Stevie Wonder - He's Misstra Know-it-all

[313Sonicboom]

This is too dope-thanx

[TheJimmyjames8]

hes the man with a plan,stevie has brought joy to every land.hes THE KING! long live THE EIGHTH WONDER OF THE WORLD!!!!!!!

[jocksmen]

Have the original MOTOWN copy with LOOK AROUND

on B side from UK.!

[topliff12345]

Beautiful.

[jaddajn1]

i know people like that. unfortunately

[Mehefinheulog1]

exquisite

[emcleod2192]

I am thrilled to see that so many people GET this album......the entire production is a trip!

[rulez7000]

What does "he's misstra know-it-all"?

[MrWatsurname]

@rulez7000 Reference to Richard Nixon. This album was made around the Watergate scandal. Could also reference how politicians are well, politicians.

[rayjr62]

@MrWatsurname I read years ago where this song was supposed to have been about Berry Gordie, not Richard Nixon. The song "You ain't done nuthin" is supposed to have been about Nixon.

[iconoclasticism]

@rulez7000

guess it depends on individual interpretation. growing up black during these times, i considered it to be an admonition of the glorification of pimps and dope dealers that blaxploitation films represented as the "heroes" of the ghettos. i'd suggest that my interpretation still has currency today, as hollywood continues to represent sociopaths and sociopathy as heroic qualities in black folks.

[nijinsky1000]

This album was bought for me by a childhood sweetheart. When it was first released. Warm memories of innocent new love. Thanks jonniewalker23

[GeorgeLaird]

This is classic

[papalongstuff]

21st century classical music...to be appreciated for centuries to come....CHOON!

[lodovico411]

This was Stevie Wonder"s best album. I still listen to this album. Yes I still call it an album because I remember when I purchased it. I would sit in my room and look at the album cover and listen to this song, Golden lady, Higher ground and Innervisions over and over. Believe it or not I really did not know this song was about Nixon until just recently and I lived through Watergate! The BBC2 still plays songs from this album--great stuff..

[HipHop226]

@lodovico411 This is better than Songs in the Key of Life to you

[2smokey4u]

This song was about Nixon!!! how awesome is that!!! No Doubt the best musician eva!!! WOW most of us would be in a fetal position if we had his handicap!!

[mattslev]

Anyone comparing a glorified karaoke singer to Stevie Wonder needs to get his or her hearing examined.

[Airsoftcleaner]

@mattslev Absolutely!!!!!!!Without question!!!!!

[steview75]

Cant stop listening to this song, love it!

[turkishpower08]

I heard this song just a while ago, and I was captivated by its beauty, what a treasure music used to be back in the days!

[born2drum3]

4 people are sick in the soul

[MegaMusicman09]

MIGHTY MOTOWN...LOVE IT.....

[lorraineofcalm]

Magic . . . . 

[abcdef1236044]

Stevie is a incredible person

[TheRazorback5]

Great song

[willmurphy1951]

I've met and dealt with more celebreties in my life, from Prime Ministers to Beatles members, than you'll ever know, cos I dont name-drop. So please fjord76, do one and go away.

[willmurphy1951]

dear Fjord76,

Go away.

[678978912]

The dislike bar is as long as Justin Bieber's dick ))))

[bolder2009]

I love Stevie's pocket on this track. He is a superb drummer. One of my favourites of Innervisions.

[PharealE]

4 people are misstra know it all

[ekahiway]

don't change dicks in the middle of a screw... vote for nixon in '72

[dindypie64]

why is it "misstra" know it all?

[BitOveRate]

@dindypie64 ahah who knows i'd like to think it fits lyrically buts its stevie =)

[b3yonc3LLLuva]

Awesome album!

[Kabman89]

@JoshyouwaMany Yes he is! But it doesn't matter how old you are, Stevie's music is for all ages. Thanks to my parents, I've been listening to this since I was 5 years old.

