![]() It hadn't - and he's reaped the rewards, with 412,000 chart sales. The R&B slow-jam had the working title Birthday Text before its release the US singer assumed a song about getting it on on your birthday had been done before. ![]() Taking things down a seductive direction, Jeremih's Birthday Sex - a Number 15 hit in 2009 - is also up there as one of the biggest birthday songs, based on UK sales and streams. Stevie's rendition, which is also a thinly veiled protest song about Martin Luther King's death, has been streamed 12.5 million times in the UK and has 206,000 downloads. The song reached Number 2 in 1981 and for many is the go-to birthday song after the original, which seemingly dates back to 1893 (details on the song's roots are sketchy). If you're not singing the traditional Happy Birthday song on their special day, chances are you're belting out Stevie Wonder's hit instead. With 551,000 chart sales, it's also one of the biggest birthday songs of the bunch. Similar to Anne-Marie's track, it's all about splashing the cash, but on this occasion the aim is to bag a "pretty lady". Only one has gone all the way to Number 1 - will.i.am's It's My Birthday ft. Just 11 birthday songs (that is, tracks with the word 'birthday' in the title) have landed inside the Official UK Singles Chart Top 40. The song's music video, which sees frontman Matty go to a 'digital detox centre', is well worth a watch. "Music Talk" (on later pressings) (from Up-Tight)ī/w "Purple Rain Drops" (Non-album track)ī-side of "Nothing's Too Good for My Baby"ī/w "The Miracle of Christmas" (Non-album track, later included on Someday at Christmas (expanded edition) (2003))ī-side of "Travelin' Man" (from Stevie Wonder's Greatest Hits Vol.By contrast, The 1975's new track The Birthday Party is a subdued affair about eschewing the party life for something more serene. The above seven tracks released as Little Stevie Wonderī/w "Funny How Time Slips Away" (on first pressings) "I Call It Pretty Music but the Old People Call It the Blues - Part 1"ī/w "Thank You (For Loving Me All the Way)" (from Looking Back) Singles 1962–1969 List of 1960s singles, with selected peak chart positions and certificationsīoth sides from same album except where indicated ![]() The Best of Christmas (Fantastic Relaxing Songs) Stevie Wonder's Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants" (soundtrack)Ĭompilation albums List of compilation albums, with selected details, peak chart positions and certificationsĢ0th Century Masters The Christmas Collectionįantastic Music for Christmas (All the Greatest Tracks) Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius (live) Wonder is eighth on the list of artists with the most number-ones on the US Billboard Hot 100.Īlbums Studio, live and soundtrack albums List of studio, live and soundtrack albums, with selected details, peak chart positions and certifications There are 11 official compilation albums in addition, a box set, The Complete Stevie Wonder, was released in 2005. Wonder has 30 main album releases, all of which are single albums, apart from Songs in the Key of Life, which was released as a double album with a bonus four track EP. Wonder has had ten US number-one hits on the pop charts, as well as 20 R&B number one hits, and has sold over 100 million records, 19.5 million of which are albums he is one of the top 60 best-selling music artists with combined sales of singles and albums. His first album, The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie, was released in 1962 when he was 12 years old, and his most recent, A Time to Love, was released in 2005. American musician Stevie Wonder has released 23 studio albums, three soundtrack albums, four live albums, 11 compilations, one box set, and 91
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