Hit Parade: The Everybody Say YEAH! Edition

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4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2019

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

When you think of Stevie Wonder’s legendary career, what chart-toppers come to mind? “Superstition,” right? Maybe “I Wish”? Okay, but what about the start of his career, on the Motown of the ’60s? You may not know that Wonder had only one Hot 100 No. 1 in his first decade—as “Little” Stevie Wonder—and it was truly exceptional, as in bizarre: a semi-improvised live recording of a “12 Year-Old Genius” refusing to leave a Chicago stage and say goodnight. Here’s the story of “Fingertips, Part 2,” and the years that launched a true pop icon. Wonder’s imperial run of classic, chart-topping, Grammy-dominating ’70s albums had their seeds in the joyous virtuosity, and fierce independence, on display in his very first hit. Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everybody it's Tim Heidecker, you know me, Tim and Eric, Bridesmaids and Fantastic Four.
0:04.8	I'd like to personally invite you to listen to Office Hours Live with me and my co-hosts,
0:09.4	DJ, Doug Pound, and Vic Berger.
0:12.4	Howdy.
0:13.0	Every week we bring you laughs, fun, games and lots of other surprises.
0:16.3	It's live, we take your Zoom calls.
0:18.2	We love having fun.
0:19.2	Excuse me?
0:20.2	Vicks said something.
0:21.2	Music, music.
0:22.0	Music. I like having fun.
0:24.0	I like to laugh.
0:26.0	I like to meet people who can make me laugh.
0:29.0	Please subscribe.
0:31.0	No. Subscribe. Welcome to Hit Parade, a podcast of Pop Chart History from Slate magazine, about the hits
0:48.3	from Coast to Coast.
0:50.0	I'm Chris Malamphi, Chart Analysts, Pop, and writer of Slates, Why is the song number one series.
0:57.1	On today's show, when I say the name Stevie Wonder, what songs leap to mind? I don't need to tell you that Wonder is a legend
1:07.1	and his catalogue of hits is vast. Where do you even start? Well, if you're like me, I'm sure you think of this almost immediately.
1:18.0	Very superstitious. If you've been at a party or a wedding's on the wall
1:27.0	If you've been at a party or a wedding recently I'll bet you've heard this.
1:33.0	Or maybe this.
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