Album · Stevie Wonder
For Once in My Life by Stevie Wonder
For Once in My Life is an album by Stevie Wonder, released in 1968. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 4 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “For Once In My Life”, on 4 lists with a best position of #447.
For Once in My Life, Stevie Wonder's tenth studio album, landed on Motown in November 1968, when he was all of 18 and already one of the label's most dependable hit-makers. Henry Cosby produced, but this was the first album where Wonder shared the production credit himself, and you can hear a young man starting to take the wheel.
The title song is pure joy, and it went to No. 2 on the Hot 100. "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" followed it into the top ten, and "I Don't Know Why" and "You Met Your Match" gave him 2 more modest hits. The singing is looser and more knowing than the boy-wonder records, the songwriting sharper, and there's a new sound in the mix: the Hohner Clavinet, making its first appearance on a Stevie Wonder album and soon to become one of his trademarks.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from For Once in My Life on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | For Once In My Life | 4 | #447 | – | 2007–2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.