You Haven't Done Nothin'

This song is an angry, acidic attack on US President Richard Nixon, who two weeks after the release of Fufillingness' First Finale resigned over the Watergate scandal and left the White House in disgrace. Shortly after Nixon's resignation, Wonder issued this statement: "Everybody promises you everything but in the end, nothing comes out of it. I don't vote for anybody until after they have really done something that I know about. I want to see them do something first. The only trouble is that you always hear the president or people say that they are doing all they can. And they feed you with hopes for years and years. I'm sick and tired of listening to all their lies."

Wonder recorded this song at The Record Plant in Los Angeles. Around this time, he would keep a studio booked if he was in the New York or Los Angeles area, and work when inspiration struck, which could come at very odd times since he wasn't controlled by daylight. On this track, Reggie McBride played bass and Wonder handled all the other instruments: Hohner clavinet, hi-hat, cymbal, and keyboard horns. The doo wop backing vocals are by Stevie Wonder's Tamla labelmates The Jackson 5. Robert Margouleff and Malcolm Cecil, who guided Wonder's work at the time, were the engineers and associate producers on the album. Margouleff recalls Michael Jackson showing up with a tutor, and a party atmosphere when the Jackson 5 did their vocals. "Everyone was so blown away with the harmonies they did," he said.

Fulfillingness' First Finale won the 1974 Grammy for Album of the Year. He also won the previous year for Innervisions and again in 1977 with Songs in the Key of Life.