Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing

"Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing"
Single by Stevie Wonder
from the album Innervisions
B-side
ReleasedMarch 5, 1974 (1974-03-05)
Genre
Length4:44 (album version)
3:40 (single version)
LabelTamla
Songwriter(s)Stevie Wonder
Producer(s)Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder singles chronology
"Living for the City"
(1973)
"Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing"
(1974)
"He's Misstra Know-It-All"
(1974)
Official audio
"Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing" on YouTube

"Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing" is a song by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder, released as the third single from his sixteenth studio album, Innervisions (1973). It reached number 16 on the US Billboard Pop Singles chart, number 10 on the Cash Box Top 100,[3] and number two on the R&B chart. The song's lyrics convey a positive message, focusing on taking things in one's stride and accentuating the positive. In 1992, British band Incognito had a European hit with their cover of the song.

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  2. ^ Marsh, Dave (1989). The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made. Plume. p. 593. ISBN 0-452-26305-0.
  3. ^ "Top 100 1974-06-01". Cashbox Magazine. Archived from the original on October 3, 2012. Retrieved February 5, 2015.