Song · Stevie Wonder
“Golden Lady” by Stevie Wonder
From the album Innervisions (1973)
“Golden Lady” by Stevie Wonder appears on 3 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2009 and 2020. It was first released in 1973 on the album Innervisions. Its best result is #442 on the WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,913 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Golden Lady" is the soft spot on Innervisions, Stevie Wonder's 1973 album, a love song dropped in among his hardest looks at America: "Too High" and its drug casualties, "He's Misstra Know-It-All" and its jab at Richard Nixon. Wonder wrote it, arranged it and produced it, and played the drums, Moog and Rhodes himself.
He brought in a few hands for color: Clarence Bell on organ, Ralph Hammer on acoustic guitar and Larry Latimer on congas. The chorus borrows from montuno, in its chord changes and syncopated push, and the result glows, a man who'd been diagnosing the country's ills taking a few minutes to just adore somebody.
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 | 442 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) | 885 |
| 2014 | 591 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) | 885 |
| 2020 | 860 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
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