I don't think anybody's mistaking him for George Jones, dude. This tune cleverly combines elements of different musical styles, with Country being the most difficult to predict, yet obviously present, element. It's not straight Country music- it's Cool As F**k music.
Who would've guessed that when two of the greatest r?&b/funk singers and minds of all time got together that they'd make a country song? Well, country/funk hybrid to be exact but still.
I was the soul brother,but when Mike and Mike,my rock and roll friends,and me drove their pick up to a local park off of Lawrence Expwy in Santa Clara one night,just south of Pruneridge,this song was on the radio.As Stevie sang those opening verses,I remember I just stared at the plumed roach clip hanging from the back of Woodfork's straw cowboy hat!-That was late 1980.
This song is still HOT! Charlie Wilson singing in the background...makes this song even more phenomenal. However, I do think they were playing around in the studio when they had the idea to record this song.
Yeah,@HARMONY7100, U can hear Charlie real strong on the choruses & on the bridge of this KILLER funk/country/hard rock hybrid jam. I remember this when i was 6 yrs. old. GOOD QUALITY music. One of my favorite tunes from "WONDERMAN".& u know where Charlie got his FUNK from....STEVIE. That had to be a dream come true for Charlie, 'cause Stevie was/is his idol. They BOTH made that cut funky. A CLASSIC !!!!
This is how a country song should sound. My favorite song from this album and this is coming from somebody that use to hate country music. Stevie is simply proving he's the greatest. Ronnie and Charlie Wilson backup (Gap Band), makes sense, they're from Oklahoma. The first cowboys were Black.
Stevie hit #11 in Billboard, 3-7-81. Featurin' backup vocals by Charlie and Ronnie Wilson, of the Gap Band. Love Hank Devito's steel guitar on it. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx!
yep i remember this song.. that'z just how amazin artistz can be even in RARE FORM..... Stevie got it goin on even doin a country accent..lol.. someone else who soundz great doin the country accent is Lionel Richie.. when they can step a little outside the norm of what how theyre use to singn and pull it off, just meanz they can really SANG.. Love it..
Wow, thank you so much for posting this song. "Country funk"...that's how I described it to everyone when I told them it was Stevie Wonder, but they didn't believe me until I showed them the yellow and brown "Tamla" 45 rpm I had of this song and they read it for themselves. It's just another example of his genius!
Wow! I almost forgot about this song by Stevie Wonder. I was in high school when this was released. I thought it was released in the spring of 1981, but I guess I was wrong if it was released ini 1980. Great video! Thanks for uploading it here!
I hate this version that ends with "oh ho wo ho ho ho ho ". I like the version that ends with "Take it out, take it home, take it home, take it home." There was supposed to be a 12" version of this song. On the lyric sheet that came with my album, there were additional lyrics that were for the 12" single. It never came out.
Yknow when i first heard this, i didn't even notice Stevie sounding a lil country; i was thinking it was Stevie being goofy Stevie. i'm being so serious, i didn't even catch the country twangs in the background until i listened to it cpl times more!
Either way, my Stevie is the only person who can fuse soul and country so well!
I ain't gonna stand for the fact that there are 3 dislikers of this song. Love Hank DeVito's steel guitar on it. Billboard's #73 hit of '81. God bless ya, Ronnie and Charlie Wilson. Hugs to ya both!
RFEEDIFY, ME TOO THAT'S WHERE I HEARD THE SONG. I'M A STEVIE WONDER FAN AND NEVER KNEW STEVIE WONDER SANG THIS SONG. I FOUND OUT LAST NIGHT WHEN I HEARD IT ON THE RADIO.(103.5)
@BoloDrek1 I HEARD IT ON THE BERNIE MAC SHOW AND HAD TO YOUTUBE IT WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED AT ALL THIS IS A GREAT SONG AND ENTERTAINING SONG I REALLY LIKE THE FIRST VERSE LOL
Billboard's #73 song of '81. Stevie hit #4 pop, #11 pop, #20, AC, in Billboard. Love Hank DeVito's steel guitar on it. Charlie and Ronnie Wilson sang backup on it. God bless! RIP, Ronnie.
Was listening to this on LP earlier. Hearing it then and now on YouTube really emphasises the differences in sound! LPs simply have a more meaty, wholesome sound, don't you think? Just love them to pieces...
@EddieRamon Most of the "clasic acts" on Motown and its subsidiaries really didn't like singing disco much. (There's just something wrong with the image of the Temptations singing about "boogeying down with a sexy disco lady".)
