Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer

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"Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer" is a soulful, melancholic song by Stevie Wonder reflecting on unexpected loss and heartbreak.

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Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work
song
albumArtist Stevie Wonder
artist Stevie Wonder
composer Stevie Wonder
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre R&B
ballad
soul
hasCulturalReputation regarded as one of Stevie Wonder’s most poignant ballads
hasInstrumentation bass
drums
piano
strings
vocals
hasNotableAssociation Motown era ballads
Stevie Wonder’s early 1970s creative period
hasNotablePerformanceContext performed at funerals and memorial services
used in film and television soundtracks
intendedListeningContext album listening
language English
lyricalContent contrast between hopeful expectations and painful reality
reflection on an unexpected departure of a loved one
lyricist Syreeta Wright
mood melancholic
soulful
narrativePerspective first person
notableCoverArtist Herbie Hancock
Joan Baez
Josh Groban
Lauryn Hill
LeAnn Rimes
Lenny Kravitz
originalAlbum Where I'm Coming From
surface form: Where I’m Coming From
performer Stevie Wonder
primaryEmotionExpressed sorrow
recordLabel Motown
Tamla
secondaryEmotionExpressed longing
tempo slow
theme grief
heartbreak
loss
romantic breakup
vocalist Stevie Wonder
vocalStyle expressive
ornamented

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Where I'm Coming From hasTrack Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer
Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You) hasPart Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer
If You Really Love Me follows Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer