Stevie Wonder’s new single “Can We Mend Our Nation’s Broken Hearts?” Wonder has been incorporating these concerns into his music since at least age 16, when he had No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and top-selling R&B singles (as the chart was then called) with cover versions of Bob Dylan classics. ) ranked in the top ten.
Wonder also wrote and released many songs of this nature, including the 1973 hit “Higher Ground,” which he performed at the Democratic National Convention on August 21. “All About the Love Again”. Two of his politically charged songs take aim at the Republican president, whom he believes does not represent everyone. “You Did Nothing” was a scathing attack on President Richard Nixon, released just days before he was forced to resign in 1974 amid the Watergate scandal. Wonder’s 1987 single “Skeletons” was an equally pointed attack on President Reagan amid the Iran/Contra scandal.
Wonder’s “Living for the City,” with its nuanced songwriting (“Her clothes are old/but never dirty”) topped the R&B charts in 1973 and became his second Grammy-winning hit. Best R&B Song Award. Wonder’s 1980 song “Happy Birthday” helped turn Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday into a national holiday. (A catchy song can do more than a thousand speeches.) His 1982 song “Ebony and Ivory,” a collaboration with Paul McCartney, was glossy on the surface, but The appeal for brotherhood and racial harmony was heartfelt.
Below are 18 songs with political or social overtones written and/or recorded by Wonder. They are listed alphabetically by song title. Which one do you like best? vote!