@shmuli9 Actually Motown did have some disco. Like Jermaine Jackson's "Let's Get Serious", or Rick James's albums. Even this Hotter than July album had some, like "Do Like You".
@EddieRamon Oh, I know they did have some disco (Diana Ross had several "disco" hits; so did Eddie Kendricks), but IN GENERAL Motowners who started having hits in the 60s really didn't care to record disco records; they did so only because it would sell records. Almost EVERYBODY in pop music either had songs that were either compltely disco or at least had discop leanings, like Wings, Rod Stewart, KISS, the Rolling Stones, and the Kinks.
@QuartersDimesify Yep - the low parts are all Stevie Wonder. I thought the same thingh about the Pointer Sisters' "Automatic" - June sings part of it in a very low voice...
@DaveWollenberg It WAS Ruth. Sorry, I realised my mistake the moment I sent it (which is how I suspect a lot of typos are made). In any case, the FIRST time I heard"Automatic" I thought it was by Prince... It's hard to believe "Break Out" came out 27 years ago...
When this first came out i was on the floor. I simply loved it and it just showed how well he could flex his musical talent beyond what any one would have expected. The man is Brilliant! Have always loved him even when I was in diapers bouncing at my dad's knee. Awesome is his middle name.
When this first came out i was on the floor. I simply loved it and it just showed how well he could flex his musical talent beyond what any one would have expected. The man is Brilliant! Have always loved him even when I was in diapers bouncing at my dad's knee. Awesome is middle name.
Anyone else notices how he maintains the country accent until the end of the first two verses, then the Stevie comes out. Its like he threw his stetson off and went to church. Love it!!!
This song is very high on my list of best songs ever written and performed. Very few songs can combine the individual elements like this one, yet have the feel of this song. Even Clapton recognized the genius of this song as he did a remake. I remember seeing an interview with Eric and he said his band couldn't get the song to feel right. We're talking about Clapton's band! Finally, they got it down and did the remake, which is good too.
Awesome, Awesome job Stevie! Thanks for posting this.
The word genius is banded around these days like confetti. But real genius is the man you are listening to, how one man can deliver the kind of excellence over such a long period of time for us all to enjoy beggers belief. A true great in the history of modern music.
The first time I heard this song, I was WTH!!!! Has Stevie gone country on us. But the more I listened to it, I love it. I love the country music that is integrated into this song. This goes to show how much creativity Stevie had and STILL HAS!!!!!!
@RSSFeedify LMAO! I just saw that same episode a few days ago....the part when Bernie was in the shower. I heard the song in the background and thought it was kinda funky! So I looked it up!!
@rawmac7 Yes this is the whole song. The end of "I Ain't Gonna Stand For It" on the "Hotter Than July" album ends with an abrupt cut right into the next track "As If You Read My Mind"
@AceWand Nice to know I'm not the only one who didn't like that song. Luckily, Stevie is good enough to evercome that song - but I still have the bad flashbacks! lol
Country and R&B in the same song , only 2 people in the world can pull that off. That would be Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles. And both of them are bilnd. How Ironic/coincadintal?
@sesamestreet2 I just never really got into his music. I only actually like 3 or 4 songs of his enough to want to own them. But, I do think he is incredibly talented. I think "I just called to say I love you" was a bad song that was overplayed--it sort of ruined him for me. No offense intended to anyone. I still can admit he is great, though.
@vsbp Am I understanding you? Are U saying this piece of classic music is trash?? You have got to be kidding me!! This man never makes anything bad!! This is classic Stevie!! You can't get any better than this because he can sing any genre and still make it look good, Okaaaay!!!!!
@noonic23 Charlie Wilson isn't on the backgrounds for "All I Do". This was the only song on the album he did sing on with his brother Ronnie. The other singers who backed Stevie on "All I Do" besides Michael Jackson included Eddie Levert and Walter Williams from The O'Jays and Betty Wright.
@blackwaxjh I saw this on wikipedia that he did backgrounding for stevie on a couple of songs including this one and All I do. but wikipedia might be wrong who's knows? but I know for a fact about Michael because he talked about it in a interview clip..But thanks for clearing that one up..
I didn't know Charlie Wilson was in this until I saw this on youtube. Interesting. I always wondered who backed him up in this song. Now that I know this, I can hear it and listen for him. It's definitely Uncle Charlie
i use 2 love this song when i was in the 6th grade and when i read the credits 4 the album i noticed the gap band charlie wilson and his brothers were on the background of this song and if u blast it u can hear charlie wilson good
man i remember this jam when i was like 8 yrs old. now that im older and hear the mix of country and soul this shit is like brilliant. stevie way out there a head of his time. nobody dont even try stuff like this no more.
just bought this album on vinyl. Everyone should do that, it brings the summer into your speakers. An amazing album, included one of the best songs written by stevie wonder, love the funky base.
