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"Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)" | ||||
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Single by Stevie Wonder | ||||
from the album Music of My Mind | ||||
B-side | "I Love Every Little Thing About You" | |||
Released | April 25, 1972 | |||
Recorded | 1972 | |||
Genre | Progressive soul | |||
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Label | Tamla | |||
Songwriter(s) | Stevie Wonder | |||
Producer(s) | Stevie Wonder | |||
Stevie Wonder singles chronology | ||||
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"Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)" is a 1972 soul track by Stevie Wonder. It was the second track on Wonder's Music of My Mind album, and was also released as the first single. The song reached a peak of number 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
In essence a two-part song, there is a coherence in that it tells a story of the singer's relationship with "Mary". The first part covers her desire to be a star, and to leave her old life behind to become a movie star. The second part covers the narrator's wondering why she had not come back as soon as he had hoped. The second part of the song is also a reworking of the song "Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer" from the 1971 album Where I'm Coming From .
The song, both in its sound and length, was a change of pace for Wonder, who was trying to establish his own identity outside of the Motown sound. Besides its floaty ambience, it featured the singer as a virtual one-man band. [1]
Cash Box said of the song "Superwoman, superproduction, supersong, superhit: AM and FM, pop/soul and MOR." [2]
Chart (1972) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Hot 100 [3] | 33 |
US Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles [4] | 13 |
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