I Was Made to Love Her (song)

"I Was Made to Love Her"
Single by Stevie Wonder
from the album I Was Made to Love Her
B-side
  • "Travlin' Man"
  • "Hold Me"
Released June 1967 (1967-06)
Recorded 1967
Studio Hitsville U.S.A. (Studio A), Detroit, Michigan
Genre Soul
Length 2:37
Label Tamla
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Henry Cosby
Stevie Wonder singles chronology
"Hey Love"
(1967)		 "I Was Made to Love Her"
(1967)		 "I'm Wondering"
(1967)

"I Was Made to Love Her" is a hit single recorded by American soul musician Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label in 1967. The song was written by Wonder, his mother Lula Mae Hardaway, Sylvia Moy and producer Henry Cosby and included on Wonder's 1967 album I Was Made to Love Her. Released as a single, "I Was Made to Love Her" peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in July 1967. The song was held out of the top spot by "Light My Fire" by The Doors and spent four non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart in the United States.[1] The song reached No. 5 in the UK.

When asked in a 1968 interview which of his songs stood out in his mind, Wonder answered "I Was Made to Love Her because it's a true song."[2] The song features Wonder's harmonica solo in the introduction. The song also features strings following the bridge section. The song also features the use of an electric sitar in the opening and repeated throughout the verse. The last lyric line "You know Stevie ain't gonna leave her," ad libbed by Wonder,[2] refers to the singer himself.

Personnel

The Beach Boys' version

In 1967, The Beach Boys recorded a version for the R&B/soul album Wild Honey. Their cover was sung by lead guitarist Carl Wilson.

Personnel

Sourced from Craig Slowinski.[3]

unknown – piano, organ, additional guitar

Chart performance

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 635.
  2. 1 2 Stevie Wonder interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1970)
  3. ↑ Slowinski liner notes, Issue 121
  4. ↑ Go-Set National Top 40, 20 September 1967
  5. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
  6. ↑ Flavour of New Zealand, 22 September 1967
  7. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  8. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1967/Top 100 Songs of 1967". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
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