Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
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| “Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours” | |||||
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| Single by Stevie Wonder from the album Signed, Sealed & Delivered |
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| B-side | "I'm More Than Happy (I'm Satisfied)" | ||||
| Released | June 3, 1970 | ||||
| Format | Vinyl record (7" 45 RPM) | ||||
| Recorded | 1970 | ||||
| Genre | R&B | ||||
| Length | 2:45 | ||||
| Label | Tamla 54196 |
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| Writer(s) | Stevie Wonder, Lee Garrett, Syreeta Wright, Lula Mae Hardaway | ||||
| Producer | Stevie Wonder | ||||
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"Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" (1970) is a soul single by American musician Stevie Wonder, recorded for Motown's Tamla label. Released in June of 1970, the song spent six weeks at number one on the U.S. R&B chart and peaked at number three on the U.S. Pop chart. In the same year, the song was also released on the album Signed, Sealed, and Delivered. The song was a series of firsts for the 20-year-old Wonder: "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" was the first single Wonder produced on his own, and was also the first to feature his female backup singing group comprised of Lynda Tucker Laurence,(went on to become a member of The Supremes) Syreeta Wright, (also co-wrote the song) and Vanetta Fields. This song also marked Wonder's first Grammy nomination. The award went to Ronald Dunbar and General Johnson for writing the Clarence Carter song "Patches".
[edit] Covers
In the early 1970s, Bobby Byrd performed an up-tempo cover of this song on a single with other songs performed by James Brown and Lyn Collins.[1]
In 1995, Kim Wilde performed the track during the last episode of Don't forget your toothbrush on UK television. [2]
In 2003, for his first in a two-volume collection of Motown cover songs, Michael McDonald recorded his own version of this Wonder classic. Later that same year, Wonder recorded a similar remake with British boy band Blue. The song hit #11 in the UK charts. Peter Frampton also recorded a cover version.
Human Nature also successfully remade the classic to feature in their Motown album released in 2006.
Lead singer for the band Train, Pat Monahan covered the hit in 2003.
Lisa Tucker sang this song on March 14, 2006 when she was a top 12 finalist on American Idol's season 5. Sanjaya Malakar auditioned for American Idol 6 with this song.
Former adult film star Colton Ford and dance diva Pepper Mashay recorded a club version of this song. This version went to #9 on the Hot Dance Club Play and #25 on the Hot Dance Singles Sales charts.[3]
Presidential candidate Barack Obama has frequently used this song on his campaign tours, and can often be heard in the background after he finishes speaking.
| Preceded by "The Love You Save" by The Jackson 5 |
Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number one single August 1, 1970 - September 5, 1970 |
Succeeded by "Don't Play That Song (You Lied)" by Aretha Franklin |
[edit] References
- ^ Dusty Groove America. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
- ^ Wilde Life TV 1995. Retrieved on 2008-05-16.
- ^ Colton Ford Billboard singles. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
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