Golden Lady (song)

"Golden Lady"
Song by Stevie Wonder
from the album Innervisions
Released	August 3, 1973
Recorded	August 24, 1972 [1]
Genre	Soul
Length	4:49 (Full-length version)
Label	Tamla
Songwriter(s)	Stevie Wonder
Producer(s)	Stevie Wonder Malcolm Cecil Robert Margouleff
Official audio
"Golden Lady" on YouTube

"Golden Lady" is a song by the American musician Stevie Wonder, released in 1973 on his album Innervisions . The love song, written by Stevie Wonder, contrasts with the other songs on the album that comment upon societal issues within America. ^[2] Examples include his comments on drug addiction within the song "Too High" and his political commentary on US President Richard Nixon in "He's Misstra Know-It-All". ^[3]

This song is influenced by the montuno style due to the chord progression and syncopated rhythms found within its chorus.^{[ citation needed ]}

Personnel

Information is based on the album's liner notes ^[4]

• Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, piano, Fender Rhodes, drums, Moog bass, T.O.N.T.O. synthesizer
• Malcolm Cecil – synthesizer programming
• Robert Margouleff – synthesizer programming
• Larry "Nastyee" Latimer – congas
• Clarence Bell – Hammond organ
• Ralph Hammer – acoustic guitar

Covers

• José Feliciano from the album And The Feeling's Good released in 1974. ^[5]
• Kurt Elling from the album The Gate released in 2011. ^[6]
• Robert Glasper from his 1 Mic 1 Take covers released in 2013. ^[7]
• Bill Wurtz on his website under the Jazz section. Released in 2017. ^{[8] [ better source needed ]}
• Yesterday's New Quintet from the album Stevie released in 2004. ^{[9] [ failed verification ]}

References

1. Williams, Chris. "Expanding Soul". WaxPoetics.
2. Perone, James E. (2006). The sound of Stevie Wonder : his words and music (1. publ. ed.). Westport, Conn. [u.a.]: Praeger. p.  47. ISBN   0-275-98723-X.
3. Bush, John. "AllMusic Review by John Bush". Allmusic. Archived from the original on 2016-10-27. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
4. Wonder, Stevie. Innervisions (Liner Notes). Tamla Motown. 1973.
5. "And the Feeling's Good - José Feliciano | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". Archived from the original on 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2021-06-26– via www.allmusic.com.
6. "Kurt Elling: The Gate - review". the Guardian. March 10, 2011. Archived from the original on June 26, 2021. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
7. "Robert Glasper to release 'Black Radio 2' on Oct. 29". Los Angeles Times. August 1, 2013. Archived from the original on June 26, 2021. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
8. "billwurtz". billwurtz.com. Archived from the original on 2021-08-11. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
9. "Stevie". bandcamp.com. Archived from the original on 2022-07-24. Retrieved 2022-05-27.