FOR
ONCE IN MY LIFE
STEVIE
WONDER
SONGWRITERS: MILLER RONALD NORMAN & MURDEN ORLANDO
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE
LABEL: TAMLA LABEL
GENRE: SOUL
YEAR: 1968
Stevland Hardaway Morris(born May 13, 1950),
known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter and
musician, who is credited as a pioneer and influence by musicians across a
range of genres that includes rhythm and blues,
pop, soul, gospel, funk, and jazz. A virtual one-man band, his use
of synthesizers and
other electronic
musical instruments during the 1970s reshaped
the conventions of R&B.
He also helped drive the genre into the album era,
crafting his LPs as cohesive,
consistent socially conscious statements with complex compositions.
Blind since shortly
after his birth, Wonder was a child prodigy who signed with Motown's
Tamla label at the
age of 11, where he was given the professional name Little Stevie Wonder. In
1963, the single "Fingertips"
was a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 when Wonder was 13, making him the youngest artist ever to top the chart. Wonder's critical success was at its peak in the 1970s. His
"classic period" began in 1972 with the releases of Music of My Mind and Talking Book, the
latter featuring "Superstition",
which is one of the most distinctive and famous examples of the sound of the Hohner Clavinet keyboard.
His works Innervisions(1973), Fulfillingness'
First Finale(1974) and Songs in the
Key of Life(1976) all won the Grammy Award
for Album of the Year, making him the tied-record
holder for the most Album of the
Year wins, with three. He is also the only artist to have won the award
with three consecutive album releases. Wonder
began his "commercial period" in the 1980s; he achieved his biggest
hits and highest level of fame, had increased album sales, charity participation,
high-profile collaborations (including Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson),
political impact, and television appearances. Wonder has continued to remain active in music and
political causes.
Wonder is one of the best-selling
music artists of all time, with sales of over 100
million records worldwide. He has won 25 Grammy Awards(the
most by a solo artist) and one Academy Award(Best Original
Song, for the 1984 film The Woman in
Red). Wonder has been inducted into the Rhythm and
Blues Music Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame and Songwriters
Hall of Fame. He is also noted for his work
as an activist for political causes, including his 1980 campaign to make Martin Luther
King Jr.'s birthday a federal
holiday in the U.S. In 2009, he was named a United
Nations Messenger of Peace, and in 2014, he was
honored with the Presidential
Medal of Freedom.
For Once in My Life is the ninth (tenth
overall) studio album by
American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder on Motown Records,
released in November 1968. Then eighteen years old, Wonder had established himself
as one of Motown's consistent hit-makers. This album continued Wonder's growth
as a vocalist and songwriter, and is the first album where he shares credit as
producer. It featured four songs that hit the Hot 100 charts: "For Once in My Life" (#2), "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" (#9) and
the modest hits "I Don't Know Why" (#39) and "You Met
Your Match" (#35). It also marked the debut of the Hohner Clavinet on a Stevie Wonder album, which would become a mainstay on albums to
come.
For once in my life, I have someone who needs
me
Someone I've needed so long
For once, unafraid, I can go where life leads
me
Somehow I know I'll be strong
For once I can touch what my heart used to
dream of
Long before I knew
Ooh, someone warm like you
Would make my dreams come true
Yeah, yeah, yeah (For once in my life)
For once in my life, I won't let sorrow hurt
me
Not like it's hurt me before (Not like it's
hurt me before)
For once, I have something I know won't
desert me
I'm not alone anymore (I'm not alone anymore)
For once I can say, "This is mine, you
can't take it"
As long as I know I have love, I can make it
For once in my life, I have someone who needs
me
(Someone who needs me)
Hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah
(Someone who needs me)
Oh, I'm in love, baby
For once in my life (For once in my life)
I won't let sorrow hurt me
Not like it's hurt me before (Not like it's
hurt me before)
For once, I have something I know won't
desert me
I'm not alone anymore (I'm not alone anymore)
For once I can say, "This is mine, you
can't take it"
As long as I know I have love, I can make it
For once in my life, I have someone who needs
me
(Someone who needs me)
Oh, for once in my life
(Someone who needs me)
Yeah, somebody that needs me
(Someone who needs me)
Oh, baby, for once in my life.
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