I hope they study this man's brain when he dies like they studied Albert Einstein's brain when he died. This type of genius has to come around once every lifetime.
The tempo is killer. His voice is soothing enough, that it compliments it. I don't know why, but this makes me want to bob my head and tap my foot continuously. He is a musical genius, and this entire album deserves more recognition. The way he reaches certain notes, is bliss to my ears.
Oh, and btw. I am a 15 yr. old girl. I have friends that love mainstream-pop. But this...this is my shit, for life.
I feel beautiful tears welling up in my eyes from hearing this. No other singer can make me feel that kind of emotion quite like this guy. Love Stevie.
i love the first ten seconds (especially if you listen to the album and how it comes in from the previous song), and the run at 2:18, and 3:10, then 3:21 till the end... #YesHetero This Man & His Music Are Beautiful
see the problem with music today isn't that there aren't talented musicians making good music, it's that pop musicians are often removed from the creative process and serve only as faces to sell records. Musicians like Stevie, made music for the art and beauty not just because Tamla paid him well. He loved what he did and it showed.
How could you not love this man and his music! Stevie is a musical genius!! This song, there are not enough words to describe it, as well as all his songs. The feelings and the lyrics, I know you have to feel the love!!
the man has so many incredible songs its unreal but this for me is my absolute favourite i get lost in it everytime and when it finishes i hit play again, stevie we are not worthy.
I have always been a huge Stevie fan, and this song has been among my top fav Stevie Wonder joints since I first heard it during my sophomore yr at JCSU...this is TIMELESS!!!!!!
If your blessed to love anyone, love music, this is our reward. Proof of life, hope. The way this song and album came out of the AM car radio made you pull to the side of the road. One of the few that help me understand humanity.
The First Time I Heard This Song, I was doing a school project on Stevie Wonder in The 4th grade, I got some of my aunt's old records and listened to them.
From that day forward I Was A Huge Stevie Fan.
This song is actually the first song I slow danced too.
Beautiful, when I get married me and my future wife will dance to this.
The most talented and gifted artist (any genre or medium) ever! Picking "the best" Stevie Wonder song is an impossible task, but this one floats right among his very best. Everything about this song is pure perfection. Ironically, it is one of his least known. My wife and kids sure know it...as much as I listen to Stevie! lol
Strange how all the comments we see around YT are about a bunch of people that need help to see beauty... they are cold, uncaring, racist etc...
This is the first time on jonniewalker23's site (thank you, thank you!) and I am listening to (I think!) the greatest composer/singer and musician of the 20th century, a man who sings about love and human emotion.. and what do I find???... smart, sensitive intelligent people.. with POSITIVE things to say..I think that says a lot about Stevie... thx....
That someone can compose such a heavenly piece of music and deliver it in such a way that it inspires your very soul is one thing. How Stevie does this time and time again is simply beyond comprehension. If I used the word "genius" it wouldn't do such an immense talent justice. How could it? His mastery of composition, of phrasing, the unexpected notes and scales he introduces us to, all breathtaking. This is music you feel deep down, music that changes your day and your direction in life.
I don't need to hear Stevie sing Higher Ground, Sunshine of My Life, Master Blaster, Sir Duke or I Just Called to Say ever again, but boy how I wish I could go to a Stevie concert where he sang more obscure gems like this,
you are so right. it's too bad that alot of our great artists tend to do that at concerts. stevie has so many gems. i did see him in concert and was lucky enuff to hear him sing a few of the gems. to me, it's the hidden jewels that truly reflect his greatness as an artist, and as a man.
she left me all alone to suffer...and now it's time in my life to find myself again. I'll never be the same without her. Stevie, I cry like a child as I listen to this because it is my life you are speaking of. Bless you for bringing my feelings to music.
I've been trying desperately for a year now to do an acoustic version of this song. No amount of instrumentation can ever do justice to Mr. Wonder, I am aware of this, but I've been wanting to perform this song for my mom as we both are huge fans of Stevie! I only have the first couple of chords down for this song, so I'd highly appreciate any feedback regarding the additional chords for this song. I found chords on the internet, but it didn't correlate to the chords in the actual song. Thanks!