It just proves that musical genius is present in every genre---I wish he had gone a bit further and done an album of country-soul tunes, ala Ray Charles---his already-stellar reputation would have been evern greater!
Hit #4 soul, #11 pop, #20 AC in Billboard. Charlie AND Ronnie Wilson of the Gap Band sang backup on it. In return, Stevie sang background on the Gap's song 'Someday', a tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. God bless!
Qu'est CE Que J'Ai ECRI, Qui si mal fel Vous, hommes si, C'Est CE Québec enttendès Vous Pas n'est CE! Afraid qu'aient c'eux qu'ont éspérent, BABY, Alors Que maha s'est meme!
Sometimes this song gets played on The Bernie Mac Show, I never would have guessed in a million years that it belonged to Stevie Wonder! Awesome song.
Why are people arguing about whether there's a country vibe or not?
It's totally obvious in the verses Stevie is paying a nod to country music. There's a pedal steel, country piano licks and Stevie signing in a southern drawl, but it's still done in his own inimitable way. Like someone else says, just shows his genius.
Remember that Ray Charles once did a country western album. People are so quick to pigeonhole and stay closed-minded.
This is a great song about standing up for what you believe in. By the way, nothing wrong with country music. What's promoted by the corporate world doesn't touch the heart of true country, just the same as rap and r&b categories.
man..this song brings back so many memories...me and my brother thought this song was so funny...we used to just run around the house singing...we couldn't really understand the versus..but when the part "i ain't gonna stand for it" we just start screaming that part..lol good times....
My aunt played this song when I was little and I heard this song on The Bernie Mac Show and I forgot what episode lol
dorababyboy 1 day ago
I HATE WHEN YOU DON'T LET THE SONG PLAY ALL THE WAY BEFORE IT ENDS!!!
THANK YOU
Getrealpeeps 1 week ago
Stevie hit #11 on Billboard Hot 100 on 3/7/81. Thanks for posting it! :)
chris080270 2 weeks ago
This is not a country song in my humble. The fact that he sings with the accent and there is lap/pedal steel guitar doesn't make it that genre.
kloppaman 3 weeks ago
@kloppaman
I don't think anybody's mistaking him for George Jones, dude. This tune cleverly combines elements of different musical styles, with Country being the most difficult to predict, yet obviously present, element. It's not straight Country music- it's Cool As F**k music.
TheLovelyMC 3 weeks ago 3
THIS WAS ON BERNIE MAC.
secarver25 1 month ago 2
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TheBarbina00 1 month ago
"Don't wanna cause nobody no bodily harm" Love that part so much!!!
Fleezy81 1 month ago
you must be blind an stupid country.sorry an deaf,
william39025 1 month ago
kinda sounds like hes singing it country music style, doesnt it?
gearboxbreaker 1 month ago in playlist stuff i like 63
This song was released on Motown's Tamla Records label in December 1980 as Tamla 54320 and is taken from the LP(or in Album)"Hotter Than July"
kjchicago1 1 month ago 2
I can't find my car keys.
SteveArpo 2 months ago
Stevie's country song
Makiba08 2 months ago
somebody stoled my underwaear, and i an't gonna stand for it! but i can't because i just got out of the shower!
kianakeino 2 months ago
Who would've guessed that when two of the greatest r?&b/funk singers and minds of all time got together that they'd make a country song? Well, country/funk hybrid to be exact but still.
tokinblckgie 2 months ago 2
The Bernie Mac show got me on this song lol
quartta11 2 months ago 2
I love clapton's cover :D
wholelotofleavin 3 months ago
oh oh oh....my my my......
I ain't gonna stand for it.......（*´∀｀）
okeoke119 3 months ago
he is so original and so versital...this song shows it!!!
MichaelHansenFUN 3 months ago
I was the soul brother,but when Mike and Mike,my rock and roll friends,and me drove their pick up to a local park off of Lawrence Expwy in Santa Clara one night,just south of Pruneridge,this song was on the radio.As Stevie sang those opening verses,I remember I just stared at the plumed roach clip hanging from the back of Woodfork's straw cowboy hat!-That was late 1980.
wolfstyle68 3 months ago
Live Paris-Bercy 1983 : redneck/country style intro...
Stevie : "Do you think it's good ?"
Crowd : "YEAAAAH !" (more or less, don' forget it was in France)
Stevie : "Noooo, it's bad !"