[foto2011]

Let's not forget that the man who inspired the lyrics of this song was the then US President Richard Nixon,

[kkly27]

Just heard this on radio. Totally forgot about it. What an amazing record! I wish I had as much talent in me as he has in the tip of his pinky nail!

[THEJENIUSX6]

youve touched us all with the vision to see YOUR THE MAN YOUR THE JENIUSX6@YAHOO.CO.UK

[Jgerman]

@JoshyouwaMany you have taste :D

[iammogul]

I was waiting for 3.00 : )

[LilywhiteMcLenin]

@JoshyouwaMany U be so so right -

[roscoegino]

imagine bein in the study as he makes innervision. wow.

[1959child]

why does he say misstra??? please help....

[Luraka1978]

4 people 'Don't know-it-all'.. Sad.

[pb4ueatjoey]

lol, how many people have you met in life that fits the words to this tune ???? ALOT, speaking for myself.

[678978912]

This song is the song of my life,it gives me a hope ,it makes me happy,when I listen to it ,everything's alright :) I <3 Stevie ,he's a genious

[JonP1961]

my middle borther had this on vinyl. i was only 12 when it came out. great album!

[frankysandwich]

Love that little trilly bit at 19 seconds on a synth of some sort

[FrankyDooDy0]

@frankysandwich Funny, it makes me think of the beginning of Elton John's "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" XD

[revluzionnotelevised]

2:59

gives me chills. Stevie is truly a genius

[revluzionnotelevised]

@revluzionnotelevised

2:55

[echo680]

@JoshyouwaMany yep, i was never really a fan...and then i heard this

[TheSunskyocean]

Oohh how I love Stevie, got all his LP's , even bought all his CD again, 'cause then I'm able to listen to him when I'm driving in my car...I love driving and I love Stevie...thanks for posting this.....

[sammeiii]

I like how the bassist migrates back n forth from the 1st to the 5th positions throughout most of the song (excluding the bridge) creating a knowing tension by not playing the obvious/weighty 4th position until @3:20, he eventually does.. such a breath of fresh air..

[cobbywebbo]

@sammeiii Probably James Jamerson the worlds best Bass Player in his prime. Acknowledged by all the best Bass players as the man. Sadly no longer with us..

[usetobefast]

@cobbywebbo  Wikipedia credits "Willie Weeks – electric bass"

[ImogenRecords]

@sammeiii Great insight dude. I've never noticed that before.

[bastlouis]

@sammeiii " He also played all or virtually all instruments on six of the album's nine tracks," from Wiki, I wanted to be sure, I always thought he played all the instruments on most of his albums. This man is so lovely and talented to a high degree...

[imurme8]

@sammeiii So true!  Good catch. I heard it in the car today and noticed it, then I remembered I'd read your comment a while back.

[sammeiii]

@imurme8 Thanks. Well as bassists, we pick out these kinds of things..

[3rdluckcharm]

Whoever disliked this song is a Misstra Know-It-All!!

[charloteeeeX]

stevie wonder ? yes he is a wonder! you rule !

[THEB0XMAKER]

Loves young dream , god this brings back untold memories.first love had this album and this was her favourite track . the 70s were nothing like any other.if only there was a time machine sunny days and not a worry in the world ,

[Uniquelyyours1]

@THEB0XMAKER Take me with you.

[DanielMitranMusic]

The ending is so amazing.

[TheSaraatje]

Jaah Kevin did a great job! :-)

[digital5layer]

idoooool

[57VSP]

4 people have no life

[avgupdate]

woow Kevin of idool in belgium just sang this and he did it wonderfull , i'm now listening to the original but i can't seem to find many difference great job kevin

[danogzilla]

early on the song reminded me a lot of keith jarrett, gary peacock, and jack dejohnette doing 'god bless the child'.

watch?v=7Al2MDJL7oY

beautiful stuff.

[TomFreder]

kevin of idool 2011 in belgium will sing this in the semi-finals !!!!

