Songs in the Key of Life

Album by Stevie Wonder

Released 28 September 1976

Tracklist

Digital Media 1: Disc 1
1
Love’s in Need of Love Today
7:05
3.8 ★
2
Have a Talk With God
2:42
4.0 ★
3
Village Ghetto Land
3:25
3.5 ★
4
Contusion
3:45
4.0 ★
5
Sir Duke
3:54
4.6 ★
6
I Wish
4:12
4.6 ★
7
Knocks Me Off My Feet
3:36
4.0 ★
8
Pastime Paradise
3:27
4.7 ★
9
Summer Soft
4:14
3.2 ★
10
Ordinary Pain
6:23
3.0 ★
Digital Media 2: Disc 2
1
Isn’t She Lovely
6:34
3.6 ★
2
Joy Inside My Tears
6:29
3.8 ★
3
Black Man
8:29
2.8 ★
4
Ngiculela – Es una historia – I Am Singing
3:48
3.5 ★
5
If It’s Magic
3:12
2.9 ★
6
As
7:08
3.8 ★
7
Another Star
8:28
4.0 ★
8
Saturn
4:53
4.0 ★
9
Ebony Eyes
4:08
3.0 ★
10
All Day Sucker
5:05
4.0 ★
11
Easy Goin’ Evening (My Mama’s Call)
3:56
3.0 ★

Recent reviews

Teifi 15 Apr 2026

★★★★½♥︎

Overall the songs where extremely pleasant and just nice to listen to. But the album as a whole just made me feel happy and just made the day a bit better.

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Release credits

Al Fann Theatrical Ensemble
background vocals [3]
Amale Mathews
percussion [4]
Artece May
background vocals [4], handclaps [1]
Ben Bridges
guitar [2.8, 2.10, 1.4-5, 1.9]
Bobbi Humphrey
flute [7], guest [7]
Bobbye Hall
percussion [8]
Brenda Barrett
handclaps [1]
Carmelo Garcia
timbales [7]
Carole Cole
handclaps [1]
Carolyn Dennis
background vocals [10]
Charity McCrary
background vocals [10]
Charles Brewer
percussion [4], programming [5-6]
Colleen Carleton
handclaps [1]
David Henson
handclaps [1, 6]
Dean Parks
guitar [6]
Deniece Williams
background vocals [10], guest [10]
Dorothy Ashby
harp [5]
Eddie “Bongo” Brown
percussion [1]
Edna Orso
handclaps [1]
George Benson
background vocals [7], guest [7], guitar [7]
George Bohanon
trombone [3]
Glenn Ferris
trombone [3]
Greg Brown
drums (drum set) [6]
Greg Phillinganes
keyboard [1.4, 2.1-2, 2.8]
Hank Redd
alto saxophone [1.5-6, 1.10, 2.3, 2.7], tenor saxophone [3]
Hare Krishna
background vocals [8]
Herbie Hancock
handclaps [6], keyboard [6]
Hungaria "Carmelo" Garcia
timbales [7]
Jim Horn
saxophone [9]
John Fischbach
percussion [4], programming [5-6]
Josette Valentino
handclaps [1, 6], percussion [4]
Josie James
background vocals [1.4, 2.7]
Larry Latimer
percussion [9]
Linda McCrary
background vocals [10]
Lynda Laurence
background vocals [10]
Madelaine "Gypsie" Jones
background vocals [10]
Marietta
percussion [4]
Mary Lee Whitney
background vocals [2.6, 1.10]
Michael Gray
background vocals [4, 8]
Michael Sembello
guitar [1.4-5, 1.10, 2.8, 2.10]
Michael Wycoff
background vocals [8]
Minnie Riperton
background vocals [10], guest [10]
Nathan Alford, Jr.
percussion [7]
Nathan Watts
bass guitar [2.6-7, 2.9, 2.11, 1.4-6], handclaps [6], percussion [4]
Nelson Hayes
handclaps [1], percussion [4]
Ray Maldonado
percussion [8], trumpet [2.7, 1.5-6]
Raymond Pounds
drums (drum set) [4-6]
Renee Hardaway
background vocals [6], percussion [4]
Ronnie Foster
organ [9]
Shirley Brewer
background vocals [4], handclaps [1], percussion [4], vocal [10]
Sneaky Pete Kleinow
steel guitar [9]
Steve Madaio
trumpet [1.5-6, 2.3, 2.7]
Stevie Wonder
Rhodes piano [2.1, 2.6, 2.11, 1.1, 1.5-7, 1.10], arranger [2.1-2, 2.4-11, 1.1-10], background vocals [1.1-2, 1.7-8, 2.2, 2.6-7, 2.7, 2.10], bass synthesizer [1.1-2, 1.7, 1.9-10, 2.1-2, 2.4, 2.10], clavinet [1.1, 2.10], drums (drum set) [2.1-2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.9-11, 1.1-2, 1.6-7, 1.9-10], electric piano [1], handclaps [6], harmonica [1.2, 2.1, 2.5, 2.11], keyboard [2, 10], lead vocals [2.1-7, 2.7-10, 1.1-3, 1.5-10], other instruments [1.4, 2.8], percussion [1.2, 1.5, 1.8, 2.1], performer [2.3, 2.7, 1.10], piano [2.2, 2.7, 1.7, 1.9], producer, programming [5-6], synthesizer [1.1, 1.3, 1.6, 1.8, 2.4], tack piano [9], talkbox [9], vocoder [6]
Sundray Tucker
background vocals [10], handclaps [1]
Susaye Greene
background vocals [2]
Syreeta
background vocals [10]
Terry Hendricks
background vocals [10]
Trevor Lawrence
tenor saxophone [1.5-6, 2.7]
W.G. Snuffy Walden
guitar [10]
West Angeles Church of God in Christ Mass Choir
background vocals [8]
Wonderlove
performer [4]
Yolanda Simmons
handclaps [6]