| "I Was Made to Love Her" | ||||
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| Single by Stevie Wonder | ||||
| from the album I Was Made to Love Her | ||||
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| Released | May 18, 1967 | |||
| Recorded | 1967 | |||
| Studio | Hitsville U.S.A. (Studio A), Detroit, Michigan | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 2:37 | |||
| Label | Tamla | |||
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| Producer(s) | Henry Cosby | |||
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"I Was Made to Love Her" is a soul music song recorded by American 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, Wonder's first top-10 hit in that country.[2]
Cash Box called it a "driving, wailing, pulsing R&B workout."[3]
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."[4] The last lyric line "You know Stevie ain't gonna leave her" was ad libbed by Wonder.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 635.
- ^ "– Singles". Official Charts. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
- ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. June 3, 1967. p. 22. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ^ Stevie Wonder interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1970)