[Berthagertrude]

Spent hours listening to this when it came out. Simply brilliant.

[blackwelderadam]

What a great way to end an album!

[KRgeeTX]

THIS should be Donald Trumps campaign song...

[zmadecm33]

@KRgeeTX

I just could not laughing at your comment! I love this song man, way too deep!

[zmadecm33]

@KRgeeTX

i just could not stop laughing at your comment. I love Steve Wonder to nutty, he music genius, I will cry like a baby if anything should happen to him but Donald Trumps is another story!

[ovandertuig]

@KRgeeTX donald trump doesn't deserve it.

[Aneba76]

The piano the vocal arrangement the lyrics, Mr Wonderful has this Fibre Optic High Speed connectivity to God in heaven I swear he's just interpreting celestial sounds for our human ears

[monzig1]

stevie sos muy groso!!!!!!!

[karimensan]

Johnnywalker makes us happy.

[imrosieposie2010]

I've known lots of Misstra Know it alls.. great song... God bless Stevie.. he's one in a million..

[mminer58]

@JoshyouwaMany You, too, are brilliant! You are beyond your years.

[mminer58]

Can't believe there aren't a million hits on this song!!!

[Filler21]

Got to admit, it was Charlotte who introduced me to Stevie - what an encounter! Both of them.... really cool, even after 38 years ...oh boy! At least I stayed with Stevie!

[mortifiedGAP]

heard this in the car with my dad for the first time today I love it and know I love stevie wonder

[Musicenthusiasm]

@mortifiedGAP

That's great to hear :)

[jsystevo007]

give a hand to the man! FUK YEAH!

[4pilotooo]

one of the best songs

[Fjord76]

Legendary bassist Willie Weeks about the recording session of this song:

"The record was done, and they had one track left. I arrived in the studio before Stevie did, and they put the track up and I started playing to it. He walked in and was like, “Yeah!,” and he’s groovin’ and goin’ on—it was great. He made only one change. When it got to the end of the verse I was playing the changes, but he said, “How about pedaling on the I chord? I did that and we were done."

[Nacho66]

@Fjord76

Right on!

Stevie is a helluva bassist in his own right (all the MiniMoog stuff) and knows the tension this tune needed.

Very deep tune...

[DumpweedRy]

genius



[KarmalBeauty]

What a BEAUTIFUL and ELOQUENTLY WRITTEN SONG! Vocals are ridiculous!! What a GEM! Thank you for posting this! F*CK all the haters!!!

[jsystevo007]

3dislikes = 3 deaf n dumb ppl actually thats an insult to the deaf

[WeTheStrange]

Sensational!

[DJPuffChronic1]

why is it titled 'misstra'

[AlcoholLevel]

What do ya know ????

[TheAlexMah]

@JoshyouwaMany stai criscenn buon fratè! :D

[johndane1980]

Read between the lines people.... :)

[johndane1980]

Read between the lines people.... :)

[ivorlottandtonybroke]

I heard that Stevie wrote this song to reflect the way he felt about himself after his split with Syreeta. Whatever the truth of that, the lyrics describe a great many untrustworthy people in the world today. Did the 3 dislikes see themselves in the lyrics?

[timmy841212]

@ivorlottandtonybroke I can actually believe that. He could definitely have been talking about himself and Syreeta might've thought the same thing back in the day about Stevie. Interesting.

[TheDaddydav]

i grew up with this song,one was born the same year,i love it so much!!!!

[birdyboy1961]

Where did all the good music go? This is genius.

[westiepoo]

love this song but despite seeing him live three times have never seen him sing it!

[robcarvin1]

How come I'm reading posts by people who swear up and down that Stevie is singing about John Lennon or Richard Nixon? You insignificant fools think that you will be recognized as being worthwhile because you "know" something about a man you know absolutly nothing about. Most of you were sucking mamas' titty when this came out and don't know that he is singing about YOU! (must be seen...there's no doubt...he's the coolest one with the biggest mouth...) He's singing about people like YOU!

