[For Beginners] Songs in the Key of Love: A Collection of Stevie Wonder’s Masterpieces

For Your LoveStevie Wonder

For your love – Stevie wonder

This song is the long-lost theme song for the World City Expo that was scheduled to be held in Odaiba in 1996.

It was released the previous year, and it seems it was also used for the “Stevie Fund,” a foundation for the reconstruction efforts after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.

His increasingly mature vocals make it a soothing love ballad.

OverjoyedStevie Wonder

Overjoyed

This song, included on the 1985 album “In Square Circle,” was later released as a single.

Above all, it’s the incredibly beautiful, instantly memorable melody that leaves a strong impression.

If I recall correctly, it was also used in an Onward commercial.

Although this track is counted among his exquisite love ballads, the romance in the lyrics hasn’t actually been fulfilled yet.

LatelyStevie Wonder

Lately

Woven together with a gentle piano tone, the song is about a sorrowful parting.

You could call it a wistful piano ballad, but the real highlight is the final chorus.

On the second repeat of the hook, he boldly modulates up by a whole two and a half steps—a daring shift.

It’s a feat that would be impossible with half-baked taste or half-baked vocal ability, yet he pulls it off with ease.

Doesn’t this track showcase his genius to the fullest?

All I DoStevie Wonder

All I Do

A track from the 1980 album “Hotter than July.” It has a questioning, enigmatic melody line that you can’t forget once you’ve heard it.

The lyrics, too, feel like they’re watching to see how you’ll react, and that addictive quality makes you want to listen again and again.

All About The Love AgainStevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder – All About The Love Again

A track released as a single by Stevie Wonder in 2009.

The original was written for the 2008 presidential election.

It was performed at President Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration and was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2010.