What a sublime slice of "musical heaven" this song truly is! At the age of 53, I consider myself BLESSED to have experienced practically all of Stevies' career, from "Little Stevie Wonder" to the very present. Because of that, I can state without hesitation my belief that Stevie is simply the greatest songwriter / musician / entertainer of this, OR ANY OTHER generation. Stevie has always possessed the ability to create smiles & happiness in times they were most needed, and I love him to pieces!
when i started collecting through all stevies albums this one was so creative its crazy, isnt it a shame all the concerts he did all those years ago singing these amazing songs are not available or you get poor audio, beauiful music, beautiful man
Somehow Stevie never fails to break down my deepest defense mechanisms. I think that's the reason his music feels so good. It allows me to be vulnerable in ways that I would otherwise not be able to. God is good for allowing such beauty to come through Stevie and into our hearts. Selah. Thanks Stevie.
@jaticem , Thank You for that comment . Very ,very well said & true for me also. It may be a big part of why he has touched so many people so deeply. I love A LOT of music & musicians & Stevie is always amongst my the favorites of my favorites BUT even still beyond that, there is consistently something ultra special about what his music gives & does for people that sets him apart. I honestly feel blessed to have had so much Stevie Wonder music in my life.
I remember doing this with a combo at the Armed Forces School Of Music...Brings back happy memories...A great group of musicians that would made Stevie proud!
This song take sme to another place...how could I ever be this wonderful? I must chase....and yet again its johnniewalker23 who gives me this magic I'm too young to fathom could exist...thank you
This song is so sincere and beautiful. You could never convince me that he wasn't in love when he wrote this. I love the part when he says "I'd never make her suffer" so heartfelt. Anyone who really knows what love is can truly relate to this song. I'm gonna make "Seems so long" my anthem. Thank You, Stevland Morris. For touching the heart of man.
when I first heard this song I was in the military stationed in Germany in 1981. the song had to be over 10 years old then and I played this whole album a to death. And hearing now over 25 years later IT STILL SOUNDS GREAT.
thank god he put stevie on this world.
fortunag1ddu 1 month ago
meanys
TyhimbaYafeu 2 months ago
This speaks volumns for me
sgoode45 3 months ago
Stevie is a god he make life a lot better with his music
mrjonny651 3 months ago
There's only one that I place above you,
It God that place above you, Stevie!
eyagnivram0829 4 months ago 5
this song is cosmic feeling
1088musicwonder 4 months ago 3
When people ask me if God is real, I tell them to listen to this.
Speer82 4 months ago 26
@Speer82 :)
MrKenndawg 3 weeks ago
Thanks my brother, this one really got to me...
binyahshua 6 months ago
I hope they study this man's brain when he dies like they studied Albert Einstein's brain when he died. This type of genius has to come around once every lifetime.
nomibe2911 7 months ago 3
@nomibe2911 indeed!
arielioness 3 months ago
I hate when people complain about horrible music and turnaround and dislike this song. I just don't understand it.
nomibe2911 7 months ago
STEVIE WONDER FOR PRESIDENT 2012!!!!!!!
AlCapwn35953 8 months ago
@AlCapwn35953 I dont think that's a good idea, he probably doesn't see the problems!
Tizzelaar 7 months ago
The tempo is killer. His voice is soothing enough, that it compliments it. I don't know why, but this makes me want to bob my head and tap my foot continuously. He is a musical genius, and this entire album deserves more recognition. The way he reaches certain notes, is bliss to my ears.
Oh, and btw. I am a 15 yr. old girl. I have friends that love mainstream-pop. But this...this is my shit, for life.
AGreenSkies 8 months ago 3
For 3 the ppl that disliked this, it seems so long that theyre used to listening to garbage
EMMoney8806 9 months ago 2
I feel beautiful tears welling up in my eyes from hearing this. No other singer can make me feel that kind of emotion quite like this guy. Love Stevie.
vstarr89 10 months ago 3
if my future hubby not into music like this... idk wat ill do
laffy 10 months ago
@laffy he doesn't deserve to be your hubby if he doesn't like music like this
anthrax1218 9 months ago
i love the first ten seconds (especially if you listen to the album and how it comes in from the previous song), and the run at 2:18, and 3:10, then 3:21 till the end... #YesHetero This Man & His Music Are Beautiful
CristobalNegro 11 months ago 2
my 2nd favorite Stevie song
daskorpian 11 months ago
Seem so long since I heard this amazing song
MYTMIC 11 months ago
3:50 till the end! omg so beautiful
EddieRamon 1 year ago
Just amazing........he always raised the bar.......JP
BEVJOHN5 1 year ago
3 dislikes r like farts in the wind!!!!!!!
phunkidruma 1 year ago
3 dislikes?????!!!!!!!!! honkey pleaseeee!!!!
phunkidruma 1 year ago
This song was in my dream while I slept, so now I am playing it again.
celestialpathway 1 year ago
Stevie runs through my bloodstream, and that's why I am alive everyday!
celestialpathway 1 year ago
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celestialpathway 1 year ago
I hope the dislikes were an accident...
