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Certain Songs #2500: Stevie Wonder – “Superstition”

December 5, 2022 by Jim Connelly

Album: Talking Book
Year: 1972

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Poor Jeff Beck. He’d made a deal with Stevie Wonder that he would play guitar on Wonder’s next album and Wonder would write him a song. The problem is, that song was “Superstition,” which, once Stevie recorded it — without Beck, hilariously enough, because the clavinet riff that dominated the song rocked so hard it precluded the need for guitars — Motown knew it was going to be a big hit, the first return on their brand-new massive investment in the now-fully-adult Wonder. So, tough luck Jeff Beck, who was understandably pissed, as was his record label.

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Filed Under: Certain Songs Tagged With: Stevie Wonder, Superstition, Talking Book

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