Artist
Stevie Wonder
Lyrics
Very superstitious, writing's on the wall
Very superstitious, ladders bout' to fall
Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin' glass
Seven years of bad luck, the good things in your past
When you believe in things that you don't understand
Then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way
Hay, hay, hay,ohhhh
Very superstitious, wash your face and hands
Rid me of the problem, do all that you can
Keep me in a daydream, keep me goin' strong
You don't wanna save me, sad is my song
When you believe in things that you don't understand
Then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way, yeh, yeh
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh go
Very superstitious, nothin' more to say
Very superstitious, the devil's on his way
Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin' glass
Seven years of bad luck, good things in your past
When you believe in things that you don't understand
Then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way, no, no, no
Very superstitious, ladders bout' to fall
Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin' glass
Seven years of bad luck, the good things in your past
When you believe in things that you don't understand
Then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way
Hay, hay, hay,ohhhh
Very superstitious, wash your face and hands
Rid me of the problem, do all that you can
Keep me in a daydream, keep me goin' strong
You don't wanna save me, sad is my song
When you believe in things that you don't understand
Then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way, yeh, yeh
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh go
Very superstitious, nothin' more to say
Very superstitious, the devil's on his way
Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin' glass
Seven years of bad luck, good things in your past
When you believe in things that you don't understand
Then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way, no, no, no
RS500_rank
74
Length
4:25
BPM
101.3
Released Year
1972
Genre Era
Genre
Key
D#m
Produced By
Wonder, Malcolm Cecil, Robert Margouleff
Released Info
Nov. '72 on Tamla
Chart Weeks
16 weeks
Chart Top
No. 1
Musicbrainz ID
110503b1-69b3-c66d-a1f1-44b428466e63
Song Note Source
Rolling Stone 500
Song of Day Date
Written By
Wonder
Album
Talking Book (Motown)
Song Status
Wonder debuted this hard blast of funk live while opening for the Rolling Stones in the summer of 1972, intent on expanding his au- dience beyond Motown. The twenty-two-year-old former child star had written it at the drum set, humming the other parts to himself. Wonder had been collaborating with Jeff Beck and initially intended for Beck to record the song, but when Beck hadn't finished his album it became the first single from Talking Book -- and Wonder's first Number One hit in nearly a decade.