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"Superstition" is a popular song produced, arranged, performed by Stevie Wonder for Motown Records and written with Jeff Beck in 1972. It was the lead single for Wonder's Talking Book album, and released in many countries. It reached number one in the U.S., and number one on the soul singles chart. Overseas, it peaked at number eleven in the UK during February 1973. In November 2004, Rolling Stone ranked the song at No. 74 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song deals with superstitions, and mentions several popular superstitious fables in its lyrics.
Jeff Beck did not play on the song, but may have written the main riff. Carmine Appice, Jeff Beck's drummer, explains in an interview (May 2000) : "Our lyrics are a little different than Stevie’s version. He was not supposed to release his version until our version was released but he did – so our version, which was going to be the original version, looked like a cover version. The riff was Jeff’s riff I think..."
The song's opening drum beat was performed by Wonder on the kit that Scott Mathews provided at the Record Plant in Hollywood. The funky clavinet riff played on a Hohner Clavinet C was also played by Wonder. The song also features trumpet and saxophone, played respectively by Steve Madaio and Trevor Laurence.
The song also was Wonder's first number-one single since the live version of "Fingertips Pt. 2" topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963.
Jeff Beck recorded his own version of the song with the power trio Beck, Bogert & Appice.
Stevie Wonder performed a live-in-the-studio version of "Superstition" on Sesame Street in 1973. This version later appeared on the collection, Songs from the Street: 35 Years in Music.
Stevie Ray Vaughan recorded a live version in 1986, which was released on his album Live Alive. The accompanying music video features Vaughan and a stage crew setting up for a concert he planned to do on Friday the 13th, and Wonder appears at the end.
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"Superstition" is a popular song produced, arranged, performed by Stevie Wonder for Motown Records and written with Jeff Beck in 1972. It was the lead single for Wonder's Talking Book album, and released in many countries. It reached number one in the U.S., and number one on the soul singles chart. Overseas, it peaked at number eleven in the UK during February 1973. In November 2004, Rolling Stone ranked the song at No. 74 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song deals with superstitions, and mentions several popular superstitious fables in its lyrics.
Jeff Beck did not play on the song, but may have written the main riff. Carmine Appice, Jeff Beck's drummer, explains in an interview (May 2000) : "Our lyrics are a little different than Stevie’s version. He was not supposed to release his version until our version was released but he did – so our version, which was going to be the original version, looked like a cover version. The riff was Jeff’s riff I think..."
The song's opening drum beat was performed by Wonder on the kit that Scott Mathews provided at the Record Plant in Hollywood. The funky clavinet riff played on a Hohner Clavinet C was also played by Wonder. The song also features trumpet and saxophone, played respectively by Steve Madaio and Trevor Laurence.
The song also was Wonder's first number-one single since the live version of "Fingertips Pt. 2" topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963.
Jeff Beck recorded his own version of the song with the power trio Beck, Bogert & Appice.
Stevie Wonder performed a live-in-the-studio version of "Superstition" on Sesame Street in 1973. This version later appeared on the collection, Songs from the Street: 35 Years in Music.
Stevie Ray Vaughan recorded a live version in 1986, which was released on his album Live Alive. The accompanying music video features Vaughan and a stage crew setting up for a concert he planned to do on Friday the 13th, and Wonder appears at the end.
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