Blu-ray

Songs in the Key of Life

Album by Stevie Wonder

Released 28 September 1976

Tracklist

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 ★
11
Isn’t She Lovely
6:35
5.0 ★
12
Joy Inside My Tears
6:30
3.8 ★
13
Black Man
8:30
2.8 ★
14
Ngiculela - Es Una Historia - I Am Singing
3:49
3.5 ★
15
If It’s Magic
3:12
2.9 ★
16
As
7:08
3.8 ★
17
Another Star
8:28
4.0 ★
18
Saturn
4:54
4.0 ★
19
Ebony Eyes
4:09
3.0 ★
20
All Day Sucker
5:06
4.0 ★
21
Easy Goin’ Evening (My Mama’s Call)
3:57
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 [13]
Amale Mathews
percussion [14]
Artece May
background vocals [4]
Ben Bridges
guitar [4-5, 9, 18, 20]
Bobbi Humphrey
flute [17], guest [17]
Bobbye Hall
percussion [8]
Carmelo Garcia
timbales [17]
Carolyn Dennis
background vocals [20]
Charity McCrary
background vocals [10]
Charles Brewer
percussion [14], programming [5-6]
David Henson
handclaps [16]
Dean Parks
guitar [16]
Deniece Williams
background vocals [10], guest [10]
Dorothy Ashby
harp [15]
Eddie “Bongo” Brown
percussion [1]
George Benson
background vocals [17], guest [17], guitar [17]
George Bohanon
trombone [13]
Glenn Ferris
trombone [13]
Greg Brown
drums (drum set) [16]
Greg Phillinganes
keyboard [4, 12, 18]
Hank Redd
alto saxophone [5-6, 10, 13, 17], tenor saxophone [13]
Hare Krishna
background vocals [8]
Herbie Hancock
handclaps [16], keyboard [16]
Hungaria "Carmelo" Garcia
timbales [17]
Jim Horn
saxophone [19]
John Fischbach
percussion [14], programming [5-6]
Josette Valentino
handclaps [16], percussion [14]
Josie James
background vocals [4, 17]
Larry Latimer
percussion [9]
Linda McCrary
background vocals [10]
Lynda Laurence
background vocals [10]
Madelaine "Gypsie" Jones
background vocals [10]
Marietta
percussion [14]
Mary Lee Whitney
background vocals [10, 16]
Michael Gray
background vocals [4, 8]
Michael Sembello
guitar [4-5, 10, 18, 20]
Michael Wycoff
background vocals [8]
Minnie Riperton
background vocals [10], guest [10]
Nathan Alford, Jr.
percussion [17]
Nathan Watts
bass guitar [4-6, 16-17, 19, 21], handclaps [16], percussion [14]
Nelson Hayes
percussion [14]
Ray Maldonado
percussion [8], trumpet [5-6, 17]
Raymond Pounds
drums (drum set) [4-6]
Renee Hardaway
background vocals [6], percussion [14]
Ronnie Foster
organ [9]
Shirley Brewer
background vocals [4], percussion [14], vocal [10]
Sneaky Pete Kleinow
steel guitar [19]
Steve Madaio
trumpet [5-6, 13, 17]
Stevie Wonder
Rhodes piano [1, 5-7, 10, 16, 21], arranger [1-10, 12, 14-21], background vocals [1-2, 7-8, 12, 16-17, 17, 20], bass synthesizer [1-2, 7, 9-10, 12, 14, 20], clavinet [1, 20], drums (drum set) [1-2, 6-7, 9-10, 12, 14, 17, 19-21], handclaps [16], harmonica [2, 15, 21], keyboard [2, 10], lead vocals [1-3, 5-10, 12-17, 17-20], other instruments [4, 18], percussion [2, 5, 8], performer [10, 13, 17], piano [7, 9, 12, 17], producer [1-10, 12-21], programming [5-6], synthesizer [1, 3, 6, 8, 14], tack piano [19], talkbox [19], vocoder [6]
Sundray Tucker
background vocals [10]
Susaye Greene
background vocals [12]
Syreeta
background vocals [10]
Terry Hendricks
background vocals [10]
Trevor Lawrence
tenor saxophone [5-6, 17]
W.G. Snuffy Walden
guitar [20]
West Angeles Church of God in Christ Mass Choir
background vocals [8]
Wonderlove
performer [4]
Yolanda Simmons
handclaps [16]