Everybody was kind of pissed off... but not me !
chucku00 4 months ago
damn,didnt notice it was in the vocals also :P
Azuluna357 4 months ago
Love that shit at 3:50, that lil guitar part is so cool
Azuluna357 4 months ago
Why does he sing with such a country accent on here? is that intentional or? kinda odd
Azuluna357 4 months ago
Nathan Watts. Thunderin' bass. Keep goin' Stevie.
kloppaman 4 months ago
Somebody ate all my oreos! I aint gonna stand for it!
dagreatcapri82 5 months ago 22
Just Awsome .
DEVONDRA1625 5 months ago
This song is still HOT! Charlie Wilson singing in the background...makes this song even more phenomenal. However, I do think they were playing around in the studio when they had the idea to record this song.
HARMONY7100 6 months ago 5
Yeah,@HARMONY7100, U can hear Charlie real strong on the choruses & on the bridge of this KILLER funk/country/hard rock hybrid jam. I remember this when i was 6 yrs. old. GOOD QUALITY music. One of my favorite tunes from "WONDERMAN".& u know where Charlie got his FUNK from....STEVIE. That had to be a dream come true for Charlie, 'cause Stevie was/is his idol. They BOTH made that cut funky. A CLASSIC !!!!
blackrockdude1 3 months ago
Olay.. this different O.0
1luvKamiSama1 6 months ago
This is how a country song should sound. My favorite song from this album and this is coming from somebody that use to hate country music. Stevie is simply proving he's the greatest. Ronnie and Charlie Wilson backup (Gap Band), makes sense, they're from Oklahoma. The first cowboys were Black.
frogca 6 months ago 16
@frogca if you didnt like country music, you probably still dont. This is such a long stretch to be even considered country
xxxxxMW2xxxxx 6 months ago
@frogca LOLOL! Wow...never thot about that! How cool....
aburningpromise 4 months ago
Stevie hit #11 in Billboard, 3-7-81. Featurin' backup vocals by Charlie and Ronnie Wilson, of the Gap Band. Love Hank Devito's steel guitar on it. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx!
DaveWollenberg 6 months ago
yep i remember this song.. that'z just how amazin artistz can be even in RARE FORM..... Stevie got it goin on even doin a country accent..lol.. someone else who soundz great doin the country accent is Lionel Richie.. when they can step a little outside the norm of what how theyre use to singn and pull it off, just meanz they can really SANG.. Love it..
40mbooh 7 months ago 2
Stevie Wonder is That Nigga.
Komeh 7 months ago
steve wonder is the best on the west
he is the greatest
a frenchy from montreal
canada
RIDDELLism 7 months ago
Luv it!! Little country voice....
LLBS2010 7 months ago
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this is not STEVIE WONDER!!!!!!
peppino540 8 months ago
this is not STEVIE WONDER!!!!!!
peppino540 8 months ago
@peppino540 Oh really? Who is it?
Nikelea 7 months ago
@peppino540 it is but i guess you didnt listen to the whole song.
ThePurcy 7 months ago
Wow, thank you so much for posting this song. "Country funk"...that's how I described it to everyone when I told them it was Stevie Wonder, but they didn't believe me until I showed them the yellow and brown "Tamla" 45 rpm I had of this song and they read it for themselves. It's just another example of his genius!
TheFIRSTFatJohn 8 months ago
charlie wilson stands out like a sore thumb that voice. but he is a true country boy from oklahoma
mjjcng8958 8 months ago
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essiusc 9 months ago
Wow! I almost forgot about this song by Stevie Wonder. I was in high school when this was released. I thought it was released in the spring of 1981, but I guess I was wrong if it was released ini 1980. Great video! Thanks for uploading it here!
kenpalmer1965 9 months ago
I hate this version that ends with "oh ho wo ho ho ho ho ". I like the version that ends with "Take it out, take it home, take it home, take it home." There was supposed to be a 12" version of this song. On the lyric sheet that came with my album, there were additional lyrics that were for the 12" single. It never came out.
NEXPAR 9 months ago
Yeah I remember that Bernie Mac episode! HILARIOUS!!!
MsShugabowl 9 months ago
#BernieMac! Lol
ShaenaCooper 10 months ago
Lol he is such a talented man. But, every time I hear this, I think of The Bernie Mac Show. Lol those kids are hilarious.
ImNotYourFriend212 10 months ago
sounds country lol i love stevie
TheDefjams 10 months ago
Top...Stevie...What else?
Nothing more...NO NO.....just sing and dance!!!
