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| Single by Stevie Wonder | ||||
| from the album Up-Tight | ||||
| B-side | "Purple Rain Drops" | |||
| Released | November 22, 1965 | |||
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| Length | 2:52 | |||
| Label | Tamla | |||
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| "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" by Stevie Wonder on YouTube | ||||
"Uptight (Everything's Alright)" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder for the Tamla (Motown) label.[2] One of his most popular early singles, "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" was the first hit single that Wonder himself co-wrote.
A notable success, "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" peaked at number three on the US Billboard Pop Singles chart in early 1966, at the same time reaching the top of the Billboard R&B Singles chart for five weeks.[3] Billboard ranked it as the 59th biggest American hit of 1966.[4] An accompanying album, Up-Tight (1966), was rushed into production to capitalize on the single's success. It also garnered Wonder his first two career Grammy Award nominations for Best R&B Song and Best R&B Performance.
- ^ Pitchfork Staff (August 18, 2006). "The 200 Best Songs of the 1960s". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
It's all in this rich girl/poor boy tale: the freakish optimism, opulent funk...
- ^ Stevie Wonder interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1970)
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 635.
- ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1966/Top 100 Songs of 1966". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved September 29, 2016.