| "I Just Called to Say I Love You" | ||||
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 French release sleeve | ||||
| Single by Stevie Wonder | ||||
| from the album The Woman in Red | ||||
| B-side | "Instrumental" | |||
| Released | August 1, 1984[1] | |||
| Studio | Wonderland (Los Angeles, California) | |||
| Genre | R&B[2] | |||
| Length | 6:17 (album version) 4:25 (single version) 6:44 (12" version) | |||
| Label | Motown – MOT-684 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Stevie Wonder[3] | |||
| Producer(s) | Stevie Wonder | |||
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| "I Just Called To Say I Love You" on YouTube | ||||
"I Just Called to Say I Love You" is a ballad written, produced, and performed by American R&B singer and songwriter Stevie Wonder.[3] It was a major international hit, and remains Wonder's best-selling single to date, having topped a record 19 charts.
The song was the lead single from the 1984 soundtrack album The Woman in Red,[3] along with two other songs by Wonder, and scored number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks from October 13 to 27, 1984. It also became his tenth number-one on the R&B chart, and his fourth on the adult contemporary chart; it spent three weeks at the top of both charts, and for the same weeks as on the Hot 100.[4] The song also became Wonder's only solo UK number-one success, staying at the top for six weeks, in the process also becoming Motown Records' biggest-selling single in the UK, a distinction it still held as of 2018[update].[3] In addition, the song won both a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Original Song.[3] The song also received three nominations at the 27th Grammy Awards for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Instrumental Performance.
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- ^ Wiebe, David Andrew (March 30, 2022). "Music Genres List - 67 Top Music Styles With Examples". Music Industry How To. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 136. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "I Just Called to Say I Love You" topped the Billboard Hot 100, Adult Contemporary, and R&B charts simultaneously from October 13 to 27, 1984:
- "Hot 100 singles chart". Billboard. October 27, 1984. p. 64. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
- "Hot Adult Contemporary chart". Billboard. October 27, 1984. p. 19. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
- "Hot Black Singles chart". Billboard. October 27, 1984. p. 50. Retrieved October 14, 2014.