of Love Today" (Wonder) - 7:05
2. "Have a Talk With God" (Hardaway/Wonder) - 2:42
3. "Village Ghetto Land" (Byrd/Wonder) - 3:25
4. "Contusion" (Wonder) - 6:23
5. "Sir Duke" (Wonder) - 3:45
6. "I Wish" (Wonder) - 3:54
7. "Knocks Me off My Feet" (Wonder) - 4:12
8. "Pastime Paradise" (Wonder) - 3:36
9. "Summer Soft" (Wonder) - 3:27
10. "Ordinary Pain" (Wonder) - 4:14
11. "Isn't She Lovely" (Wonder) - 6:34
12. "Joy Inside My Tears" (Wonder) - 6:29
13. "Black Man" (Byrd/Wonder) - 8:29
14. "Ngiculela-Es Una Historia-I Am Singing" (Wonder) - 3:48
15. "If It's Magic" (Wonder) - 3:12
16. "As" (Wonder) - 7:08
17. "Another Star" (Wonder) - 8:28
18. "Saturn" (Sembello/Wonder) - 4:53
19. "Ebony Eyes" (Wonder) - 4:08
20. "All Day Sucker" (Wonder) - 5:05
21. "Easy Goin' Evening (My Mama's Call)" (Wonder) - 3:56