TheFatyBella 10 months ago
Best Songs of all time
Koraymusic1 10 months ago
CHARLIE WILSON ON THE BACKGROUNDS WHEN HE WAS LIKE 19...CLASSIC,LEGENDARY..
dubworx2004 10 months ago
@dubworx2004 wow really, thanx for that i love a bit of musical info :) x
missyboo1000 10 months ago
VINTAGE STEVIE..I REMEMBER MY MAMA GETTING THIS ALBUM IN THE 80'S..STEVIE'S THE GREATEST..
dubworx2004 10 months ago
Classic!
howsyourvulva 10 months ago
They don't make shit like this anymore.
Tyrushumphrey 10 months ago
Yknow when i first heard this, i didn't even notice Stevie sounding a lil country; i was thinking it was Stevie being goofy Stevie. i'm being so serious, i didn't even catch the country twangs in the background until i listened to it cpl times more!
Either way, my Stevie is the only person who can fuse soul and country so well!
rtoriq 11 months ago
@rtoriq ~ Eric Clapton did a great version of this, it's on Youtube check it out when you can...
grumpy150 11 months ago
I heard it on Bernie Mac and Everybody Hates Chris. It is the jam!
MyPetMartyr 11 months ago
I LOVE the bass at 3:33!
TheFirstBroBIB 11 months ago 2
I ain't gonna stand for the fact that there are 3 dislikers of this song. Love Hank DeVito's steel guitar on it. Billboard's #73 hit of '81. God bless ya, Ronnie and Charlie Wilson. Hugs to ya both!
DaveWollenberg 11 months ago
My room mate in the Air Force bought this when it first came out. We played the sh@t out it. Great memories. Thank you Stevie.
1959FlashGordon 11 months ago 2
they gonna be playing shit like this at my barmitzvah
, no worries.....
krasnyploshad 11 months ago 2
dont want to cause nobody no bodily harm
hbone 11 months ago
100%Pure Country-Fried Funk!
jabaltar84 11 months ago 3
Is tht charlie 'uncle charlie" wilson singing background vocals?
JEEminn3000 11 months ago
Stevie's vocal approach is brilliant! Give them songs character. Love you Stevie
Auntkekebaby 1 year ago
stevie wonder first hit was fingertips. this song is about 1980. His first hit was in the '60's.
BoloDrek1 1 year ago
RFEEDIFY, ME TOO THAT'S WHERE I HEARD THE SONG. I'M A STEVIE WONDER FAN AND NEVER KNEW STEVIE WONDER SANG THIS SONG. I FOUND OUT LAST NIGHT WHEN I HEARD IT ON THE RADIO.(103.5)
BoloDrek1 1 year ago
@BoloDrek1 I HEARD IT ON THE BERNIE MAC SHOW AND HAD TO YOUTUBE IT WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED AT ALL THIS IS A GREAT SONG AND ENTERTAINING SONG I REALLY LIKE THE FIRST VERSE LOL
flashyg55 11 months ago
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mollysangelique 1 year ago
I used this and sample it this hot
luvismeh 1 year ago
my mom had this album. we loved it.
he sounds pissed in this song. lol.
MsL0vie 1 year ago
my late brother like this song here for you walter gulley miss you alot
thomas969 1 year ago
What was Stevie Wonders First Hit ? A Lampost!.
I Joke i love the man great song
VerzuzHD 1 year ago
Billboard's #73 song of '81. Stevie hit #4 pop, #11 pop, #20, AC, in Billboard. Love Hank DeVito's steel guitar on it. Charlie and Ronnie Wilson sang backup on it. God bless! RIP, Ronnie.
DaveWollenberg 1 year ago
oh yeah this is classic Stevie material.lets see trey songz, and the dream duplicate this kind of jam.I dare you.
386bigDee 1 year ago
I thank Bernie Mac for showing this song RIP Bernie
nightmare5349 1 year ago 2
eddie not~~~ disco was a nightmare~~
TALBROZMAN 1 year ago
Was listening to this on LP earlier. Hearing it then and now on YouTube really emphasises the differences in sound! LPs simply have a more meaty, wholesome sound, don't you think? Just love them to pieces...
Krolblach 1 year ago
As much as I love this album, I wish Stevie got into the disco sound a little more. He didn't use slap bass much.
EddieRamon 1 year ago
@EddieRamon Most of the "clasic acts" on Motown and its subsidiaries really didn't like singing disco much. (There's just something wrong with the image of the Temptations singing about "boogeying down with a sexy disco lady".)
shmuli9 1 year ago
@shmuli9 Actually Motown did have some disco. Like Jermaine Jackson's "Let's Get Serious", or Rick James's albums. Even this Hotter than July album had some, like "Do Like You".
