“As” by Stevie Wonder

"As" rides in on Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder's sprawling 1976 album, and it's the sound of a man who has decided love is the one thing that won't wear out. It takes its title from its first word, and its promise is simple and total: the singer's devotion will last until every impossible thing he can name comes true. Tamla put it out as a single in October 1977.

Wonder wrote, arranged and produced it, sings lead and plays the Rhodes, with Herbie Hancock on keyboards, Nathan Watts on bass, Dean Parks on guitar, Greg Brown on drums and Mary Lee Whitney on backing vocals, plus a gang of handclappers keeping the groove bouncing into a joyous, churchy rave-up. It came out of a stretch when Wonder, after a 1973 car accident, had weighed quitting music and spent time in Ghana, returning with a bigger love for people and the world.

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