Personnel

• Greg Brown - Drums
• Deniece Williams - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
• Minnie Riperton - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
• Dorothy Ashby - Harp
• George Benson - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Vocals
• Ronnie Foster - Organ
• Herbie Hancock - Keyboards, Handclapping
• Bobbi Humphrey - Flute
• Gary Byrd - Vocals
• Michael Wycoff - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
• Larry Scott - Sound Effects
• Michael Sembello - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar
• Carol Cole - Percussion
• Bobbye Hall - Percussion
• Tony Warren - Illustrations
• Sneaky Pete Kleinow - Pedal Steel
• Jay Boy Adams - Vocals
• Nathan Alford, Jr. - Percussion
• Henry America - Vocals
• Linda America - Vocals
• Baradras - Vocals
• Brenda Barnett - Vocals
• Andrew Berliner - Mastering
• Khalif Bobatoon - Vocals
• Starshemah Bobatoon - Vocals
• Sudana Bobatoon - Vocals
• George Bohannon - Trombone
• Charles Brewer - Percussion, Programming, Vocals (bckgr)
• Shirley Brewer - Percussion, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
• Ben Bridges - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Sitar
• Berry Briges - Vocals
• Cecilia Brown - Vocals
• Eddie "Bongo" Brown - Percussion
• Jean Brown - Vocals
• Rodney Brown - Vocals
• Colleen Carleton - Percussion, Vocals (bckgr)
• Addie Cox - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
• Agnideva Dasa - Vocals
• Duryodhana Guru Dasa - Vocals
• Jayasacinandana Dasa - Vocals
• Jitamrtyi Dasa - Vocals
• Vedavyasa Dasa - Vocals
• Cinmayi Dasi - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
• Yogamaya Dasi - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
• Carolyn Dennis - Vocals (bckgr)
• Bhakta Eddie - Vocals
• Doe Rani Edwards - Vocals
• Jacqueline F. English - Vocals
• Ethel Enoex - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
• Al Jocko Fann - Vocals
• Barbara Fann - Vocals
• Melani Fann - Vocals
• Shelley Fann - Vocals
• Tracy Fann - Vocals
• Howard Buzzy Feiten - Guitar
• Glen Ferris - Trombone
• John Fischbach - Percussion, Programming, Vocals (bckgr), Engineer
• Susie Fuzzell - Vocals
• Carmelo Garcia - Percussion, Timbales
• Anthony Givens - Vocals
• Audrey Givens - Vocals
• Derrick Givens - Vocals
• Mildred Givens - Vocals
• Michael Lee Gray - Vocals
• Mimi Green - Vocals
• Susaye Greene Brown - Vocals
• Bhakta Gregory - Vocals
• Renee Hardaway - Percussion, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
• John Harris - Sound Effects
• Jeania Harris - Vocals
• John Harris - Programming
• Troy Harris - Vocals
• Nelson Hayes - Percussion, Sound Effects, Vocals (bckgr)
• Terry Hendricks - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
• Bruce Hensal - Assistant Engineer
• David Henson - Vocals, Handclapping
• Jim Horn - Saxophone
• Don Hunter - Programming, Sound Effects
• Adrian Janes - Vocals
• Josie James - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
• Calvin Johnson - Vocals
• Carol Johnson - Vocals
• Patricia Johnson - Vocals
• Madelaine Jones - Vocals
• Bhakta Kevin - Vocals
• Phillip Kimble - Vocals
• James Lambert - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
• Larry Latimer - Percussion, Vocals
• Lynda Laurence - Vocals
• Linda Lawrence - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
• Trevor Lawrence - Saxophone, Sax (Tenor)
• Irma Leslie - Vocals
• Kim Lewis - Vocals
• Howie Lindeman - Assistant Engineer
• Carl Lockhart - Vocals
• Gail Lockhart - Vocals
• Steve Madaio - Trumpet
• Raymond Maldonado - Percussion, Trumpet
• Carolyn Massenburg - Vocals
• Amale Mathews - Percussion, Vocals (bckgr)
• Artice May - Vocals
• Charity McCrary - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
• Linda McCrary-Campbell - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
• Linda McCrary - Vocals
• Lonnie Morgan - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
• Kim Nixon - Vocals
• Lisa Nixon - Vocals
• Larri Nuckens - Vocals
• Gary Olazabal - Engineer
• Edna Orso - Percussion, Vocals (bckgr)
• Dean Parks - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar
• Gwen Perry - Vocals
• Greg Phillinganes - Keyboards
• Raymond Lee Pounds - Drums
• Hank Redd - Saxophone, Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
• Gregory Rudd - Vocals
• Rukmini - Vocals
• Yolanda Simmons - Vocals, Handclapping
• Keith Slaughter - Vocals
• Rosona Starks - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
• Dennis Swindell - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
• Sundray Tucker - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
• Josette Valentino - Percussion, Vocals (bckgr), Handclapping
• Gary Veney - Vocals
• W.G. "Snuffy" Walden - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar
• Sheryl Walker - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
• Marietta Waters - Percussion, Vocals (bckgr)
• Nathan Lamar Watts - Bass, Percussion, Vocals
• Mary Lee Whitney - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
• Stevie Wonder - Harmonica, Arranger, Keyboards, Programming, Vocals, Producer
• Syreeta Wright - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
• Rick Smith - Assistant Engineer
• Ray Pound - Drums
• Michael Gray - Vocals
• Chris Morris - Assistant Engineer
• Jeff Sanders - Mastering
• Susaye Greene - Vocals
• Nathan Watts - Bass, Vocals (bckgr), Handclapping
• William Moore - Vocals
• Greg Brown - Drums
• Rick Smith - Assistant Engineer
• Fountain Jones - Programming

Cover Versions

• "Pastime Paradise" - Later recorded, with different lyrics, as "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio in 1995
• "Love's In Need of Love" - Later recorded by Dave Hollister in 2002
• "Knocks Me Off My Feet" - Later recorded by Luther Vandross in 1996 and then by Donnell Jones in 2003
• "As" - Later recorded by Michael Bolton in 2001, also a successful duet between George Michael and Mary J. Blige in 1998.
• "Another Star" - Latered recorded by Caron Wheeler of Soul II Soul in 2002

Charting singles

1976	Another Star	Club Play Singles	        No. 2
1977	Sir Duke	Adult Contemporary	        No. 3
1977	Another Star	Pop Singles	                No. 32
1977	I Wish	        Pop Singles	                No. 1
1977	Sir Duke	Pop Singles	                No. 1
1977	Another Star	Black Singles	                No. 18
1977	As	        Black Singles	                No. 36
1977	I Wish	        Black Singles	                No. 1
1977	Sir Duke	Black Singles	                No. 1
1978	As	        Pop Singles	                No. 36

 

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