SholaMind21 1 year ago
@SholaMind21 I think so. Because NOBODY'S that stupid.
Shaolin913 1 year ago
If he thought the world seemed cold then, I wonder how he can stand to breathe in this foul atmosphere today?
66josiah 1 year ago
Stevie's music carries sooooo much emotion. It's impossible to listen and not feel.
lapreciosa852010 1 year ago 2
I totally feel this song.
HomoImperitus404 1 year ago
hey to all the "dislikers" watch where your movin that mouse!!!
cab12000 1 year ago 5
@cab12000 LOL!! YEAH, TELL EM'!!!
Mspendragon1972 1 year ago
see the problem with music today isn't that there aren't talented musicians making good music, it's that pop musicians are often removed from the creative process and serve only as faces to sell records. Musicians like Stevie, made music for the art and beauty not just because Tamla paid him well. He loved what he did and it showed.
anthrax1218 1 year ago
To this day, Stevie is the ONLY musician to ever bring tears to my eyes!!! He is simply amazing!!
asialou 1 year ago 2
How could you not love this man and his music! Stevie is a musical genius!! This song, there are not enough words to describe it, as well as all his songs. The feelings and the lyrics, I know you have to feel the love!!
mrinnervisionz 1 year ago 2
the man has so many incredible songs its unreal but this for me is my absolute favourite i get lost in it everytime and when it finishes i hit play again, stevie we are not worthy.
RallyDon82 1 year ago
Can u say "The Greatest"??? Man i luv this guy no homo.
genebg17 1 year ago
@genebg17 I love this guy too. maybe a little mo
anthrax1218 1 year ago
I have always been a huge Stevie fan, and this song has been among my top fav Stevie Wonder joints since I first heard it during my sophomore yr at JCSU...this is TIMELESS!!!!!!
jerzeeboy86 1 year ago
If your blessed to love anyone, love music, this is our reward. Proof of life, hope. The way this song and album came out of the AM car radio made you pull to the side of the road. One of the few that help me understand humanity.
bry3921 1 year ago
Man I Love This Song.
The First Time I Heard This Song, I was doing a school project on Stevie Wonder in The 4th grade, I got some of my aunt's old records and listened to them.
From that day forward I Was A Huge Stevie Fan.
This song is actually the first song I slow danced too.
Beautiful, when I get married me and my future wife will dance to this.
205breed 1 year ago 2
The most talented and gifted artist (any genre or medium) ever! Picking "the best" Stevie Wonder song is an impossible task, but this one floats right among his very best. Everything about this song is pure perfection. Ironically, it is one of his least known. My wife and kids sure know it...as much as I listen to Stevie! lol
lnapjr76 1 year ago 3
The world really needs more Stevie Wonder songs
HookedOnSonics518 1 year ago 3
@johnniewalker23- is stevie playing all of the instruments in this tune? and if not who?
nillawafers96 1 year ago
It's funny how on almost every youtube video there are positive and negative comments but on Stevie THEY"RE ALL AMAZING!!
Really, what bad can you say???? I agree with all of you!!
yoguy2k7 1 year ago 6
Lindaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa musica!!!
794623524 1 year ago
wow.. nearly cried... soul filled song...
youedery 1 year ago 5
my fav song from stevie and alot of people dont know about this one...the lyrics are priceless
youngTaharka 1 year ago 2
@youngTaharka i agree. just posted some of the lyrics on facebook
28ken1983 1 year ago
every time i listen to stevies music i feel as if i have to recover from happieness afterwards. he isnt one of the greatest... he is the greatest!
MsDahliaJones 1 year ago
Stevie never fails! All time musical genius!!!
MusicLova84 1 year ago
Strange how all the comments we see around YT are about a bunch of people that need help to see beauty... they are cold, uncaring, racist etc...
