The Woman in Red (soundtrack)

The Woman in Red
Soundtrack album by
ReleasedAugust 28, 1984
Recorded1983–1984
Genre
Length41:19
LabelMotown
Producer
  • Stevie Wonder
  • Gary Olazabal
Stevie Wonder and Dionne Warwick chronology
Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I
(1982)
The Woman in Red
(1984)
In Square Circle
(1985)
Singles from The Woman in Red
  1. "I Just Called to Say I Love You"
    Released: August 1, 1984
  2. "Love Light in Flight"
    Released: November 1984
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauB+[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

The Woman in Red: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the second soundtrack album released by American musician Stevie Wonder on the Motown label. Also featuring Dionne Warwick, the album was released in 1984 for the film of the same name (starring Gene Wilder). It features Wonder's biggest hit, "I Just Called to Say I Love You", which hit number one internationally and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, and also features the follow-up hit, "Love Light in Flight" (a US top-20 hit) and "Don't Drive Drunk", the song and the accompanying music video for which were used in the Ad Council and the US Department of Transportation's Drunk Driving Prevention public service announcement the following year.

  1. ^ Ruhlmann, William (1984-08-28). "AllMusic review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-09-26.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1984). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. No. October 30. New York. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  3. ^ "Stevie Wonder: Album Guide | Rolling Stone Music". Rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on 2013-04-06. Retrieved 2012-09-26.