Album · Stevie Wonder
Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder
Songs in the Key of Life is an album by Stevie Wonder, released in 1976. 7 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 43 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Sir Duke”, on 18 lists with a best position of #23.
Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder's eighteenth studio album, arrived on Tamla on September 28, 1976, a sprawling double LP with a four-song bonus EP tucked inside, and it's the grand finale of the run that began with Music of My Mind. Wonder had seriously considered quitting the year before and moving to Ghana to help children with disabilities, before signing a new Motown deal in August 1975 that handed him full artistic control. He produced this himself, and he used every inch of that freedom.
It's soul, funk, jazz fusion and adventurous pop all at once: the horn-fired "Sir Duke" and the strutting "I Wish", both number one singles, the gospel-lit "Love's in Need of Love Today" and the rapturous "As". It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, stayed there for thirteen straight weeks and won Album of the Year at the 19th Grammys.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Songs in the Key of Life on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Duke | 18 | #23 | – | 2001–2026 | |
| 2 | As | 8 | #83 | – | 2001–2026 | |
| 3 | I Wish | 7 | #92 | – | 2001–2026 | |
| 4 | Isn't She Lovely | 4 | #141 | – | 2020–2026 | |
| 5 | Love's in Need of Love Today | 3 | #137 | – | 2004–2022 | |
| 6 | Knocks Me Off My Feet | 1 | #975 | – | 2020 | |
| 7 | Joy Inside My Tears | 2 | #760 | – | 2020–2022 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.