"All in Love Is Fair" | ||||
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![]() A-side of 1974 "Too High" Brazil single
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Song by Stevie Wonder from the album Innervisions | ||||
Released | August 3, 1973 | |||
Format | 7" | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 3:41 | |||
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Writer(s) | Stevie Wonder | |||
Producer(s) | Stevie Wonder | |||
Innervisions track listing | ||||
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Single by Barbra Streisand | ||||
from the album The Way We Were | ||||
B-side | Medley: "My Buddy"/"How About Me" | |||
Released | March 1974 | |||
Format | 7" | |||
Recorded | December 14, 1973; United Recorders (Los Angeles, California) |
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Length | 3:50 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Writer(s) | Stevie Wonder | |||
Producer(s) | Tommy LiPuma | |||
Barbra Streisand singles chronology | ||||
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"All in Love Is Fair" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder for his sixteenth studio album, Innervisions (1973). Written and produced by Wonder, it was released as a 7" single in Brazil in 1974. The song is a pop ballad with lyrics that describe the end of a relationship through the use of clichés. Critical reaction to the song was varied: Matthew Greenwald of AllMusic wrote that it was among Wonder's "finest ballad statements", while Robert Christgau felt that the singer's performance was "immature". It has been recorded by a number of other artists, including Brook Benton, Nancy Wilson and Cleo Laine. Wonder also placed it on several of his greatest hits albums, including his most recent one, The Complete Stevie Wonder, in 2005.
American vocalist Barbra Streisand released "All in Love Is Fair" as a single in 1974 for her fifteenth studio album, The Way We Were (1974). Tommy LiPuma handled the production for the 7" single release by Columbia Records. Among music critics, Greenwald called her version "unforgettable", and Rolling Stone's Stephen Holden wrote that it was "almost as interesting" as Wonder's rendition. Commercially, the song peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States at number 63, and Canada's Top Singles chart at number 60. She too has included it on numerous compilation albums, including Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1978) and The Essential Barbra Streisand (2002).