词条 | I Was Made to Love Her (song) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = I Was Made to Love Her | cover = StevieWonderIWasMadeToLoveHer7InchSingleLabel.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Stevie Wonder | album = I Was Made to Love Her | B-side =
| released = {{Start date|1967|06}} | format = | recorded = 1967 | studio = Hitsville U.S.A. (Studio A), Detroit, Michigan | venue = | genre = Soul | length = {{Duration|m=2|s=37}} | label = Tamla | writer =
| producer = Henry Cosby | prev_title = Hey Love | prev_year = 1967 | next_title = I'm Wondering | next_year = 1967 }} "I Was Made to Love Her" is a hit single recorded by American soul musician Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label in 1967. The song was written by Wonder, his mother Lula Mae Hardaway, Sylvia Moy, and producer Henry Cosby and included on Wonder's 1967 album I Was Made to Love Her. Released as a single, "I Was Made to Love Her" peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in July 1967. The song was held out of the top spot by "Light My Fire" by The Doors and spent four non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart in the United States.[1] The song reached No. 5 in the UK.{{cn|date=September 2016}} When asked in a 1968 interview which of his songs stood out in his mind, Wonder answered "I Was Made to Love Her because it's a true song."[2] The song features Wonder's harmonica solo in the introduction. The song also features strings following the bridge section. The song also features the use of an electric sitar in the opening and repeated throughout the verse. The last lyric line "You know Stevie ain't gonna leave her," ad libbed by Wonder,[2] refers to the singer himself. Personnel
The Beach Boys' versionIn 1967, The Beach Boys recorded a version for the R&B/soul album Wild Honey. Their cover was sung by lead guitarist Carl Wilson. PersonnelSourced from Craig Slowinski.[3]
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References1. ^{{cite book |title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=635}} {{Stevie Wonder}}{{Wild Honey}}2. ^1 {{Pop Chronicles|50|2|Stevie Wonder}} 3. ^Slowinski liner notes, Issue 121 4. ^Go-Set National Top 40, 20 September 1967 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.10087&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.10087.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.10087 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date= |accessdate=2016-12-20}} 6. ^Flavour of New Zealand, 22 September 1967 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.100151&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=dtlhqtcdftn9t40n27r4hds2h0 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date= |accessdate=2016-10-01}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1967.htm |title=Top 100 Hits of 1967/Top 100 Songs of 1967 |website=Musicoutfitters.com |date= |accessdate=2016-10-01}} 9 : 1967 singles|Stevie Wonder songs|Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one singles|Songs written by Henry Cosby|Songs written by Sylvia Moy|Songs written by Lula Mae Hardaway|Songs written by Stevie Wonder|Motown singles|1967 songs |
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