EddieRamon 1 year ago
@EddieRamon Oh, I know they did have some disco (Diana Ross had several "disco" hits; so did Eddie Kendricks), but IN GENERAL Motowners who started having hits in the 60s really didn't care to record disco records; they did so only because it would sell records. Almost EVERYBODY in pop music either had songs that were either compltely disco or at least had discop leanings, like Wings, Rod Stewart, KISS, the Rolling Stones, and the Kinks.
shmuli9 1 year ago
A great song from Stevie! A unique gem from February 1981! I love the country influence mixed with reggae. Bravo, Steveland Judkins!
ChihuahuaboyDH 1 year ago
I love this country-ish song haha!
but is that really stevie wonder singing those low note verses??
i heard gap band created bg vocals but that was only for chorus?
cuz if it is him, damn he got suchhhhh a big voice range
QuartersDimesify 1 year ago
@QuartersDimesify
it's stevie, look up his appearance on snl, he does his vocal work performing songs when he was a kid
aoverall71 1 year ago
@QuartersDimesify Yep - the low parts are all Stevie Wonder. I thought the same thingh about the Pointer Sisters' "Automatic" - June sings part of it in a very low voice...
shmuli9 1 year ago
@shmuli9 I always thought that it was Ruth who did the low voice. God bless!
DaveWollenberg 1 year ago
@DaveWollenberg It WAS Ruth. Sorry, I realised my mistake the moment I sent it (which is how I suspect a lot of typos are made). In any case, the FIRST time I heard"Automatic" I thought it was by Prince... It's hard to believe "Break Out" came out 27 years ago...
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When this first came out i was on the floor. I simply loved it and it just showed how well he could flex his musical talent beyond what any one would have expected. The man is Brilliant! Have always loved him even when I was in diapers bouncing at my dad's knee. Awesome is his middle name.
theezonu 1 year ago
When this first came out i was on the floor. I simply loved it and it just showed how well he could flex his musical talent beyond what any one would have expected. The man is Brilliant! Have always loved him even when I was in diapers bouncing at my dad's knee. Awesome is middle name.
theezonu 1 year ago
this song is so cool
sn83 1 year ago
Man he went all-out country on this and he's convincing haha
vstarr89 1 year ago
@vstarr89 it's a hybrid.
kermicheo 1 year ago
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damoniegetta 1 year ago
i heard this on the radio b4, but never knew the name!!
Terence7414 1 year ago
"Someone's been Rubbin on my Good Luck Charm!"
I would of love to see a Video of this.
I'd be laghing til it hurts!
Teardehawkee 1 year ago
Anyone else notices how he maintains the country accent until the end of the first two verses, then the Stevie comes out. Its like he threw his stetson off and went to church. Love it!!!
RavenlucJanie 1 year ago 63
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bassman4308 1 year ago
@RavenlucJanie Good looking out! I never noticed that before. There's steel guitar in here too!
Larrymh07 1 year ago
@RavenlucJanie one of my favorite comments. lol thanks . made me laugh
hbone 6 months ago
This song is very high on my list of best songs ever written and performed. Very few songs can combine the individual elements like this one, yet have the feel of this song. Even Clapton recognized the genius of this song as he did a remake. I remember seeing an interview with Eric and he said his band couldn't get the song to feel right. We're talking about Clapton's band! Finally, they got it down and did the remake, which is good too.
Awesome, Awesome job Stevie! Thanks for posting this.
mikealan61 1 year ago 3
lool sounds like a country song. haa haa ha ha! oh my goodness
mjjcng8958 1 year ago
Amazing example of how any type of music can blend well. Country and Soul. love it.
MichelleLaBell10 1 year ago
The word genius is banded around these days like confetti. But real genius is the man you are listening to, how one man can deliver the kind of excellence over such a long period of time for us all to enjoy beggers belief. A true great in the history of modern music.
tidmouthshed 1 year ago
The first time I heard this song, I was WTH!!!! Has Stevie gone country on us. But the more I listened to it, I love it. I love the country music that is integrated into this song. This goes to show how much creativity Stevie had and STILL HAS!!!!!!
njmusiclady64 1 year ago
i just want to get on a horse and gallop threw the old west when i here this. lmao it sound like a cowboys theme.
JustGod7 1 year ago 2
I heard this song on Bernie Mac, and now I'm always cracking up because that scene was so funny.
