Test your knowledge of Stevie Wonder's biggest hits, deep cuts and iconic moments.
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The fastest points hide in the playing itself: the clavinet of 'Superstition,' the harmonica breath of 'Isn't She Lovely,' the horn burst of 'Sir Duke.' Name the track from the groove before the vocal lands.
The facts behind the sound decide the close rounds: a 13-year-old harmonica prodigy, a number-one album that arrived at the top on week one, and a riff its own composer drummed and played alone.
Stevie's catalog climbs in tiers. Start with the signature riffs, learn to hear one man playing every part, then reach the album deep cuts and the 80s crossovers that sound like a different artist.
Some Stevie Wonder songs give themselves away on the first bar because the hook is the instrument. The clavinet stab of 'Superstition,' the bright harmonica of 'Isn't She Lovely' and the horn run that opens 'Sir Duke' are the fast points in any Stevie Wonder quiz. Most players name these before the vocal even arrives.
Here is the twist that trips people up: on his classic albums Stevie played most of the parts himself, overdubbing drums, bass, clavinet and Moog until a solo session sounds like a full band. Guessing 'I Wish' or 'Higher Ground' is easy; realizing there was no band behind them is the harder, quiz-winning detail.
Beyond the singles, real fans separate on the album statements. 'Living for the City' and 'Higher Ground' from Innervisions, 'As' and 'Love's in Need of Love Today' from Songs in the Key of Life, and the early synthesizer textures he shaped with the TONTO system reward anyone who has played the records end to end.
The curveballs come from the later hits that sound nothing like the funk records. 'I Just Called to Say I Love You' won an Academy Award in 1985 and topped charts worldwide, 'Part-Time Lover' leaned into 80s pop, and the duet 'Ebony and Ivory' with Paul McCartney throws off anyone expecting the Motown groove. A thorough Stevie Wonder quiz saves these for last.
It plays a short clip and asks you to name the song. Because Stevie played so many parts himself, the tell is often the instrument: the clavinet on 'Superstition,' the harmonica on 'Isn't She Lovely,' the horns on 'Sir Duke.'
The signatures lead: 'Superstition,' 'Sir Duke,' 'Isn't She Lovely,' 'I Wish' and 'You Are the Sunshine of My Life,' with deep cuts like 'Higher Ground' and 'Living for the City' for the harder rounds.
The riffs are easy points, but the funk records were built by one man overdubbing every part, so the trap is a groove that sounds like a full band. The 80s pop hits also catch players who expect the Motown sound.
He was born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13, 1950, in Saginaw, Michigan, and later took the name Stevland Hardaway Morris. Blind since infancy, he signed with Motown as a child.
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