This is the first time on jonniewalker23's site (thank you, thank you!) and I am listening to (I think!) the greatest composer/singer and musician of the 20th century, a man who sings about love and human emotion.. and what do I find???... smart, sensitive intelligent people.. with POSITIVE things to say..I think that says a lot about Stevie... thx....
arrozconpollo100 1 year ago 20
@arrozconpollo100 Amen. : )
TRIPLEZEDOFFICIAL 1 month ago
That someone can compose such a heavenly piece of music and deliver it in such a way that it inspires your very soul is one thing. How Stevie does this time and time again is simply beyond comprehension. If I used the word "genius" it wouldn't do such an immense talent justice. How could it? His mastery of composition, of phrasing, the unexpected notes and scales he introduces us to, all breathtaking. This is music you feel deep down, music that changes your day and your direction in life.
law550 1 year ago 3
agree with you jaticem!! is the only artist that males me feel joy man, like this world is not a crap!!
olanchazul 1 year ago
I don't need to hear Stevie sing Higher Ground, Sunshine of My Life, Master Blaster, Sir Duke or I Just Called to Say ever again, but boy how I wish I could go to a Stevie concert where he sang more obscure gems like this,
ShangoJamal 2 years ago 4
you are so right. it's too bad that alot of our great artists tend to do that at concerts. stevie has so many gems. i did see him in concert and was lucky enuff to hear him sing a few of the gems. to me, it's the hidden jewels that truly reflect his greatness as an artist, and as a man.
cindyelise1 1 year ago
@ShangoJamal i agree!
MusicLova84 1 year ago
she left me all alone to suffer...and now it's time in my life to find myself again. I'll never be the same without her. Stevie, I cry like a child as I listen to this because it is my life you are speaking of. Bless you for bringing my feelings to music.
stillinloveff 2 years ago 3
The best stuff on the planet.
MrMiraaj 2 years ago 2
A PERSONAL FAVOURITE! :::@ )
leostiles 2 years ago
I've been trying desperately for a year now to do an acoustic version of this song. No amount of instrumentation can ever do justice to Mr. Wonder, I am aware of this, but I've been wanting to perform this song for my mom as we both are huge fans of Stevie! I only have the first couple of chords down for this song, so I'd highly appreciate any feedback regarding the additional chords for this song. I found chords on the internet, but it didn't correlate to the chords in the actual song. Thanks!
dongrungio13 2 years ago
Anything by Stevie Wonder is worth listening to over and over.
JohnnyWalker thank you for posting! 5/5* I am a happy subscriber. You rock!
smellmyfarts 2 years ago 13
hard like a rock
AaronHenley88 2 years ago 2
What a sublime slice of "musical heaven" this song truly is! At the age of 53, I consider myself BLESSED to have experienced practically all of Stevies' career, from "Little Stevie Wonder" to the very present. Because of that, I can state without hesitation my belief that Stevie is simply the greatest songwriter / musician / entertainer of this, OR ANY OTHER generation. Stevie has always possessed the ability to create smiles & happiness in times they were most needed, and I love him to pieces!
aliquippawill 2 years ago 10
Stevie Wonder is a True Legend!
padraigkilkenny13 2 years ago 8
when i started collecting through all stevies albums this one was so creative its crazy, isnt it a shame all the concerts he did all those years ago singing these amazing songs are not available or you get poor audio, beauiful music, beautiful man
JAYFARRELL31 2 years ago 4
one of my personal favorites, and the way he wraps it up at the end....I would love to see someone attempt to sing this song technically correct.
curtisb3000 2 years ago 5
I'd never make her suffer....
musicalprodigy1 2 years ago 6
he is the greatest...if u dont love this somethings wrong with u
youngTaharka 2 years ago 10
this song brings memories of someone that went away....know i found someone else i can trust........its so real. thanks stevie for those emotions
OverTheRiverNoWoods 2 years ago 9
Somehow Stevie never fails to break down my deepest defense mechanisms. I think that's the reason his music feels so good. It allows me to be vulnerable in ways that I would otherwise not be able to. God is good for allowing such beauty to come through Stevie and into our hearts. Selah. Thanks Stevie.
jaticem 2 years ago 70
Exactly. I couldn't say it better...
