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“Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing” by Stevie Wonder
From the album Innervisions (1973)
“Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing” by Stevie Wonder appears on 7 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2009 and 2023. It was first released in 1973 on the album Innervisions. Its best result is #304 on the 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,637 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing" comes from Innervisions, the 1973 album that was Stevie Wonder's sixteenth, and it's a pep talk set to a groove: a song about rolling with whatever comes and keeping your eyes on the bright side. Wonder wrote it, arranged it and produced it himself, leaning into Latin soul, with Sheila Wilkerson on bongos and Yusuf Roahman on shakers stirring up the percussion.
Sent out as the album's third single in March 1974, it hung around the Hot 100 for fifteen weeks, peaking at 16 that June, and went to number two on the R&B chart.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 746 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) | 885 |
| 2019 | 923 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2019 | 923 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2020 | 354 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2022 | 709 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s | 908 |
| 2022 | 1351 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
| 2023 | 304 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time | 909 |
Also listed as: Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing; Don't You Worry Bout A Thing; Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing.
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