That Girl (Stevie Wonder song)
| "That Girl" | ||||
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| Single by Stevie Wonder | ||||
| from the album Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I | ||||
| B-side | "All I Do" | |||
| Released | December 30, 1981 | |||
| Recorded | Fall 1981 | |||
| Studio | Wonderland (Los Angeles, California) | |||
| Genre | Electropop, R&B | |||
| Length | 5:13 | |||
| Label | Tamla | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Stevie Wonder | |||
| Producer(s) | Stevie Wonder | |||
| Stevie Wonder singles chronology | ||||
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"That Girl" is a song by American R&B singer and songwriter Stevie Wonder. It was the leading single from Wonder's album-era 1982 greatest-hits compilation, Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I, as one of four new songs from the collection. The song spent nine weeks at number one on the Billboard R&B singles chart, the longest time a Stevie Wonder single spent at the top spot.[1] It also peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 for three consecutive weeks from March 20 to April 3, 1982.[2][3]
In 2024, "That Girl" was ranked #39 on Rolling Stone's list of the best 50 Stevie Wonder songs.[4]
Charts
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Year-end charts[edit]
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Other versions
[edit]The song was sampled into other recordings, most notably:
- Jade - "Don't Walk Away"
- Tupac Shakur - "So Many Tears"
- Queen Latifah - "Let Her Live"
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 636.
- ^ Stevie Wonder, Billboard Hot 100 – Billboard.com. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
- ^ Billboard Hot 100, Week of April 3, 1982 – Billboard.com. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1982-04-24. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1982-05-01. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
- ^ Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Stevie Wonder". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 284. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, April 3, 1982
- ^ Musicoutfitters.com
- ^ Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 25, 1982
External links
[edit]- List of cover versions of "That Girl" at SecondHandSongs.com
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