[Aliceinwebland1]

@robcarvin1 IMO he's actually talking about anyone that has money and they think their money can buy anything... and that they are right and know everything.

[iconoclasticism]

@robcarvin1

or, maybe you?

[alanj7777777]

HE,S THE MAN WITH THE PLAN INDEED.......STEVIE RULES.

[mearaniamh]

This Song is Amazing!!!!!!!!! Its STUCK in my head and thats a good thing!!!!!!!

[mearaniamh]

This song is Amazing!!!!!!

[patwick123]

awful is that guuy tone deaf or what??

[TheDaddydav]

or maybe some justin bieber's fan lol!!!

[Jimpancee]

3 people.... accidently clicked dislike

[lemonfarmer]

medicine for the ears :)

[juddy1108]

i reckon this is his best .it just glides along..

[dckgb1]

Musical genius, you got it!

[niktemadur]

Stevie Wonder don't impress me. Does he want to impress me? Let him take the car out for a beer run, my man!

"I heard that! How dare you, Stevie Wonder's a musical genius! Yo momma got a wooden leg with a kickstand on it, mother f###er!"

[johnniewalker23]

@niktemadur Man you just butchered the shit outta Eddie's joke

[niktemadur]

@JoshyouwaMany

Keep exploring!  That way, you'll stay young forever!

[KarmalBeauty]

SUPERBLY BEAUTIFUL and PROFOUND!!

[AlcoholLevel]

Stevie wrote this song about Barry Goldwater.

[moonchild0204]

The live version is better... except for the brief feedback near the end. Great tune :)

[iAzzaDee]

big up stevie..timeless!

[dckgb]

Ode to the Ex....

[suspensurrealist]

Yesterday I heard Stevie Wonder say that after writing this song he realized that it was mostly about himself. Makes for some extra poignancy on another listen.

[suspensurrealist]

Yesterday I heard Stevie Wonder say that after writing this song he realized that it was mostly about himself. Makes for some extra poignancy on another listen.

[Jeltaj]

The individual that Stevie is addressing in this song is the then President of the United States Richard Nixon - "Tricky Dick"

[brittyinwonderland]

anyone else hear this in the Stevie Wonbear section of Walk On The Wild Side? :)

[rayjr62]

I don't where anyone got the idea that this song was about John Lennon. This song has nothing to do with John Lennon. 

[MARKMCMARCUS]

I listen to this song on repeat when I'm studying.

[subwaydreams]

no one can counterfeit this song....he's mr. wonder....love... love thanks for the post mmmmmmmmm he's the man!!!

[subwaydreams]

no fast-forward, only rewind ... love u stevie....

[HitMeQuick]

@JoshyouwaMany You're right :) Welcome to genius. The view from up here is exemplary. Do enjoy.

[510phillipt]

I remember watching him on channel 9 CBC out of Windsor when I was nine years old in Detroit doing fingertips number 2. If you like this you should listen to some of his early works like "Yester me, Yester you, Yesterday" or "A Place in the Sun."

[1566carl]

Best Stevie Wonder song by far, very underated and never gets played on the radio!

[evilshadowducky911]

"bum bum bum bumm" come on everybody, i love that part

[mrklmajestic]

One of the twelve or so 33 and a thirds I ever bought, glad I did. :-)



[MrNathan791]

this' a very hip song. amazing the dept of stevie writing abillity. he can make you cry with a beautiful love song and make bust out in laughter the next minute. what a career he's had.

[tyleryesta1]

this whole album is amazing! Stevie is a true Genius.

[bashofan]

johnniewalker23,

Thanks so much for uploading these tracks. I've loved Innervisions for years--"He's Misstra Know It All" in particular--but haven't heard it in years. It takes me back to a great time in my life; I was 22 in 1973, full of spit and vinegar as they say. Ah, youth! :)

[thewirah]

One of my fav' from Stevie. The intro reminds me of Radiohead circa their OK computer period, wonder if Thom Yorke listened to Stevie around that time.

