This song appears on Stevie Wonder's Hotter Than July album released in September of 1980. It was the 4th single released and barely made it to the US chart but is now looked at as probably the greatest love song by Wonder, an artist known for his amazing ballads. The song is performed with piano, bass and voice only and deals with a person that suspects his lover of cheating on him.
Musically, Wonder uses minor 7th, 9th and 11th chords to make the song sound more heartwrenching and sad. The final key change in the chorus is again a breakthrough musically for Pop music in the way that it modulates from the original key up 3 keys higher. It finally ends in yet another minor key leaving the listener wondering if the inevitable breakup of the couple has occurred or has the lover singing the song decided to stick it out, suffering and all.
The R&B group Jodeci scored their biggest hit when they recorded this song in 1993, taking it to #4 in the US.
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