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All in Love Is Fair

"All in Love Is Fair"
A white vinyl record of the single appears
A-side of 1974 "Too High" Brazil single
Song by Stevie Wonder from the album Innervisions
Released August 3, 1973
Format 7"
Genre Pop
Length 3:41
Label
Writer(s) Stevie Wonder
Producer(s) Stevie Wonder
Innervisions track listing
"Jesus Children of America"
(6)
"All in Love Is Fair"
(7)
"Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing"
(8)
"All in Love Is Fair"
A red-orange vinyl record of the single appears
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)
Length 3:50
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Stevie Wonder
Producer(s) Tommy LiPuma
Barbra Streisand singles chronology
"The Way We Were"
(1973)
"All in Love Is Fair"
(1974)
"Guava Jelly"
(1974)

"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).


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