Ciao.
matteur11 2 years ago 6
@jaticem , Thank You for that comment . Very ,very well said & true for me also. It may be a big part of why he has touched so many people so deeply. I love A LOT of music & musicians & Stevie is always amongst my the favorites of my favorites BUT even still beyond that, there is consistently something ultra special about what his music gives & does for people that sets him apart. I honestly feel blessed to have had so much Stevie Wonder music in my life.
godhelpme2009 2 years ago
@godhelpme2009. He is a gift to us. Be well.
jaticem 2 years ago 2
@jaticem woow I couldn't have said it better myself
darealgreat1 1 year ago
@jaticem there is no god stevie is he rocks the house=love=rite here
WisdomOfTheHeart123 1 year ago
Stevie Wonder is the greatest musician of all time.
Degospectacular 2 years ago 69
@Degospectacular That's right! For me he's the best!!!!!
OsvaldoMenegazzi 1 year ago
@Degospectacular hell yea
Bouncibabii 1 year ago
@Degospectacular No arguing that FACT!
philewisnh 6 months ago
Stevie is so transparent. Thanks Stevie. The simplist answers are the best.
goldenladey 2 years ago 14
Just the infancy stages of what we were about to witness. Stevie is that dude. Whose fuckin wit him. A tremendous talent.
dpat2004 3 years ago 3
I remember doing this with a combo at the Armed Forces School Of Music...Brings back happy memories...A great group of musicians that would made Stevie proud!
Tigerblade2008 3 years ago
I was sent here by god, an so were u
shakeyn16 3 years ago 3
stevie was sent here to us by GOD to show the world what love really is about ALL of his music is meaningful and heart felt
chiina33 3 years ago 11
wow that was beautiful to say that about stevie .. God bless you .. beautiful words..
midnightmlk 3 years ago 2
FALSE.
Stevie is GOD
hotvision 3 years ago
Fullsome And Loving, Sensing Everything!
stephen53847 2 years ago 4
This comment has received too many negative votes show
I hate music.
barfbath 3 years ago
ROFLMAO!!! sorry, but that was funny...haha!
cbmuzik 3 years ago
well you better get the hell away from this song then!! lol.
mehall89 3 years ago
LMAO LMAO LMAO ROFLMAO!!!!!!!! HILARIOUS COMPLETE HILARITY!!!!......ahem, why?
musicalprodigy1 3 years ago
Wow looks like you have a nack for attracting exagerators
3825cortland 3 years ago
Wow!!! I Have This Exact 45!! Backed With "Boogie On Reggae Woman". I Always Play This Side The Most Though. Great Stevie Tune.
orlandez22 3 years ago
mmm yeap i belive and agree with you stevie and fanx johnnie walker23 nice songs you hv
solosong909 3 years ago
Stevie, you blow my mind. Wow. Unbelieveable.
Giovanni32010 3 years ago 3
This song take sme to another place...how could I ever be this wonderful? I must chase....and yet again its johnniewalker23 who gives me this magic I'm too young to fathom could exist...thank you
musicalprodigy1 3 years ago
He knows how to handle his synthesizers like no one else.
jeromefreymond 3 years ago 3
The critics often rank Innervisions above this album, but Mind remains my favourite.
Polygor 3 years ago 3
forget the critics! what from Stevie during the 70's WASNT great? heh heh
cbmuzik 3 years ago 3
This song is so sincere and beautiful. You could never convince me that he wasn't in love when he wrote this. I love the part when he says "I'd never make her suffer" so heartfelt. Anyone who really knows what love is can truly relate to this song. I'm gonna make "Seems so long" my anthem. Thank You, Stevland Morris. For touching the heart of man.
iluvmyboba 3 years ago 3
once again u're the bonb!! THANK YOU!!!!! this is one of my fav songs from my FAVORITE artist!!:) can't thank u enough...
that end note...amazing:)
KakashisCutie 3 years ago
@ myself: *laughing shaking head* i so meant "bomb"...
KakashisCutie 3 years ago
when I first heard this song I was in the military stationed in Germany in 1981. the song had to be over 10 years old then and I played this whole album a to death. And hearing now over 25 years later IT STILL SOUNDS GREAT.
rosss1959 3 years ago
scary
Joeey 3 years ago
OMG!!!!!
Thank you for posting. Love this song!!!
His voice is timeless. Has not changed since he was very young.
A true musical genius.
bublegvsmefever 3 years ago 3
THE GREATEST IS... STEVIE WONDER!
brendonkas 3 years ago 8
I Love you Stevie Wonder.......
teddysunshine2010 3 years ago 7