Master Blaster (Jammin')

"Master Blaster (Jammin')"
Single by Stevie Wonder
from the album Hotter than July
B-side
  • "Master Blaster" (instrumental) (7-inch)
  • "Master Blaster" (dub) (12-inch)
ReleasedSeptember 12, 1980
Recorded1979
GenreReggae
Length
  • 6:11 (12-inch)
  • 5:08 (album)
  • 4:49 (7-inch)
LabelTamla
Songwriter(s)Stevie Wonder
Producer(s)Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder singles chronology
"Outside My Window"
(1980) 		"Master Blaster (Jammin')"
(1980) 		"I Ain't Gonna Stand for It"
(1980)
Official audio
"Master Blaster (Jammin')" on YouTube
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Billboard(favourable)[1]

"Master Blaster (Jammin')" is a 1980 song by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder, released as the lead single from his nineteenth studio album, Hotter than July (1980). It was a major hit, spending seven weeks at number one on the US Billboard R&B singles chart, reaching number five on Billboard's pop singles chart in the fall of 1980[2] and peaking at number two on the UK Singles Chart,[3] and number one in New Zealand.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Review: Master Blaster – Stevie Wonder" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 38. September 20, 1980. p. 71. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 24, 2020 – via World Radio History.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 636.
  3. ^ "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved May 11, 2021.