Sometimes a great record got stuck at #2 because the #1 record was so damn good. That happened with this signature song of Stevie Wonder, kept from the top by "Light My Fire." His mother, Lula Mae Hardaway, helped co-write it as she did many times for her son. A sitar appears on the intro, followed by Stevie on that ripping harmonica. There's a question as to who played bass. Carol Kaye of the Wrecking Crew claimed she did, saying Motown did some non-union recordings in L.A., but to me it sounds far more like James Jamerson of Motown's house band, the Funk Brothers.
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