Living for the City

Living for the City
Singel av Stevie Wonder
B-sida"Visions"
UtgivenAugusti 1973 (singel släppt i november)
FormatGrammofon
Inspelad1973
GenreSoulmusik
Längd7:21 (albumversion)
3:41 (singelversion)
SkivaInnervisions
SkivbolagTamla-Motown
LåtskrivareStevie Wonder
ProducentStevie Wonder
Singlar
Stevie Wonder
"Higher Ground"
(1973)
"Living for the City"
(1973)
"Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing"
(1974)

Living for the City är en låt komponerad och framförd av Stevie Wonder. Låten lanserades i augusti 1973 på hans album Innervisions, och släpptes några månader senare även som singel. Den blev en hit både i USA och Storbritannien.

Stevie Wonder spelade alla instrument på låtens inspelning själv, och stod även för produceringen. Låttexten handlar om en fattig ung afroamerikansk man från Mississippi som kommer till New York och blir inlurad i droghandel bara för att sedan åka fast och dömas till tio år i fängelse. Singelversionen som är mycket kortare innefattar dock inte hela historien.

Magasinet Rolling Stone har listat Wonders version på plats #105 i listan The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[1]

Listplaceringar

Källor

  1. ^ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-20110407/stevie-wonder-living-for-the-city-20110526
  2. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/innervisions-mw0000192406/awards
  3. ^ http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/5543/stevie-wonder/
  4. ^ http://www.charts-surfer.de/
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Stevie Wonder
Studioalbum
The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie · Tribute to Uncle Ray · With a Song in My Heart · Stevie at the Beach · Up-Tight · Down to Earth · I Was Made to Love Her · Someday at Christmas · Eivets Rednow · For Once in My Life · My Cherie Amour · Signed, Sealed & Delivered · Where I'm Coming From · Music of My Mind · Talking Book · Innervisions · Fulfillingness' First Finale · Songs in the Key of Life · Hotter than July · In Square Circle · Characters · Conversation Peace · A Time 2 Love · Ten Billion Hearts · When The World Began · Gospel Inspired by Lula
Singlar
"Fingertips - Part 2" · "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" · "Blowin' in the Wind" · "A Place in the Sun" · "I Was Made to Love Her" · "I'm Wondering" · "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" · "For Once in My Life" · "My Cherie Amour" · "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" · "Never Had a Dream Come True" · "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" · "Heaven Help Us All" · "If You Really Love Me" · "Superstition" · "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" · "Higher Ground" · "Living for the City" · "He's Misstra Know-It-All" · "You Haven't Done Nothin'" · "Boogie On Reggae Woman" · "I Wish" · "Sir Duke" · "Send One Your Love" · "Master Blaster (Jammin')" · "I Ain't Gonna Stand for It" · "Happy Birthday" · "That Girl" · "Do I Do" · "Ebony and Ivory" · "I Just Called to Say I Love You" · "Love Light in Flight" · "Part-Time Lover" · "That's What Friends Are For" · "Go Home" · "Hey Harmonica Man" · "Hey Love" · "I Don't Know Why" · "Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer" · "Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)" · "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing" · "As" · "Another Star" · "Lately" · "Ribbon in the Sky" · "Overjoyed" · "Faith"
Övriga sånger
"You and I (We Can Conquer the World)" · "I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)" · "They Won't Go When I Go" · "Knocks Me Off My Feet" · "Pastime Paradise" · "Isn't She Lovely" · "Black Man"
Samarbeten
"Ebony and Ivory" · "We Are the World" · "Just Good Friends" · "California Roll"
Relaterat
Diskografi · Syreeta Wright · Wonderin' · "Wonder-ful"