RSSFeedify 1 year ago 49
@RSSFeedify LMAO! I just saw that same episode a few days ago....the part when Bernie was in the shower. I heard the song in the background and thought it was kinda funky! So I looked it up!!
tracedee6 1 year ago
@tracedee6 Lmao yess. Exactly. It's so funny how that song is used in that scene. Lol.
RSSFeedify 1 year ago
@RSSFeedify same here. everytime they play this song it's stuck in my head for days.
sojogurl 10 months ago
@RSSFeedify It's a good thing they weren't playing Abraham, Martin, and John!
Alikah1 10 months ago
@RSSFeedify I've never seen but you got me laughing just imagining it!
monkeys350 9 months ago
@RSSFeedify haha sure was i got that show on my dvr i rewind that scene over and over lol
4217terry 6 months ago
Thanks Johnnie for uploading these songs. It really made my day!
Thanks again my friend.
starryian007 1 year ago
Is this the whole song? thx
rawmac7 1 year ago
@rawmac7 Yes this is the whole song. The end of "I Ain't Gonna Stand For It" on the "Hotter Than July" album ends with an abrupt cut right into the next track "As If You Read My Mind"
blackwaxjh 1 year ago
Charlie Wison on background vocals!
videogirlzzzzzz 1 year ago
@videogirlzzzzzz Charlie and Ronnie Wilson of the Gap Band on background vocals. :)
blackwaxjh 1 year ago
@LawnboyBaker Man you are right! "Music of My Mind" is incredible. Superwoman is Stevie's Best song in my opinion. It blows my mind for real.
krysis7 1 year ago
@AceWand Nice to know I'm not the only one who didn't like that song. Luckily, Stevie is good enough to evercome that song - but I still have the bad flashbacks! lol
peeje852 1 year ago
A very versatile singer Stevie is!
MariaGarcia281 1 year ago
Country and R&B in the same song , only 2 people in the world can pull that off. That would be Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles. And both of them are bilnd. How Ironic/coincadintal?
MississippiRed1 1 year ago
I'm not a Stevie fan. But I did (do) love this song.
peeje852 1 year ago
@peeje852 Just out of curiosity...how are you not a Stevie fan?
sesamestreet2 1 year ago
@sesamestreet2 I just never really got into his music. I only actually like 3 or 4 songs of his enough to want to own them. But, I do think he is incredibly talented. I think "I just called to say I love you" was a bad song that was overplayed--it sort of ruined him for me. No offense intended to anyone. I still can admit he is great, though.
peeje852 1 year ago
@vsbp Am I understanding you? Are U saying this piece of classic music is trash?? You have got to be kidding me!! This man never makes anything bad!! This is classic Stevie!! You can't get any better than this because he can sing any genre and still make it look good, Okaaaay!!!!!
TheThutt1 1 year ago
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TheThutt1 1 year ago
And Charlie Wilson and Michael Jackson did the background for all I do
noonic23 1 year ago 5
@noonic23 where did you get that info from
MrLAEL36 1 year ago
@noonic23 Charlie Wilson isn't on the backgrounds for "All I Do". This was the only song on the album he did sing on with his brother Ronnie. The other singers who backed Stevie on "All I Do" besides Michael Jackson included Eddie Levert and Walter Williams from The O'Jays and Betty Wright.
blackwaxjh 1 year ago
@blackwaxjh I saw this on wikipedia that he did backgrounding for stevie on a couple of songs including this one and All I do. but wikipedia might be wrong who's knows? but I know for a fact about Michael because he talked about it in a interview clip..But thanks for clearing that one up..
noonic23 1 year ago
@vsbp we obviously dont listen to the same music ;)
jhvscs 1 year ago
How do you mix country and funk? this dont make no sense how creative stevie is lol
ebonypet 1 year ago 3
I didn't know Charlie Wilson was in this until I saw this on youtube. Interesting. I always wondered who backed him up in this song. Now that I know this, I can hear it and listen for him. It's definitely Uncle Charlie
almidas1 1 year ago
2:25-2:56 favorite part
tauruslove5 1 year ago
"Somebody's been pickin' in my cherry tree!"
