"Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing" | |||||
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Single by Stevie Wonder | |||||
from the album Innervisions | |||||
B-side | "Blame It on the Sun" or All In Love Is Fair | ||||
Released | March 5, 1974 | ||||
Genre | Latin soul | ||||
Length | 4:44 (album version) 3:40 (single edit) |
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Label | Tamla | ||||
Writer(s) | Stevie Wonder | ||||
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"Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing" is a single by Stevie Wonder, taken from his 1973 album Innervisions. It reached number 16 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart, number 10 on the Cash Box chart, and number 2 on the R&B chart. The song's lyrics convey a positive message, focusing on taking things in one's stride and accentuating the positive.
The tune is in E♭ minor, starting with a Latin piano intro. The opening melody is reminiscent of Horace Silver's Song For My Father. The song's second chorus begins with Stevie taking the vocals up an octave with two vocal overdubs singing the same line. He also sings two other background overdub vocals, mimicking a horn line with the Spanish phrase "Todo 'stá bien chévere", which, loosely translated, means "Everything's really great."