The Definitive Collection (Special Edition)

~ Release by Stevie Wonder (see all versions of this release, 11 available)

Annotation

Packaging is a 6-panel, 2-tray, 1-booklet Digipak.

Annotation last modified on 2018-09-23 05:30 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours (feat. Blue & Angie Stone)
conductor:
Simon Hale
performer:
Stevie Wonder
recording of:
Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours
writer:
Lee Garrett, Lula Mae Hardaway (songwriter), Syreeta (US singer‐songwriter active 1970s–80s) and Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.), Jobete Music Co., Inc., Sawandi Music, Stone Agate Music and 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music)
33:34
2For Once in My Life
producer:
Henry Cosby
lead vocals:
Stevie Wonder (in 1967)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Corporation (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1968)
cover recording of:
For Once in My Life (in 1967)
lyricist:
Ronald Miller (Motown songwriter Ronald Norman Miller)
composer:
Orlando Murden
publisher:
Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.), Jobete Music Co., Inc., Jobette Music (UK) Ltd., Stein & Van Stock, Inc., Stone Diamond Music Corporation and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division)
4.12:49
3Uptight (Everything’s Alright)
producer:
Henry Cosby and William Stevenson (Motown songwriter)
lead vocals:
Stevie Wonder (in 1965)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Company (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1965)
recording of:
Uptight (Everything’s Alright) (in 1965)
lyricist and composer:
Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy and Stevie Wonder
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc., Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.), Jobete Music Co., Inc., Sawandi Music and Stone Agate Music
4.72:53
4We Can Work It Out
producer:
Stevie Wonder
cover recording of:
We Can Work It Out
lyricist and composer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (in 1965) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (in 1965)
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI‐affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Northern Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
43:14
5Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday
producer:
Johnny Bristol and Harvey Fuqua
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Corporation (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1969)
recording of:
Yester‐Me, Yester‐You, Yesterday
writer:
Ron Miller (Motown songwriter Ronald Norman Miller) and Bryan Wells
publisher:
Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.)
53:05
6I’m Wondering
recording of:
I’m Wondering
writer:
Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy and Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Inc., Jobete Music Co., Inc., Sawandi Music, Stone Agate Music and 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music)
52:55
7My Cherie Amour
producer:
Henry Cosby
lead vocals:
Stevie Wonder (from 1967 until 1968)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Corporation (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1969)
recorded at:
Hitsville (Motown recording and mastering studios in Detroit, Michigan) in Detroit, Michigan, United States (from 1967 until 1968)
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 399)
recording of:
My Cherie Amour (from 1967 until 1968)
writer:
Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy and Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.), Jobete Music Co., Inc., Sawandi Music, Stone Agate Music and 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music)
4.32:53
8You Are the Sunshine of My Life
Moog programming and associate producer:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
engineer:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
producer:
Stevie Wonder
bass guitar:
Scott Edwards (bassist) (in 1972)
congas:
Daniel Ben Zebulon (in 1972)
background vocals:
Gloria Barley (in 1972), Jim Gilstrap (in 1972) and Lani Groves (in 1972)
lead vocals:
Stevie Wonder (in 1972)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1972)
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 83), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 183) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 281)
recording of:
You Are the Sunshine of My Life (in 1972)
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Inc., Jobete Music Co., Inc. (in 1972) and Stein & Van Stock, Inc. (in 1972)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
4.22:58
9I Don’t Know Why (I Love You)
recording of:
I Don’t Know Why
writer:
Don Powell Hunter, Lula Mae Hardaway (songwriter), Paul Leoidas Riser and Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.)
52:47
10A Place in the Sun
recording of:
A Place in the Sun
writer:
Ron Miller (Motown songwriter Ronald Norman Miller) and Bryan Wells
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc., Stone Diamond Music Corporation, イーエムアイ音楽出版 C・F事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan C.F. division) (until 2021-06-30), イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan, Fujipacific Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
52:50
11Blowin’ in the Wind
cover recording of:
Blowin’ in the Wind
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962-04)
publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (worldwide except Japan, ended 1995), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1962 until 1990) and Special Rider Music (from 1990 to present)
53:05
12Send One Your Love
producer:
Stevie Wonder
arranger:
Stevie Wonder
recording of:
Send One Your Love
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music and 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music)
54:02
13Pastime Paradise
producer:
Stevie Wonder
percussion:
Bobbye Hall and Raymond Maldonado
percussion and synthesizer and lead vocals:
Stevie Wonder
background vocals:
Michael Gray (vocalist), Hare Krishna (vocal group), West Angeles Church of God in Christ Mass Choir, Stevie Wonder and Michael Wycoff
arranger:
Stevie Wonder
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Records (not for label use; use “Motown” instead) (in 1976)
recording of:
Pastime Paradise
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
4.753:28
14I Ain't Gonna Stand for It
assistant engineer:
Bob Harlan
engineer and mixer:
Gary Olazabal
producer:
Stevie Wonder
bass:
Nathan Watts
cabasa, clavinet, drums (drum set) and piano:
Stevie Wonder
guitar:
Ben Bridges
Rhodes piano:
Isaiah Sanders
steel guitar:
Hank DeVito
background vocals:
Charlie Wilson (R&B singer), Ronnie Wilson (Gap Band member) and Stevie Wonder
arranger:
Stevie Wonder
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Corporation (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1980)
recorded at and mixed at:
Wonderland Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
I Ain’t Gonna Stand for It
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc., Black Bull Music (in 1980) and Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.) (in 1980)
4.54:39
15Fingertips, Parts 1 & 2
recording of:
Fingertips
writer:
Henry Cosby and Clarence Paul
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc. and Stone Agate Music
56:55
16Boogie on Reggae Woman
recording of:
Boogie On Reggae Woman
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Inc. and Jobete Music Co., Inc.
55:14
17You Haven't Done Nothin'
programming and engineer:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
associate producer:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
producer:
Stevie Wonder
bass guitar:
Reggie McBride
background vocals:
The Jacksons (formerly “The Jackson 5”)
lead vocals:
Stevie Wonder
arranger:
Stevie Wonder
recording of:
You Haven’t Done Nothin’
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher) and Jabete Music
version of:
Snyggare poliser
4.353:24
18He’s Misstra Know‐It‐All
producer:
Stevie Wonder
bass guitar:
Willie Weeks (US bass player)
arranger:
Stevie Wonder
recording of:
He’s Misstra Know‐It‐All
composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Inc. and Stein & Van Stock, Inc.
45:35
19Happy Birthday
assistant engineer:
Bob Harlan
engineer and mixer:
Gary Olazabal
producer:
Stevie Wonder
bass synthesizer, drums (drum set) and keyboard:
Stevie Wonder
arranger:
Stevie Wonder
recorded at and mixed at:
Wonderland Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Happy Birthday
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Jobete Music (UK) Ltd.
55:55
20Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
producer:
Stevie Wonder
lead vocals:
Stevie Wonder (in 1970)
arranger:
Paul Riser
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Records (not for label use; use “Motown” instead) (in 1970)
part of:
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1970 (number: 31)
recording of:
Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours (in 1970)
writer:
Lee Garrett, Lula Mae Hardaway (songwriter), Syreeta (US singer‐songwriter active 1970s–80s) and Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.), Jobete Music Co., Inc., Sawandi Music, Stone Agate Music and 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music)
4.32:41