[ror312gallery19]

super stevie!!

[tomdissonance]

i wish someone had done a song calling that phoney Lennon out, but yeh, this is about Nixon.

[p0llenp0ny]

@tomdissonance What was phoney about Lennon?

[luky05loser]

barry gordy duh!

[stixmix2375]

Travelling on the M4 motorway in an old Ford Escort in the seventies on the way to Devon to stay at a B&B in Torquay and sample the nightlife for a weekend. Stevie on our stereo singing this and all was right with the world. Amazing how you can place yourself in an exact place to music but particularly with Stevie Wonder. What a man!

[74nesta]

@stixmix2375 pmsl...love that...lol..:O)

[mirv10]

Everybody knew a "Mistra Know It All" at some point in our lives huh? Typical car salesman..or BP executive.

[flagrantsake]

no this song is about Alan Greenspan. Mr Wonder had psychic future telling skills.

[peasah2005]

Brother Stevie Wonder is the best.

Brother Stevie Wonder has so much to the music era since he burst into the scene as a teenager.

This is a great man with so much rich and dynamic talent.

[peasah2005]

@peasah2005

Stevie did his song to expose that evil son of a bitch crook, Richard Nixon.

[funniestguyonearth1]

This song calls out richard nixon when he was in office just you haven't done nothin, this song has nothin to do with john lennon or the " anti - christ " i'm thirteen years old and even i knew that.

[Cwilbourn1]

i think he is talking about the anti-christ

[TheDrawbridge]

3:50 totally calls out John Lennon

[drosanjica]

Stevie is my idol, he is god. Concerning this song, it was "dedicated" to Richard Nixon, american president. Words of the song say everything............

[bradsr55]

Stevie's music has been and is still great for listening and each song has a positive message pertaining to life. He and Curtis Mayfield are in a class all alone.

[galfredos]

I'm italian and I can't understand what he's saying just before the misterious line" that you know darn well ... ". However It seems to me he's referrin to john lennon and not " darn well" . Hope you americans can help me to understand the lyrics. Sorry for my bad english. I really love STEVIE's music

[dupontk71]

@galfredos

Hope this helps:

Give a hand to the man

Don't you know darn well he's got the super plan

He's Misstra Know-It-All

Give a hand to the man

You know damn well he's got the super plan

He's Misstra Know-It-All

[galfredos]

@dupontk71 thank you very much!

[Spenner56]

One of my favourite Stevie songs and what a great rhythmn section : Willy Weeks on bass and Andy Newmark on drums. Brilliant. Bless the power of music and peace to us all.

[lediable6]

why would he mention john the arshole lennon good rid dons hope mccartney dies next fucking wish heather had cleaned him out arsehole

[trk327]

at 3:04 we just hit funk factor 5!!

[7SEVEN7ification]

Classic Stevie!!!!! :)

[churchiesmum]

What a cool song !!! Brill' !!!

[greaserleo]

Yeah, beautiful song. I reakon he see's funky landscapes

[arikc10]

the song is about Nixon . not Lennon . anyway - its one of his best songs . perfect music and lyrics .

[GreatestCommentsEver]

He says "Don't you know John Lennon's got the super-plan", which is obviously a reference to "Imagine" and it's unmaterialistic ideas of peace. He's paying homage to to Lennon's ideas to contrast the materialistic, egotistical subject of the song.

[pmxdt]

@GreatestCommentsEver falar mais oque, eu só to de ouvido nessa loucura musical que passou por mim. sim eu vivi isso minha gente. bjs eu

[Wallydaft]

"Genius"...One of the most over used words in the lingo. Write it in upper case letters when you talk about Stevie...

Not for one second do I believe the Lennon connection.