I Wish (Stevie Wonder song)

"I Wish"
Single by Stevie Wonder
from the album Songs in the Key of Life
B-side"You and I"
ReleasedNovember 1976
Genre
Length
  • 4:12 (single version)
  • 4:35 (album version)
LabelTamla
Songwriter(s)Stevie Wonder
Producer(s)Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder singles chronology
"Boogie On Reggae Woman"
(1974) 		"I Wish"
(1976) 		"Sir Duke"
(1977)
Official audio
"I Wish" on YouTube

"I Wish" is a song by American singer Stevie Wonder. It was released in late 1976 as the lead single from his eighteenth album, Songs in the Key of Life (1976). Written and produced by Wonder, the song focuses on his childhood from the 1950s into the early 1960s about how he wished he could go back and relive it. The single hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and soul singles chart.[6] At the 19th Grammy Awards, Stevie Wonder won the Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male for this song.

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