Love that part!
lovely0995 1 year ago 4
Excelente tema.Stevie de lo mejor.
supertube2007 1 year ago
i use 2 love this song when i was in the 6th grade and when i read the credits 4 the album i noticed the gap band charlie wilson and his brothers were on the background of this song and if u blast it u can hear charlie wilson good
toofargone68 1 year ago
man i remember this jam when i was like 8 yrs old. now that im older and hear the mix of country and soul this shit is like brilliant. stevie way out there a head of his time. nobody dont even try stuff like this no more.
dynomitetucker 1 year ago
just bought this album on vinyl. Everyone should do that, it brings the summer into your speakers. An amazing album, included one of the best songs written by stevie wonder, love the funky base.
maffioost 1 year ago
country & soul.... who else could pull it off but Stevie??? (well maybe Lionel Richie - but you know what I mean)
souljha2001 1 year ago
@souljha2001 Yes Lionel Richie is another musical genius that pulled this off.
ultrafelicity 1 year ago
Released in December 1980 as Tamla 54320
Chicago10281 1 year ago
hi just love tjhis great fr johnnyb.
brommaman40 1 year ago
genious of stevie he can do anything
fallismyfavorites 1 year ago
It just proves that musical genius is present in every genre---I wish he had gone a bit further and done an album of country-soul tunes, ala Ray Charles---his already-stellar reputation would have been evern greater!
MrTkpbird 1 year ago
Too Underrated. Way Too Underrated.
HakeemNicks88 1 year ago
When I was little kid, this song used to make me laugh. My father sang it a lot. I was seven or eight.
grannie530 1 year ago
Hit #4 soul, #11 pop, #20 AC in Billboard. Charlie AND Ronnie Wilson of the Gap Band sang backup on it. In return, Stevie sang background on the Gap's song 'Someday', a tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. God bless!
DaveWollenberg 1 year ago
That is actually Charlie Wilson (of the Gap Band) singing background.
ssmi636 1 year ago
@ssmi636 And on steel guitar, Hank Devito
Chicago10281 1 year ago
i Remember this from Bernie mac's show it was funny and fit perfectly when used
Shadowlink3000GAIA 1 year ago
@Shadowlink3000GAIA lol me to
Fedya7894DUDE 1 year ago
@Shadowlink3000GAIA That episode is on now. That's actually what brought me here. LOL.
mscaxe 1 year ago
Brilliant!
LadyJML 1 year ago
This just grows on you from the beginning to end and thereafter
Scrilliprise 1 year ago
Qu'est CE Que J'Ai ECRI, Qui si mal fel Vous, hommes si, C'Est CE Québec enttendès Vous Pas n'est CE! Afraid qu'aient c'eux qu'ont éspérent, BABY, Alors Que maha s'est meme!
MrIVan804 1 year ago
TU AS Chantes je BABY STAND GON. POUR MOI ! Alors ....qU4ES CE QU4ONT FAIENT I GON A STAND , voil0 § TU VOIS ;;
MrIVan804 1 year ago
I soooo f-in love dis song he showed out wit dis one
tanesha91 1 year ago
Sometimes this song gets played on The Bernie Mac Show, I never would have guessed in a million years that it belonged to Stevie Wonder! Awesome song.
MrsGuevara 1 year ago
Why are people arguing about whether there's a country vibe or not?
It's totally obvious in the verses Stevie is paying a nod to country music. There's a pedal steel, country piano licks and Stevie signing in a southern drawl, but it's still done in his own inimitable way. Like someone else says, just shows his genius.
Remember that Ray Charles once did a country western album. People are so quick to pigeonhole and stay closed-minded.
knuteboy36 1 year ago 2
"someone's been diggin' 'round in my cake" LMAO!
TheBigBlackNewsBlog2 1 year ago 4
This is a great song about standing up for what you believe in. By the way, nothing wrong with country music. What's promoted by the corporate world doesn't touch the heart of true country, just the same as rap and r&b categories.
mikado415 1 year ago 4
@mikado415
u said it right there!
Scrilliprise 1 year ago
@mikado415
If he wanted he could've done a classic country album that would transcend genres while earning the respect of true country fans.
Scrilliprise 1 year ago
Country & Reggae.. Listen to 2:26 through 2:55 - Country Steel Guitar.
mtnroads 1 year ago
just goes to show you how super genius Steve wonder is.
Reneefah7 1 year ago 4
@mtnroads
Simple minded folks might not take this song serious at first But about 3:05 and beyond u have to feel seriousness of the message
Scrilliprise 1 year ago
just good, whatever it means to anyone
atuuaolcom 1 year ago 2
This song is about equality.Just because it has instruments you hear in country songs, that doesn't make it a country song
vivecapatrece 1 year ago 2
man..this song brings back so many memories...me and my brother thought this song was so funny...we used to just run around the house singing...we couldn't really understand the versus..but when the part "i ain't gonna stand for it" we just start screaming that part..lol good times....
jgw1074 1 year ago 13
@jgw1074 That's cute!
mrsmullins 1 year ago