Billboard Hot 100 Hits: #412: “I Wish”- Stevie Wonder – January 22, 1977. #1 for 1 week in Billboard Hot 100.
- Single” “I Wish”- Stevie Wonder
- Record Company- Tamla
- Genre: Soul, Funk
- Written by Stevie Wonder
- Time: 4:12
- B-side:”You and I”
- Album- Songs In The Key Of Life
- Grade: A+
- Peaked at #1 1 week in Billboard Hot 100. #5 in UK Singles Chart. #1 in Canada.
“I Wish” was the first single off of Stevie Wonder’s great double album Songs In The Key Of Life. The song is a look back on his childhood. It was Wonder’s 5th #1 hit- he would have one more from Songs In The Key Of Life [his last great album}- “Sir Duke.”
Beats all of 1976 imo
Agree and maybe 1975 also…
I liked 75 quite a bit better than 76 for music. This is a great one though- the two hits off it were as good as he got, which is saying something.
That’s one great groovy tune. I dig the entire “Songs In The Key Of Life” album!